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.

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	ATL		PIT	L,2-3	CG	50	13.0	1	6	1	8	1	SS
2	2	Apr 13	ATL		PIT	L,0-6	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
3	3	Apr 15	ATL	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
4	4	Apr 16	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-3	GS	30	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B SS
5	5	Apr 17	ATL	@	NYM	L,4-5	GS	45	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	SS 3B
6	6	Apr 19	ATL	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
7	7	Apr 20	ATL	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
8	8	Apr 21	ATL	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B SS
9	9	Apr 22	ATL		NYM	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
10	10	Apr 23	ATL		NYM	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
11	11	Apr 24 (1)	ATL		NYM	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
12	12	Apr 24 (2)	ATL		NYM	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
13	13	Apr 25	ATL	@	SFG	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
14	14	Apr 26	ATL	@	SFG	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
15	15	Apr 27	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
16	16	Apr 28	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
17	18 (1)	Apr 30	ATL		HOU	L,4-5	GS	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS 3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	19	May 1	ATL		HOU	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
19	20	May 3	ATL		PHI	W,9-8	CG	51	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
20	21	May 4	ATL		PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
21	22	May 5	ATL		PHI	W,4-3	GS	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS 3B
22	23	May 6	ATL	@	HOU	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
23	24	May 7	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-3	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
24	26 (1)	May 9	ATL		CIN	L,4-7	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
25	34 (7)	May 17	ATL	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	36 (1)	May 20	ATL		CHC	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
27	37	May 21	ATL		CHC	L,6-7	GS	44	10.0	1	4	1	6	1	3B SS
28	38	May 22 (1)	ATL		CHC	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
29	39	May 22 (2)	ATL		CHC	L,3-4	GF	0	4.0	1	2	0	3	0
30	40	May 23	ATL	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	0	7	2	9	3	SS
31	41	May 24	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
32	42	May 25	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
33	43	May 27	ATL	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
34	44	May 28	ATL	@	CHC	L,5-8	CG	49	11.2	1	3	0	4	1	SS
35	45	May 29	ATL	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B SS
36	46	May 30	ATL		LAD	L,6-10	CG	43	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
37	47	May 31	ATL		LAD	L,2-6	GS	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	48	Jun 1	ATL		SFG	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
39	49	Jun 2	ATL		SFG	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
40	50	Jun 3	ATL		STL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
41	51	Jun 4 (1)	ATL		STL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
42	52	Jun 4 (2)	ATL		STL	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
43	53	Jun 5	ATL		STL	W,14-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
44	54	Jun 7	ATL	@	NYM	W,11-6	GS	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
45	57 (2)	Jun 10	ATL	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
46	58	Jun 11	ATL	@	PIT	L,3-5	GS	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
47	63 (4)	Jun 15	ATL		NYM	L,4-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
48	64	Jun 16	ATL		NYM	W,17-1	GS	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	3B 1B
49	65	Jun 17	ATL		PIT	L,2-4	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	66	Jun 18	ATL		PIT	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	0	2	1	3	2	SS
51	67	Jun 19	ATL		PIT	L,1-2	CG	44	11.0	1	2	0	3	0
52	68	Jun 20	ATL		PHI	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
53	69	Jun 21	ATL		PHI	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
54	70	Jun 22	ATL		PHI	L,3-7	GS	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B SS
55	71	Jun 24	ATL		LAD	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
56	72	Jun 25 (1)	ATL		LAD	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
57	73	Jun 25 (2)	ATL		LAD	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	SS
58	74	Jun 26	ATL		LAD	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
59	75	Jun 27	ATL		CHC	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
60	76	Jun 28	ATL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
61	78 (1)	Jun 30	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	79	Jul 1	ATL	@	SFG	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
63	80	Jul 2	ATL	@	SFG	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
64	81	Jul 3	ATL	@	SFG	W,17-3	GS	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	3B 1B
65	83 (1)	Jul 5	ATL	@	HOU	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	3B
66	84	Jul 6	ATL	@	HOU	W,8-1	GS	28	6.1	6	0	0	6	0	1B
67	87 (2)	Jul 9	ATL	@	LAD	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
68	89 (1)	Jul 14	ATL		HOU	W,7-6	GS	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B SS
