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Denis Menke
Denis John Menke
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 21, 1940 in Algona, IA
High School: Bancroft (Bancroft, IA)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1962
Final Game: July 10, 1974
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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1962 21 MLN NL 50 166 146 12 28 3 1 2 16 0 1 16 38 .192 .277 .267 .544 49 39 3 2 0 2 0 45/637
1963 22 MLN NL 146 572 518 58 121 16 4 11 50 6 7 37 106 .234 .289 .344 .632 83 178 8 6 4 7 4 654/37
1964 23 MLN NL 151 588 505 79 143 29 5 20 65 4 2 68 77 .283 .368 .479 .847 136 242 11 4 4 7 13 *64/5
1965 24 MLN NL 71 202 181 16 44 13 1 4 18 1 3 18 28 .243 .313 .392 .706 97 71 3 1 1 1 3 6/35
1966 25 ATL NL 138 545 454 55 114 20 4 15 60 0 7 71 87 .251 .355 .412 .767 111 187 9 6 7 7 8 65/3
1967 26 ATL NL 129 491 418 37 95 14 3 7 39 5 7 65 62 .227 .333 .325 .659 91 136 7 3 2 3 5 *6/5
1968 27 HOU NL 150 621 542 56 135 23 6 6 56 5 8 64 81 .249 .334 .347 .681 108 188 6 6 7 2 6 *46/35
1969 28 HOU NL 154 657 553 72 149 25 5 10 90 2 7 87 87 .269 .369 .387 .756 115 214 13 4 7 6 12 *64/35 AS,MVP-15
1970 29 HOU NL 154 665 562 82 171 26 6 13 92 6 5 82 80 .304 .392 .441 .833 127 248 8 5 7 9 10 *64/3597 AS
1971 30 HOU NL 146 547 475 57 117 26 3 1 43 4 5 59 68 .246 .328 .320 .648 87 152 14 2 5 6 4 356/4
1972 31 CIN NL 140 524 447 41 104 19 2 9 50 0 1 58 76 .233 .322 .345 .667 95 154 8 5 6 8 2 *53
1973 32 CIN NL 139 322 241 38 46 10 0 3 26 1 1 69 53 .191 .368 .270 .638 84 65 8 2 4 6 6 *5/643
1974 33 HOU NL 30 34 29 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 10 .103 .206 .138 .344 -0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3/546
13 Seasons 1598 5934 5071 605 1270 225 40 101 606 34 54 698 853 .250 .343 .370 .713 103 1878 99 46 54 65 73
162 Game Avg. 162 602 514 61 129 23 4 10 61 3 5 71 86 .250 .343 .370 .713 103 190 10 5 5 7 7
ATL (6 yrs) 685 2564 2222 257 545 95 18 59 248 16 27 275 398 .245 .331 .384 .715 101 853 41 22 18 27 33
HOU (5 yrs) 634 2524 2161 269 575 101 20 30 282 17 25 296 326 .266 .355 .373 .728 109 806 42 17 26 24 32
CIN (2 yrs) 279 846 688 79 150 29 2 12 76 1 2 127 129 .218 .340 .318 .658 92 219 16 7 10 14 8

