Benny Distefano

Benito James Distefano

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 23, 1962 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Lafayette HS (Brooklyn, NY)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 18, 1984
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Astros 1984-1992

Final Game: August 5, 1992
About biographical information

View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Sponsor this page for $10 and help Baseball-Reference.com provide this service. Your message will replace this ad.

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1982	20	PIT-min	A	136	566	477	74	138	23	8	15	89	11	4	85	58	.289	.396	.465	.862		222		1	1	2	8		GRW · SALL
1983	21	PIT-min	AA	137	556	480	71	130	19	7	25	92	2	4	63	40	.271	.357	.496	.853		238		5	2	6	5		LYN · EL
1984	22	PIT-min	AAA	66	270	240	40	73	13	8	6	33	2	1	24	14	.304	.378	.500	.878		120		5	0	1	6		HAW · PCL
1984	22	PIT	NL	45	86	78	10	13	1	2	3	9	0	1	5	13	.167	.226	.346	.572	59	27	3	1	2	0	1	39/7

1985	23	PIT-min	AAA	136	552	480	74	114	27	8	14	67	5	2	69	53	.238	.334	.415	.749		199		1	1	1	11		HAW · PCL
1986	24	PIT-min	AAA	111	452	402	58	104	25	9	13	57	2	4	41	45	.259	.329	.463	.792		186		3	2	4	6		HAW · PCL
1986	24	PIT	NL	31	42	39	3	7	1	0	1	5	0	0	1	5	.179	.190	.282	.473	28	11	0	0	0	2	0	/93

1987	25	PIT-min	AAA	130	527	431	67	120	20	4	15	77	7	6	77	53	.278	.402	.448	.850		193		15	0	4	7		VAN · PCL
1988	26	PIT-min	AAA	135	550	482	69	127	26	1	19	63	6	5	50	58	.263	.344	.440	.784		212		12	1	5	6		BFL · AA
1988	26	PIT	NL	16	33	29	6	10	3	1	1	6	0	0	3	4	.345	.394	.621	1.015	191	18	1	0	0	1	1	/39
1989	27	PIT-min	AAA	5	20	17	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	3	.235	.350	.294	.644		5		1	0	0	0		BFL · AA
1989	27	PIT	NL	96	176	154	12	38	8	0	2	15	1	0	17	30	.247	.333	.338	.671	96	52	6	3	2	0	3	3/29

1990	28	CNI	Fgn																										CNI · JPCL
1991	29	BAL-min	AAA	124	477	427	52	114	23	2	18	83	5	2	41	52	.267	.335	.457	.791		195	6	4	2	3	7		ROC · IL
1992	30	HOU-SEA-min	AAA	32	125	110	13	32	6	2	0	15	1	1	12	15	.291	.368	.382	.750		42	3	2	0	1	0		TUC,CGY · PCL
1992	30	HOU	NL	52	66	60	4	14	0	2	0	7	0	0	5	14	.233	.303	.300	.603	76	18	1	1	0	0	1	/739
1993	31	TEX-min	AAA	116	456	414	51	92	17	5	6	34	2	1	31	64	.222	.284	.331	.615		137	16	6	2	3	1		OKC · AA
5 Yrs				240	403	360	35	82	13	5	7	42	1	1	31	66	.228	.296	.350	.646	85	126	11	5	4	3	6
162 Game Avg.				162	272	243	24	55	9	3	5	28	1	1	21	45	.228	.296	.350	.646	85	85	7	3	3	2	4

PIT (4 yrs)				188	337	300	31	68	13	3	7	35	1	1	26	52	.227	.294	.360	.654	87	108	10	4	4	3	5
HOU (1 yr)				52	66	60	4	14	0	2	0	7	0	0	5	14	.233	.303	.300	.603	76	18	1	1	0	0	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1984	22	PIT	NL	45	86	-3	-0	0	4	-2	-2	-0.2	3	1	0.1	.495	.499	-0.4	0.2	-3	$	39/7

1986	24	PIT	NL	31	42	-4	0	0	0	-0	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.2	.488	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$66,000	/93

1988	26	PIT	NL	16	33	3	0	0	-2	-0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.506	.501	0.4	-0.2	4	$62,500	/39
1989	27	PIT	NL	96	176	-2	0	-0	-6	-2	-10	-1.1	5	-5	-0.6	.488	.493	0.1	-0.9	2	$85,000	3/29

1992	30	HOU	NL	52	66	-2	0	0	-0	-1	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.2	.493	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$	/739
5 Seasons				240	403	-8	1	0	-4	-6	-17	-1.9	12	-5	-0.7	.492	.498	-0.4	-1.0	-1	$213,500

