Made big league debut
On his twenty-third birthday
Made two All-Star teams
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| 1986 Fleer #509 Bruce Benedict |
Benedict is one only 46 players who have made their Major Legue debut on their birthday. (See the full list here: https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Category:Birthday_Debuts)
Oh, and to all you hopeless romantics: Happy feast of Saint Valentine!
Oh, and Happy 2024 Topps base set release day! (Please let there be some at my local retail store....)
He went one-to-one in his debut. Happy birthday!
ReplyDeleteSorry. One-FOR-one.
DeleteI feel like Benedict was one of those guys I'd always pull from packs when I started collecting in the early 80's.
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