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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jun 4)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 16	MLN	@	HOU	W,6-5	GF	13	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
2	4	Apr 17	MLN	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
3	5	Apr 18	MLN	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
4	6	Apr 19	MLN	@	LAD	W,3-2	GF	32	7.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
5	7	Apr 20	MLN	@	LAD	W,7-1	GF	14	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
6	9 (1)	Apr 24	MLN		LAD	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
7	10	Apr 25	MLN		LAD	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
8	11	Apr 26	MLN		LAD	L,0-1	GS	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
9	12	Apr 28	MLN		PIT	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
10	13	Apr 29	MLN		PIT	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	14	May 1	MLN		PHI	L,3-5	GS	22	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
12	15	May 2	MLN		PHI	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
13	16	May 3	MLN		PHI	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
14	17	May 4	MLN		NYM	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
15	18	May 5	MLN		NYM	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	3	4	0	7	4	SS
16	19	May 6	MLN	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	2	SS
17	20	May 7	MLN	@	PHI	L,6-9	GS	22	4.2	1	1	0	2	0	SS
18	21	May 8	MLN	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
19	22	May 9	MLN	@	PIT	L,0-10	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
20	23	May 10 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
21	24	May 10 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	2	1	0	3	0	SS
22	25	May 12	MLN	@	NYM	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	SS
23	26	May 13	MLN	@	NYM	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
24	27	May 14	MLN	@	NYM	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
25	28	May 15	MLN	@	STL	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
26	29	May 16	MLN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	43	8.0	5	0	1	6	1	SS
27	30	May 17 (1)	MLN	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
28	31	May 17 (2)	MLN	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
29	32	May 19	MLN	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
30	33	May 20	MLN	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
31	34	May 22	MLN		STL	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	SS
32	35	May 23	MLN		STL	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	SS
33	36	May 24 (1)	MLN		STL	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
34	37	May 24 (2)	MLN		STL	W,10-0	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
35	38	May 26	MLN		HOU	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
36	39	May 27	MLN		HOU	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
37	40	May 28	MLN		HOU	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
38	41	May 29	MLN	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	4	2	7	1	SS
39	42	May 30 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
40	43	May 30 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	SS
41	44	May 31	MLN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	39	9.2	4	3	1	8	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	45	Jun 2	MLN		CIN	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
43	46	Jun 3	MLN		CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
44	47	Jun 4	MLN		CIN	L,3-6	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
45	48	Jun 5	MLN		CHC	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
46	49	Jun 6	MLN		CHC	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
47	50	Jun 7	MLN		CHC	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	6	4	0	10	0	SS
48	51	Jun 8	MLN	@	HOU	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
49	52	Jun 9 (1)	MLN	@	HOU	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	5	2	3	10	0	SS
50	53	Jun 9 (2)	MLN	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
51	54	Jun 11	MLN	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
52	55	Jun 12	MLN	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
53	56	Jun 13	MLN	@	SFG	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
54	57	Jun 14 (1)	MLN	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	SS
55	58	Jun 14 (2)	MLN	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
56	59	Jun 16	MLN	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
57	60	Jun 17	MLN	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
58	61	Jun 19	MLN		HOU	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
59	62	Jun 20	MLN		HOU	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
60	63	Jun 21 (1)	MLN		HOU	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
61	64	Jun 21 (2)	MLN		HOU	L,4-5	GS	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B SS
62	65	Jun 22	MLN		LAD	L,9-10	GS	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B SS
63	66	Jun 23	MLN		LAD	W,5-2	GS	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B SS
64	67	Jun 24	MLN		LAD	L,4-15	CG	46	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
65	68	Jun 26	MLN		NYM	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
66	69	Jun 27	MLN		NYM	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
67	70	Jun 28 (1)	MLN		NYM	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
68	71	Jun 28 (2)	MLN		NYM	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
69	72	Jun 29	MLN	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
70	73	Jun 30	MLN	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	74	Jul 1	MLN		STL	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
72	75	Jul 2	MLN		STL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
73	76	Jul 3	MLN		CHC	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
74	77	Jul 4	MLN		CHC	L,3-4	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
75	78	Jul 5	MLN		CHC	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
76	79	Jul 9	MLN	@	PIT	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
