Alec John Distaso was an American

United States

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 professional baseball

Professional baseball

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 player, a right-handed pitcher

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 who appeared in two games played

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 for Chicago Cubs

Chicago Cubs

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 of Major League Baseball

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 in . The native of Los Angeles, California

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, stood 6 in 2 in (1.88 m) tall and weighed 200 pounds (90.7 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 Quincy Cubs

Quincy Cubs

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 in 1968, he was included on Chicago's 1969

1969 Chicago Cubs season

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 opening season roster and appeared in two games as a relief pitcher

Relief pitcher

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 in April. In the first, he hurled two scoreless innings against the expansion

Expansion team

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 edition of the Montreal Expos

Washington Nationals

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. In the second, he allowed two earned runs in 2⅔ innings against the Pittsburgh Pirates

Pittsburgh Pirates

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, a double

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 by the Pirates' Bob Robertson

Bob Robertson

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 the most damaging blow. He then was sent back to the minor leagues

Minor league baseball

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.

After retiring as an active player, Distaso became a police officer and then a detective for the Los Angeles Police Department

Los Angeles Police Department

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, retiring in 1994.

External links

• http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=2807&pid=3622Costello, Rory, Alec Distaso, SABR
  Society for American Baseball Research
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