MLB / Players

Bruce Benedict

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 175 lb

BornAugust 18, 1955 · Birmingham, AL, USA

MLB debutAugust 18, 1978

Final gameSeptember 11, 1989

Seasons12 (1978–1989)

Atlanta Braves 1978–1989

Percentile snapshot

1981 season — qualified batters

13.1

339

4.4

295

2.9

2.2

7.3

16.1

38.7

RBI

32.1

40.9

94.2

11.7

84.7

.264

39.4

OBP

.341

51.1

SLG

.363

26.3

OPS

.704

33.6

wRC+

99.6

32.8

OPS+

97.9

27.7

wOBA

.331

36.5

sWAR

1.9

51.8

of 138 qualified 1981 batters (min 331 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

69.5

2.9

OPS+

70.5

2.8

sWAR

7.7

83.9

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1978	22	58	52	3	13	2	0	0	1	6	6	0	0	.250	.328	.288	.616	70.3	75.4	.285	0.2
1979	76	241	204	14	46	11	0	0	15	33	18	1	3	.225	.331	.279	.610	65.9	63.4	.294	0.5
1980	120	402	359	18	91	14	1	2	34	28	36	3	3	.253	.308	.315	.623	67.0	72.0	.287	0.8
1981	90	339	295	26	78	12	1	5	35	33	21	1	1	.264	.341	.363	.704	99.6	97.9	.331	1.9
1982	118	436	386	34	95	11	1	3	44	37	40	4	4	.246	.315	.303	.618	67.8	71.1	.287	0.8
1983	134	492	423	43	126	13	1	2	43	61	24	1	3	.298	.385	.348	.733	99.6	99.5	.340	2.8
1984	95	340	300	26	67	8	1	4	25	34	25	1	2	.223	.301	.297	.598	63.2	64.2	.284	0.5
1985	70	237	208	12	42	6	0	0	20	22	12	0	1	.202	.279	.231	.510	39.9	40.8	.249	-0.3
1986	64	182	160	11	36	10	1	0	13	15	10	1	0	.225	.298	.300	.598	60.7	61.3	.283	0.2
1987	37	114	95	4	14	1	0	1	5	17	15	0	1	.147	.277	.189	.466	29.5	23.6	.240	-0.3
1988	90	262	236	11	57	7	0	0	19	19	26	0	2	.242	.296	.271	.567	59.1	60.0	.271	0.4
1989	66	186	160	12	31	3	0	1	6	23	18	0	0	.194	.299	.231	.530	50.8	51.4	.257	0.1

Career totals

982

3,289

2,878

214

696

RBI

260

328

251

.2418

OBP

.3201

SLG

.2988

OPS

.6189

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1981-04-25	ATL @ SF Gameday	2	2	2	0	2	4	1	8
1982-07-15	ATL @ CHC Gameday	5	1	3	0	1	3	0	6
1980-06-13	ATL @ CHC Gameday	4	1	2	1	1	1	0	6
1985-07-07	NYM @ ATL Gameday	5	0	4	1	0	1	0	5
1984-08-07	LAD @ ATL Gameday	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	5

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

2× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.