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.

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 13	ATL		SDP	W,7-5	CG	44	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
2	5	Apr 14	ATL		SDP	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
3	14 (8)	Apr 24	ATL	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
4	15	Apr 25	ATL	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	35	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	23 (7)	May 5	ATL		MON	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
6	26 (2)	May 10	ATL	@	MON	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
7	27	May 11	ATL	@	MON	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
8	28	May 12	ATL	@	MON	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
9	34 (5)	May 18	ATL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
10	35	May 19	ATL		CHC	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
11	37 (1)	May 21	ATL	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
12	38	May 22	ATL	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
13	40 (1)	May 25	ATL		PIT	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
14	41	May 26	ATL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
15	42	May 28	ATL		STL	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
16	43	May 29	ATL		STL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	49 (5)	Jun 5	ATL	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	42	11.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
18	62 (12)	Jun 19	ATL		HOU	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
19	63	Jun 20	ATL		HOU	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
20	65 (1)	Jun 21 (2)	ATL	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
21	66	Jun 22	ATL	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
22	70 (3)	Jun 27	ATL	@	HOU	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
23	72 (1)	Jun 29	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
24	73	Jun 30	ATL	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	74	Jul 1	ATL	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
26	75	Jul 2	ATL	@	SFG	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
27	76	Jul 4	ATL		NYM	L,13-16	GF	45	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
28	79 (2)	Jul 7 (2)	ATL		NYM	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
29	80	Jul 8	ATL		MON	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	81	Jul 9	ATL		MON	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
31	84 (2)	Jul 12	ATL		PHI	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
32	86 (1)	Jul 14	ATL		PHI	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
33	89 (2)	Jul 20	ATL	@	NYM	L,4-16	CG	47	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
34	91 (1)	Jul 22	ATL	@	MON	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	93 (1)	Jul 24	ATL	@	MON	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
36	96 (2)	Jul 27	ATL	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	98 (1)	Jul 30	ATL		SDP	L,4-5	GF	16	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	102 (3)	Aug 3	ATL		SFG	L,5-7	GS	38	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
39	108 (5)	Aug 11	ATL	@	SFG	W,7-4	GS	31	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
40	109	Aug 12	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-3	GS	30	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
41	112 (2)	Aug 15	ATL	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
42	113	Aug 16	ATL	@	SDP	L,3-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
43	114	Aug 18 (1)	ATL	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
44	121 (6)	Aug 25	ATL		STL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
45	122	Aug 26	ATL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
46	123	Aug 27	ATL		PIT	W,7-6	GS	26	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	124	Aug 28	ATL		PIT	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
48	125	Aug 29	ATL	@	CHC	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
49	126	Aug 30	ATL	@	CHC	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
50	127	Aug 31	ATL	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	129 (1)	Sep 2	ATL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
52	130	Sep 3	ATL	@	PIT	W,2-0	GS	19	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
53	131	Sep 4	ATL	@	PIT	L,0-2	GS	32	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
54	132	Sep 6	ATL	@	STL	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
55	133	Sep 7	ATL	@	STL	W,3-1	GS	25	5.1	1	1	0	2	0	C
56	134	Sep 8	ATL	@	STL	W,7-3	GS	23	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
57	135	Sep 9	ATL		LAD	L,7-9	GS	30	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
58	136	Sep 10 (1)	ATL		LAD	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
59	138 (1)	Sep 11	ATL		LAD	L,3-12	CG	48	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
60	142 (3)	Sep 15	ATL		SFG	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
61	143	Sep 16	ATL		HOU	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
62	144	Sep 17	ATL		HOU	L,6-10	CG	46	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
63	145	Sep 18	ATL		CIN	L,3-7	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
64	148 (2)	Sep 21	ATL	@	SDP	L,0-1	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
65	151 (2)	Sep 25	ATL	@	CIN	W,4-2	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
66	152	Sep 26	ATL	@	CIN	L,1-6	GS	33	6.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
67	153	Sep 27	ATL		SDP	L,1-10	GS	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
68	159 (5)	Oct 3	ATL	@	LAD	W,5-0	GS	24	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
69	160	Oct 4	ATL	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	36	8.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
70	161	Oct 5	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-7	GS	37	7.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
							70gm		566.0	314	35	4	353	1