How Benny Distefano's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Benny Distefano posted a career Batting Average of .228, below the league average of .263 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Batting Average season came in 1988, posting .345, well above the league average of .251 that year. The lowest point came in 1984 at .167, well below the league average of .257 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .345 in 1988 to .247 in 1989 and .233 in 1992. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .167 to .345 — though the career average fell below league norms.

Benny Distefano Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Benny Distefano Batting Average Per Season

Benny Distefano's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, PH, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Benny Distefano Batting Average per season line chart

Benny Distefano Batting Average by Team

Benny Distefano's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Benny Distefano Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Benny Distefano's career Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Benny Distefano Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Benny Distefano Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Benny Distefano's seasonal Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Benny Distefano Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Benny Distefano Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Benny Distefano's MLB career with Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Benny Distefano Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table