Denny Walling

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Third Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

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

Born: April 17, 1954 in Neptune, NJ us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 8th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Brookdale Community College (Lincroft, NJ) and the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (1st) of the 1975 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Clemson University (Clemson, SC).

Schools: Brookdale Community College (Lincroft, NJ), Clemson University (Clemson, SC)

Debut: September 7, 1975 (Age 21-143d, 11,313th in MLB history)
vs. TEX 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 10, 1992 (Age 37-359d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Dennis Martin Walling

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.0

AB

2945

H

799

HR

BA

.271

R

372

RBI

380

SB

OBP

.339

SLG

.390

OPS

.728

OPS+

107

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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
1975	21	OAK	AL	6	8	8	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.250	.375	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	/H87
1976	22	OAK-min	AA	115	434	369	48	95	15	5	9	42	20	14	58	51	.257	.356	.398	.754		147	5	1	1	5	4		CNG · SOUL
1976	22	OAK	AL	3	11	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.273	.273	.273	.545	64	3	0	0	0	0	0	/78
1977	23	HOU-OAK-min	AAA	32	115	99	18	34	4	1	4	18	2	1	13	10	.343	.420	.525	.945		52		0	3	0			CHL,SJO · IL,PCL
1977	23	HOU	NL	6	23	21	1	6	0	1	0	6	0	1	2	4	.286	.348	.381	.729	104	8	0	0	0	0	0	/798H
1978	24	HOU	NL	120	280	247	30	62	11	3	3	36	9	2	30	24	.251	.332	.356	.688	100	88	2	1	0	2	3	7H/98
1979	25	HOU	NL	82	165	147	21	48	8	4	3	31	3	2	17	21	.327	.394	.497	.891	149	73	2	0	0	1	2	H9/7
1980	26	HOU	NL	100	321	284	30	85	6	5	3	29	4	3	35	26	.299	.374	.387	.761	121	110	2	0	0	2	4	3H9/7
1981	27	HOU	NL	65	189	158	23	37	6	0	5	23	2	1	28	17	.234	.346	.367	.713	108	58	4	0	1	2	1	3H9/78
1982	28	HOU	NL	85	170	146	22	30	4	1	1	14	4	2	23	19	.205	.312	.267	.579	70	39	6	0	0	1	3	H398/7
1983	29	HOU	NL	100	152	135	24	40	5	3	3	19	2	2	15	16	.296	.364	.444	.809	131	60	1	0	1	1	1	H359/7
1984	30	HOU	NL	87	268	249	37	70	11	5	3	31	7	1	16	28	.281	.325	.402	.726	111	100	4	1	0	2	2	5H3/87
1985	31	HOU	NL	119	374	345	44	93	20	1	7	45	5	2	25	26	.270	.316	.394	.710	101	136	8	0	0	4	2	53H/97
1986	32	HOU	NL	130	422	382	54	119	23	1	13	58	1	1	36	31	.312	.367	.479	.846	135	183	8	0	0	4	5	5H/793
1987	33	HOU	NL	110	370	325	45	92	21	4	5	33	5	1	39	37	.283	.356	.418	.774	108	136	9	0	2	4	1	5H3/79
1988	34	HOU-min	AAA	5	20	16	2	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	4	.188	.350	.250	.600		4		0	0	0	0		TUC · PCL
1988	34	TOT	NL	84	252	234	22	56	13	2	1	21	2	0	17	25	.239	.291	.325	.616	79	76	3	0	1	0	3	5H7/39
1988	34	HOU	NL	65	192	176	19	43	10	2	1	20	1	0	15	18	.244	.304	.341	.645	89	60	2	0	1	0	3	5H/37
1988	34	STL	NL	19	60	58	3	13	3	0	0	1	1	0	2	7	.224	.250	.276	.526	51	16	1	0	0	0	0	7/5H39
1989	35	STL	NL	69	93	79	9	24	7	0	1	11	0	0	14	12	.304	.409	.430	.839	138	34	1	0	0	0	2	H3/579
1990	36	STL	NL	78	137	127	7	28	5	0	1	19	0	0	8	15	.220	.265	.283	.548	51	36	5	0	1	1	0	H35/97
1991	37	TEX-min	AAA	3	12	10	0	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	.500	.500	.600	1.100		6	1	0	0	1	0		OKC · AA
1991	37	TEX	AL	24	49	44	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	8	.091	.184	.114	.297	-15	5	3	2	0	0	0	5H/79
1992	38	HOU	NL	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	94	1	0	0	0	0	0	/H
18 Yrs				1271	3287	2945	372	799	142	30	49	380	44	18	308	316	.271	.339	.390	.728	107	1148	58	4	6	24	29
162 Game Avg.				162	419	375	47	102	18	4	6	48	6	2	39	40	.271	.339	.390	.728	107	146	7	1	1	3	4
				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
HOU (13 yrs)				1072	2929	2618	351	726	125	30	47	345	43	18	281	267	.277	.345	.402	.747	112	1052	48	2	5	23	27
STL (3 yrs)				166	290	264	19	65	15	0	2	31	1	0	24	34	.246	.308	.326	.634	78	86	7	0	1	1	2
OAK (2 yrs)				9	19	19	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	.211	.211	.263	.474	39	5	0	0	0	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				24	49	44	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	8	.091	.184	.114	.297	-15	5	3	2	0	0	0

NL (15 yrs)				1238	3219	2882	370	791	140	30	49	376	44	18	305	301	.274	.342	.395	.737	109	1138	55	2	6	24	29
AL (3 yrs)				33	68	63	2	8	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	15	.127	.191	.159	.350	0	10	3	2	0	0	0

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