Denis Menke

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: July 21, 1940 in Bancroft, IA us

Died: December 1, 2020 in Tarpon Springs, FL

Buried: St. John's Cemetery, Bancroft, IA

High School: St. John's HS (Bancroft, IA)

Debut: April 14, 1962 (Age 21-267d, 11,952nd in major league history)
vs. LAD 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 10, 1974 (Age 33-354d)
vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1962 season

Full Name: Denis John Menke

Nicknames: Menk or Tomato Face

Pronunciation: \MAIN-key\

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

28.0

5071

1270

101

.250

605

RBI

606

OBP

.343

SLG

.370

OPS

.713

OPS+

103

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 19	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B 1B
2	9	Apr 20	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-7	GS	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B 1B
3	10	Apr 21	HOU	@	PHI	L,0-8	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
4	11	Apr 23	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
5	12	Apr 26	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B
6	13	Apr 27	HOU	@	CHC	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
7	14	Apr 28 (1)	HOU	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
8	15	Apr 28 (2)	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
9	16	Apr 29	HOU		CIN	L,2-17	GS	53	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	2B SS
10	17	Apr 30	HOU		CIN	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	2	6	0	8	4	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	18	May 1	HOU		STL	L,1-3	CG	46	12.0	3	6	1	10	3	SS
12	19	May 2	HOU		STL	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
13	20	May 3	HOU		ATL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
14	21	May 4	HOU		ATL	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
15	22	May 5	HOU		ATL	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
16	23	May 6	HOU		SFG	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
17	24	May 7	HOU		SFG	W,7-1	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
18	25	May 8	HOU		SFG	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
19	26	May 9	HOU		SFG	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
20	27	May 11	HOU	@	STL	L,3-4	GS	53	12.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS 2B
21	28	May 12	HOU	@	STL	W,3-2	GS	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B SS
22	29	May 14	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
23	30	May 15	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
24	31	May 16	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
25	32	May 17	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
26	33	May 18	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
27	34	May 19 (1)	HOU	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
28	35	May 19 (2)	HOU	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B
29	36	May 20	HOU	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	2B
30	37	May 21	HOU	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
31	38	May 22	HOU	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
32	39	May 24	HOU		LAD	L,7-9	GS	55	10.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B SS
33	40	May 25	HOU		LAD	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
34	41	May 26	HOU		LAD	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
35	42	May 27	HOU		LAD	W,10-1	GS	28	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
36	43	May 28	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
37	44	May 30	HOU	@	ATL	W,11-0	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	2B
38	45	May 31	HOU		CHC	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	46	Jun 1	HOU		CHC	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
40	47	Jun 2	HOU		CHC	L,2-3	CG	50	12.0	4	6	0	10	0	2B
41	48	Jun 3	HOU		STL	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
42	49	Jun 4	HOU		STL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	SS
43	50	Jun 5	HOU		STL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
44	51	Jun 6	HOU		STL	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
45	52	Jun 7	HOU		PIT	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
46	53	Jun 8	HOU		PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
47	54	Jun 9	HOU		PIT	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
48	55	Jun 11	HOU	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
49	56	Jun 13	HOU	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
50	62 (5)	Jun 18 (1)	HOU	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
51	64 (1)	Jun 19	HOU	@	NYM	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
52	65	Jun 20	HOU	@	NYM	L,3-5	GS	26	6.0	1	6	2	9	1	2B
53	66	Jun 21	HOU		PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
54	67	Jun 22	HOU		PHI	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
55	68	Jun 23	HOU		PHI	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
56	69	Jun 24	HOU		CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
57	70	Jun 25	HOU		CHC	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
58	71	Jun 26	HOU		CHC	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
59	72	Jun 27	HOU		NYM	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
60	73	Jun 28	HOU		NYM	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
61	74	Jun 29	HOU		NYM	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
62	75	Jun 30	HOU		NYM	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	76	Jul 1	HOU		CIN	L,2-3	CG	45	11.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
64	77	Jul 2	HOU		CIN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
65	78	Jul 3	HOU		CIN	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
66	79	Jul 4	HOU		CIN	L,4-7	GS	30	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
67	80	Jul 5	HOU	@	ATL	W,13-9	GS	48	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B SS
68	81	Jul 6 (1)	HOU	@	ATL	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
69	82	Jul 6 (2)	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
70	83	Jul 7	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
71	84	Jul 11 (1)	HOU	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
