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.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 15	MLN		NYM	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
2	10 (3)	Apr 19	MLN	@	NYM	L,4-5		2	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	SS
3	14 (3)	Apr 22	MLN	@	LAD	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
4	15	Apr 23	MLN	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	31	8.2	2	2	1	5	0	SS
5	16	Apr 24	MLN	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
6	17	Apr 25	MLN	@	HOU	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
7	18	Apr 26	MLN	@	SFG	W,9-2	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
8	19	Apr 27	MLN	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	52	12.0	4	2	1	7	0	SS
9	20	Apr 28	MLN	@	SFG	W,3-1	GS	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS 3B
10	21	Apr 30	MLN	@	STL	L,1-2	GS	28	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	3B SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	22	May 1	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B SS
12	23	May 2	MLN	@	CIN	W,8-0	GS	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS 3B
13	24	May 3	MLN		CHC	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
14	25	May 4	MLN		CHC	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
15	26	May 5	MLN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
16	27	May 7	MLN		SFG	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
17	28	May 8	MLN		SFG	L,5-12	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
18	29	May 9	MLN		SFG	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	3B
19	30	May 10	MLN	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	21	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
20	31	May 11	MLN	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	2	4	1	7	0	3B
21	32	May 12 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS	49	10.2	1	2	0	3	0	3B SS
22	33	May 12 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	50	11.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
23	34	May 14	MLN		STL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
24	35	May 15	MLN		STL	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	3B
25	36	May 16	MLN		STL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
26	37	May 18	MLN	@	CHC	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
27	38	May 19 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
28	39	May 19 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
29	40	May 21	MLN		CIN	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
30	41	May 23	MLN		CIN	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
31	42	May 24	MLN		PIT	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
32	43	May 25	MLN		PIT	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
33	44	May 26	MLN		PIT	L,2-5	GS	40	10.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
34	45	May 28	MLN		LAD	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
35	46	May 29	MLN		LAD	T,3-3	CG	30	6.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
36	47	May 30	MLN		LAD	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
37	48	May 31	MLN		HOU	L,2-3	GS	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS 2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	49	Jun 1	MLN		HOU	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
39	50	Jun 2	MLN		HOU	L,1-3	CG	71	17.0	5	6	0	11	0	2B
40	51	Jun 4	MLN	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	2B
41	52	Jun 5	MLN	@	NYM	W,11-9	CG	46	10.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
42	53	Jun 7	MLN	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	1	9	0	10	2
43	54	Jun 8	MLN	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	2B
44	55	Jun 9 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
45	56	Jun 9 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B SS
46	57	Jun 10	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	28	5.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
47	58	Jun 11	MLN	@	PHI	L,7-8	CG	52	9.1	3	2	0	5	0	2B
48	59	Jun 12	MLN		NYM	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
49	60	Jun 14	MLN		PHI	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	2B
50	61	Jun 15	MLN		PHI	W,5-3	GS	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B SS
51	62	Jun 16 (1)	MLN		PHI	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
52	63	Jun 16 (2)	MLN		PHI	L,4-7	CG	49	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
53	64	Jun 17	MLN		PIT	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
54	65	Jun 18	MLN		PIT	W,7-5	CG	44	10.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
55	66	Jun 19	MLN		PIT	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
56	67	Jun 20	MLN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
57	68	Jun 21	MLN		SFG	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
58	69	Jun 22	MLN		SFG	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
59	70	Jun 23	MLN		SFG	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
60	71	Jun 24	MLN		HOU	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
61	72	Jun 25	MLN		HOU	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
62	73	Jun 26	MLN		HOU	L,2-7	CG	58	13.0	2	8	0	10	3	SS
63	74	Jun 28	MLN	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
64	75	Jun 29	MLN	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	47	10.2	1	4	0	5	0	3B
65	76	Jun 30	MLN	@	LAD	W,7-0	CG	28	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	77	Jul 1	MLN	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	30	8.1	1	3	0	4	0	3B
67	78	Jul 2	MLN	@	SFG	L,0-1	GF	46	12.1	1	1	1	3	0	3B
68	79	Jul 3	MLN	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
69	80	Jul 4	MLN	@	SFG	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
70	81	Jul 5	MLN	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
71	82	Jul 6 (1)	MLN	@	HOU	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