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1972 31 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 5 20 16 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 .250 .400 .313 .713 5 1 0 0 0 0
1972 31 CIN NL WS OAK L 7 28 24 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 6 .083 .154 .208 .362 5 2 0 2 0 0
1973 32 CIN NL NLCS NYM L 3 10 9 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 .222 .300 .556 .856 5 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 15 58 49 3 8 1 0 2 3 0 0 7 11 .163 .268 .306 .574 15 3 0 2 0 0
2 NLCS 8 30 25 2 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 5 .240 .367 .400 .767 10 1 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 28 24 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 6 .083 .154 .208 .362 5 2 0 2 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1962 MLN NL 21 2B 20 16 147.0 98 49 47 2 10 .980 1.3 10.6 1.3 -1.5 2.8 0 5.88 4.80 .973 5.30 4.68
1962 MLN NL 21 3B 15 14 132.1 48 9 37 2 4 .958 0.4 3.6 0.4 -0.7 1.0 0 3.13 3.07 .948 2.95 2.56
1962 MLN NL 21 SS 9 9 77.0 45 16 25 4 6 .911 -0.9 -14.0 -0.9 1.1 -2.0 0 4.79 4.56 .964 5.05 4.43
1962 MLN NL 21 1B 2 1 9.0 11 11 0 0 3 1.000 11.00 5.50 .991 9.80 8.05
1962 MLN NL 21 LF 1 1 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -34.3 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 2.57 2.00 .950 1.80 1.40
1962 MLN NL 21 OF 1 1 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -34.3 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 2.57 2.00 .950 2.06 1.80
1963 MLN NL 22 SS 82 71 654.1 379 120 250 9 45 .976 10.9 20.0 9.9 4.7 5.2 1 5.09 4.51 .960 4.83 4.22
1963 MLN NL 22 3B 51 47 414.0 166 58 96 12 9 .928 1.7 4.9 0.7 1.6 -0.9 1 3.35 3.02 .942 2.93 2.54
1963 MLN NL 22 2B 22 20 180.1 105 51 51 3 12 .971 -2.4 -16.0 -2.4 -2.9 0.5 0 5.09 4.64 .974 5.21 4.59
1963 MLN NL 22 1B 1 0 3.0 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -80.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 12.00 4.00 1.000 9.90 8.40
1963 MLN NL 22 LF 1 1 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.57 2.00 .950 1.80 1.40
1963 MLN NL 22 OF 1 1 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.57 2.00 1.000 2.06 1.80
1964 MLN NL 23 SS 141 124 1129.1 700 253 422 25 76 .964 4.9 5.2 4.9 -6.0 10.9 0 5.38 4.79 .963 5.03 4.32
1964 MLN NL 23 2B 15 15 104.0 62 29 31 2 8 .968 -0.5 -5.8 -0.5 0.7 -1.2 0 5.19 4.00 .973 5.22 4.61
1964 MLN NL 23 3B 6 4 30.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -27.4 -0.7 0.2 -0.9 0 0.88 0.50 .933 2.93 2.60
1965 MLN NL 24 SS 54 42 366.0 212 65 140 7 22 .967 3.5 11.5 4.5 1.6 2.9 -1 5.04 3.80 .964 4.92 4.20
1965 MLN NL 24 1B 8 4 40.1 43 42 1 0 4 1.000 0.1 3.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0 9.60 5.38 .991 10.02 8.60
1965 MLN NL 24 3B 4 3 24.0 10 3 5 2 1 .800 -0.5 -25.0 -0.5 -0.4 -0.1 0 3.00 2.00 .960 2.81 2.48
1966 ATL NL 25 SS 106 94 879.1 468 165 282 21 50 .955 -9.1 -12.4 -8.1 -3.6 -4.5 -1 4.58 4.22 .964 4.96 4.43
1966 ATL NL 25 3B 39 32 255.2 99 38 58 3 4 .970 -1.2 -5.6 -1.2 1.5 -2.7 0 3.38 2.46 .954 3.04 2.66
1966 ATL NL 25 1B 7 3 33.1 26 25 1 0 2 1.000 -0.2 -7.2 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 0 7.02 3.71 .988 9.88 8.50
1967 ATL NL 26 SS 124 119 1043.1 549 181 349 19 65 .965 0.9 1.0 -0.1 -0.6 0.5 1 4.57 4.27 .963 4.99 4.31
1967 ATL NL 26 3B 3 0 12.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -20.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 2.25 1.00 .933 2.92 2.73
1968 HOU NL 27 2B 119 115 1001.0 564 269 285 10 47 .982 -6.3 -7.6 -3.3 1.2 -4.5 -3 4.98 4.66 .977 5.21 4.74
1968 HOU NL 27 SS 35 29 264.0 142 45 92 5 21 .965 -2.6 -11.8 -2.6 -0.6 -2.0 0 4.67 3.91 .962 4.98 4.50
1968 HOU NL 27 1B 5 2 21.0 30 29 1 0 2 1.000 1.1 62.9 1.1 0.8 0.2 0 12.86 6.00 .993 10.07 8.92
1968 HOU NL 27 3B 4 3 28.0 9 3 6 0 1 1.000 -1.2 -51.4 -1.2 -0.8 -0.4 0 2.89 2.25 .956 2.92 2.72
1969 HOU NL 28 SS 131 126 1115.1 541 161 356 24 63 .956 -14.9 -16.0 -14.9 -0.1 -14.8 0 4.17 3.95 .963 4.93 4.21 AS,MVP-15
1969 HOU NL 28 2B 23 20 172.1 91 42 47 2 9 .978 -4.4 -30.6 -3.4 -1.6 -1.8 -1 4.65 3.87 .974 5.19 4.65 AS,MVP-15
1969 HOU NL 28 1B 9 7 62.0 62 52 9 1 3 .984 2.1 40.6 2.1 0.5 1.6 0 8.85 6.78 .992 9.83 8.84 AS,MVP-15
1969 HOU NL 28 3B 1 1 9.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.4 53.3 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 4.00 4.00 .950 2.90 2.60 AS,MVP-15
1970 HOU NL 29 SS 133 131 1139.1 614 192 394 28 66 .954 -18.4 -19.4 -16.4 -8.3 -8.1 -2 4.63 4.41 .965 5.05 4.23 AS
1970 HOU NL 29 2B 21 18 162.0 114 51 62 1 14 .991 1.7 12.6 2.7 2.8 -0.1 -1 6.28 5.38 .979 5.32 4.67 AS
1970 HOU NL 29 1B 5 0 13.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 36.9 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 9.69 2.80 .993 9.69 8.36 AS
