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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	ATL	@	SDP	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
2	2	Apr 7	ATL	@	SDP	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
3	3	Apr 9	ATL		HOU	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
4	4	Apr 10	ATL		HOU	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	5	Apr 11	ATL		HOU	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	6	Apr 12	ATL	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
7	7	Apr 13	ATL	@	CIN	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
8	8	Apr 14	ATL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	40	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
9	9	Apr 16	ATL	@	HOU	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
10	10	Apr 17	ATL	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
11	11	Apr 18	ATL	@	HOU	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
12	12	Apr 20	ATL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
13	13	Apr 21	ATL		CIN	W,4-3	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	14	Apr 22	ATL		CIN	L,1-2	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
15	15	Apr 23	ATL		SDP	L,3-6	CG	51	12.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
16	17 (1)	Apr 26	ATL		PIT	L,4-6	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
17	18	Apr 27	ATL		PIT	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
18	19	Apr 28	ATL		PIT	W,7-6	CG	43	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	22 (2)	May 1	ATL		CHC	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
20	23	May 2	ATL		CHC	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	24	May 3	ATL	@	PIT	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
22	26 (1)	May 5	ATL	@	PIT	L,2-4	GS	32	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
23	27	May 7	ATL	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	42	10.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
24	28	May 8	ATL	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
25	29	May 9	ATL	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
26	30	May 11	ATL	@	CHC	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
27	31	May 12	ATL	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
28	32	May 13	ATL		STL	L,9-10	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
29	34 (1)	May 15	ATL		STL	L,6-7	CG	49	10.0	5	1	1	7	1	C
30	38 (3)	May 19	ATL	@	MON	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
31	39	May 21	ATL		PHI	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
32	41 (1)	May 23	ATL		PHI	L,1-2	GS	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
33	42	May 24	ATL		NYM	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
34	43	May 25	ATL		NYM	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
35	44	May 26	ATL		NYM	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
36	45	May 29	ATL	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
37	46	May 30	ATL	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	48 (1)	Jun 1	ATL	@	NYM	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
39	49	Jun 2	ATL	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
40	50	Jun 5	ATL		MON	W,2-1	GS	25	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
41	51	Jun 6	ATL		MON	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	52	Jun 7	ATL	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
43	53	Jun 8	ATL	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
44	55 (1)	Jun 11	ATL	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
45	56	Jun 12	ATL	@	SFG	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
46	58 (1)	Jun 13 (2)	ATL	@	SFG	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
47	59	Jun 14	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
48	60	Jun 15	ATL	@	HOU	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
49	61	Jun 16	ATL	@	HOU	W,5-4	GS	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
50	62	Jun 18	ATL		SFG	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
51	63	Jun 19	ATL		SFG	L,4-9	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
52	65 (1)	Jun 21	ATL		SFG	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
53	66	Jun 22	ATL		LAD	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
54	67	Jun 23	ATL		LAD	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
55	68	Jun 24	ATL		LAD	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	6	2	1	9	0	C
56	69	Jun 25	ATL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
57	70	Jun 26	ATL	@	CIN	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
58	71	Jun 27	ATL	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	53	14.0	5	3	0	8	2	C
59	73 (1)	Jun 29	ATL		HOU	W,6-5	CG	41	11.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
60	74	Jun 30	ATL		HOU	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	75	Jul 2	ATL		CIN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
62	76	Jul 3	ATL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
63	77	Jul 4	ATL		CIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
64	78	Jul 5	ATL		CHC	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
65	80 (1)	Jul 7	ATL		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	81	Jul 8	ATL		STL	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	C
67	82	Jul 9	ATL		PIT	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
68	83	Jul 10	ATL		PIT	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
69	84	Jul 11	ATL		PIT	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
70	85	Jul 15	ATL	@	CHC	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
71	86	Jul 16	ATL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	42	9.2	8	1	0	9	0	C
72	89 (2)	Jul 19	ATL	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
73	90	Jul 20	ATL	@	STL	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
74	91	Jul 21	ATL	@	STL	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	93 (1)	Jul 24	ATL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
76	94	Jul 25	ATL	@	PIT	L,0-8	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
77	95	Jul 27 (1)	ATL		SDP	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
78	96	Jul 27 (2)	ATL		SDP	W,8-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
79	97	Jul 28	ATL		SDP	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
80	98	Jul 29	ATL		SDP	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
81	99	Jul 30 (1)	ATL		LAD	L,9-10	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
82	101 (1)	Jul 31	ATL		LAD	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	102	Aug 1	ATL		LAD	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
84	104 (1)	Aug 3	ATL		SFG	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
85	106 (1)	Aug 5	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	4	0	1	5	0	C
86	107	Aug 6	ATL	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	46	9.2	6	5	0	11	0	C
87	108	Aug 7	ATL	@	LAD	L,6-7	GS	46	10.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
88	110 (1)	Aug 9	ATL	@	SFG	L,0-5	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
89	111	Aug 10	ATL	@	SFG	L,2-3	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
90	112	Aug 11	ATL	@	SFG	L,6-8	CG	49	11.1	4	1	1	6	0	C
91	113	Aug 12	ATL	@	SDP	L,2-8	GF	21	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
92	116 (2)	Aug 15	ATL	@	SDP	L,5-6	GS	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
93	118 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	ATL		MON	L,2-3	CG	39	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
94	121 (2)	Aug 20	ATL		NYM	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
95	125 (3)	Aug 24	ATL		PHI	W,9-7	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
96	129 (3)	Aug 29	ATL	@	NYM	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
97	131 (1)	Aug 30 (2)	ATL	@	PHI	W,11-9	GS	51	11.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	134 (2)	Sep 3	ATL	@	MON	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
99	135	Sep 4	ATL	@	MON	L,1-4	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
100	139 (3)	Sep 8	ATL		LAD	W,12-11	GS	36	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
101	140	Sep 9	ATL		LAD	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
102	141	Sep 10	ATL		CIN	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
103	142	Sep 11	ATL		CIN	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
104	143	Sep 12	ATL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
105	144	Sep 13	ATL		HOU	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
106	145	Sep 14	ATL		HOU	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
107	146	Sep 15	ATL		HOU	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
108	147	Sep 17	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
109	148	Sep 18	ATL	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS	24	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
110	152 (3)	Sep 22	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS	22	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
111	153	Sep 24	ATL		SDP	W,11-6	GS	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
112	156 (2)	Sep 27	ATL	@	SFG	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
113	157	Sep 28	ATL	@	SFG	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
114	158	Sep 29	ATL	@	LAD	W,4-3	GS	42	10.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
115	159	Sep 30	ATL	@	LAD	L,3-10	GS	25	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
116	160	Oct 1	ATL	@	SDP	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
117	161	Oct 2	ATL	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
118	162	Oct 3	ATL	@	SDP	L,1-5	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
							118gm		994.1	602	73	5	680	9