Bruce Benedict

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Full Name: Bruce Edwin Benedict	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/175	First Game: August 18, 1978
Birthdate: August 18, 1955	Final Game: September 11, 1989
Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
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7 See Also
8 Categories

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Bruce Benedict (Bruce Edwin Benedict) was born on August 18, 1955 in Birmingham, Alabama. He made his Major League debut on August 18, 1978 for the Atlanta Braves. In 1979, his rookie year, he hit .225 with 0 home runs and 15 RBI. Benedict played for the Atlanta Braves for his entire 12 year career.

Most people believe that Bruce Benedict's best season was 1983, when he hit for a .298 average.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1978	ATL	N	22	52	3	13	0	1	.250	.328	.288	2	0	6	6	0	0	0	2	0
1979	ATL	N	76	204	14	46	0	15	.225	.331	.279	11	0	33	18	0	2	1	3	4
1980	ATL	N	120	359	18	91	2	34	.253	.308	.315	14	1	28	36	1	13	3	8	11
1981	ATL	N	90	295	26	78	5	35	.264	.341	.363	12	1	33	21	3	5	1	4	8
1982	ATL	N	118	386	34	95	3	44	.246	.315	.303	11	1	37	40	3	7	4	9	10
1983	ATL	N	134	423	43	126	2	43	.298	.385	.348	13	1	61	24	1	4	1	16	12
1984	ATL	N	95	300	26	67	4	25	.223	.301	.297	8	1	34	25	1	1	1	3	9
1985	ATL	N	70	208	12	42	0	20	.202	.279	.231	6	0	22	12	1	4	0	1	8
1986	ATL	N	64	160	11	36	0	13	.225	.298	.300	10	1	15	10	2	4	1	1	9
1987	ATL	N	37	95	4	14	1	5	.147	.277	.189	1	0	17	15	0	2	0	0	2
1988	ATL	N	90	236	11	57	0	19	.242	.296	.271	7	0	19	26	0	5	0	1	2
1989	ATL	N	66	160	12	31	1	6	.194	.299	.231	3	0	23	18	1	2	0	4	1
Total			982	2878	214	696	18	260	.242	.320	.299	98	6	328	251	13	49	12	52	76

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1978	ATL	N	C	22	16	141	81	14	1	1	0	0	16	11	0	.990
1979	ATL	N	C	76	69	586	344	35	6	3	0	8	65	22	0	.984
1980	ATL	N	C	120	111	968.2	502	76	7	6	0	11	76	44	1	.988
1981	ATL	N	C	90	86	773	404	73	7	7	0	9	83	48	1	.986
1982	ATL	N	C	118	111	994.1	602	73	5	9	0	9	92	43	2	.993
1983	ATL	N	C	134	128	1106.2	738	91	7	12	0	4	123	55	0	.992
1984	ATL	N	C	95	95	820	504	37	5	2	0	2	85	25	0	.991
1985	ATL	N	C	70	67	566	314	35	4	1	0	1	65	24	1	.989
1986	ATL	N	C	57	49	429	252	28	2	1	0	1	27	18	0	.993
1987	ATL	N	C	35	28	256	165	21	2	3	0	1	36	10	1	.989
1988	ATL	N	C	89	76	651	384	54	5	3	0	4	63	33	0	.989
1989	ATL	N	C	65	56	489	361	40	2	2	0	5	41	28	0	.995
Total			C	971	892	7780.2	4651	577	53	50	0	55	772	361	6	.990

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Selected by Atlanta Braves in the 5th round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1976).

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