From Behind the Plate

by Johnny Bench

Photographer, George Kalinsky, official lens-man for the New York Knicks and the author/subject is Johnny Bench, at 24 rated by experts as major league baseball's best catcher. The result is an intimate overview of the experiences that make up the life of a major league player, a book that not only explicitly demonstrates the way a catcher handles his job but one that gives an honest picture of the way a young superstar lives his life.

Genres: Baseball, Sports, Biography

176 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

From 1967, people considered Johnny Lee Bench, American baseball player, among the greatest catchers in history and the most valuable player of National League in 1970 and 1972 in 16 seasons with the Reds of Cincinnati to 1983.

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Reviews

[Andrew W]

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