PIT (4 yrs)				188	337	-6	0	-0	-4	-5	-14	-1.6	10	-4	-0.5	.491	.497	-0.2	-1.0	0	$213,500
HOU (1 yr)				52	66	-2	0	0	-0	-1	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.2	.493	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1984	22	PIT	NL	86	71	5	1.9	94	.161	.167	.263	.226	.328	.346	.383	.572	.711	59	.191	-5.0	-0.5	.464	.231	.179	.0

1986	24	PIT	NL	42	34	2	1.6	99	.171	.179	.264	.190	.334	.282	.398	.473	.732	28	.138	-4.0	-0.4	.375	.128	.103	.0

1988	26	PIT	NL	33	21	7	9.0	88	.360	.345	.254	.394	.317	.621	.373	1.015	.690	191	.816	3.5	0.4	1.050	.379	.276	.0
1989	27	PIT	NL	176	124	17	3.7	87	.295	.247	.249	.333	.316	.338	.371	.671	.687	96	.459	-0.1	-0.0	.598	.208	.091	1.3

1992	30	HOU	NL	66	47	6	3.4	88	.304	.233	.253	.303	.318	.300	.373	.603	.691	76	.418	-2.1	-0.2	.511	.150	.067
5 Yrs				403	297	37	3.4	90	.259	.228	.255	.296	.321	.350	.377	.646	.698	85	.408	-7.7	-0.8	.559	.208	.122	1.8
162 Game Avg.				272	200	25	3.4	90	.259	.228	.255	.296	.321	.350	.377	.646	.698	85	.408	-7.7	-0.8	.559	.208	.122	1

PIT (4 yrs)				337	250	31	3.3	90	.250	.227	.255	.294	.322	.360	.378	.654	.700	87	.407	-5.6	-0.6	.568	.220	.133	1.8
HOU (1 yr)				66	47	6	3.4	88	.304	.233	.253	.303	.318	.300	.373	.603	.691	76	.418	-2.1	-0.2	.511	.150	.067

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1984	22	PIT	NL	86	3.5%	15.1%	5.8%	7.0%	46%	2.60	6.0	26.0	8.7		0.69	72%

1986	24	PIT	NL	42	2.4%	11.9%	2.4%	4.8%	29%	5.00	7.8	39.0	7.8		0.56	83%

1988	26	PIT	NL	33	3.0%	12.1%	9.1%	15.2%	50%	1.33	7.3	29.0	4.8	1.17	2.40	76%	15%	14.3%	42%
1989	27	PIT	NL	176	1.1%	17.1%	9.7%	5.7%	26%	1.76	5.1	77.0	10.3	0.74	1.02	69%	16%	3.8%	23%

1992	30	HOU	NL	66	0.0%	21.2%	7.6%	3.0%	14%	2.80	4.3		8.6	0.63	0.94	70%	24%	0.0%	33%
5 Yrs				403	1.7%	16.4%	7.7%	6.2%	31%	2.13	5.5	51.4	8.6	0.76	0.91	72%	18%	3.8%	28%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.8%	8.6%	6.7%	29%	1.72	6.0	41.4	8.4	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.2%	22%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1984	22	PIT	NL	-5.1	-0.5	89	-0.6	1.6	-2.2	1.44	-0.2	-0.2	-4.0	-0.4	1.06	-2.6	1.80	14

1986	24	PIT	NL	-4.0	-0.4	42	-1.0	0.7	-1.8	2.01	-0.2	-0.3	-5.4	-0.5	1.10	-2.2	2.53	20

1988	26	PIT	NL	3.5	0.4	33	0.5	0.9	-0.4	1.18	0.3	0.1	3.7	0.4	1.12	2.9	0.98	8
1989	27	PIT	NL	-0.1	-0.0	179	-1.1	2.8	-3.8	1.10	-0.1	-0.9	-2.7	-0.3	0.97	-0.1	1.57	48

1992	30	HOU	NL	-2.1	-0.2	66	0.4	2.1	-1.7	1.44	-0.2	0.5	-1.4	-0.1	0.98	-1.8	1.69	32
5 Yrs				-7.8	-0.8	409	-1.8	8.1	-9.8	1.33	-0.4	-0.9	-9.8	-1.0	1.01	-3.9	1.75	122

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1984	22	PIT	NL	3	0	44%	25	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	33%	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0

1986	24	PIT	NL	1	0	29%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1988	26	PIT	NL	0	0	42%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1989	27	PIT	NL	0	0	18%	68	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	39%	12	10	2	1	0	1	5	1	4

