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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
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1984 PIT NL 22 OF 20 11 7 111.2 37 33 2 2 1 .946 4 41 2.82 1.75 .979 2.27 2.26
1984 PIT NL 22 1B 17 2 2 60.1 63 55 7 1 5 .984 -0 -2 9.25 3.65 .992 9.86 9.83
1984 PIT NL 22 RF 15 10 6 85.0 28 26 1 1 1 .964 3 48 2.86 1.80 .979 2.06 2.06
1984 PIT NL 22 LF 7 1 1 26.2 10 8 1 1 0 .900 0 18 3.04 1.29 .971 2.02 2.01
1986 PIT NL 24 OF 9 5 3 45.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0 11 2.60 1.44 .979 2.20 2.19
1986 PIT NL 24 RF 9 5 3 45.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0 11 2.60 1.44 .977 2.00 2.00
1986 PIT NL 24 1B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 8.10 10.00
1988 PIT NL 26 1B 5 5 3 36.1 41 38 3 0 1 1.000 -1 -33 10.16 8.20 .991 9.96 9.98
1988 PIT NL 26 OF 2 1 1 13.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -74 2.08 1.50 .983 2.28 2.30
1988 PIT NL 26 RF 2 1 1 13.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -74 2.08 1.50 .980 2.08 2.05
1989 PIT NL 27 1B 48 30 21 284.0 324 302 16 6 21 .981 -5 -23 10.08 6.63 .992 9.75 9.76
1989 PIT NL 27 C 3 0 0 6.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -200 3.00 0.67 .985 6.60 6.67 1 1 1 0 0% 32% 0
1989 PIT NL 27 OF 1 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.00 1.00 .980 2.30 2.30
1989 PIT NL 27 RF 1 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.10
1992 HOU NL 30 OF 12 5 2 49.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -7 3.12 1.42 .983 2.33 2.34
1992 HOU NL 30 LF 7 3 0 27.2 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.23 1.86 .979 2.15 2.16
1992 HOU NL 30 1B 6 2 0 23.0 25 23 2 0 4 1.000 0 10 9.78 4.17 .993 9.74 9.77
1992 HOU NL 30 RF 5 2 2 21.1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -17 1.69 0.80 .980 2.07 2.08
5 Seasons 1B 77 39 26 404.0 453 418 28 7 31 .985 -6 -19 9.94 5.79 .992 9.78 9.79
5 Seasons OF 44 23 14 227.2 71 66 3 2 1 .972 3 16 2.73 1.57 .980 2.27 2.27
5 Seasons RF 32 19 13 173.1 48 45 2 1 1 .979 3 19 2.44 1.47 .979 2.05 2.05
2 Seasons LF 14 4 1 54.1 23 21 1 1 0 .957 0 9 3.64 1.57 .976 2.09 2.09
1 Season C 3 0 0 6.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -200 3.00 0.67 .985 6.60 6.67 1 1 1 0 0% 32% 0
5 Seasons TOT 124 62 40 637.2 526 486 31 9 32 .983 -4 -8 7.30 4.17 .990 7.07 7.05 1 1 1 0 0% 32% 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1984 PIT NL 22 1B -0 -2 -0 -1 1 0
1984 PIT NL 22 RF 3 48 2 1 2 1
1984 PIT NL 22 LF 0 18 0 0 0 0
1986 PIT NL 24 RF 0 11 0 0 -0 0
1986 PIT NL 24 1B 0 0 0 0 0
1988 PIT NL 26 1B -1 -33 -1 -0 -1 0
1988 PIT NL 26 RF -1 -74 -1 -1 -0 0
1989 PIT NL 27 1B -5 -23 -5 -2 -3 0
1989 PIT NL 27 C -1 -200 -1
1989 PIT NL 27 RF 0 0 0 0 0
1992 HOU NL 30 LF 0 0 0 -1 1 0
1992 HOU NL 30 1B 0 10 0 0 0 0
1992 HOU NL 30 RF -0 -17 -0 0 -0 0
5 Seasons 1B -6 -19 -6 -3 -3 0
5 Seasons RF 3 19 2 1 1 1
2 Seasons LF 0 9 0 -0 1 0
1 Season C -1 -200 -1
5 Seasons TOT -4 -8 -4 -3 -1 0 1 -1

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1984 PIT NL 22 45 13 45 35 0 0 17 0 0 0 7 0 15 22 0 18 5
1986 PIT NL 24 31 5 31 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 0 24 0
1988 PIT NL 26 16 6 16 6 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 10 0
1989 PIT NL 27 96 31 96 51 0 3 48 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 52 1
1992 HOU NL 30 52 7 52 18 0 0 6 0 0 0 7 0 5 12 0 36 0
5 Seasons 240 62 240 120 0 3 77 0 0 0 14 0 32 46 0 140 6
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1984 PIT NL 22 238 63% 79% 26% 14 93% 0 56 3 48 5 5 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1986 PIT NL 24 2 100% 50% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 PIT NL 26 162 62% 88% 35% 10 90% 0 39 1 36 2 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1989 PIT NL 27 1215 57% 83% 33% 78 86% 0 301 28 265 8 25 17 10 4 0 2 6 2 4 0 4 21 0 0 1 17 1 4 1 3 3 67%
1992 HOU NL 30 101 57% 85% 33% 4 100% 0 23 2 21 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0
5 Seasons 1718 59% 83% 32% 106 88% 0 419 34 370 15 35 27 19 5 0 2 7 2 5 0 5 31 1 0 1 26 2 5 1 4 6 67%
MLB Averages 58% 80% 31% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1984 PIT NL 22 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 4 3 75.0% 0 1 25.0% 0 358 68% 76% 21% 28 93%
1986 PIT NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 209 71% 74% 34% 20 65%
1988 PIT NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 60 85% 92% 57% 6 50%
1989 PIT NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 76% 83% 38% 0
1992 HOU NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 85 45% 78% 48% 6 50%
5 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 8 6 0 12 8 66.7% 3 1 8.3% 1 754 68% 77% 32% 60 75%
MLB Averages 42.6% 2.8% 58% 80% 36% 60%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1984 PIT NL 22 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 2 1 33.3% 0 110 69% 76% 29% 9 100%
1992 HOU NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 54% 85% 46% 17 76%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 2 1 33.3% 0 224 61% 81% 38% 26 85%
MLB Averages 60.9% 2.8% 58% 80% 36% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1989 PIT NL 27 29 10.50 10.50 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 29 10.50 10.50 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.87 4.32 95% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1989 PIT NL 27 1 1 13 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.08
1 Season 1 1 13 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.08
MLB Averages 32% 1.29 1.28

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1984 NL  3 (3rd)

                                         

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