Career
He is currently a minor league coach in the New York Mets organization. Distefano remains the most recent left-handed-throwing player to ever catch a major league game, catching in three separate games for the Pirates in 1989. On April 28, 1992, David Cone of the New York Mets brought a no-hitter into the eighth inning.
Distefano broke it up with an infield hit.
In 2010, Distefano was hired by the New York Mets to serve as the hitting coach for the Single A Brooklyn Cyclones. After serving as the hitting coach for the Class A Saint Lucie Mets of the Florida State League for a few years, Distefano returned to Brooklyn for the 2014 season.