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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-29 / in Starts: 4-9
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	11 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	1 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 86 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	67 (37-20-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 86 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	52 (26-17-9)

Most Driven In
Self	3
T PeÃ±a	2
L Lacy	1
B Madlock	1
J Ray	1
D Berra	1
D Frobel	0

Most Driven In By
Self	3
L Lacy	2
M Wynne	2
D Robinson	1
J DeLeÃ³n	1
D Berra	1
T PeÃ±a	0

1984 Batting Game Log

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1984 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	33 (32)	May 18	PIT		ATL	W,6-0	1-GF	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	1.500	2.167	7	.90	0.084	.45	0.03%	0.66	LF
2	2	34	May 19	PIT		ATL	L,2-4	CG(7)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.600	.933	6	.94	-0.072	.45	-0.02%	-0.66	LF
3	3	35	May 20	PIT		ATL	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.222	.375	.597	7	1.81	-0.227	.83	-0.06%	-1.57	RF
4	4	36	May 22	PIT		CIN	L,3-5	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.300	.375	.675	9	.58	0.024	.20	0.01%	0.12	PH RF
5	5	37	May 23	PIT		CIN	W,7-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.273	.333	.606	9	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.15	PH
6	6	41 (3)	May 27	PIT	@	HOU	W,2-1	6-GF	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.385	.500	.885	4	.41	0.034	.16	0.01%	0.32	PH 1B
7	7	42	May 28	PIT	@	HOU	W,7-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.412	.462	.873	7	.52	0.079	.26	0.02%	0.62	1B
8	8	43	May 29	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-5	5-GF(10)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.368	.400	.768	7	1.98	-0.094	1.24	-0.04%	-0.67	1B
9	9	44	May 30	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG(14)	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.143	.280	.286	.566	7	1.76	-0.017	.94	-0.01%	-0.73	1B
10	10	45	May 31	PIT		MON	W,2-1	7-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.280	.286	.566	4	2.17	0.069	1.16	0.02%	0.27	PR 1B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	11	49 (3)	Jun 4	PIT		NYM	L,2-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.280	.286	.566	4						PR 1B
12	12	50	Jun 5	PIT		NYM	L,0-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.269	.273	.542	7	.15	-0.004	.09	0.00%	-0.09	PH
13	13	51	Jun 6	PIT		NYM	L,1-2	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.296	.304	.601	9	3.55	0.180	1.87	0.06%	0.45	PH
14	14	52	Jun 8 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.321	.458	.780	7	.56	0.111	.25	0.03%	1.88	PH 1B
15	15	53	Jun 8 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.290	.407	.698	6	.91	-0.069	.33	-0.02%	-0.59	RF
16	16	55 (1)	Jun 10	PIT	@	PHI	W,12-6	CG(12)	7	7	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.235	.316	.471	.786	7	1.40	0.299	.36	0.05%	0.85	RF
17	17	56	Jun 11	PIT	@	NYM	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.317	.459	.777	6	.73	-0.012	.23	0.00%	-0.06	RF LF
18	18	57	Jun 12	PIT	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.214	.283	.405	.687	6	.67	-0.091	.19	-0.02%	-2.23	RF 1B
19	19	58	Jun 13	PIT	@	NYM	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.265	.378	.643	6	2.15	-0.177	.70	-0.04%	-1.01	RF 1B
20	20	59	Jun 14	PIT	@	MON	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.265	.378	.643	9						RF
21	21	62 (2)	Jun 17	PIT	@	MON	L,3-5	7-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.275	.447	.721	9	1.77	-0.008	.30	0.00%	0.60	RF
22	22	63	Jun 19	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.420	.693	7	1.41	0.046	.20	0.00%	-0.35	RF
23	23	67 (3)	Jun 22 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,7-6	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.268	.412	.680	9	2.21	-0.055	.45	-0.01%	-0.22	PH
24	24	69 (1)	Jun 24	PIT		PHI	L,2-4	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.263	.404	.667	3	2.78	-0.066	.57	-0.01%	-0.30	PH 1B
25	25	71 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,9-0	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.263	.404	.667	4						1B
26	26	72	Jun 26 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,8-9	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.259	.396	.655	9	1.21	-0.035	.29	-0.01%	-0.23	PH
27	27	73	Jun 27	PIT	@	CHC	L,7-8	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.259	.396	.655	4						PR 1B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	28	80 (6)	Jul 4	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-9	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.254	.389	.643	4	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.34	1B
29	29	81	Jul 5	PIT	@	SDP	L,1-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.382	.632	8	3.58	-0.080	.10	0.00%	-0.34	PH RF
30	30	82	Jul 6	PIT	@	SDP	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.186	.250	.373	.623	6	.93	-0.091	.02	0.00%	-0.73	RF
31	31	87 (4)	Jul 13 (2)	PIT		SFG	W,4-3	17-18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.262	.373	.634	6	3.18	0.009	.04	0.00%	0.22	PH
32	32	88	Jul 14	PIT		SFG	W,6-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.258	.367	.624	4	.00	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.08	1B
33	33	91 (2)	Jul 17	PIT		LAD	L,0-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.254	.361	.614	9	1.62	-0.040	.05	0.00%	-0.22	PH
34	34	95 (3)	Jul 20 (2)	PIT		SDP	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.180	.254	.361	.614	4						1B
35	35	97 (1)	Jul 22 (1)	PIT		SDP	L,1-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.177	.250	.355	.605	9	.52	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.22	PH LF
36	36	98	Jul 22 (2)	PIT		SDP	W,3-2	7-GF(11)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.246	.349	.596	9	2.45	-0.074	.02	0.00%	-0.33	PH LF
37	37	99	Jul 24	PIT	@	MON	W,12-5	10-GF(11)	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.268	.415	.683	9	1.15	0.092	.01	0.00%	3.73	RF
38	38	100	Jul 25	PIT	@	MON	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.188	.253	.391	.645	7	1.39	0.065	.01	0.00%	0.10	RF
39	39	102 (1)	Jul 27	PIT		STL	L,2-3	CG(10)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.181	.244	.375	.619	7	1.21	-0.090	.01	0.00%	-0.52	RF LF
40	40	103	Jul 28	PIT		STL	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.241	.370	.610	8	1.77	-0.040	.01	0.00%	-0.56	PH
41	41	104	Jul 29	PIT		STL	L,3-4	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.173	.235	.360	.595	6	3.18	-0.159	.01	0.00%	-0.77	PH LF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
42	42	108 (3)	Aug 2	PIT		NYM	W,6-4	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.232	.355	.587	9	3.29	-0.088	.02	0.00%	-0.47	PH
43	43	109	Aug 3	PIT		NYM	L,1-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.229	.351	.580	9	.96	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.22	PH
44	44	110	Aug 4	PIT		NYM	L,3-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.226	.346	.572	4	6.23	0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.07	PR 1B
45	45	111	Aug 5	PIT		NYM	L,1-3	8-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	1	.167	.226	.346	.572	4	1.76	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PR 1B
							16-29		86	78	10	13	1	2	3	9	5	1	13	1	2	0	3	3	0	1	.167	.226	.346	.572		1.44	-0.554	.34	0.01%	-3.93

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