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.

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	9 (8)	Apr 13	ATL	@	SDP	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
2	11 (1)	Apr 15	ATL	@	SFG	L,0-1	GS	26	7.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
3	13 (1)	Apr 16 (2)	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
4	19 (5)	Apr 23	ATL		SDP	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	25 (5)	Apr 30	ATL	@	MON	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	28 (2)	May 3	ATL		PHI	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
7	29	May 4	ATL		PHI	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
8	32 (2)	May 7	ATL		MON	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
9	36 (3)	May 13	ATL	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
10	41 (4)	May 19	ATL		STL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
11	42	May 20	ATL		STL	L,0-1	GS	38	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
12	44 (1)	May 23	ATL		PIT	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
13	45	May 24	ATL		PIT	L,1-4	GS	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
14	46	May 25	ATL		PIT	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
15	47	May 26	ATL	@	STL	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
16	48	May 27	ATL	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
17	49	May 28	ATL	@	STL	T,3-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
18	50	May 29	ATL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
19	51	May 30	ATL		CHC	L,2-3	GS	27	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	53 (1)	Jun 2	ATL		SFG	L,6-7	GS	36	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
21	55 (1)	Jun 4	ATL		SFG	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
22	56	Jun 5 (1)	ATL		LAD	L,0-7	GS	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
23	59 (2)	Jun 7	ATL		LAD	L,4-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
24	60	Jun 9	ATL	@	HOU	L,5-6	GS	30	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
25	61	Jun 10	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-1	GS	25	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
26	64 (2)	Jun 14	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
27	65	Jun 15	ATL	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
28	66	Jun 16	ATL	@	LAD	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
29	67	Jun 17	ATL	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
30	70 (2)	Jun 21 (2)	ATL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	15	2	0	17	1	C
31	71	Jun 22	ATL		CIN	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
32	72	Jun 23	ATL		HOU	L,2-5	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
33	74 (1)	Jun 25	ATL		HOU	L,6-12	CG	47	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
34	75	Jun 27	ATL	@	CIN	L,3-9	GS	27	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	76	Jun 28	ATL	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS	33	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
36	77	Jun 29	ATL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
37	78	Jun 30 (1)	ATL	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS	21	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
38	79	Jun 30 (2)	ATL	@	PHI	W,3-1	GF	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	80	Jul 1	ATL	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS	28	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
40	83 (2)	Jul 4	ATL		MON	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
41	84	Jul 5	ATL		MON	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
42	85	Jul 6	ATL		PHI	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
43	86	Jul 7	ATL		PHI	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
44	87	Jul 8	ATL		PHI	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
45	88	Jul 9	ATL		PHI	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	3	2	1	6	0	C
46	89	Jul 13	ATL		NYM	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
47	90	Jul 14	ATL		NYM	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
48	91	Jul 15	ATL		NYM	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
49	93 (1)	Jul 17	ATL	@	MON	L,2-5	GS	28	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
50	95 (1)	Jul 19	ATL	@	MON	W,3-2	GF	45	11.0	10	3	0	13	0	PR C
51	99 (3)	Jul 23	ATL	@	NYM	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
52	100	Jul 24	ATL		SFG	L,0-2	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
53	101	Jul 25	ATL		SFG	L,4-5	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
54	102	Jul 26	ATL		SFG	W,5-4	GS	34	7.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
55	104 (1)	Jul 28	ATL		CIN	L,2-4	GF	18	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
56	106 (1)	Jul 30	ATL		CIN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	107	Aug 1	ATL		SDP	L,2-5	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
58	108	Aug 2	ATL		SDP	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
59	109	Aug 3	ATL		SDP	L,5-6	GS	36	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
60	115 (5)	Aug 9	ATL	@	LAD	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
61	117 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	ATL	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
62	118	Aug 12	ATL	@	SDP	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
63	120 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	ATL	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
64	134 (13)	Aug 30	ATL	@	PIT	L,5-7	GS	33	7.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	145 (10)	Sep 11	ATL	@	SFG	L,2-3		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
							65gm		489.0	361	40	2	403	2