September 17, 1983: Always with a flair for the dramatic, Johnny Bench slugs his 389th and final career home run on Johnny Bench Night at Riverfront Stadium. #RedsVault | Cincinnati Reds

Down 3-2 in the bottom of the ninth and facing elimination in Game 5 of the NLCS on this date in 1972, Johnny Bench wasn’t ready to see the Big Red Machine’s season come to an end. https://ow.ly/msa850Xacn4 | National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

On this date in 1972, Johnny Bench hit a game-tying home run that would propel the Cincinnati Reds to the World Series and later be immortalized on his Hall of Fame plaque. But it all began with a plea from his mother. https://ow.ly/v0iA50TJAwo | National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum