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).

High School: Howell HS (Howell Township, NJ)

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

Debut: September 7, 1975 (Age 21-143d, 13,697th in major league 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

2945

799

.271

372

RBI

380

OBP

.339

SLG

.390

OPS

.728

OPS+

107

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 49 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 17 go ahead

2 Tms
HOU	47
STL	2

Platoon
vs RHP	45
vs LHP	4

Home/Road
Away	29
Home	20

Outs
1	18
0	17
2	14

12 Opps
CIN	10
ATL	7
SDP	7
SFG	5
PHI	4
NYM	3
PIT	3
LAD	3
STL	2
MON	2
CHC	2
HOU	1

41 Pitchers
Andy Hawkins	4
Mario Soto	3
Jeff Reardon	2
Tom Hume	2
Dwight Gooden	2
Joe Beckwith	1
Tommy Boggs	1
Mike Scott	1
John Candelaria	1
Ray Hayward	1
Mike Krukow	1
Jim Acker	1
Joe Johnson	1
Juan Berenguer	1
LaMarr Hoyt	1
Bill Landrum	1
Gene Garber	1
Rick Rhoden	1
Charles Hudson	1
Scott Scudder	1
Craig Swan	1
Doug Drabek	1
Mark Lee	1
Bob Welch	1
Bobby Moore	1
Larry McWilliams	1
Scott Sanderson	1
Bob Walk	1
Dan Larson	1
Craig Lefferts	1
Tim Belcher	1
Paul Moskau	1
Dave Campbell	1
Jeff Robinson	1
Ron Reed	1
Scott Terry	1
Bill Laskey	1
Todd Worrell	1
Bill Bonham	1
Kevin Gross	1
Kurt Kepshire	1

12 Parks
Astrodome (HOU)	19
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	5
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	5
Busch Stad (STL)	3
VeteransStad (PHI)	3
Qualcomm St (SAN)	3
Dodger Stad (LOS)	3
3Com Park (SFO)	3
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1

Where Hit
9	20
8	3
89	2
7	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	47
6	1
1	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	45
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	18
1--	16
-2-	6
12-	5
1-3	3
-23	1

89 RBI
RISP	15
0 on	18
1 on	22
2 on	9
Any on	31

Inning
1	10
2	2
3	1
4	4
5	8
6	6
7	5
8	7
9	6

1-3	13
4-6	18
7-end	18

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	5
+2	4
+1	5
Tied	16
-1	4
-2	2
-3	2
-4..	7

Ahead	18
Tied	16
Behind	15

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	47
0-0	1
3-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
3B	24
1B	10
PH	6
LF	5
RF	4

