Card autographed by Johnny Bench, Cincinnati Reds
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Bench, Johnny
label: Associated Name
content: Bench, Johnny
label: Associated Name
content: Cincinnati Reds
label: maker
content: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
notes: label: Description
content: Postcard featuring a color photograph of Cincinnati Reds' catcher Johnny Bench. The card has been autographed by the player.
label: Description
content: Johnny Bench (b. 1947) played professional baseball with the Cincinnati Reds from 1967-1983. Considered one of the greatest to ever play his position, the catcher made 14 All-Star teams, winning Rookie of the Year Honors in 1968, receiving two National League Most Valuable Player Awards (1970, 1972) and acquiring ten Gold Gloves over the course of his career.
label: Description
content: Bench was an integral member of Cincinnati’s World Series winning clubs dubbed <i> The Big Red Machine </i> (1975, 1976.) Finishing his career with a .267 batting average, Bench hit 389 home runs, with 2,048 hits and 1,367 runs batted in. He was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Major League
label: web subject
content: Sports
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Scott Shaw
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0102.02
label: accession number
content: 1983.0102
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0102.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: postcard, baseball
label: Other Terms
content: Postcard; Autograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm