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.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	HOU		LAD	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
2	2	Apr 6	HOU		LAD	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	16	1	0	17	2	1B
3	3	Apr 7	HOU		LAD	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
4	4	Apr 8	HOU		CHC	W,7-3	CG	31	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
5	5	Apr 9	HOU		CHC	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
6	6	Apr 10	HOU		CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
7	7	Apr 11	HOU		CHC	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
8	8	Apr 12	HOU	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
9	9	Apr 13	HOU	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
10	10	Apr 14	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	44	10.2	9	1	0	10	0	1B
11	11	Apr 15	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	36	9.1	10	1	0	11	1	1B
12	12	Apr 16	HOU	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	44	9.2	7	0	0	7	0	1B
13	13	Apr 17	HOU	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
14	14	Apr 18	HOU	@	LAD	W,8-6	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
15	15	Apr 20	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
16	16	Apr 22	HOU	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
17	17	Apr 23	HOU		MON	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
18	18	Apr 24	HOU		MON	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
19	19	Apr 25	HOU		MON	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
20	20	Apr 26	HOU		PHI	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
21	21	Apr 27	HOU		PHI	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
22	22	Apr 28	HOU		PHI	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
23	23	Apr 30	HOU		NYM	L,3-4	CG	52	12.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	24	May 1	HOU		NYM	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
25	25	May 2	HOU		NYM	L,5-6	GS	44	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B SS
26	26	May 5	HOU	@	MON	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
27	27	May 6	HOU	@	MON	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
28	28	May 7	HOU	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
29	29	May 9	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	8.2	10	2	0	12	2	1B
30	30	May 10	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
31	31	May 11	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
32	32	May 12	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
33	33	May 14	HOU		STL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
34	34	May 15	HOU		STL	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
35	35	May 16	HOU		STL	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
36	36	May 17	HOU		SDP	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
37	37	May 18	HOU		SDP	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
38	38	May 19	HOU		SDP	L,1-2	CG	43	10.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
39	39	May 20	HOU		SDP	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
40	45 (5)	May 26 (2)	HOU	@	SDP	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
41	46	May 28	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-1	GF	19	4.1	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
42	47	May 29	HOU	@	CIN	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
43	49 (1)	May 31	HOU	@	CIN	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	50	Jun 1	HOU	@	ATL	W,7-6	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	53 (2)	Jun 4	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
46	54	Jun 5	HOU	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	17	0	0	17	1	1B
47	55	Jun 6	HOU	@	PIT	L,8-9	GS	41	8.0	7	4	0	11	2	1B SS
48	56	Jun 8	HOU		CIN	W,2-0	GS	33	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS 1B
49	57	Jun 9	HOU		CIN	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
50	58	Jun 10	HOU		ATL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
51	59	Jun 11	HOU		ATL	W,5-4	GS	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B 1B
52	60	Jun 12	HOU		ATL	W,3-2	GS	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B 1B
53	61	Jun 13	HOU		ATL	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
54	62	Jun 14	HOU		PIT	W,5-4	GS	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B 1B
55	63	Jun 15	HOU		PIT	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
56	64	Jun 16	HOU		PIT	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
57	65	Jun 18	HOU	@	LAD	L,4-5	GS	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B SS
58	66	Jun 19	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
59	67	Jun 20	HOU	@	LAD	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
60	68	Jun 22	HOU	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
61	69	Jun 23 (1)	HOU	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	46	11.2	11	2	0	13	2	1B
62	70	Jun 23 (2)	HOU	@	SDP	L,3-4	GS	38	8.2	7	2	0	9	1	1B SS
63	71	Jun 25	HOU		SFG	W,5-4	GS	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B SS
64	72	Jun 26	HOU		SFG	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
65	73	Jun 27	HOU		SFG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	1	8	3	1B
66	74	Jun 28 (1)	HOU		ATL	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
67	75	Jun 28 (2)	HOU		ATL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
68	76	Jun 29	HOU		ATL	L,4-5	GS	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	77	Jul 2	HOU		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
70	78	Jul 3	HOU		CIN	W,4-3	CG	53	13.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