1992	30	HOU	NL	0	0	20%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	75%	2	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	1
5 Yrs				4	0	25%	120	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	9	46%	17	11	6	4	3	1	7	1	6

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1984	22	PIT	NL	86	87%	13			14	2	1	2	1.80	3	1	3	3	0	0	3	0	2	2	100%	21	3	14%	12	5	42%	67	7	10%	5	1	20%	4	2	50%	0

1986	24	PIT	NL	42	98%	7			20	3	1	5	2.53	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		10	0	0%	9	3	33%	38	4	11%	5	3	60%	0	0		0

1988	26	PIT	NL	33	97%	10	0	0	8	3	1	1	0.98	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		12	1	8%	6	3	50%	29	5	17%	5	4	80%	0	0		0
1989	27	PIT	NL	176	89%	38	10	2	48	13	0	6	1.57	2	0	4	2	0	2	0	0	5	2	40%	37	6	16%	25	7	28%	112	13	12%	11	2	18%	9	6	67%	0

1992	30	HOU	NL	66	97%	14	7	0	32	6	0	2	1.69	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12	1	8%	8	3	38%	50	7	14%	4	0	0%	3	2	67%	0
5 Yrs				403	91%	82	17	2	122	27	3	16	1.75	7	1	13	7	0	2	5	0	7	4	57%	92	11	12%	60	21	35%	296	36	12%	30	10	33%	16	10	63%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			75%			11%			35%			14%			52%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	26	PIT	NL	32	101	3.16	64	63%	13%	22%	25%	41%	88%	0%	55%	75%	38%	6%	2	0	22%	7	4	9%	3	3	0%	1	0	0
1989	27	PIT	NL	162	618	3.81	389	63%	18%	15%	37%	29%	82%	5%	51%	81%	36%	6%	9	0	15%	24	12	9%	15	8	22%	14	0	2

1992	30	HOU	NL	66	226	3.42	153	68%	18%	18%	34%	30%	82%	5%	56%	78%	41%	2%	1	0	9%	6	3	5%	3	1	21%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				260	945	3.63	606	64%	17%	17%	35%	31%	83%	5%	53%	79%	38%	5%	12	0	14%	37	19	8%	21	12	20%	15	0	2
MLB Averages						3.62		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1984	22	45	86	78	10	13	1	2	3	9	0	1	5	13	.167	.226	.346	.572	59	27	3	1	2	0	1
1985	23	45	86	78	10	13	1	2	3	9	0	1	5	13	.167	.226	.346	.572	59	27	3	1	2	0	1
1986	24	76	128	117	13	20	2	2	4	14	0	1	6	18	.171	.214	.325	.539	49	38	3	1	2	2	1
1987	25	76	128	117	13	20	2	2	4	14	0	1	6	18	.171	.214	.325	.539	49	38	3	1	2	2	1
1988	26	92	161	146	19	30	5	3	5	20	0	1	9	22	.205	.252	.384	.635	76	56	4	1	2	3	2
1989	27	188	337	300	31	68	13	3	7	35	1	1	26	52	.227	.294	.360	.654	87	108	10	4	4	3	5
1990	28	188	337	300	31	68	13	3	7	35	1	1	26	52	.227	.294	.360	.654	87	108	10	4	4	3	5
1991	29	188	337	300	31	68	13	3	7	35	1	1	26	52	.227	.294	.360	.654	87	108	10	4	4	3	5
1992	30	240	403	360	35	82	13	5	7	42	1	1	31	66	.228	.296	.350	.646	85	126	11	5	4	3	6

Neutralized Batting

Change to: / / / or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1984	22	45	86	78	10	13	1	2	3	9	0	5	13	.167	.226	.346	.572	6	45

1986	24	31	42	39	3	7	1	0	1	5	0	1	5	.179	.190	.282	.473	2	31

1988	26	16	34	30	7	11	3	1	1	7	0	3	4	.367	.412	.633	1.045	8	16
1989	27	96	182	158	14	42	9	0	2	18	1	19	30	.266	.356	.361	.716	20	96

1992	30	52	67	61	5	15	0	2	0	8	0	5	14	.246	.313	.311	.625	6	52
5 Yrs		240	411	366	39	88	14	5	7	47	1	33	66	.240	.310	.363	.673	42	240
162 Game Avg.		162	277	247	26	59	9	3	5	32	1	22	45	.240	.310	.363	.673	28	240

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Other Resources & Links

Error? Compare Search SABR's Baseball Index Other Links@google.com Baseball Library Baseball-Almanac.com Retrosheet The Baseball Cube The Baseball Page WhatIfSports: Benny Distefano

Viewed 7,630 times through May 31, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Benito Benny James destafano distafanno Distefano

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.