Grandma's Scorebook

Johnny Bench Hit in Chest

  • 1973
  • Wild Games & Fights!

Johnny Bench is hit in chest by foul ball

Reds 5, Giants 1 in San Francisco

Sept. 19, 1973: Johnny Bench is hit in the chest by a foul ball in B3 and had to leave the game. Grandma’s notes say, “Bench hit in chest by foul ball had to leave the game in 4 inning (finished that half B3, couldn’t bat. Willie McCovey has walked 100 times this season.” He returned to the lineup on 9/23 against the Dodgers in Los Angeles.