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.

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	ATL		PHI	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
2	2	Apr 4	ATL		PHI	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 6	ATL		MON	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
4	4	Apr 7	ATL		MON	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
5	5	Apr 8	ATL		MON	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
6	6	Apr 10	ATL		NYM	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
7	7	Apr 11	ATL		NYM	L,1-6	CG	48	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
8	8	Apr 12	ATL	@	SDP	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
9	9	Apr 13	ATL	@	SDP	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
10	11 (1)	Apr 15	ATL	@	SDP	L,4-6	GS	34	7.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
11	12	Apr 18	ATL	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
12	13	Apr 20	ATL		HOU	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
13	14	Apr 21	ATL		HOU	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
14	15	Apr 22	ATL		HOU	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
15	16	Apr 24	ATL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
16	17	Apr 25	ATL		CIN	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
17	18	Apr 26	ATL		CIN	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
18	20 (1)	Apr 28	ATL	@	HOU	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
19	21	Apr 29	ATL	@	HOU	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	22	May 1	ATL		SDP	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	24 (1)	May 5	ATL	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	36	9.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
22	25	May 6 (1)	ATL	@	MON	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
23	27 (1)	May 7	ATL	@	PHI	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
24	29 (1)	May 9	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
25	32 (2)	May 12	ATL		PIT	W,4-3	GS	30	8.0	6	0	2	8	0	C
26	35 (2)	May 16	ATL	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	38 (2)	May 19	ATL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	28	6.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
28	41 (2)	May 24 (1)	ATL	@	CHC	L,7-10	CG	39	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
29	44 (2)	May 26	ATL		STL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
30	49 (4)	May 31	ATL	@	CIN	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	50	Jun 1 (1)	ATL	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
32	54 (3)	Jun 4	ATL	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	55	Jun 5	ATL	@	SFG	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
34	59 (3)	Jun 9	ATL	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	7	0	0	7	0	C
35	62 (2)	Jun 12	ATL	@	SDP	L,6-7	CG	48	11.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
36	64 (1)	Jun 15	ATL		CIN	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
37	66 (1)	Jun 17	ATL		CIN	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
38	67	Jun 19	ATL		SFG	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
39	68	Jun 20	ATL		SFG	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
40	69	Jun 21	ATL		SFG	L,3-5	GS	34	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
41	71 (1)	Jun 23	ATL		LAD	L,2-10	GS	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
42	74 (2)	Jun 25 (2)	ATL		HOU	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
43	75	Jun 26	ATL		HOU	L,5-10	GS	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	76	Jun 27	ATL		HOU	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	79 (2)	Jul 1 (1)	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
46	82 (2)	Jul 3	ATL		MON	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
47	83	Jul 4	ATL		MON	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	84	Jul 5	ATL	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	27	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
49	88 (3)	Jul 12	ATL		NYM	L,6-8	GS	43	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
50	91 (2)	Jul 15	ATL		NYM	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
51	92	Jul 16	ATL	@	MON	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
52	93	Jul 17	ATL	@	MON	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
53	97 (3)	Jul 21	ATL		PHI	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
54	98	Jul 22	ATL		PHI	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
55	102 (3)	Jul 27	ATL	@	SFG	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
56	103	Jul 28	ATL	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
57	104	Jul 29	ATL	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
58	105	Jul 30	ATL	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	45	8.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	108 (2)	Aug 3	ATL		SFG	W,2-1	GS	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
60	109	Aug 4	ATL		SFG	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
61	112 (2)	Aug 7	ATL		LAD	L,1-2	GS	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
62	113	Aug 8	ATL		LAD	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
63	114	Aug 9	ATL		LAD	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
64	115	Aug 10 (1)	ATL		SDP	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
65	117 (1)	Aug 11	ATL		SDP	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
66	118	Aug 12	ATL		SDP	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
67	120 (1)	Aug 15	ATL		PIT	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
68	122 (1)	Aug 17	ATL	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
69	127 (4)	Aug 22	ATL	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
70	128	Aug 24	ATL	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	C
71	129	Aug 25	ATL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
72	131 (1)	Aug 28	ATL		STL	L,3-5	CG	46	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
73	132	Aug 29	ATL		STL	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
74	133	Aug 30	ATL		CHC	L,3-8	CG	47	10.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
75	134	Aug 31	ATL		CHC	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	136 (1)	Sep 2	ATL		CHC	L,2-4	GS	31	7.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
77	137	Sep 3	ATL		HOU	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
78	138	Sep 4	ATL		HOU	W,8-7	GS	26	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
79	139	Sep 5	ATL	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
80	140	Sep 6	ATL	@	LAD	W,3-2	GS	67	17.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
81	142 (1)	Sep 8	ATL	@	SFG	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
82	143	Sep 9	ATL	@	SFG	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
83	144	Sep 10	ATL	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
84	145	Sep 11	ATL	@	HOU	W,6-4	GS	9	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
85	149 (3)	Sep 16	ATL		SFG	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
86	150	Sep 17	ATL		LAD	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
87	151	Sep 18	ATL		LAD	W,6-5	GS	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
88	154 (2)	Sep 21	ATL	@	SDP	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
89	156 (1)	Sep 23	ATL	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	42	10.2	14	1	0	15	0	C
90	157	Sep 25	ATL	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
91	158	Sep 26	ATL	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
92	159	Sep 27	ATL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	39	9.1	7	1	0	8	0	C
93	160	Sep 28	ATL		SDP	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
94	161	Sep 29	ATL		SDP	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
95	162	Sep 30	ATL		SDP	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
							95gm		820.0	504	37	5	546	2