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

[edit] Biography

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

[edit] Transactions

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

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