72	83	Jul 6 (2)	MLN	@	HOU	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
73	84	Jul 7	MLN	@	HOU	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
74	85	Jul 11 (1)	MLN	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
75	87 (1)	Jul 12	MLN	@	STL	L,3-5	GF	18	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
76	88	Jul 13	MLN	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
77	89	Jul 14 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
78	90	Jul 14 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	W,7-6	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
79	91	Jul 15	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	55	11.0	3	6	1	10	0	SS
80	92	Jul 16	MLN	@	CHC	L,0-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
81	93	Jul 17	MLN	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
82	94	Jul 18	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS 2B
83	95	Jul 19	MLN		LAD	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
84	96	Jul 20	MLN		LAD	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
85	97	Jul 21 (1)	MLN		LAD	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
86	98	Jul 21 (2)	MLN		LAD	W,13-7	CG	43	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
87	99	Jul 23	MLN		STL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	2	7	1	10	1	SS
88	100	Jul 24	MLN		STL	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
89	101	Jul 25	MLN		STL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
90	102	Jul 26	MLN		CIN	L,1-11	CG	46	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
91	103	Jul 27	MLN		CIN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
92	104	Jul 28 (1)	MLN		CIN	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
93	105	Jul 28 (2)	MLN		CIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
94	106	Jul 29	MLN		CIN	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
95	107	Jul 30	MLN		CHC	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
96	108	Jul 31	MLN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	109	Aug 1	MLN		CHC	L,2-10	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
98	110	Aug 2 (1)	MLN		NYM	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
99	111	Aug 2 (2)	MLN		NYM	L,1-3	CG	44	11.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
100	112	Aug 3	MLN		NYM	W,10-7	GS	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS 1B
101	113	Aug 4	MLN		NYM	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
102	114	Aug 6	MLN	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
103	115	Aug 7	MLN	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	1	5	0	6	0
104	116	Aug 8	MLN	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	33	8.1	2	3	0	5	0	3B
105	117	Aug 9	MLN		STL	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
106	118	Aug 10	MLN		STL	L,5-6	GS	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B SS
107	119	Aug 11	MLN		STL	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
108	120	Aug 13	MLN		LAD	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
109	121	Aug 14	MLN		LAD	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
110	122	Aug 15	MLN		LAD	L,5-7	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
111	123	Aug 16	MLN		HOU	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
112	124	Aug 17	MLN		HOU	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
113	125	Aug 18	MLN		HOU	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
114	129 (3)	Aug 23	MLN	@	LAD	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
115	130	Aug 24	MLN	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
116	131	Aug 25	MLN	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
117	132	Aug 26	MLN	@	HOU	W,11-7	GS	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B SS
118	133	Aug 27	MLN	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
119	134	Aug 28	MLN	@	HOU	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
120	135	Aug 30	MLN	@	NYM	W,3-1	GS	30	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	138 (2)	Sep 2	MLN		PHI	L,4-9	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
122	139	Sep 3	MLN		PHI	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	3B
123	140	Sep 4	MLN		PIT	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
124	141	Sep 5	MLN		PIT	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
125	142	Sep 6	MLN	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
126	143	Sep 7	MLN	@	PHI	W,6-4	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
127	144	Sep 8	MLN	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
128	145	Sep 9 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
129	146	Sep 9 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
130	147	Sep 10	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	23	4.2	2	2	0	4	0	3B
131	148	Sep 11	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-14	CG	43	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
132	149	Sep 13	MLN	@	STL	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
133	151 (1)	Sep 15 (1)	MLN	@	STL	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
134	153 (1)	Sep 16	MLN		SFG	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
135	154	Sep 17	MLN		SFG	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
136	155	Sep 18	MLN		SFG	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
137	156	Sep 20	MLN	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
138	157	Sep 21	MLN	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
139	158	Sep 22	MLN	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
140	159	Sep 24	MLN		CIN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
141	160	Sep 25	MLN		CIN	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
142	161	Sep 27	MLN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
143	162	Sep 28	MLN		CHC	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
144	163	Sep 29	MLN		CHC	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
							157gm		1258.2	234	398	24	656	67