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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1984 PIT NL 22 OF 20 11 111.2 37 33 2 2 1 .946 3.8 40.8 2.8 1.6 1.2 1 2.82 1.75 .978 2.27 1.91
1984 PIT NL 22 1B 17 2 60.1 63 55 7 1 5 .984 -0.1 -2.0 -0.1 0.6 -0.7 0 9.25 3.65 .992 9.86 8.15
1984 PIT NL 22 RF 15 10 85.0 28 26 1 1 1 .964 3.4 48.0 2.4 1.6 0.8 1 2.86 1.80 .979 2.06 1.69
1984 PIT NL 22 LF 7 1 26.2 10 8 1 1 0 .900 0.4 18.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 3.04 1.29 .970 2.02 1.53
1986 PIT NL 24 OF 9 5 45.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 10.7 0.4 -0.1 0.5 0 2.60 1.44 .977 2.20 1.82
1986 PIT NL 24 RF 9 5 45.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 10.7 0.4 -0.1 0.5 0 2.60 1.44 .977 2.00 1.63
1986 PIT NL 24 1B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 8.10 8.30
1988 PIT NL 26 1B 5 5 36.1 41 38 3 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -33.0 -1.0 -0.6 -0.4 0 10.16 8.20 .990 9.96 8.64
1988 PIT NL 26 OF 2 1 13.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -73.8 -0.8 -0.3 -0.6 0 2.08 1.50 .967 2.28 2.00
1988 PIT NL 26 RF 2 1 13.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -73.8 -0.8 -0.3 -0.6 0 2.08 1.50 .967 2.08 1.75
1989 PIT NL 27 1B 48 30 284.0 324 302 16 6 21 .981 -5.4 -22.8 -5.4 -3.3 -2.1 0 10.08 6.63 .992 9.75 8.38
1989 PIT NL 27 C 3 0 6.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -200.0 -1 3.00 0.67 1.000 6.60 5.57 1 1 1 0 0%
1989 PIT NL 27 OF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.00 1.00 1.000 2.30 2.00
1989 PIT NL 27 RF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.70
1992 HOU NL 30 OF 12 5 49.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -7.3 -0.3 0.5 -0.8 0 3.12 1.42 .982 2.33 1.96
1992 HOU NL 30 LF 7 3 27.2 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 -0.8 0 4.23 1.86 .977 2.15 1.64
1992 HOU NL 30 1B 6 2 23.0 25 23 2 0 4 1.000 0.2 10.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 9.78 4.17 .992 9.74 8.38
1992 HOU NL 30 RF 5 2 21.1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -16.9 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 1.69 0.80 .975 2.07 1.66
5 Seasons 1B 77 39 404.0 453 418 28 7 31 .985 -6.3 -18.7 -6.3 -3.1 -3.2 0 9.94 5.79 .992 9.78 8.35
5 Seasons OF 44 23 227.2 71 66 3 2 1 .972 3.1 16.3 2.1 1.7 0.3 1 2.73 1.57 .979 2.27 1.91
5 Seasons RF 32 19 173.1 48 45 2 1 1 .979 2.7 18.7 1.7 0.9 0.7 1 2.44 1.47 .977 2.05 1.67
2 Seasons LF 14 4 54.1 23 21 1 1 0 .957 0.4 8.8 0.4 0.8 -0.4 0 3.64 1.57 .974 2.09 1.59
1 Season C 3 0 6.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -200.0 -1 3.00 0.67 1.000 6.60 5.57 1 1 1 0 0%
5 Seasons TOT 124 62 637.2 526 486 31 9 32 .983 -4.2 -7.9 -4.2 -1.4 -2.9 1 0 -1 7.30 4.17 .973 7.07 6.00 1 1 1 0 0%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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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 20 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 44 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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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 22 247 61% 76% 25% 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 26 173 58% 83% 32% 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 1274 55% 79% 32% 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 30 104 52% 83% 32% 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 1800 56% 79% 31% 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 56% 77% 29% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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 2 2 0 3 2 66.7% 0 1 33.3% 0 372 66% 73% 20% 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% 0 216 69% 71% 33% 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 63 81% 87% 54% 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 45 71% 78% 36% 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 89 42% 74% 46% 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 7 5 0 11 7 63.6% 3 1 9.1% 1 785 65% 74% 30% 60 75%
MLB Averages 44.1% 2.8% 56% 77% 34% 60%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 1 1 50.0% 0 111 68% 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 0 119 50% 82% 44% 17 76%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 1 1 50.0% 0 230 59% 79% 37% 26 85%
MLB Averages 59.6% 2.6% 56% 77% 34% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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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 32 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 32 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*

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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 0.10
1 Season 1 1 13 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.10
MLB Averages 32% 1.29 1.27

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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