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.

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	ATL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 6	ATL	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 8	ATL		SDP	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
4	4	Apr 9	ATL		SDP	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
5	5	Apr 10	ATL		SDP	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
6	6	Apr 11	ATL		SDP	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
7	7	Apr 12	ATL		CIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
8	8	Apr 13	ATL		CIN	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
9	9	Apr 16	ATL	@	PHI	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
10	10	Apr 17	ATL	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
11	11	Apr 18	ATL	@	SDP	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
12	12	Apr 19	ATL	@	SDP	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
13	13	Apr 22	ATL		NYM	W,5-4	GS	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
14	14	Apr 24 (1)	ATL		NYM	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
15	15	Apr 24 (2)	ATL		NYM	W,5-3	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	16	Apr 26	ATL		PHI	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
17	17	Apr 27	ATL		PHI	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
18	18	Apr 29	ATL	@	NYM	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
19	19	Apr 30	ATL	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	ATL	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
21	21	May 3	ATL	@	MON	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
22	22	May 4	ATL	@	MON	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	23	May 5	ATL		HOU	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
24	24	May 6	ATL		HOU	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
25	25	May 7	ATL		HOU	W,10-1	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
26	26	May 8	ATL		HOU	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	27	May 9	ATL		MON	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
28	28	May 10	ATL		MON	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	29	May 11	ATL		MON	L,5-8	GS	38	8.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
30	30	May 12	ATL	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	44	9.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
31	31	May 13	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
32	32	May 14	ATL	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
33	33	May 15	ATL	@	HOU	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	34	May 17	ATL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
35	36 (1)	May 20	ATL	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
36	37	May 21	ATL	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	C
37	38	May 22	ATL	@	STL	W,7-5	GS	33	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
38	39	May 23	ATL		PIT	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
39	40	May 24	ATL		PIT	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
40	41	May 25	ATL		PIT	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
41	42	May 26	ATL		CHC	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
42	43	May 27	ATL		CHC	L,6-8	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
43	44	May 28	ATL		CHC	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
44	45	May 29	ATL		CHC	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
45	46	May 30	ATL	@	PIT	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
46	47	May 31	ATL	@	PIT	W,10-2	GS	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	49 (1)	Jun 2	ATL		STL	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
48	50	Jun 3	ATL		STL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
49	51	Jun 4	ATL		STL	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
50	53 (1)	Jun 7	ATL		LAD	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
51	54	Jun 8	ATL		LAD	L,5-11	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
52	55	Jun 9	ATL		LAD	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
53	56	Jun 10 (1)	ATL		SFG	L,4-6	CG	42	10.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
54	58 (1)	Jun 11	ATL		SFG	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
55	59	Jun 12	ATL		SFG	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
56	60	Jun 14	ATL	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
57	61	Jun 15	ATL	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	10	2	1	13	0	C
58	62	Jun 16	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
59	63	Jun 17	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
60	65 (1)	Jun 19	ATL	@	SFG	L,6-9	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
61	66	Jun 20	ATL	@	HOU	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
62	67	Jun 21	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	7	3	0	10	1	C
63	68	Jun 22	ATL	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	7	0	0	7	0	C
64	69	Jun 24 (1)	ATL	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
65	71 (1)	Jun 25	ATL	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
66	72	Jun 26	ATL	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
67	74 (1)	Jun 28	ATL		HOU	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	75	Jun 29	ATL		HOU	W,11-1	GS	30	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
69	76	Jun 30	ATL		HOU	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	77	Jul 1	ATL		CIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
71	79 (1)	Jul 3	ATL		CIN	L,1-2	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
72	81 (1)	Jul 8	ATL	@	MON	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
73	84 (2)	Jul 11	ATL	@	MON	W,6-4	GS	36	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
74	86 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	ATL	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	43	8.2	7	2	0	9	0	C
75	87	Jul 13	ATL	@	PHI	W,5-2	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
76	88	Jul 14	ATL	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
77	89	Jul 15	ATL		MON	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
78	90	Jul 16	ATL		MON	W,6-3	GF	10	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
79	91	Jul 17	ATL		MON	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
80	92	Jul 18	ATL		NYM	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
81	93	Jul 19	ATL		NYM	W,11-7	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
82	94	Jul 20	ATL		NYM	L,2-3	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
83	95	Jul 21	ATL		PHI	L,6-10	CG	47	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
84	97 (1)	Jul 23	ATL		PHI	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
85	99 (1)	Jul 25	ATL	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	11	1	0	12	0	C
86	100	Jul 26	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-2	GF	9	2.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
87	101	Jul 27	ATL	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
88	102	Jul 29 (1)	ATL	@	SDP	W,2-1	GS	28	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
89	103	Jul 29 (2)	ATL	@	SDP	L,5-6	GF	20	5.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
90	104	Jul 30	ATL	@	SDP	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
91	105	Jul 31	ATL	@	SDP	L,2-5	GS	28	5.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	108 (2)	Aug 3	ATL	@	SFG	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
93	109	Aug 4	ATL	@	SFG	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
94	110	Aug 5	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
95	111	Aug 6	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
96	112	Aug 7	ATL	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
97	113	Aug 9	ATL		SFG	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
98	114	Aug 10	ATL		SFG	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	C
99	115	Aug 11	ATL		SFG	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
100	116	Aug 12	ATL		LAD	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
101	117	Aug 13	ATL		LAD	W,8-7	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
102	118	Aug 14	ATL		LAD	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
103	119	Aug 15	ATL		SDP	L,0-4	GS	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
104	123 (3)	Aug 20	ATL	@	CHC	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
105	124	Aug 21	ATL	@	CHC	W,11-9	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
106	125	Aug 23	ATL	@	STL	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	6	2	1	9	0	C
107	126	Aug 24	ATL	@	STL	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
108	127	Aug 25	ATL	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
109	128	Aug 26	ATL	@	PIT	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
110	130 (1)	Aug 28	ATL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
111	131	Aug 29	ATL		CHC	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
112	132	Aug 30	ATL		CHC	L,6-9	GS	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
113	133	Aug 31	ATL		STL	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	134	Sep 1	ATL		STL	L,3-8	GS	28	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
115	136 (1)	Sep 3	ATL		PIT	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
116	137	Sep 4	ATL		PIT	W,6-5	GF	9	2.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
117	138	Sep 5	ATL		HOU	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
118	139	Sep 7	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	C
119	140	Sep 8	ATL	@	SFG	W,12-9	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
120	141	Sep 9	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
121	142	Sep 10	ATL	@	LAD	W,6-3	CG	41	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
122	143	Sep 11	ATL	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	43	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
123	145 (1)	Sep 14	ATL	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
124	146	Sep 16	ATL		SDP	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
125	147	Sep 17	ATL		SDP	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
126	148	Sep 18	ATL		SDP	L,2-4	GS	26	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
127	152 (3)	Sep 23	ATL		LAD	L,2-11	CG	46	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
128	153	Sep 24	ATL		LAD	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	C
129	154	Sep 25	ATL		LAD	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
130	155	Sep 26	ATL		SFG	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
131	156	Sep 27	ATL		SFG	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
132	158 (1)	Sep 28 (2)	ATL	@	HOU	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
133	160 (1)	Sep 30	ATL	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	28	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
134	161	Oct 1	ATL	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	43	9.1	11	3	0	14	0	C
							134gm		1106.2	738	91	7	836	12