77	80	Jul 10	MLN	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
78	81	Jul 11	MLN	@	PIT	W,9-8	GS	21	5.2	1	2	0	3	1	SS
79	86 (4)	Jul 15	MLN		SFG	W,6-2	GF	6	2.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
80	87	Jul 16	MLN		SFG	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
81	88	Jul 18	MLN		PIT	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
82	89	Jul 19 (1)	MLN		PIT	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
83	90	Jul 19 (2)	MLN		PIT	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
84	92 (1)	Jul 22	MLN		PHI	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
85	93	Jul 23	MLN		PHI	L,10-13	CG	51	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
86	94	Jul 24	MLN	@	NYM	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
87	95	Jul 25	MLN	@	NYM	L,0-10	CG	37	8.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
88	96	Jul 26 (1)	MLN	@	NYM	W,11-7	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
89	97	Jul 26 (2)	MLN	@	NYM	W,15-10	GS	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS 3B
90	98	Jul 27	MLN		CIN	L,2-11	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
91	99	Jul 28	MLN		CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
92	100	Jul 29	MLN		CIN	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
93	101	Jul 31	MLN	@	CHC	W,13-3	GS	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS 3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	102	Aug 1	MLN	@	CHC	W,8-4	GS	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B SS
95	103	Aug 2	MLN	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
96	104	Aug 4 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
97	105	Aug 4 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
98	106	Aug 5	MLN	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
99	107	Aug 6	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
100	108	Aug 7	MLN		LAD	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
101	109	Aug 8	MLN		LAD	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
102	110	Aug 9	MLN		LAD	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
103	111	Aug 11	MLN		HOU	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
104	112	Aug 12	MLN		HOU	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
105	113	Aug 14	MLN	@	SFG	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
106	114	Aug 15	MLN	@	SFG	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
107	115	Aug 16 (1)	MLN	@	SFG	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
108	116	Aug 16 (2)	MLN	@	SFG	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
109	117	Aug 18	MLN	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
110	118	Aug 19	MLN	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
111	119	Aug 20	MLN	@	LAD	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
112	120	Aug 21	MLN	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
113	121	Aug 22	MLN	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
114	122	Aug 23	MLN	@	HOU	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
115	123	Aug 24	MLN		PHI	W,12-9	CG	41	9.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
116	124	Aug 25	MLN		PHI	W,7-5	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
117	125	Aug 26	MLN		PHI	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
118	126	Aug 27	MLN		SFG	W,13-0	CG	29	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
119	129 (2)	Aug 30 (1)	MLN		SFG	L,10-13	CG	46	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
120	130	Aug 30 (2)	MLN		SFG	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	131	Sep 1	MLN	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.1	1	1	0	2	1	SS
122	132	Sep 2	MLN	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	5	2	2	9	0	SS
123	134 (1)	Sep 4	MLN	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
124	135	Sep 5	MLN	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
125	136	Sep 6	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
126	137	Sep 7 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
127	138	Sep 7 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	W,8-7	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
128	139	Sep 9	MLN	@	NYM	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
129	140	Sep 10	MLN	@	NYM	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
130	141	Sep 11	MLN		CIN	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
131	142	Sep 12	MLN		CIN	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
132	143	Sep 13	MLN		CIN	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
133	144	Sep 15 (1)	MLN		STL	L,6-11	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
134	145	Sep 15 (2)	MLN		STL	L,1-3	GS	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B SS
135	146	Sep 16	MLN		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
136	147	Sep 19 (1)	MLN		CHC	L,3-5	GS	40	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	2B SS
137	148	Sep 19 (2)	MLN		CHC	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	8	2	1	11	2	2B
138	149	Sep 20	MLN		CHC	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
139	150	Sep 22	MLN	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
140	151	Sep 23	MLN	@	PIT	L,4-7	GS	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B SS
141	152	Sep 24	MLN	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
142	153	Sep 25	MLN	@	PHI	W,7-5	GS	49	12.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B SS
143	154	Sep 26	MLN	@	PHI	W,6-4	GS	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B SS
144	155	Sep 27	MLN	@	PHI	W,14-8	GS	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B SS
145	156	Sep 29	MLN		NYM	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
146	157	Sep 30	MLN		NYM	W,6-5	GS	54	12.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B SS
147	158	Oct 1	MLN		NYM	W,7-3	GS	27	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
148	160 (1)	Oct 2 (2)	MLN		PIT	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
149	162 (1)	Oct 4	MLN		PIT	W,6-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
							162gm		1264.0	283	455	27	765	84