Otto Denning

Otto George Denning (Dutch)

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 28, 1912 in Hays, KS (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1942
Team: Indians 1942-1943

Final Game: June 4, 1943
Died: May 25, 1992 in Chicago, IL
Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, River Grove, IL
Relatives: Uncle of Chris Bourjos
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1932	19	DAV	D	31	50	50		13	3	0	0						.260	.260	.320	.580		16					DAV · MSVL
1933	20	DAV	B	96	356	356		113	27	4	5						.317	.317	.458	.775		163					DAV · MSVL
1934	21	DAV	A	100	376	376		117	30	3	1						.311	.311	.415	.726		156					DAV · WL
1935	22	DAV	A	90	320	320		85	21	2	2						.266	.266	.363	.628		116					DAV · WL
1936	23	LAD-min	A	114	432	432		128	34	3	5						.296	.296	.424	.720		183					DAV · WL
1937	24	LAD-min	A	111	370	370		125	25	3	5						.338	.338	.462	.800		171					ELM · NYPL
1938	25	BOS-min	AA	81	228	228		78	18	4	9						.342	.342	.575	.917		131					MNE · AA
1939	26	MNE	AA	71	195	195		59	10	2	13						.303	.303	.574	.877		112					MNE · AA
1940	27	MNE	AA	130	410	410		135	22	8	11						.329	.329	.502	.832		206					MNE · AA
1941	28	MNE	AA	144	580	510	85	168	34	4	17	105	4		64	40	.329	.407	.512	.919		261		3	3		MNE · AA
1942	29	CLE	AL	92	234	214	15	45	14	0	1	19	0	0	18	14	.210	.275	.290	.564	63	62	4	1	1	2/7O
1943	30	DET-min	AA	112	428	376	52	107	17	5	9	58	8	6	49	26	.285	.369	.428	.797		161		1	2		BFL · IL
1943	30	CLE	AL	37	137	129	8	31	6	0	0	13	3	1	5	1	.240	.269	.287	.555	67	37	5	0	3	3
1944	31	DET-min	AA	142	592	527	100	152	34	3	21	99	16	3	65	39	.288	.367	.484	.850		255	19	0	0		BFL · IL
1945	32	MLW	AA	143	582	483	79	148	21	5	9	92	15		82	30	.306	.413	.427	.840		206	14	6	11		MLW · AA
1946	33	OAK-CHW-BOS-min	AAA	73	198	180	24	47	14	0	2	28	1	2	16	19	.261	.321	.372	.694		67	3	0	2		TTO,MLW,LOU · IL,AA
1947	34	ATL-BOS-min	AAA	34	49	41	8	12	3	0	0	3	0		7	7	.293	.408	.366	.774		15	1	1	0		MLW,LOU · AA
1948	35	CHW-min	C	34	117	117		43	6	0	6						.368	.368	.573	.940		67					OIL · MATL
1949	36	CHW-min	C	77	205	205		79	21	0	11						.385	.385	.649	1.034		133					OIL · MATL
1950	37	CHW-min	B	12	14	14		2	1	0	0						.143	.143	.214	.357		3					WLO · IIIL
2 Yrs				129	371	343	23	76	20	0	1	32	3	1	23	15	.222	.272	.289	.561	65	99	9	1	4
162 Game Avg.				162	466	431	29	95	25	0	1	40	4	1	29	19	.222	.272	.289	.561	65	124	11	1	5

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1942	29	CLE	AL	92	234	-9	0	1	2	-6	-0.7	5	-1	-0.1	.493	.496	-0.2	0.3	-2	$	2/7O
1943	30	CLE	AL	37	137	-5	0	-4	-2	-10	-1.1	3	-7	-0.8	.469	.493	-0.4	-0.6	-3	$	3
2 Seasons				129	371	-14	1	-3	0	-16	-1.8	8	-8	-0.9	.486	.494	-0.6	-0.3	-5	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1942	29	CLE	AL	234	174	17	2.6	89	.221	.210	.258	.275	.332	.290	.362	.564	.693	63	.304	-10.1	-1.1	.468	.164	.079	.0
1943	30	CLE	AL	137	107	10	2.6	81	.242	.240	.248	.269	.321	.287	.342	.555	.663	67	.325	-5.4	-0.6	.423	.101	.047	.0
2 Yrs				371	281	27	2.6	86	.229	.222	.255	.272	.328	.289	.354	.561	.682	65	.312	-15.6	-1.7	.451	.140	.067	1.5
162 Game Avg.				466	353	34	2.6	86	.229	.222	.255	.272	.328	.289	.354	.561	.682	65	.312	-15.6	-1.7	.451	.140	.067	2

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1942	29	CLE	AL	234	0.4%	6.0%	7.7%	6.4%	33%	0.78	15.3	214.0	11.3	85%
1943	30	CLE	AL	137	0.0%	0.7%	3.7%	4.4%	19%	0.20	129.0		9.9	93%
2 Yrs				371	0.3%	4.0%	6.2%	5.7%	28%	0.65	22.9	343.0	10.7	88%
MLB Averages					1.1%	8.9%	8.9%	5.5%	24%	1.01	10.0	85.2	9.3	79%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1942	29	92	234	214	15	45	14	0	1	19	0	0	18	14	.210	.275	.290	.564	63	62	4	1	1
1943	30	129	371	343	23	76	20	0	1	32	3	1	23	15	.222	.272	.289	.561	65	99	9	1	4

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1942	29	97	252	230	18	51	16	1	23	0	20	15	.222	.287	.304	.591	20	92
1943	30	39	148	139	10	36	7	0	17	3	6	1	.259	.290	.309	.599	13	37
2 Yrs		136	400	369	28	87	23	1	40	3	26	16	.236	.288	.306	.594	33	129
162 Game Avg.		162	476	440	33	104	27	1	48	4	31	19	.236	.288	.306	.594	39	129

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