BENNY DISTEFANO

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High Level: MLB Career Ranks: 512th in pinchhits
Positions: OF-639, 1B-587, C-5
Full Name: Benito James Distefano
Born: Jan 23, 1962 (51.115) in Brooklyn,New York

MLB Debut: May 18, 1984 (22.115)

Speed
55

Contact
81

Patience
57

Batting
49

Power
69

Ht/Wt: 6-1 / 195 Bats/Throws: Left / Left
High School: Lafayette (Brooklyn,NY)
College: Alvin Community College
Drafted: Pittsburgh Pirates: 1982-2-29 (Jan-Sec)

Tags: Major Leaguers who played in Japan

TBC Player ID: 10777
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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip
1982	Greenwood	SAL	A	-	pit	20	1b	5	136	477	74	138	23	8	15	89	11	4	85	58	1	8	1	2		.289	.396	.465	862	-	-	222	566		--	--	.303
1983	Lynn	East	AA	-	pit	21	of	6	137	480	71	130	19	7	25	92	2	4	63	40	5	5	2	6		.271	.357	.496	853	-	-	238	556		--	--	.249
1984	Hawaii	PCL	AAA	-	pit	22	1b-of	57	66	240	40	73	13	8	6	33	2	1	24	14	5	6	0	1		.304	.378	.500	878	-	-	120	270		--	--	.303
1984	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	10	pit	22	of-1b	-	45	78	10	13	1	2	3	9	0	1	5	13	1	1	2	0	3	.167	.226	.346	572	14	31	27	86	71	5	2.0	.161
1985	Hawaii	PCL	AAA	-	pit	23	of	12	136	480	74	114	27	8	14	67	5	2	69	53	1	11	1	1		.237	.334	.415	749	-	-	199	552		--	--	.242
1986	Hawaii	PCL	AAA	-	pit	24	of-1b	31	111	402	58	104	25	9	13	57	2	4	41	45	3	6	2	4		.259	.329	.463	792	-	-	186	452		--	--	.261
1986	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	31	pit	24	of	-	31	39	3	7	1	0	1	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	.179	.190	.282	473	5	16	11	42	34	2	1.7	.171
1987	Vancouver	PCL	AAA	-	pit	25	1b-of	7	130	431	67	120	20	4	15	77	7	6	77	53	15	7	0	4		.278	.402	.448	850	-	-	193	527		--	--	.286
1988	Buffalo	Amer	AAA	-	pit	26	of	5	135	482	69	127	26	1	19	63	6	5	50	58	12	6	1	5		.263	.344	.440	784	-	-	212	550		--	--	.263
1988	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	30	pit	26	1b-of	-	16	29	6	10	3	1	1	6	0	0	3	4	0	1	0	1	1	.345	.394	.621	1015	6	38	18	33	21	8	9.8	.360
1989	Buffalo	Amer	AAA	-	pit	27	1b	-	5	17	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0		.235	.350	.294	644	-	-	5	20		--	--	.286
1989	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	30	pit	27	1b	-	96	154	12	38	8	0	2	15	1	0	17	30	3	3	2	0	6	.247	.333	.338	671	31	32	52	176	124	17	3.7	.295
1990	Chunichi	Jap Cen	Intl	-	-	28		-	56	181	18	39	4	0	5	14	1		10	33						.215	.257	.320	577	-	-	58			--	--
1991	Rochester	IL	AAA	-	bal	29	1b	9	124	427	52	114	23	2	18	83	5	2	41	52	4	7	2	3		.267	.335	.457	791	-	-	195	477		--	--	.267
1992	Tucson/Calgary	PCL	AAA	-	hou	30	1b	-	32	110	13	32	6	2	0	15	1	1	12	15	2	0	0	1		.291	.368	.382	750	-	-	42	125		--	--	.333
1992	Houston	NL	MLB	30	hou	30	of-1b	-	52	60	4	14	0	2	0	7	0	0	5	14	1	1	0	0	1	.233	.303	.300	603	7	13	18	66	47	5	2.9	.304
1993	Oklahoma City	Amer	AAA	-	tex	31	of-1b	35	116	414	51	92	17	5	6	34	2	1	31	64	6	1	2	3		.222	.284	.331	615	-	-	137	456		--	--	.248
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MLB Totals (5 years) Career Ranks									240	360	35	82	13	5	7	42	1	1	31	66	5	6	4	3	11	.228	.296	.350	646	63	26	126	403	297	37	3.4	.259
Minor League Totals (11 years)									1128	3960	571	1048	200	54	131	613	43	30	495	455	55	57	11	30	0	.265	.352	.442	794	--	--	1749	4551	2983	729.6	6.6	.269
AAA Totals (9 years)									855	3003	426	780	158	39	91	432	30	22	347	357	49	44	8	22	0	.260	.344	.429	773	--	--	1289	3429	2275	525.4	6.2	.267
AA Totals (1 year)									137	480	71	130	19	7	25	92	2	4	63	40	5	5	2	6	0	.271	.357	.496	853	--	--	238	556	362	100.7	7.5	.249
A Totals (1 year)									136	477	74	138	23	8	15	89	11	4	85	58	1	8	1	2	0	.289	.396	.465	862	--	--	222	566	346	103.7	8.1	.303
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FIELDING STATISTICS