1970 HOU NL 29 3B 5 2 28.0 6 1 4 1 1 .833 -1.2 -51.4 -1.2 -1.0 -0.2 0 1.61 1.00 .950 2.92 2.58 AS
1970 HOU NL 29 OF 3 2 21.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -5.5 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 0 1.66 1.33 .975 2.08 1.77 AS
1970 HOU NL 29 RF 2 1 12.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -18.9 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 1.42 1.00 1.000 1.99 1.70 AS
1970 HOU NL 29 LF 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.00 2.00 .950 1.80 1.40 AS
1971 HOU NL 30 1B 101 87 811.1 907 845 59 3 77 .997 -0.9 -1.3 -1.9 -0.5 -1.3 1 10.03 8.95 .992 9.88 8.58
1971 HOU NL 30 3B 32 29 250.0 69 24 41 4 4 .942 -5.3 -25.4 -5.3 -2.5 -2.8 0 2.34 2.03 .949 2.80 2.32
1971 HOU NL 30 SS 17 8 82.2 58 16 40 2 5 .966 1.2 17.4 2.2 1.9 0.3 -1 6.10 3.29 .967 5.14 4.46
1971 HOU NL 30 2B 5 4 32.0 19 7 11 1 2 .947 -1.0 -37.5 0.0 -0.1 0.1 -1 5.06 3.60 .979 5.46 4.86
1972 CIN NL 31 3B 130 120 1091.2 359 85 258 16 20 .955 4.1 4.5 4.1 -3.7 7.9 0 2.83 2.64 .944 2.87 2.55
1972 CIN NL 31 1B 11 4 47.1 42 40 2 0 5 1.000 0.3 7.6 0.3 0.4 -0.2 0 7.99 3.82 .993 9.72 8.42
1973 CIN NL 32 3B 123 70 733.1 266 68 189 9 19 .966 5.5 9.0 5.5 -2.1 7.7 0 3.15 2.09 .945 2.88 2.49
1973 CIN NL 32 SS 7 0 14.0 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -85.7 -1.0 -1.1 0.1 0 4.50 1.00 .957 4.95 4.31
1973 CIN NL 32 2B 5 3 30.0 12 7 5 0 1 1.000 0.2 8.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 3.60 2.40 .983 5.52 4.92
1973 CIN NL 32 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.40
1974 HOU NL 33 1B 12 1 16.0 19 18 1 0 4 1.000 -0.1 -7.5 -0.1 -0.4 0.3 0 10.69 1.58 .989 9.96 8.34
1974 HOU NL 33 3B 7 3 39.0 18 2 16 0 1 1.000 1.4 43.1 1.4 0.4 1.0 0 4.15 2.57 .944 3.05 2.64
1974 HOU NL 33 2B 3 1 14.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.3 25.7 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 3.21 1.67 .980 5.46 4.63
1974 HOU NL 33 SS 2 0 7.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.7 114.5 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 2.45 1.00 .950 4.91 4.25
12 Seasons SS 841 753 6772.0 3717 1218 2355 144 419 .961 -24.8 -4.4 -21.8 -10.3 -11.5 -3 4.75 4.25 .963 4.98 4.29
13 Seasons 3B 420 328 3047.2 1060 296 715 49 64 .954 3.2 1.3 2.2 -7.6 9.9 1 2.99 2.41 .946 2.90 2.53
9 Seasons 2B 233 212 1842.2 1070 506 543 21 103 .980 -11.1 -7.2 -5.1 -1.4 -3.7 -6 5.12 4.50 .976 5.24 4.70
11 Seasons 1B 162 109 1057.1 1159 1080 75 4 101 .997 2.5 2.8 1.5 1.4 -0.1 1 9.83 7.13 .992 9.88 8.56
3 Seasons OF 5 4 35.2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -10.1 -0.3 -0.4 0.1 0 2.02 1.60 .975 2.07 1.78
3 Seasons LF 3 3 23.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -5.2 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 0 2.35 2.00 .950 1.80 1.40
1 Season RF 2 1 12.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -18.9 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 1.42 1.00 1.000 1.99 1.70
13 Seasons TOT 1661 1406 12755.1 7014 3108 3688 218 687 .969 -30.5 -2.9 -23.5 -18.3 -5.3 0 -7 4.80 4.09 .936 4.91 4.31
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1969 *
1970 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1969-NL-15-2%
0.02 Career Shares (1327th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1964 NL--.368--9th

Triples s c a p y
1968 NL--6--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1964 NL--68--6th
1966 NL--71--5th
1967 NL--65--10th
1968 NL--64--8th
1969 NL--87--7th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1963 NL--106--9th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1964 NL--.689--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1966 NL--6--7th
1968 NL--6--7th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1963 NL--7--4th
1964 NL--7--2nd
1966 NL--7--5th
1970 NL--9--2nd
1972 NL--8--5th
Career--65--162nd

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1964 NL--13--5th
Career--73--201st

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1968 NL--8--10th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 11 (1201), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1113), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (866), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

May 27, 1958: Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent.

October 8, 1967: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with Denny Lemaster to the Houston Astros for Chuck Harrison and Sonny Jackson.

November 29, 1971: Traded by the Houston Astros with Ed Armbrister, Jack Billingham, Cesar Geronimo and Joe Morgan to the Cincinnati Reds for Tommy Helms, Lee May and Jimmy Stewart.

February 18, 1974: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Houston Astros for Pat Darcy and cash.

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