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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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| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | 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 | |||||
| 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 | ||||
Hall Of Fame Statistics
| Hall of Fame Standards | Batting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50 |
January 13, 1981: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 16th round of the 1981 amateur draft (January), but did not sign.
June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign.
January 12, 1982: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft (January Secondary).
December 6, 1989: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
February 7, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
October 22, 1991: Granted Free Agency.
January 3, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
August 9, 1992: Released by the Houston Astros.
August 19, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.
October 15, 1992: Granted Free Agency.
November 24, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
Salaries
| 1986 | Pittsburgh Pirates | $66,000 |
| 1989 | Pittsburgh Pirates | $85,000 |
| Career (may be incomplete) | $151,000 | |
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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