Bruce Benedict

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: August 18, 1955 in Birmingham, AL us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 5th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Nebraska Omaha (Omaha, NE).

School: University of Nebraska Omaha (Omaha, NE)

Debut: August 18, 1978 (Age 23-000d, 14,078th in major league history)
vs. STL 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 11, 1989 (Age 34-024d)
vs. SFG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Full Name: Bruce Edwin Benedict

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.3

2878

696

.242

214

RBI

260

OBP

.320

SLG

.299

OPS

.619

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	25-40 / in Starts: 22-34
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	38 games
Most Games w/o RBI	21 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 186 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	85 (49-24-12)
Avg. MLBer w/ 186 PAs	19
Avg. Runners on Base	113 (56-37-20)

Most Driven In
D Murphy	2
J Treadway	1
T Gregg	1
D James	1
Self	1
R Gant	0
J Blauser	0
A Thomas	0

Most Driven In By
J Treadway	3
O McDowell	2
L Smith	2
J Smoltz	1
P Smith	1
D James	1
Self	1
J Acker	0

1989 Batting Game Log

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1989 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	917	9 (8)	Apr 13	ATL	@	SDP	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.30	-0.029	.49	-0.03%	-0.48	C
2	918	11 (1)	Apr 15	ATL	@	SFG	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	1.17	-0.056	2.04	-0.06%	-0.41	C
3	919	13 (1)	Apr 16 (2)	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	8	.54	0.067	.92	0.07%	0.52	C
4	920	19 (5)	Apr 23	ATL		SDP	W,9-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	8	.47	-0.047	.77	-0.05%	-0.80	C
5	921	25 (5)	Apr 30	ATL	@	MON	L,6-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.176	.353	8	.97	-0.053	.97	-0.03%	-0.57	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	922	28 (2)	May 3	ATL		PHI	W,6-3	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	.60	-0.014	.42	-0.01%	-0.24	C
7	923	29	May 4	ATL		PHI	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.217	.182	.399	8	.34	-0.018	.26	-0.01%	-0.08	C
8	924	32 (2)	May 7	ATL		MON	W,7-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.222	.160	.382	8	.56	-0.026	.59	-0.02%	-0.53	C
9	925	35 (2)	May 12	ATL	@	PIT	L,2-10	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.154	.368	9	.05	-0.001	.08	0.00%	-0.20	PH
10	926	36	May 13	ATL	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.172	.250	.172	.422	8	.24	-0.004	.31	0.00%	1.07	C
11	927	41 (4)	May 19	ATL		STL	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.306	.219	.524	8	.44	0.016	.39	0.01%	0.32	C
12	928	42	May 20	ATL		STL	L,0-1	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.282	.200	.482	8	1.57	-0.136	1.62	-0.08%	-1.02	C
13	929	44 (1)	May 23	ATL		PIT	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.256	.179	.435	8	1.42	-0.142	1.11	-0.07%	-1.36	C
14	930	45	May 24	ATL		PIT	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.244	.171	.415	8	1.08	-0.056	.73	-0.02%	-0.55	C
15	931	46	May 25	ATL		PIT	L,3-7	CG	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	8	.96	0.061	.55	0.02%	0.72	C
16	932	47	May 26	ATL	@	STL	L,0-3	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	7						C
17	933	48	May 27	ATL	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.283	.174	.457	8	.83	-0.081	.37	-0.02%	-0.33	C
18	934	49	May 28	ATL	@	STL	T,3-3	8-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.283	.174	.457	8						C
19	935	50	May 29	ATL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	8	.48	-0.013	.27	-0.01%	-0.04	C
20	936	51	May 30	ATL		CHC	L,2-3	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.293	.163	.456	8	.78	0.032	.46	0.01%	0.28	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	937	53 (1)	Jun 2	ATL		SFG	L,6-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.279	.154	.433	8	.76	-0.056	.48	-0.02%	-0.57	C
22	938	55 (1)	Jun 4	ATL		SFG	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.292	.164	.456	8	.28	-0.001	.11	0.00%	0.22	C
23	939	56	Jun 5 (1)	ATL		LAD	L,0-7	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.284	.158	.441	8	.42	-0.021	.16	-0.01%	-0.42	C
24	940	59 (2)	Jun 7	ATL		LAD	L,4-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.158	.284	.158	.441	7						C
25	941	60	Jun 9	ATL	@	HOU	L,5-6	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.217	.502	8	.79	0.087	.24	0.02%	0.60	C
26	942	61	Jun 10	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-1	GS-8	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.306	.230	.535	8	.62	0.044	.16	0.01%	0.35	C
27	943	64 (2)	Jun 14	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-10	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.293	.219	.512	8	.41	-0.032	.04	0.00%	-0.62	C
28	944	65	Jun 15	ATL	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.295	.239	.534	8	.77	0.104	.07	0.01%	0.79	C
29	945	66	Jun 16	ATL	@	LAD	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.280	.225	.506	8	.53	-0.057	.06	0.00%	-0.87	C
30	946	67	Jun 17	ATL	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.282	.243	.526	8	1.10	0.022	.15	0.00%	0.23	C
31	947	70 (2)	Jun 21 (2)	ATL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.295	.250	.545	8	.66	0.015	.10	0.00%	0.36	C
