Dennis Paepke

Dennis Ray Paepke

Positions: Catcher, Pinch Hitter and Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 202 lb.

Born: April 17, 1945 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Rancho Alamitos HS (Garden Grove, CA)
Signed by the Los Angeles Angels as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 2, 1969
Team: Royals 1969-1974

Final Game: October 2, 1974
About biographical information

View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Our primary support comes from users like you. Sponsor this page for $10. Your message will replace this ad.

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	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1964	19	ANA-min	Rk	46	166	166		42	9	0	10						.253	.253	.488	.741		81							IDF · PION
1965	20	ANA-min	A	94	264	264		51	6	1	8						.193	.193	.314	.508		83							QDS,SJO · MIDW,CALL
1966	21	ANA-min	A	119	435	435		128	25	4	13						.294	.294	.460	.754		200							SJO · CALL
1967	22	ANA-min	A,AA,AAA	55	141	131	16	33	7	1	1	16	1	0	10	19	.252	.305	.344	.648		45		0	0	0			SJO,ELP,SLE · CALL,TL,PCL
1968	23	ANA-min	AA	87	307	277	38	80	13	0	10	39	7	1	30	26	.289	.358	.444	.802		123							ELP · TL
1969	24	KCR-min	AAA	98	417	380	53	112	25	0	9	57	1	1	30	50	.295	.344	.432	.775		164		1	1	5			OMA · AA
1969	24	KCR	AL	12	30	27	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.111	.172	.148	.321	-9	4	1	0	0	0	0	/2

1970	25	KCR-min	AAA	93	340	305	36	80	16	2	6	44	3	0	29	46	.262	.328	.387	.715		118		2	2	2			OMA · AA
1971	26	KCR	AL	60	161	152	11	31	6	0	2	14	0	0	8	29	.204	.242	.283	.525	50	43	6	0	0	1	1	29/7
1972	27	KCR-min	AAA	66	231	204	21	48	6	0	3	20	1	0	25	33	.235	.317	.309	.626		63		0	1	1			OMA · AA
1972	27	KCR	AL	2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	-55	0	0	0	0	0	1	/2

1973	28	KCR-min	AAA	69	230	230		67	13	0	2						.291	.291	.374	.665		86							OMA · AA
1974	29	KCR-min	AAA	71	246	215	19	53	10	0	2	22	1	3	24	25	.247	.322	.321	.643		69		2	1	4			OMA · AA
1974	29	KCR	AL	6	13	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.167	.231	.167	.397	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	/29
1975	30	KCR-min	AA	63	194	169	7	32	4	0	1	12	0	3	22	36	.189	.285	.231	.516		39	4	1	1	1	0		JCK · SOUL
4 Yrs				80	211	197	13	36	7	0	2	14	0	1	12	36	.183	.229	.249	.477	36	49	8	0	0	1	2
162 Game Avg.				162	427	399	26	73	14	0	4	28	0	2	24	73	.183	.229	.249	.477	36	99	16	0	0	2	4

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	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1969	24	KCR	AL	12	30	-3	0	-0	0	0	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.3	.471	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$10,000	/2

1971	26	KCR	AL	60	161	-10	-0	-1	-6	1	-16	-1.9	5	-11	-1.4	.469	.489	-0.7	-0.5	-5	$	29/7
1972	27	KCR	AL	2	7	-2	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.3	.343	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$	/2

1974	29	KCR	AL	6	13	-1	-1	-0	-0	0	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.454	.498	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/29
4 Seasons				80	211	-16	-1	-1	-7	2	-24	-2.8	7	-17	-2.2	.465	.496	-1.4	-0.6	-11	$10,000

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
1969	24	KCR	AL	30	25	1	1.1	95	.125	.111	.254	.172	.331	.148	.384	.321	.715	-9	.076	-4.0	-0.4	.240	.111	.037

1971	26	KCR	AL	161	128	9	1.9	91	.238	.204	.253	.242	.324	.283	.375	.525	.699	50	.201	-10.3	-1.1	.402	.132	.079	.0
1972	27	KCR	AL	7	6	0	0.0	82	.000	.000	.246	.143	.314	.000	.354	.143	.669	-55	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.167	.167	.000