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Year	Team	League	Level	Position	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	Inn	FPct	RF	RF9
1982	Greenwood	SAL	A	1B	133		1307	1184	104	19	102		.985	--	--
1983	Lynn	East	AA	1B	6		42	40	2	0	2		1.000	--	--
	Lynn	East	AA	OF	130		255	231	11	13	1		.949	--	--
1984	Hawaii	PCL	AAA	1B	36		304	282	22	0	29		1.000	--	--
	Hawaii	PCL	AAA	OF	32		60	52	8	0	1		1.000	--	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	1B	17		63	55	7	1	5		.984	--	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	OF	20		37	33	2	2	1		.946	--	--
1985	Hawaii	PCL	AAA	1B	22		195	187	8	0	18		1.000	--	--
	Hawaii	PCL	AAA	OF	117		206	188	10	8	2		.961	--	--
1986	Hawaii	PCL	AAA	1B	56		517	479	31	7	39		.986	--	--
	Hawaii	PCL	AAA	OF	58		93	85	6	2	0		.978	--	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	1B	1		0	0	0	0	0		--	--	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	OF	9		13	13	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
1987	Vancouver	PCL	AAA	1B	109		1058	992	61	5	85		.995	--	--
	Vancouver	PCL	AAA	OF	22		57	50	6	1	2		.982	--	--
1988	Buffalo	Amer	AAA	1B	1		3	3	0	0	1		1.000	--	--
	Buffalo	Amer	AAA	OF	134		249	231	15	3	3		.988	--	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	1B	5		41	38	3	0	1		1.000	--	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	OF	2		3	3	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
1989	Buffalo	Amer	AAA	1B	5		41	37	3	1	6		.976	--	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	C	3		2	2	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	1B	48		324	302	16	6	21		.981	--	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	OF	1		1	1	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
1991	Rochester	IL	AAA	1B	84		663	621	37	5	59		.992	--	--
	Rochester	IL	AAA	OF	16		29	26	3	0	2		1.000	--	--
1992	Tucson/Calgary	PCL	AAA	1B	16		134	123	11	0	13		1.000	--	--
	Calgary	PCL	AAA	OF	14		27	26	1	0	0		1.000	--	--
	Houston	NL	MLB	1B	6		25	23	2	0	4		1.000	--	--
	Houston	NL	MLB	OF	12		17	16	1	0	0		1.000	--	--
1993	Oklahoma City	Amer	AAA	C	2		13	12	0	1	0		.923	--	--
	Oklahoma City	Amer	AAA	1B	42		392	364	23	5	43		.987	--	--
	Oklahoma City	Amer	AAA	OF	72		130	119	5	6	1		.954	--	--
Major League Totals:				C	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	0.67
				1B	77	0	453	418	28	7	31	0	.985	5.79
				OF	44	0	71	66	3	2	1	0	.972	1.57
Minor League Totals:				C	2	0	13	12	0	1	0	0	.923	6.00
				1B	510	0	4656	4312	302	42	397	0	.991	9.05
				OF	595	0	1106	1008	65	33	12	0	.970	1.80

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