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.

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	HOU	@	SFG	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
2	2	Apr 8	HOU	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
3	3	Apr 9	HOU	@	SFG	L,4-7	CG	34	8.0	4	4	0	8	3	SS
4	4	Apr 10	HOU		ATL	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
5	5	Apr 11	HOU		ATL	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
6	6	Apr 12	HOU		ATL	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
7	7	Apr 13	HOU		LAD	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
8	8	Apr 14	HOU		LAD	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
9	9	Apr 15	HOU		SFG	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
10	10	Apr 16	HOU		SFG	L,9-11	CG	50	10.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
11	11	Apr 17	HOU		SDP	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
12	12	Apr 18	HOU		SDP	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	2	SS
13	13	Apr 19	HOU		SDP	W,5-1	CG	29	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
14	14	Apr 20	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
15	15	Apr 21	HOU	@	PIT	L,8-9	CG	37	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
16	16	Apr 22	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
17	17	Apr 24	HOU	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
18	18	Apr 25	HOU	@	CHC	L,5-11	CG	43	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
19	19	Apr 26	HOU	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	32	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
20	20	Apr 28	HOU	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
21	21	Apr 29	HOU	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 1	HOU	@	STL	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
23	23	May 2	HOU	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	38	10.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
24	24	May 3 (1)	HOU	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
25	25	May 3 (2)	HOU	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
26	26	May 4	HOU		CHC	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
27	27	May 5	HOU		CHC	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
28	28	May 7	HOU		PIT	L,5-9	CG	47	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
29	29	May 8	HOU		PIT	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
30	30	May 9	HOU		PIT	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
31	31	May 10	HOU		PIT	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
32	32	May 12	HOU	@	LAD	W,8-3	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
33	33	May 13	HOU	@	LAD	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	4	1	7	3	SS
34	34	May 14	HOU	@	SDP	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
35	35	May 15	HOU	@	SDP	L,8-10	CG	40	9.1	2	2	1	5	0	SS
36	36	May 16	HOU	@	SDP	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	2	8	1	11	0	SS
37	37	May 17	HOU	@	SDP	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
38	38	May 18	HOU		STL	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
39	39	May 19	HOU		STL	L,3-12	CG	46	9.0	3	6	1	10	2	SS
40	40	May 20	HOU		STL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
41	41	May 21	HOU		CIN	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
42	42	May 22	HOU		CIN	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
43	43	May 23	HOU		CIN	L,3-14	CG	47	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
44	44	May 24	HOU		CIN	W,10-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
45	45	May 26	HOU	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
46	46	May 27	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
47	47	May 29	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
48	48	May 30	HOU	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
49	49	May 31 (1)	HOU	@	NYM	L,4-14	CG	45	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
50	50	May 31 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	63	13.2	2	3	0	5	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	51	Jun 2	HOU		MON	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
52	52	Jun 3	HOU		MON	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
53	53	Jun 4	HOU		MON	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	3	SS
54	54	Jun 5	HOU		PHI	W,8-7	CG	47	11.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
55	55	Jun 6	HOU		PHI	L,3-7	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
56	56	Jun 7	HOU		PHI	L,3-10	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
57	57	Jun 8	HOU		NYM	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	1	8	0	9	0	2B
58	58	Jun 9	HOU		NYM	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
59	59	Jun 10	HOU		NYM	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
60	60	Jun 12	HOU	@	MON	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
61	61	Jun 13	HOU	@	MON	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	2B
62	62	Jun 14	HOU	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
63	63	Jun 16	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	53	12.2	5	6	0	11	1	2B
64	64	Jun 17	HOU	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
65	65	Jun 19 (1)	HOU	@	ATL	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	1	5	1	7	1	2B
66	66	Jun 19 (2)	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
67	67	Jun 20	HOU	@	ATL	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
68	68	Jun 21	HOU	@	ATL	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	2	SS
69	69	Jun 22	HOU		SDP	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
70	70	Jun 23	HOU		SDP	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
71	71	Jun 24	HOU		SDP	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
72	72	Jun 26	HOU		CIN	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
73	73	Jun 27	HOU		CIN	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
74	74	Jun 28	HOU		CIN	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
75	75	Jun 29	HOU	@	LAD	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
76	76	Jun 30	HOU	@	LAD	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	77	Jul 1	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
78	78	Jul 3 (1)	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
79	79	Jul 3 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
80	81 (1)	Jul 5	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH SS