32	948	71	Jun 22	ATL		CIN	L,1-6	GS-9	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.319	.260	.578	8	.33	0.043	.06	0.00%	0.68	C
33	949	72	Jun 23	ATL		HOU	L,2-5	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.319	.263	.582	8	.97	0.016	.15	0.00%	-0.06	C
34	950	74 (1)	Jun 25	ATL		HOU	L,6-12	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.316	.262	.578	8	1.92	-0.044	.10	0.00%	-0.28	C
35	951	75	Jun 27	ATL	@	CIN	L,3-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.310	.256	.566	8	.95	-0.046	.04	0.00%	-0.36	C
36	952	76	Jun 28	ATL	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.298	.244	.543	8	.63	-0.087	.02	0.00%	-2.10	C
37	953	77	Jun 29	ATL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.290	.237	.526	8	1.49	-0.106	.07	0.00%	-0.70	C
38	954	78	Jun 30 (1)	ATL	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.284	.232	.516	8	1.09	-0.032	.03	0.00%	-0.26	C
39	955	79	Jun 30 (2)	ATL	@	PHI	W,3-1	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.177	.282	.229	.511	7	.31	-0.007	.01	0.00%	-0.14	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
40	956	80	Jul 1	ATL	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS-8	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.301	.237	.538	8	1.72	0.082	.07	0.00%	0.61	C
41	957	83 (2)	Jul 4	ATL		MON	W,9-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.308	.240	.548	8	.76	-0.020	.03	0.00%	-0.25	C
42	958	84	Jul 5	ATL		MON	L,5-7	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.311	.245	.556	8	1.16	-0.034	.06	0.00%	-0.02	C
43	959	85	Jul 6	ATL		PHI	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.309	.238	.547	8	.83	-0.015	.03	0.00%	-0.33	C
44	960	86	Jul 7	ATL		PHI	W,5-3	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.310	.234	.543	8	.82	-0.029	.02	0.00%	-0.11	C
45	961	87	Jul 8	ATL		PHI	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.308	.234	.542	8	.99	-0.052	.02	0.00%	-0.81	C
46	962	88	Jul 9	ATL		PHI	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.303	.230	.533	8	.74	-0.039	.03	0.00%	-0.35	C
47	963	89	Jul 13	ATL		NYM	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.304	.233	.536	8	.74	-0.035	.02	0.00%	-0.30	C
48	964	90	Jul 14	ATL		NYM	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.193	.304	.235	.540	8	1.01	0.061	.02	0.00%	0.61	C
49	965	91	Jul 15	ATL		NYM	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.303	.236	.539	8	1.73	-0.065	.05	0.00%	-0.37	C
50	966	93 (1)	Jul 17	ATL	@	MON	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.299	.232	.531	8	.62	-0.032	.01	0.00%	-0.35	C
51	967	95 (1)	Jul 19	ATL	@	MON	W,3-2	2-GF(12)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.297	.227	.524	8	1.55	-0.112	.01	0.00%	-0.43	PR C
52	968	99 (3)	Jul 23	ATL	@	NYM	L,2-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.303	.229	.532	8	.39	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.91	C
53	969	100	Jul 24	ATL		SFG	L,0-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.303	.231	.535	8	1.63	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.18	C
54	970	101	Jul 25	ATL		SFG	L,4-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.304	.228	.532	8	1.39	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.10	C
55	971	102	Jul 26	ATL		SFG	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.298	.223	.521	8	.73	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.39	C
56	972	104 (1)	Jul 28	ATL		CIN	L,2-4	14-GF(17)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.296	.221	.518	9	2.86	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-0.27	C
57	973	106 (1)	Jul 30	ATL		CIN	W,5-2	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.299	.225	.524	8	.66	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.10	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
58	974	107	Aug 1	ATL		SDP	L,2-5	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.299	.225	.524	8						C
59	975	108	Aug 2	ATL		SDP	L,7-9	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.199	.304	.240	.543	8	1.51	-0.048	.00	0.00%	0.34	C
60	976	109	Aug 3	ATL		SDP	L,5-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.196	.300	.236	.536	8	1.31	-0.113	.00	0.00%	-0.87	C
61	977	115 (5)	Aug 9	ATL	@	LAD	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.293	.230	.523	8	.28	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.57	C
62	978	117 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	ATL	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.287	.224	.511	8	.74	-0.074	.00	0.00%	-0.60	C
63	979	118	Aug 12	ATL	@	SDP	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.287	.224	.511	7						C
64	980	120 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	ATL	@	STL	L,2-5	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.293	.228	.521	8	1.54	0.208	.00	0.00%	2.11	C
65	981	134 (13)	Aug 30	ATL	@	PIT	L,5-7	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.299	.231	.530	8	.62	0.037	.00	0.00%	0.26	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
66	982	145 (10)	Sep 11	ATL	@	SFG	L,2-3	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.299	.231	.530	9						C
							25-40		186	160	12	31	3	0	1	6	23	4	18	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	.194	.299	.231	.530		.88	-1.129	.25	-0.30%	-8.23

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