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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.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	ATL		CIN	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
2	2	Apr 11	ATL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
3	3	Apr 12	ATL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
4	4	Apr 13	ATL	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	40	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
5	5	Apr 14	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-8	GS	36	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
6	6	Apr 15	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
7	7	Apr 17	ATL		SFG	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	6	2	1	9	0	C
8	8	Apr 18	ATL		SFG	L,1-4	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
9	10 (1)	Apr 21	ATL	@	CIN	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
10	11	Apr 22	ATL	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
11	12	Apr 23	ATL	@	SFG	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
12	13	Apr 24	ATL	@	SFG	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
13	14	Apr 25	ATL	@	SFG	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
14	16 (1)	Apr 26 (2)	ATL	@	SFG	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	5	2	1	8	1	C
15	17	Apr 28	ATL		HOU	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
16	18	Apr 29	ATL		HOU	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
17	19	Apr 30	ATL		HOU	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	20	May 1	ATL	@	CHC	W,2-1	GF	12	4.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
19	21	May 2	ATL	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
20	22	May 3	ATL	@	CHC	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
21	23	May 4	ATL	@	STL	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
22	24	May 5	ATL	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
23	25	May 6	ATL	@	STL	W,10-2	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
24	26	May 7	ATL	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
25	27	May 8	ATL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	29 (1)	May 10	ATL		CHC	T,5-5	CG	56	14.0	15	0	0	15	0	C
27	30	May 11	ATL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	45	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
28	31	May 12	ATL		PIT	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	32	May 13	ATL		PIT	L,5-7	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
30	33	May 15	ATL		STL	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
31	34	May 16	ATL		STL	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
32	35	May 17	ATL		STL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
33	36	May 19	ATL	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
34	37	May 20	ATL	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	38	May 22	ATL		SDP	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	6	7	0	13	0	C
36	39	May 23	ATL		SDP	W,7-6	CG	49	11.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
37	40	May 24	ATL		SDP	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
38	41	May 25	ATL		LAD	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
39	42	May 27	ATL		LAD	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	43	May 28	ATL		LAD	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
41	44	May 29	ATL	@	SDP	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	8	4	0	12	0	C
42	45	May 30	ATL	@	SDP	L,1-11	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
43	46	May 31	ATL	@	SDP	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	47	Jun 1	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
45	48	Jun 2	ATL	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	36	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
46	49	Jun 3	ATL	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
47	50	Jun 5	ATL		PHI	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
48	51	Jun 6	ATL		PHI	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	52	Jun 7	ATL		PHI	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
50	53	Jun 9	ATL	@	MON	L,1-12	GS	19	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	C
51	54	Jun 10	ATL	@	MON	L,2-11	GS	27	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
52	55	Jun 11	ATL	@	MON	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	56	Aug 10	ATL	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
54	57	Aug 11	ATL	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
55	58	Aug 12	ATL	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
56	59	Aug 13	ATL	@	LAD	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
57	60	Aug 14	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-5	GS	30	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
58	61	Aug 15	ATL	@	LAD	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
59	62	Aug 16	ATL	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
60	63	Aug 18	ATL		NYM	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
61	64	Aug 19	ATL		NYM	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
62	65	Aug 20	ATL		NYM	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
63	66	Aug 21	ATL		MON	L,1-4	CG	41	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
64	67	Aug 22 (1)	ATL		MON	L,4-5	GF	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
65	68	Aug 22 (2)	ATL		MON	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
66	69	Aug 23	ATL		MON	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
67	70	Aug 24	ATL	@	PHI	L,5-7	CG	52	12.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
68	71	Aug 25	ATL	@	PHI	W,12-2	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
69	72	Aug 26	ATL	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	39	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
70	73	Aug 28	ATL	@	MON	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
71	74	Aug 29	ATL	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
72	75	Aug 30	ATL	@	MON	W,5-4	CG	48	12.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
73	76	Aug 31	ATL		PHI	L,8-11	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	77	Sep 1	ATL		PHI	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
75	78	Sep 2	ATL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
76	79	Sep 4	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
77	80	Sep 5	ATL	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
78	81	Sep 6	ATL	@	NYM	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
79	82	Sep 7	ATL		HOU	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
80	83	Sep 8	ATL		HOU	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
81	84	Sep 9	ATL		HOU	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	C
82	85	Sep 11	ATL		SDP	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
83	86	Sep 12	ATL		SDP	W,5-4	GS	39	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
84	87	Sep 13	ATL		SDP	L,4-6	GS	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
85	88	Sep 14	ATL	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
86	89	Sep 15	ATL	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	44	8.1	6	1	1	8	0	C
87	90	Sep 16	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
88	91	Sep 17	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
89	93 (1)	Sep 19	ATL	@	SDP	L,3-6	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
90	94	Sep 20	ATL	@	SDP	W,3-1	GS	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							90gm		773.0	404	73	7	484	7