Benny Distefano
Benito James Distefano
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 23, 1962 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Lafayette (Brooklyn, NY)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 18, 1984
Final Game: August 5, 1992
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Standard Batting

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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
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
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
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 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
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
5 Seasons 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

Advanced Batting

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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 95 .161 .167 .264 .226 .330 .346 .384 .572 .714 59 .191 -5.1 -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 .458 -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 Seasons 403 297 37 3.4 90 .259 .228 .255 .296 .321 .350 .377 .646 .699 85 .408 -7.8 -0.7 .559 .208 .122 1.8
162 Game Avg. 272 200 25 3.4 90 .259 .228 .255 .296 .321 .350 .377 .646 .699 85 .408 -7.8 -0.7 .559 .208 .122 1
PIT (4 yrs) 337 250 31 3.3 91 .250 .227 .256 .294 .322 .360 .378 .654 .700 87 .406 -5.7 -0.5 .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*

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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 Seasons 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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
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 Seasons 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
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 1.81 3 1 3 3 0 0 3 0 2 2 100% 21 3 14% 12 5 42% 67 7 10% 5 1 20% 7 4 57% 0
1986 24 PIT NL 42 98% 7 20 3 1 5 2.52 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 0% 9 3 33% 38 4 11% 5 3 60% 1 0 0% 0
1988 26 PIT NL 33 97% 10 0 0 8 3 1 1 1.05 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 1 8% 6 3 50% 29 5 17% 5 4 80% 1 0 0% 0
1989 27 PIT NL 176 89% 38 10 2 48 13 0 6 1.62 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 5 2 40% 37 6 16% 25 7 28% 112 13 12% 11 2 18% 15 4 27% 0
1992 30 HOU NL 66 97% 14 7 0 32 6 0 2 1.80 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 8% 8 3 38% 50 7 14% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
5 Seasons 403 91% 82 17 2 122 27 3 16 1.80 7 1 13 7 0 2 5 0 7 4 57% 92 11 12% 60 21 35% 296 36 12% 30 10 33% 25 8 32% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 Seasons 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

Cumulative Batting

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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 48 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 48 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

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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 84 78 12 13 1 2 3 11 0 5 13 .167 .226 .346 .572 6 45
1986 24 31 42 39 3 7 1 0 1 4 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 96 180 158 14 42 9 0 2 18 1 19 30 .266 .356 .361 .716 20 96
1992 30 52 70 63 5 17 0 2 0 9 0 6 14 .270 .343 .333 .676 7 52
5 Seasons 240 410 368 41 90 14 5 7 49 1 34 66 .245 .315 .367 .681 43 240
162 Game Avg. 162 277 248 28 61 9 3 5 33 1 23 45 .245 .315 .367 .681 29 240

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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