Best Cincinnati Reds Ever: Johnny Bench v. Johnny Vander Meer

Second Round Matchup | No. 1 Johnny Bench v. No. 8 Johnny Vander Meer

This is the first of our 16 second round matchup in our “Best Red Ever” tournament. As a result, below is our updated bracket with the results of each first round matchup. After attempting to seed the players in what we felt was the best order possible, each of your votes played a part in six total upsets throughout the 32 Round 1 matchups!

Bench:

Johnny Bench’s first round win (95 percent of the vote) over Pedro Borbon in our Best Cincinnati Reds Ever tournament — along with a detailed write-up — can be found here.

A second round pick of the Reds in 1965, Bench struggled offensively early on in his career, but had players…