what catcher has the highest career batting average how old is johnny bench

Johnny Bench has the best career batting average by a catcher, with an average of .267.

NAMEAVGAgeSEASONTMGABRH2B3BHRRBIBBHBPSOSBCSPATBXBHSHSFIBBGIDPOBPSLGOPSwRCWRAAwOBAwRC+BRAA
1Johnny Bench
J. Bench
.163
19
1967
26
86
7
14
3
1
1
6
5
0
19
0
1
93
22
5
1
1
0
4
.207
.256
.462
3
-5.9
.211
28
-7.4
2Johnny Bench
J. Bench
.275
20
1968
154
564
67
155
40
2
15
82
31
2
96
1
5
607
244
57
2
8
8
14
.311
.433
.743
73
17
.332
115
8.8
3Johnny Bench
J. Bench
.293
21
1969
148
532
83
156
23
1
26
90
49
4
86
6
6
592
259
50
0
7
7
7
.353
.487
.840
90
26.4
.373
126
17.6
4Johnny Bench
J. Bench
.293
22
1970
158
605
97
177
35
4
45
148
54
0
102
5
2
671
355
84
1
11
9
12
.345
.587
.932
118
41.7
.399
145
37.2
5Johnny Bench
J. Bench
.238
23
1971
149
562
80
134
19
2
27
61
49
0
83
2
1
613
238
48
0
2
7
20
.299
.423
.722
69
6.3
.324
107
4.5
6Johnny Bench
J. Bench
.270
24
1972
147
538
87
145
22
2
40
125
100
2
84
6
6
652
291
64
0
12
23
18
.379
.541
.920
109
45.4
.402
157
40.4
7Johnny Bench
J. Bench
.253
25
1973
152
557
83
141
17
3
25
104
83
0
83
4
1
651
239
45
1
10
14
22
.345
.429
.774
84
11.8
.343
116
11.6
8Johnny Bench
J. Bench
.280
26
1974
160
621
108
174
38
2
33
129
80
3
90
5
4
708
315
73
0
4
15
13
.363
.507
.870
113
36.4
.387
143
34.5
9Johnny Bench
J. Bench
.283
27
1975
142
530
83
150
39
1
28
110
65
2
108
11
0
605
275
68
0
8
12
12
.359
.519
.878
96
29.9
.387
139
27.4
10Johnny Bench
J. Bench
.234
28
1976
135
465
62
109
24
1
16
74
81
2
95
13
2
552
183
41
0
4
6
9
.348
.394
.741
70
11.6
.344
112
7.5
11Johnny Bench
J. Bench
.275
29
1977
142
494
67
136
34
2
31
109
58
1
95
2
4
560
267
67
0
7
8
10
.348
.540
.889
90
25
.380
132
21.6
12Johnny Bench
J. Bench
.260
30
1978
120
393
52
102
17
1
23
73
50
1
83
4
2
451
190
41
1
6
10
9
.340
.483
.823
63
14.6
.361
125
12.7
13Johnny Bench
J. Bench
.276
31
1979
130
464
73
128
19
0
22
80
67
0
73
4
2
538
213
41
3
4
8
11
.364
.459
.824
79
16.6
.363
125
15.9
14Johnny Bench
J. Bench
.250
32
1980
114
360
52
90
12
0
24
68
41
2
64
4
2
407
174
36
0
4
2
9
.327
.483
.810
58
11.9
.358
125
11.5
Total.2671,8776,7711,0011,811342223561,259813191,16167387,7003,265720988129170.344.482.8261115288.8.365128243.8

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