81	82	Jul 6	HOU		LAD	L,8-10	CG	50	10.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
82	83	Jul 7	HOU		LAD	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
83	84	Jul 8	HOU		LAD	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
84	85	Jul 9	HOU		LAD	W,9-5	GS	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS 1B
85	86	Jul 10	HOU		SFG	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
86	87	Jul 11	HOU		SFG	W,5-4	GS	52	14.0	7	2	0	9	0	SS 1B
87	88	Jul 12	HOU		SFG	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
88	92 (3)	Jul 19	HOU		CHC	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
89	93	Jul 20	HOU		PIT	W,5-4	GS	49	12.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS 2B
90	94	Jul 21	HOU		PIT	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
91	95	Jul 22	HOU	@	STL	W,13-9	CG	45	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
92	96	Jul 23	HOU	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
93	97	Jul 24	HOU	@	PIT	L,0-11	GS	35	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
94	98	Jul 25	HOU	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
95	99	Jul 26	HOU	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	44	10.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
96	100	Jul 28	HOU	@	CHC	W,10-4	GS	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS 2B
97	101	Jul 29	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-9	GS	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B 1B
98	102	Jul 30	HOU	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
99	103	Jul 31	HOU		STL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	104	Aug 1	HOU		STL	L,7-14	CG	51	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
101	105	Aug 2	HOU		STL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
102	106	Aug 3 (1)	HOU		ATL	W,7-5	GS	32	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
103	108 (1)	Aug 4	HOU		ATL	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
104	109	Aug 5	HOU	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	45	10.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
105	110	Aug 6	HOU	@	SDP	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
106	111	Aug 7	HOU	@	SFG	W,11-2	GS	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS 2B
107	112	Aug 8	HOU	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	2	2	0	4	0	SS
108	113	Aug 9 (1)	HOU	@	SFG	W,7-5	CG	45	10.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
109	114	Aug 9 (2)	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
110	115	Aug 11	HOU		PHI	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
111	116	Aug 12	HOU		PHI	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
112	117	Aug 13	HOU		PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
113	118	Aug 14	HOU		MON	L,2-10	CG	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
114	119	Aug 15	HOU		MON	W,7-3	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
115	120	Aug 16	HOU		MON	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
116	121	Aug 18	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
117	122	Aug 19	HOU	@	NYM	W,9-4	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
118	123	Aug 21 (1)	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
119	124	Aug 21 (2)	HOU	@	PHI	W,9-1	CG	29	9.0	6	4	0	10	1	2B
120	125	Aug 22	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	32	8.1	2	4	0	6	1	2B
121	126	Aug 23	HOU	@	PHI	L,0-4	GS	32	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS 3B
122	127	Aug 25	HOU	@	MON	W,6-3	GS	57	13.0	5	2	2	9	0	SS 1B
123	128	Aug 26	HOU	@	MON	W,5-4	GS	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	SS 1B
124	129	Aug 27	HOU	@	MON	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
125	130	Aug 28	HOU		NYM	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
126	131	Aug 29	HOU		NYM	W,9-8	CG	50	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
127	132	Aug 30	HOU		NYM	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	133	Sep 1	HOU		SDP	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	1	2	1	4	2	SS
129	135 (1)	Sep 3	HOU		SDP	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	2	SS
130	136	Sep 4	HOU		LAD	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
131	137	Sep 5	HOU		LAD	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
132	138	Sep 6	HOU		LAD	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
133	139	Sep 7 (1)	HOU	@	SDP	W,10-5	GS	19	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
134	141 (1)	Sep 8	HOU	@	SDP	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
135	142	Sep 9	HOU	@	SFG	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
136	143	Sep 10	HOU	@	SFG	L,0-11	GS	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS 3B
137	144	Sep 11	HOU		ATL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	SS
138	145	Sep 12	HOU		ATL	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
139	146	Sep 13	HOU		ATL	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
140	147	Sep 15	HOU		CIN	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	4	6	0	10	0	SS
141	148	Sep 16	HOU		CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	8	0	10	0	SS
142	149	Sep 17	HOU	@	LAD	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
143	150	Sep 18	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
144	151	Sep 19	HOU	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
145	152	Sep 20	HOU	@	LAD	L,6-7	GS	54	13.2	4	3	0	7	0	SS RF
146	153	Sep 21	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-2	GS	34	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B SS
147	155 (1)	Sep 23	HOU	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
148	156	Sep 25	HOU	@	ATL	W,7-4	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
149	157	Sep 26	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
150	158	Sep 27	HOU	@	ATL	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
151	159	Sep 28	HOU		SFG	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
152	160	Sep 29	HOU		SFG	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
153	161	Sep 30	HOU		SFG	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
154	162	Oct 1	HOU		SFG	W,5-4	GS	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS 3B
							167gm		1364.0	262	460	30	752	81

1970 Fielding Game Log (as 1B)

1970 Fielding Game Log (as 2B)

1970 Fielding Game Log (as 3B)

1970 Fielding Game Log (as SS)

1970 Fielding Game Log (as LF)

1970 Fielding Game Log (as RF)

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