69	90	Jul 16	ATL		HOU	T,1-1	CG	19	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
70	91	Jul 17	ATL		CIN	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
71	92	Jul 18	ATL		CIN	W,9-8	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
72	93	Jul 19	ATL	@	STL	L,9-10	GF	15	4.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
73	94	Jul 20	ATL	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
74	95	Jul 21	ATL	@	STL	L,4-7	GS	29	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
75	97 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	ATL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	1	1	0	2	1	SS
76	98	Jul 24 (2)	ATL	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
77	99	Jul 26	ATL		STL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
78	100	Jul 27	ATL		STL	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
79	101	Jul 28	ATL		STL	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
80	102	Jul 29	ATL		SFG	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
81	103	Jul 30 (1)	ATL		SFG	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
82	104	Jul 30 (2)	ATL		SFG	W,15-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	SS
83	105	Jul 31	ATL		SFG	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	106	Aug 2	ATL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	51	11.2	2	7	0	9	3	SS
85	107	Aug 3	ATL	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
86	108	Aug 4	ATL	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
87	109	Aug 5	ATL	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	SS
88	110	Aug 6	ATL	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B SS
89	112 (1)	Aug 8	ATL		LAD	W,10-9	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
90	113	Aug 9	ATL		LAD	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
91	114	Aug 10	ATL		LAD	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
92	115	Aug 13 (1)	ATL		PHI	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
93	116	Aug 13 (2)	ATL		PHI	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
94	117	Aug 14	ATL		PHI	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
95	118	Aug 15	ATL	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
96	119	Aug 16	ATL	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	3	1	8	3	SS
97	120	Aug 17	ATL	@	HOU	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
98	121	Aug 19	ATL	@	SFG	W,8-5	CG	34	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
99	122	Aug 20	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
100	123	Aug 21	ATL	@	SFG	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
101	124	Aug 22	ATL	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	48	11.2	1	6	1	8	2	SS
102	125	Aug 23	ATL	@	LAD	L,7-8	CG	39	8.2	1	2	1	4	0	SS
103	126	Aug 24	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	37	10.1	4	2	0	6	0	SS
104	127	Aug 26	ATL		NYM	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
105	128	Aug 27	ATL		NYM	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
106	129	Aug 28	ATL		NYM	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
107	130	Aug 29	ATL		CHC	L,2-4	GS	63	14.0	6	3	1	10	0	SS 3B
108	132 (1)	Aug 31	ATL	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	133	Sep 1	ATL	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
110	134	Sep 2 (1)	ATL		HOU	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
111	135	Sep 2 (2)	ATL		HOU	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
112	136	Sep 3 (1)	ATL		HOU	W,12-2	GS	25	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
113	137	Sep 3 (2)	ATL		HOU	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
114	138	Sep 4	ATL		HOU	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
115	139	Sep 5 (1)	ATL	@	PIT	L,5-13	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	140	Sep 5 (2)	ATL	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
117	141	Sep 6	ATL	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
118	142	Sep 7	ATL	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
119	143	Sep 9	ATL	@	NYM	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
120	144	Sep 10	ATL	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
121	145	Sep 11	ATL	@	NYM	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
122	146	Sep 13	ATL	@	CHC	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
123	149 (2)	Sep 16	ATL		CIN	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
124	150	Sep 17	ATL		CIN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
125	151	Sep 18	ATL		CIN	W,9-4	CG	34	9.0	1	1	2	4	0	SS
126	152	Sep 20	ATL		STL	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
127	153	Sep 21	ATL		STL	W,4-0	CG	27	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
128	154	Sep 22	ATL		PIT	W,14-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
129	155	Sep 23	ATL		PIT	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
130	156	Sep 24	ATL		PIT	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
131	157	Sep 25	ATL		PIT	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
132	158	Sep 26	ATL		SFG	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
133	159	Sep 27	ATL		SFG	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
134	160	Sep 28	ATL		SFG	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
135	161	Oct 1 (1)	ATL	@	CIN	L,5-11	GS	32	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
136	162	Oct 1 (2)	ATL	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	45	12.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
							152gm		1168.1	228	341	24	593	56