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Denis Menke

Denis Menke

1962–1974  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'0", 185 lb  ·  b. 1940 Bancroft, IA

Career 1,598 G · 1,270 H · 101 HR · 606 RBI · .250 AVG

No league-leading finishes. This player never placed in the top 25 of a tracked category. The season record below is the full story.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Third Base Fielding Percentage — #2 — 1973 #2
Second Base Fielding Percentage — #2 — 1968 #2
Shortstop Putouts — #3 — 1964 #3

Batting

13 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1962 ML1 NL 50 146 12 28 3 1 2 16 16 38 0 .192 .277 .267 .544
1963 ML1 NL 146 518 58 121 16 4 11 50 37 106 6 .234 .289 .344 .632
1964 ML1 NL 151 505 79 143 29 5 20 65 68 77 4 .283 .368 .479 .847
1965 ML1 NL 71 181 16 44 13 1 4 18 18 28 1 .243 .313 .392 .706
1966 ATL NL 138 454 55 114 20 4 15 60 71 87 0 .251 .355 .412 .767
1967 ATL NL 129 418 37 95 14 3 7 39 65 62 5 .227 .333 .325 .659
1968 HOU NL 150 542 56 135 23 6 6 56 64 81 5 .249 .334 .347 .681
1969 HOU NL 154 553 72 149 25 5 10 90 87 87 2 .269 .369 .387 .756
1970 HOU NL 154 562 82 171 26 6 13 92 82 80 6 .304 .392 .441 .833
1971 HOU NL 146 475 57 117 26 3 1 43 59 68 4 .246 .328 .320 .648
1972 CIN NL 140 447 41 104 19 2 9 50 58 76 0 .233 .322 .345 .667
1973 CIN NL 139 241 38 46 10 0 3 26 69 53 1 .191 .368 .270 .638
1974 HOU NL 30 29 2 3 1 0 0 1 4 10 0 .103 .206 .138 .344
Career — — 1,598 5,071 605 1,270 225 40 101 606 698 853 34 .250 .343 .370 .713

Fielding

5 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1962 ML1 NL 2B 20 16 147.0 49 47 2 10 98 .980 4.80
3B 15 14 132.1 9 37 2 4 48 .958 3.07
SS 9 9 77.0 16 25 4 6 45 .911 4.56
1B 2 1 9.0 11 0 0 3 11 1.000 5.50
OF 1 1 7.0 2 0 0 0 2 1.000 2.00
1963 ML1 NL SS 82 71 654.1 120 250 9 45 379 .976 4.51
3B 51 47 414.0 58 96 12 9 166 .928 3.02
2B 22 20 180.1 51 51 3 12 105 .971 4.64
1B 1 0 3.0 3 1 0 1 4 1.000 4.00
OF 1 1 7.0 2 0 0 0 2 1.000 2.00
1964 ML1 NL SS 141 124 1129.1 253 422 25 76 700 .964 4.79
2B 15 15 104.0 29 31 2 8 62 .968 4.00
3B 6 4 30.2 1 2 0 0 3 1.000 0.50
1965 ML1 NL SS 54 42 366.0 65 140 7 22 212 .967 3.80
1B 8 4 40.1 42 1 0 4 43 1.000 5.38
3B 4 3 24.0 3 5 2 1 10 .800 2.00
1966 ATL NL SS 106 94 879.1 165 282 21 50 468 .955 4.22
3B 39 32 255.2 38 58 3 4 99 .970 2.46
1B 7 3 33.1 25 1 0 2 26 1.000 3.71
1967 ATL NL SS 124 119 1043.1 181 349 19 65 549 .965 4.27
3B 3 0 12.0 2 1 0 0 3 1.000 1.00
1968 HOU NL 2B 119 115 1001.0 269 285 10 47 564 .982 4.66
SS 35 29 264.0 45 92 5 21 142 .965 3.91
1B 5 2 21.0 29 1 0 2 30 1.000 6.00
3B 4 3 28.0 3 6 0 1 9 1.000 2.25
1969 HOU NL SS 131 126 1115.1 161 356 24 63 541 .956 3.95
2B 23 20 172.1 42 47 2 9 91 .978 3.87
1B 9 7 62.0 52 9 1 3 62 .984 6.78
3B 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 4 1.000 4.00
1970 HOU NL SS 133 131 1139.0 192 394 28 66 614 .954 4.41
2B 21 18 162.0 51 62 1 14 114 .991 5.38
1B 5 0 13.0 14 0 0 0 14 1.000 2.80
3B 5 2 28.0 1 4 1 1 6 .833 1.00
OF 3 2 22.0 4 0 0 0 4 1.000 1.33
1971 HOU NL 1B 101 87 810.0 845 59 3 77 907 .997 8.95
3B 32 29 250.0 24 41 4 4 69 .942 2.03
SS 17 8 83.0 16 40 2 5 58 .966 3.29
2B 5 4 32.0 7 11 1 2 19 .947 3.60
1972 CIN NL 3B 130 120 1092.0 85 258 16 20 359 .955 2.64
1B 11 4 47.0 40 2 0 5 42 1.000 3.82
1973 CIN NL 3B 123 70 736.1 68 189 9 19 266 .966 2.09
SS 7 0 14.0 4 3 0 0 7 1.000 1.00
2B 5 3 30.0 7 5 0 1 12 1.000 2.40
1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
1974 HOU NL 1B 12 1 16.0 18 1 0 4 19 1.000 1.58
3B 7 3 39.0 2 16 0 1 18 1.000 2.57
2B 3 1 14.0 1 4 0 0 5 1.000 1.67
SS 2 0 7.1 0 2 0 0 2 1.000 1.00
Career — — SS 841 753 6772.0 1,218 2,355 144 419 3,717 .961 4.25
— — 3B 420 328 3051.0 296 715 49 64 1,060 .954 2.41
— — 2B 233 212 1842.2 506 543 21 103 1,070 .980 4.50
— — 1B 162 109 1055.2 1,080 75 4 101 1,159 .997 7.13
— — OF 5 4 36.0 8 0 0 0 8 1.000 1.60