71	79	Jul 4	HOU		CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
72	80	Jul 5	HOU		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
73	81	Jul 6	HOU	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
74	82	Jul 7	HOU	@	SFG	W,18-4	GS	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B 2B
75	83	Jul 8	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
76	84	Jul 9 (1)	HOU	@	STL	L,2-5	GS	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B SS
77	85	Jul 9 (2)	HOU	@	STL	L,5-9	GS	24	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
78	87 (1)	Jul 11	HOU	@	STL	L,3-7	GF	11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
79	88	Jul 15	HOU		NYM	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
80	89	Jul 16	HOU		NYM	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	5	6	0	11	1	1B
81	90	Jul 17	HOU		NYM	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
82	91	Jul 18 (1)	HOU		PHI	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
83	92	Jul 18 (2)	HOU		PHI	W,10-7	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
84	93	Jul 19	HOU		PHI	W,3-2	CG	48	11.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
85	94	Jul 20	HOU		MON	L,3-4	GS	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
86	95	Jul 21	HOU		MON	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	16	2	0	18	2	1B
87	96	Jul 22	HOU		MON	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
88	97	Jul 23	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
89	98	Jul 24	HOU	@	NYM	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
90	99	Jul 25	HOU	@	NYM	L,6-7	GS	38	8.0	6	2	0	8	3	1B 3B
91	100	Jul 26	HOU	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	60	15.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
92	101	Jul 27 (1)	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
93	102	Jul 27 (2)	HOU	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
94	103	Jul 28	HOU	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
95	104	Jul 30 (1)	HOU	@	MON	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
96	105	Jul 30 (2)	HOU	@	MON	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
97	106	Jul 31	HOU	@	MON	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	107	Aug 1	HOU	@	MON	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
99	108	Aug 2	HOU		CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
100	109	Aug 3	HOU		CHC	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
101	110	Aug 4	HOU		LAD	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
102	111	Aug 5	HOU		LAD	L,0-3	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
103	113 (1)	Aug 7	HOU		SDP	W,5-3	GS	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B SS
104	114	Aug 8	HOU		SDP	L,2-3	GF	11	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH SS
105	115	Aug 10	HOU	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
106	116	Aug 11	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
107	117	Aug 12	HOU	@	ATL	L,5-10	CG	44	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
108	118	Aug 13	HOU	@	ATL	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
109	119	Aug 14	HOU	@	ATL	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
110	120	Aug 15	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-4	GS	40	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS 1B
111	125 (4)	Aug 20 (2)	HOU	@	CHC	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
112	126	Aug 21	HOU	@	CHC	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
113	127	Aug 22	HOU	@	CHC	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
114	128	Aug 23	HOU		STL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
115	129	Aug 24	HOU		STL	L,1-2	GS	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
116	134 (4)	Aug 30	HOU		LAD	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	2	4	1	7	0	2B
117	135	Aug 31	HOU		LAD	L,1-6	GS	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B 3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	136	Sep 1	HOU		LAD	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
119	137	Sep 2	HOU		LAD	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
120	138	Sep 3	HOU	@	SFG	L,6-16	CG	49	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
121	139	Sep 4	HOU	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	26	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
122	140	Sep 5 (1)	HOU	@	SFG	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
123	141	Sep 5 (2)	HOU	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
124	147 (5)	Sep 13	HOU		SDP	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
125	148	Sep 14	HOU		SDP	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
126	149	Sep 15	HOU		ATL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
127	150	Sep 16	HOU		ATL	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
128	151	Sep 17	HOU		CIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
129	152	Sep 18	HOU		CIN	L,2-3	CG	48	11.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
130	153	Sep 19	HOU		CIN	W,5-4	GS	44	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B 1B
131	154	Sep 21	HOU		SFG	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
132	155	Sep 22	HOU		SFG	L,1-3	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
133	156	Sep 23	HOU		SFG	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B
134	157	Sep 24 (1)	HOU	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	77	21.0	22	2	0	24	1
135	160 (2)	Sep 28	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
136	161	Sep 29	HOU	@	LAD	W,11-0	GS	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	3B 1B
137	162	Sep 30	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
							155gm		1175.0	892	151	10	1053	88