Benny Distefano

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: January 23, 1962 in Brooklyn, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 16th round of the 1981 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Alvin Community College (Alvin, TX), the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2nd round of the 1981 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Alvin Community College (Alvin, TX) and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd round of the 1982 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Alvin Community College (Alvin, TX).

High School: Lafayette HS (Brooklyn, NY)

School: Alvin Community College (Alvin, TX)

Debut: May 18, 1984 (Age 22-116d, 14,898th in major league history)
vs. ATL 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 5, 1992 (Age 30-195d)
vs. LAD 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1988 season

Full Name: Benito James Distefano

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

360

.228

RBI

OBP

.296

SLG

.350

OPS

.646

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	20 (19)	Apr 26	PIT		SDP	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
2	21	Apr 27	PIT		SDP	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
3	22	Apr 28	PIT		SFG	W,1-0	GF	8	2.0	1	0	1	2	0	1B
4	23	Apr 29	PIT		SFG	L,3-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
5	24	Apr 30	PIT		SFG	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	25	May 1	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	34	8.2	8	0	0	8	0	1B
7	26	May 2	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
8	27	May 3	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
9	29 (1)	May 5	PIT	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
10	30	May 6	PIT	@	SDP	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
11	31	May 7	PIT	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
12	32	May 12	PIT		ATL	W,10-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
13	33	May 13	PIT		ATL	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
14	34	May 14	PIT		ATL	L,2-5	GS	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B C
15	35	May 15	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-6	GF	13	1.2	2	1	0	3	0	1B
16	39 (3)	May 20	PIT	@	HOU	L,4-5	GF	51	10.2	11	0	1	12	0	1B
17	41 (1)	May 23	PIT	@	ATL	W,5-2	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
18	42	May 24	PIT	@	ATL	W,4-1	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
19	43	May 25	PIT	@	ATL	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
20	44	May 26	PIT		HOU	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
21	45	May 27	PIT		HOU	L,4-5		11	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
22	46	May 28	PIT		HOU	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
23	47	May 29	PIT		CIN	W,12-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	50 (2)	Jun 2	PIT	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS	42	10.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
25	51	Jun 3	PIT	@	NYM	L,3-9	GS	27	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
26	55 (3)	Jun 7	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
27	56	Jun 8	PIT	@	PHI	L,11-15	GF	9	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
28	60 (3)	Jun 13	PIT		PHI	L,2-10	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
29	64 (3)	Jun 17	PIT	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
30	73 (8)	Jun 27	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
31	75 (1)	Jun 30	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-3	GF	5	1.2	3	0	0	3	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	78 (2)	Jul 3	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
33	79	Jul 4	PIT		SFG	W,5-3	GS	28	5.2	6	3	0	9	1	1B
34	88 (8)	Jul 16	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
35	89	Jul 17	PIT	@	SDP	W,4-1	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
36	91 (1)	Jul 19	PIT	@	SDP	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
37	92	Jul 21 (1)	PIT		LAD	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
38	94 (1)	Jul 22	PIT		LAD	L,4-8	GS	38	8.0	10	1	2	13	0	1B
39	97 (2)	Jul 24	PIT		LAD	W,7-4	GF	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	PR 1B
40	101 (3)	Jul 28 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
41	102	Jul 28 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	109 (6)	Aug 4	PIT		CHC	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
43	112 (2)	Aug 7	PIT		STL	L,0-4	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
44	122 (9)	Aug 18	PIT	@	ATL	L,6-13	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
45	123	Aug 19	PIT	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
46	132 (8)	Aug 29	PIT		ATL	W,5-4	GF	6	1.2	2	0	0	2	0	1B
47	133	Aug 30	PIT		ATL	W,7-5	GS	31	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	135 (1)	Sep 2	PIT		CIN	L,2-6	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
49	158 (22)	Sep 25	PIT		STL	W,4-2	GS	29	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
50	159	Sep 26	PIT		STL	W,4-1	GS	22	6.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
51	162 (2)	Sep 29 (2)	PIT		NYM	L,0-7	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
							52gm		299.0	304	16	6	326	21