Alec Distaso
Alec Distaso | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Los Angeles | December 23, 1948|
Died: July 13, 2009 Macomb, Illinois | (aged 60)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 20, 1969, for the Chicago Cubs | |
Last MLB appearance | |
April 22, 1969, for the Chicago Cubs | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 0–0 |
Earned run average | 3.86 |
Innings pitched | 4+2⁄3 |
Teams | |
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Alec John Distaso (December 23, 1948 – July 13, 2009) was an American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who appeared in two games played for Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball in 1969. The native of Los Angeles, stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and weighed 200 pounds (91 kg).
Distaso's professional career, curtailed by elbow miseries, lasted four seasons (1967–1970), all in the Cubs' organization. After winning 13 games for the Class A
He then was sent back to the minor leagues. Some weeks afterward, he hurt his elbow. Distaso tried to pitch through the injury but enjoyed only sporadic success, never enough to warrant a return to the majors. He quit baseball in the spring of 1971.
After retiring as an active player, Distaso became a police officer and then a detective for the Los Angeles Police Department, retiring in 1994. In 1996, he became a public housing administrator in Macomb, Illinois. Distaso died of cancer in 2009.[2]
References
- ^ "Retrosheet Boxscore: Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Chicago Cubs 5 (1)". www.retrosheet.org.
- ^ Alec Distaso at the SABR Baseball Biography Project , by Rory Costello, Retrieved July 18, 2013.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
- Alec Distaso at the SABR Baseball Biography Project , by Rory Costello, Retrieved July 18, 2013.