72	85	Jul 11 (2)	HOU	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
73	86	Jul 12	HOU	@	STL	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
74	87	Jul 13	HOU	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
75	88	Jul 14 (1)	HOU	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	48	10.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
76	89	Jul 14 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
77	90	Jul 16	HOU		ATL	L,2-6	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
78	91	Jul 17	HOU		ATL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	7	6	0	13	3	2B
79	92	Jul 18	HOU		ATL	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	93	Jul 19	HOU	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
81	94	Jul 20	HOU	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
82	95	Jul 21 (1)	HOU	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
83	96	Jul 21 (2)	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
84	97	Jul 22	HOU	@	LAD	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
85	98	Jul 23	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
86	99	Jul 24	HOU	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
87	100	Jul 26	HOU		SFG	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
88	101	Jul 27	HOU		SFG	L,3-4	GS	38	9.0	2	2	2	6	0	2B 1B
89	102	Jul 28	HOU		SFG	L,2-4	CG	48	11.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
90	103	Jul 29	HOU		LAD	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
91	104	Jul 30	HOU		LAD	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
92	105	Jul 31	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	106	Aug 1	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
94	107	Aug 2	HOU		PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	2B
95	108	Aug 3	HOU		PHI	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
96	109	Aug 4	HOU		PHI	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	7	5	0	12	1	2B
97	110	Aug 5	HOU		NYM	W,6-5	GS	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS 2B
98	111	Aug 6	HOU		NYM	L,1-4	GS	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS 2B
99	112	Aug 7	HOU		NYM	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
100	113	Aug 8	HOU		PIT	L,3-4	GS	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	2B SS
101	114	Aug 9	HOU		PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	115	Aug 10 (1)	HOU		PIT	W,16-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
103	116	Aug 10 (2)	HOU		PIT	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
104	117	Aug 11	HOU		PIT	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
105	118	Aug 13 (1)	HOU	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
106	119	Aug 13 (2)	HOU	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
107	120	Aug 14	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B
108	121	Aug 15	HOU	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B 2B
109	122	Aug 16	HOU	@	NYM	W,3-1	GS	48	12.0	1	8	0	9	0	2B 3B
110	123	Aug 17	HOU	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
111	124	Aug 18 (1)	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-8	GS	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B 2B
112	125	Aug 18 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
113	126	Aug 19	HOU		LAD	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
114	127	Aug 20	HOU		LAD	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
115	128	Aug 21	HOU		LAD	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	2B
116	129	Aug 23	HOU		CHC	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
117	130	Aug 24	HOU		CHC	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
118	131	Aug 25	HOU		CHC	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	2B
119	132	Aug 26	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	43	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
120	133	Aug 27	HOU	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
121	134	Aug 28	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS	37	8.2	3	3	0	6	1	2B SS
122	135	Aug 29	HOU	@	SFG	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
123	136	Aug 30	HOU	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
124	137	Aug 31	HOU	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	138	Sep 1	HOU	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
126	139	Sep 2 (1)	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
127	140	Sep 2 (2)	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	44	9.1	2	4	0	6	1
128	141	Sep 3	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
129	142	Sep 6	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
130	143	Sep 7	HOU	@	ATL	W,6-3	CG	47	10.0	6	5	0	11	0
131	144	Sep 8	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
132	145	Sep 10 (1)	HOU	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
133	146	Sep 10 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	1	3	0	4	1	2B
134	147	Sep 11 (1)	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
135	148	Sep 11 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	L,6-11	CG	44	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
136	149	Sep 13	HOU		STL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	2B
137	150	Sep 14	HOU		STL	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
138	151	Sep 15	HOU		STL	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
139	152	Sep 17	HOU		ATL	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
140	153	Sep 18	HOU		ATL	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
141	154	Sep 19	HOU		ATL	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
142	155	Sep 20	HOU		CIN	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
143	156	Sep 21	HOU		CIN	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
144	157	Sep 22	HOU		CIN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
145	158	Sep 24	HOU		SFG	L,4-5	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
146	159	Sep 25	HOU		SFG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
147	160	Sep 27	HOU	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
148	161	Sep 28	HOU	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	6	0	10	0	2B
149	162	Sep 29	HOU	@	STL	L,1-11	CG	37	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
							163gm		1314.0	346	384	15	745	71