Otto Denning

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: December 28, 1912 in Hays, KS us

Died: May 25, 1992 in Chicago, IL

Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, River Grove, IL

Debut: April 15, 1942 (Age 29-108d, 9,221st in major league history)
vs. DET 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 4, 1943 (Age 30-158d)
vs. PHA 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: Otto George Denning

Nicknames: Dutch

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Relatives: Greatuncle of Peter Bourjos; Uncle of Chris Bourjos

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.9

343

.222

RBI

OBP

.273

SLG

.289

OPS

.561

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-20 / in Starts: 17-16
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	37 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 137 PAs	13
Actual Runners on Base	60 (33-20-7) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 137 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	88 (45-28-13)

Most Driven In
J Heath	4
K Keltner	3
R Cullenbine	1
H Edwards	0

Most Driven In By
R Mack	4
G Desautels	0
B Rosar	0

1943 Batting Game Log

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1943 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	93	1	Apr 21	CLE		DET	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6	2.00	-0.213	5.69	-0.37%	-1.17	1B
2	94	2	Apr 22	CLE		DET	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6						1B
3	95	3	Apr 24	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6						1B
4	96	4	Apr 25 (1)	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	.083	.154	.083	.237	6	1.88	0.156	5.09	0.25%	0.87	1B
5	97	5	Apr 25 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.067	.125	.067	.192	6	.90	-0.064	2.80	-0.12%	-0.40	1B
6	98	6	Apr 27	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.158	.200	.263	.463	6	1.01	0.101	2.87	0.17%	1.89	1B
7	99	7	Apr 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.136	.174	.227	.401	6	.51	-0.038	1.57	-0.07%	-0.53	1B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	100	8	May 1	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG(15)	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.143	.172	.214	.387	6						1B
9	101	9	May 2	CLE	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.152	.188	.339	6	.74	-0.078	2.43	-0.15%	-0.99	1B
10	102	10	May 4	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.143	.167	.200	.367	6						1B
11	103	11	May 5 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.132	.175	.184	.359	5						1B
12	104	12	May 5 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	CG(11)	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1		0	0	1			0	0	0	.150	.209	.225	.434	6						1B
13	105	13	May 6	CLE		CHW	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.186	.239	.256	.495	5						1B
14	106	14	May 8	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.191	.240	.255	.495	6	1.92	-0.085	7.02	-0.19%	-0.06	1B
15	107	15	May 9 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG(13)	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.189	.232	.264	.496	6						1B
16	108	16	May 9 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-7	CG(7)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.193	.233	.263	.496	6						1B
17	109	17	May 12	CLE		WSH	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.183	.234	.250	.484	6						1B
18	110	18	May 13	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG(12)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.246	.262	.508	6	2.93	0.384	11.29	0.89%	0.60	1B
19	111	19	May 14	CLE		WSH	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.191	.236	.250	.486	6	.85	-0.060	3.01	-0.13%	-0.40	1B
20	112	21 (1)	May 16 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,3-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.188	.233	.246	.479	9						PH
21	113	23 (1)	May 20 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.186	.230	.243	.473	9	2.07	-0.054	6.87	-0.11%	-0.32	PH
22	114	24	May 20 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.183	.227	.239	.466	8	4.88	-0.114	15.62	-0.22%	-0.70	PH
23	115	25	May 22	CLE		NYY	W,9-2	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.211	.250	.263	.513	6	.30	0.086	1.00	0.17%	2.54	1B
24	116	26	May 23 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.203	.241	.253	.494	6	.38	-0.027	1.28	-0.06%	-0.35	1B
25	117	27	May 23 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.264	.268	.533	6	1.05	0.081	4.06	0.19%	1.47	1B
26	118	28	May 27 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.264	.267	.531	5	1.64	-0.051	5.70	-0.11%	-0.41	1B
27	119	29	May 27 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.222	.263	.267	.530	5	1.64	-0.073	5.74	-0.16%	-1.08	1B
28	120	30	May 28	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.232	.270	.284	.554	6						1B
29	121	31	May 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.279	.293	.572	6	.30	-0.014	1.18	-0.03%	0.66	1B
30	122	32	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.287	.301	.588	6	.69	0.005	2.41	0.01%	0.14	1B
31	123	33	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.279	.292	.572	6	1.59	-0.180	5.37	-0.36%	-1.12	1B
32	124	34	May 31 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.245	.278	.300	.578	6						1B
33	125	35	May 31 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG(13)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.241	.273	.293	.566	6	2.33	-0.203	6.58	-0.34%	-1.17	1B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	126	36	Jun 1	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.233	.264	.283	.547	6						1B
35	127	37	Jun 2	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-13	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.234	.264	.282	.546	6	.89	-0.082	2.63	-0.15%	-1.23	1B
36	128	38	Jun 3	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-10	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.262	.280	.542	2	.11	-0.003	.28	0.00%	-0.13	1B
37	129	39	Jun 4	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.240	.269	.287	.555	6	1.67	0.028	3.85	0.04%	0.06	1B
							17-20		137	129	8	31	6	0	0	13	5	0	1	0	3		0	5	3	1	.240	.269	.287	.555		1.37	-0.498	4.43	-0.84%	-1.84

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