OrderPos
3rd	23
1st	6
6th	6
9th	5
5th	3
7th	2
4th	2
2nd	2

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	17
Low Lev	23

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1978-05-20	HOU		ATL	Dave Campbell	ahead 5-0	b 5	1	1--		2	5	7	0.020	99%		Home Run; B. Watson Scores
2	2	2	1	1978-09-04	HOU		CIN	Bill Bonham	behind 1-6	b 7	0	---		1	5	7	0.025	5%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	1978-09-15	HOU	@	SDP	Mark Lee	ahead 4-2	t 6	0	1-3		3	7	7	0.072	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Cabell Scores; J. Obradovich Scores
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1979-06-06	HOU		PHI	Ron Reed	behind 0-3	b 7	1	12-		3	9	PH	0.384	55%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Cruz Scores; A. Howe Scores
5	5	2	1	1979-06-20	HOU		NYM	Craig Swan	behind 2-3	b 4	2	---		1	6	9	0.152	51%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run
6	6	3	1	1979-06-26	HOU		CIN	Paul Moskau	behind 1-5	b 8	2	12-		3	6	9	0.145	18%		Home Run (CF-RF); C. Cedeño Scores; J. Cruz Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1980-05-24	HOU	@	PHI	Dan Larson	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---		1	5	3	0.110	61%		Home Run
8	8	2	1	1980-06-29	HOU		CIN	Mario Soto	behind 5-8	b 6	1	1--		2	9	PH	0.190	32%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Reynolds Scores
9	9	3	1	1980-07-03	HOU	@	ATL	Tommy Boggs	tied 0-0	t 6	0	---		1	2	3	0.172	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1981-04-26	HOU		CIN	Mario Soto	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---		1	1	3	0.113	66%	Lead-Off	Home Run (CF-RF)
11	11	2	1	1981-04-29	HOU	@	ATL	Bob Walk	tied 1-1	t 7	1	1--		2	1	3	0.318	82%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Landestoy Scores
12	12	3	1	1981-05-02	HOU	@	PIT	Rick Rhoden	tied 1-1	t 5	2	---		1	1	9	0.163	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	4	1	1981-08-19	HOU		MON	Jeff Reardon	ahead 7-1	b 8	2	1--		2	4	7	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Puhl Scores
14	14	5	1	1981-10-01	HOU	@	CIN	Tom Hume	ahead 3-1	t 9	0	-2-		2	1	PH	0.034	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); N. Ryan Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1982-06-14	HOU		ATL	Larry McWilliams	ahead 7-0	b 8	1	-2-		2	1	3	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Thon Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1983-07-20	HOU	@	PHI	Charles Hudson	behind 0-10	t 9	2	1--		2	2	9	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Reynolds Scores
17	17	2	1	1983-08-23 (1)	HOU	@	PIT	John Candelaria	behind 1-5	t 9	0	12-		3	9	PH	0.090	16%		Home Run; J. Mumphrey Scores; A. Ashby Scores
18	18	3	1	1983-08-27	HOU		CHC	Craig Lefferts	behind 2-7	b 7	1	1--		2	9	5	0.050	8%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Mumphrey Scores
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1984-06-26	HOU	@	ATL	Gene Garber	ahead 6-3	t 8	2	1-3		3	3	3	0.058	99%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Doran Scores; C. Reynolds Scores
20	20	2	1	1984-07-01	HOU	@	PHI	Kevin Gross	ahead 5-0	t 5	0	---		1	3	5	0.023	97%		Home Run
21	21	3	1	1984-09-01	HOU	@	STL	Kurt Kepshire	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--		2	3	5	0.184	69%		Home Run; B. Doran Scores
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1985-04-30	HOU	@	NYM	Dwight Gooden	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---		1	3	3	0.110	57%		Home Run
23	23	2	1	1985-05-12	HOU	@	CIN	Tom Hume	ahead 5-4	t 8	2	1--		2	3	3	0.194	93%		Home Run; T. Puhl Scores
24	24	3	1	1985-06-28	HOU	@	SFG	Bill Laskey	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	---		1	6	5	0.107	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	4	1	1985-07-01	HOU	@	SDP	LaMarr Hoyt	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-2-		2	3	5	0.166	69%		Home Run; C. Reynolds Scores
26	26	5	1	1985-08-16	HOU		CIN	Mario Soto	behind 1-2	b 6	0	---		1	3	5	0.200	57%		Home Run
27	27	6	1	1985-09-11 (2)	HOU		SFG	Bobby Moore	tied 4-4	b 4	0	-23		3	9	PH	0.147	88%		Home Run; M. Bailey Scores; G. Rivera Scores
28	28	7	1	1985-09-16	HOU	@	ATL	Joe Johnson	ahead 5-2	t 7	2	1--		2	3	5	0.075	97%		Home Run; B. Doran Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1986-04-18	HOU	@	CIN	Scott Terry	ahead 5-2	t 6	0	---		1	6	7	0.053	92%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	2	1	1986-06-11	HOU	@	SDP	Andy Hawkins	behind 1-7	t 6	1	1--		2	6	5	0.034	6%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Bass Scores
31	31	3	1	1986-07-02	HOU		SDP	Andy Hawkins	behind 0-1	b 3	0	12-		3	3	5	0.240	78%		Home Run; B. Doran Scores; T. Gainey Scores
32	32	4	2	1986-07-02	HOU		SDP	Andy Hawkins	ahead 3-1	b 5	2	---		1	3	5	0.080	88%		Home Run
33	33	5	1	1986-07-08	HOU	@	MON	Jeff Reardon	ahead 2-1	t 8	2	-2-		2	3	5	0.181	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Gainey Scores
34	34	6	1	1986-07-19	HOU		NYM	Dwight Gooden	ahead 1-0	b 5	2	1--		2	3	5	0.189	88%		Home Run; C. Reynolds Scores
35	35	7	1	1986-08-05	HOU	@	LAD	Bob Welch	behind 1-2	t 8	0	---		1	3	5	0.268	50%		Home Run (Deep CF)
36	36	8	2	1986-08-05	HOU	@	LAD	Joe Beckwith	ahead 5-2	t 9	1	---		1	3	5	0.017	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	9	1	1986-08-09	HOU		SDP	Andy Hawkins	tied 0-0	b 1	0	12-		3	3	5	0.184	82%		Home Run; B. Doran Scores; B. Hatcher Scores
38	38	10	1	1986-08-15	HOU	@	ATL	Jim Acker	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---		1	3	5	0.128	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	11	1	1986-08-22	HOU	@	STL	Todd Worrell	behind 2-6	t 9	2	1-3		3	1	PH	0.024	3%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Cruz Scores; C. Reynolds Scores
40	40	12	1	1986-09-03	HOU	@	CHC	Scott Sanderson	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--		2	3	5	0.171	67%		Home Run; C. Reynolds Scores
41	41	13	1	1986-09-25	HOU		SFG	Juan Berenguer	tied 0-0	b 5	1	---		1	3	5	0.164	70%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1987-04-17	HOU	@	CIN	Bill Landrum	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---		1	3	5	0.099	56%		Home Run
43	43	2	1	1987-06-10	HOU		SDP	Ray Hayward	ahead 4-1	b 5	0	1--		2	3	5	0.060	96%		Home Run; B. Doran Scores
44	44	3	1	1987-06-26	HOU	@	SFG	Jeff Robinson	ahead 7-5	t 9	1	-2-		2	3	5	0.049	98%		Home Run; B. Doran Scores
45	45	4	1	1987-09-05	HOU		PIT	Doug Drabek	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--		2	3	5	0.174	72%		Home Run; B. Doran Scores
46	46	5	1	1987-09-15	HOU	@	LAD	Tim Belcher	behind 0-2	t 5	0	-2-		2	6	5	0.182	50%		Home Run; K. Bass Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	1988-06-03	HOU	@	SFG	Mike Krukow	behind 1-3	t 4	1	---	6,(3-2) BBFCBX	1	7	5	0.113	33%		Home Run
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1989-08-18 (2)	STL	@	CIN	Scott Scudder	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	3	0.181	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Oquendo Scores
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	1990-08-19	STL		HOU	Mike Scott	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	1--		2	4	3	0.152	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. McGee Scores