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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 13	ATL	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
2	13 (4)	Apr 20	ATL		SDP	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	22 (8)	May 2	ATL	@	PIT	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
4	26 (3)	May 7	ATL		PIT	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
5	29 (2)	May 11	ATL	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	30	May 12	ATL	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	43	8.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
7	31	May 13	ATL	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
8	32	May 15	ATL		LAD	L,4-5	CG	44	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
9	33	May 16	ATL		LAD	W,3-2	GS	32	8.1	8	0	0	8	0	C
10	37 (3)	May 19 (2)	ATL		SFG	L,6-7	CG	43	11.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
11	38	May 20	ATL		SFG	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
12	40 (1)	May 22	ATL		HOU	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	42 (1)	May 25	ATL	@	SFG	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
14	44 (1)	May 27	ATL	@	SFG	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
15	45	May 28	ATL	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
16	47 (1)	May 29 (2)	ATL	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
17	48	May 30	ATL	@	SDP	L,2-10	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	50 (1)	Jun 1	ATL		NYM	L,4-5	CG	49	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
19	51	Jun 2	ATL		NYM	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
20	53 (1)	Jun 4	ATL		MON	L,1-8	GS	21	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
21	61 (7)	Jun 14	ATL	@	MON	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
22	63 (1)	Jun 16	ATL	@	NYM	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
23	64	Jun 17 susp	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-2	GS	22	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	66 (1)	Jun 19	ATL		PHI	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
25	67	Jun 20	ATL		PHI	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
26	68	Jun 21	ATL		LAD	L,4-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
27	70 (1)	Jun 23	ATL		LAD	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	73 (2)	Jun 26	ATL	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
29	75 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	ATL	@	SDP	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
30	78 (2)	Jun 30	ATL	@	LAD	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	79	Jul 1	ATL	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
32	81 (1)	Jul 4	ATL		SFG	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
33	82	Jul 5	ATL		SFG	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
34	85 (2)	Jul 7	ATL		STL	W,10-2	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
35	87 (1)	Jul 9	ATL		CHC	L,4-7	GS	38	7.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
36	90 (2)	Jul 13	ATL		PIT	W,13-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
37	91	Jul 14	ATL		PIT	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	C
38	93 (1)	Jul 19	ATL	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
39	99 (5)	Jul 23 (2)	ATL	@	PIT	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
40	101 (1)	Jul 25	ATL	@	STL	W,13-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
41	103 (1)	Jul 27	ATL		CIN	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
42	105 (1)	Jul 28 (2)	ATL		CIN	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
43	106	Jul 29	ATL		CIN	L,4-9	GS	31	6.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
44	107	Jul 31	ATL		SDP	L,3-10	GS	38	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	108	Aug 1	ATL		SDP	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
46	111 (2)	Aug 4 (1)	ATL	@	HOU	L,3-4	GF	10	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	112	Aug 4 (2)	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-6	GS	20	5.0	5	4	0	9	0	C
48	116 (3)	Aug 8	ATL	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
49	117	Aug 9	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
50	119 (1)	Aug 12	ATL		HOU	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
51	120	Aug 14	ATL		NYM	L,5-18	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
52	122 (1)	Aug 16	ATL		NYM	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
53	123	Aug 17	ATL	@	MON	L,0-1	CG	38	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
54	125 (1)	Aug 19	ATL	@	MON	L,1-5	GS	23	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
55	126	Aug 20	ATL	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
56	127	Aug 21	ATL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
57	129 (1)	Aug 24	ATL		MON	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
58	130	Aug 27	ATL	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
59	131	Aug 28	ATL	@	NYM	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	7	2	1	10	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	134 (2)	Sep 1	ATL		PHI	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
61	138 (3)	Sep 5	ATL		LAD	L,3-5	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
62	141 (2)	Sep 8	ATL		SDP	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
63	142	Sep 9	ATL		SDP	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
64	144 (1)	Sep 12	ATL	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
65	145	Sep 13	ATL	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
66	146	Sep 14	ATL	@	SDP	W,10-7	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
67	148 (1)	Sep 17	ATL	@	LAD	L,4-9	GS	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
68	149	Sep 18	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
69	152 (2)	Sep 22	ATL		SFG	W,10-2	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
70	154 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	ATL		HOU	W,5-4	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
71	155	Sep 24 (2)	ATL		HOU	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
72	156	Sep 25	ATL		HOU	L,0-8	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
73	157	Sep 26	ATL		HOU	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	158	Sep 28	ATL	@	CIN	L,0-3	GS	25	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	159	Sep 29	ATL	@	CIN	W,2-0	GS	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
76	160	Sep 30	ATL	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
							76gm		586.0	344	35	6	385	3