1974	29	KCR	AL	13	12	0	0.0	93	.200	.167	.264	.231	.329	.167	.380	.397	.709	14	.000	-1.4	-0.2	.167	.000	.000
4 Yrs				211	171	10	1.6	91	.213	.183	.253	.229	.325	.249	.376	.477	.701	36	.151	-16.9	-1.8	.353	.122	.066	.0
162 Game Avg.				427	346	20	1.6	91	.213	.183	.253	.229	.325	.249	.376	.477	.701	36	.151	-16.9	-1.8	.353	.122	.066

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1969	24	KCR	AL	30	0.0%	10.0%	6.7%	3.3%	33%	1.50	9.0			1.20	80%

1971	26	KCR	AL	161	1.2%	18.0%	5.0%	5.0%	26%	3.63	5.2	76.0	10.9	1.15	76%
1972	27	KCR	AL	7	0.0%	28.6%	14.3%	0.0%		2.00	3.0			3.00	57%

1974	29	KCR	AL	13	0.0%	15.4%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	2.00	6.0			1.25	77%
4 Yrs				211	1.0%	17.1%	5.7%	4.3%	25%	3.00	5.5	98.5	14.1	1.20	76%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.3%	8.8%	6.0%	27%	1.63	6.2	44.3	9.0	1.11	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1969	24	KCR	AL	-4.0	-0.4	32	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	1.02	-0.2	-0.2	-2.7	-0.3	0.90	-2.6	2.35	4

1971	26	KCR	AL	-10.5	-1.1	161	-0.7	2.6	-3.3	1.02	-0.9	0.2	-9.9	-1.1	0.93	-10.4	2.02	17
1972	27	KCR	AL	-1.1	-0.1	7	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.73	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.76	-1.2		0

1974	29	KCR	AL	-1.4	-0.2	14	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	1.30	-0.2	-0.1	-2.8	-0.3	0.95	-2.0	0.02	1
4 Yrs				-17.0	-1.8	214	-1.7	3.0	-4.7	1.06	-1.5	-0.1	-16.2	-1.7	0.92	-16.1	1.99	22

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1969	24	KCR	AL	1	0	40%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	25%	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0

1971	26	KCR	AL	1	0	24%	43	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	29%	4	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	2
1972	27	KCR	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1974	29	KCR	AL	0	0	0%	3	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				2	0	24%	57	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	27%	6	5	1	1	1	0	4	2	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1969	24	KCR	AL	30	13%	3			4	0	0	0	2.35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	3	1	33%	12	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1971	26	KCR	AL	161	60%	31			17	3	0	1	2.02	2	0	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0		25	6	24%	12	2	17%	101	13	13%	11	4	36%	2	1	50%	0
1972	27	KCR	AL	7	86%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

1974	29	KCR	AL	13	54%	2			1	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	1	100%	6	1	17%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
4 Yrs				211	54%	36			22	3	0	1	1.99	2	0	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	0		32	8	25%	16	4	25%	123	14	11%	13	5	38%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			74%			11%			31%			14%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SF	IBB
1969	24	12	30	27	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	3	.111	.172	.148	.321	-9	4	1	0	0
1970	25	12	30	27	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	3	.111	.172	.148	.321	-9	4	1	0	0
1971	26	72	191	179	13	34	7	2	14	0	10	32	.190	.232	.263	.494	41	47	7	1	1
1972	27	74	198	185	13	34	7	2	14	0	11	34	.184	.228	.254	.482	38	47	7	1	2
1973	28	74	198	185	13	34	7	2	14	0	11	34	.184	.228	.254	.482	38	47	7	1	2
1974	29	80	211	197	13	36	7	2	14	1	12	36	.183	.229	.249	.477	36	49	8	1	2

Neutralized Batting

Change to: / / / or

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	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1969	24	12	31	28	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	.143	.226	.179	.404	1	12

1971	26	60	166	156	13	34	7	0	2	16	0	9	29	.218	.259	.301	.560	12	60
1972	27	2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	2

1974	29	6	15	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.231	.333	.231	.564	1	6
4 Yrs		80	219	203	16	41	8	0	2	16	0	15	36	.202	.256	.271	.527	14	80
162 Game Avg.		162	443	411	32	83	16	0	4	32	0	30	73	.202	.256	.271	.527	28	80

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Other Resources & Links

Error? Compare Search SABR's Baseball Index Other Links@google.com Baseball-Almanac.com Retrosheet The Baseball Cube The Baseball Page WhatIfSports: Dennis Paepke

Viewed 3,151 times through May 30, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Dennis denis Dennis denny dennys Ray Paepke

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.