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.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	HOU	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
2	2	Apr 9	HOU	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
3	3	Apr 10	HOU	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
4	4	Apr 11	HOU		LAD	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	SS
5	5	Apr 12	HOU		LAD	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	4	5	1	10	1	SS
6	6	Apr 13	HOU		LAD	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
7	7	Apr 14	HOU		LAD	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
8	8	Apr 15	HOU		ATL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
9	9	Apr 16	HOU		ATL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
10	10	Apr 17	HOU		ATL	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
11	11	Apr 18	HOU	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	2	4	0	6	0	2B
12	12	Apr 19	HOU	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	3	2	0	5	0	2B
13	13	Apr 20	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
14	14	Apr 21	HOU		CIN	L,5-11	GS	44	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B SS
15	15	Apr 22	HOU		CIN	L,0-14	CG	49	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	2B
16	16	Apr 23	HOU		SDP	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
17	17	Apr 24	HOU		SDP	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
18	18	Apr 25	HOU	@	SFG	L,8-12	CG	59	12.1	3	3	0	6	0	2B
19	19	Apr 26	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
20	20	Apr 27 (1)	HOU	@	SFG	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
21	21	Apr 27 (2)	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
22	22	Apr 28	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-12	CG	43	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
23	23	Apr 29	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
24	24	Apr 30	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-10	CG	40	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	25	May 1	HOU	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
26	26	May 2	HOU		SFG	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
27	27	May 3	HOU		SFG	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
28	28	May 4	HOU		SFG	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	5	SS
29	29	May 6	HOU	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
30	30	May 7	HOU	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
31	31	May 8	HOU	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
32	32	May 10	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
33	33	May 11 (1)	HOU	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
34	34	May 11 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	L,7-11	GS	30	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
35	35	May 13	HOU	@	MON	W,10-3	GS	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS 2B
36	36	May 14	HOU	@	MON	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
37	37	May 16	HOU		CHC	L,0-11	CG	47	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
38	38	May 17	HOU		CHC	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
39	39	May 18	HOU		CHC	W,6-5	GS	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS 2B
40	40	May 20	HOU		MON	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
41	41	May 21	HOU		MON	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
42	42	May 22	HOU		MON	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
43	43	May 23	HOU		NYM	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
44	44	May 24	HOU		NYM	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
45	45	May 25	HOU		NYM	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
46	46	May 27	HOU		PHI	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
47	47	May 28	HOU		PHI	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
48	48	May 30 (1)	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
49	49	May 30 (2)	HOU	@	PIT	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
50	50	May 31	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	51	Jun 1	HOU	@	PIT	L,7-14	CG	47	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
52	52	Jun 3	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
53	53	Jun 4	HOU	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
54	54	Jun 5	HOU		STL	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
55	55	Jun 6	HOU		STL	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
56	58 (2)	Jun 10	HOU		PIT	W,7-4	GS	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B SS
57	59	Jun 11	HOU		PIT	L,8-13	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
58	60	Jun 12	HOU		PIT	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
59	61	Jun 13	HOU	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
60	62	Jun 15	HOU	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
61	63	Jun 16 (1)	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
62	64	Jun 16 (2)	HOU	@	ATL	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
63	65	Jun 17	HOU	@	ATL	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
64	66	Jun 18	HOU	@	ATL	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
65	67	Jun 19	HOU		SDP	W,4-2	GS	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B SS
66	68	Jun 20 (1)	HOU		SDP	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
67	69	Jun 20 (2)	HOU		SDP	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
68	70	Jun 21	HOU		SDP	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
69	71	Jun 22	HOU		SDP	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
70	72	Jun 23	HOU		SFG	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
71	73	Jun 24	HOU		SFG	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
72	74	Jun 25	HOU		SFG	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
73	75	Jun 27	HOU		ATL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
74	76	Jun 28	HOU		ATL	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
75	77	Jun 29	HOU		ATL	L,3-4	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	81 (3)	Jul 4	HOU	@	SDP	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
77	82	Jul 5	HOU	@	SDP	L,8-9	CG	60	11.1	2	3	0	5	0	SS
78	83	Jul 6 (1)	HOU	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
79	84	Jul 6 (2)	HOU	@	SDP	L,0-1	CG	33	8.2	1	6	0	7	0	SS
80	85	Jul 7	HOU	@	SFG	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
81	86	Jul 8	HOU	@	SFG	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
82	87	Jul 9	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-10	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
83	88	Jul 10	HOU		CIN	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
84	89	Jul 11	HOU		CIN	W,13-2	GS	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS 2B
85	90	Jul 12	HOU		CIN	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	SS
86	91	Jul 13	HOU		CIN	W,9-6	GS	42	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS 1B
87	92	Jul 14	HOU		LAD	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
88	93	Jul 15	HOU		LAD	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
89	94	Jul 16	HOU		LAD	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	1	SS
90	95	Jul 18	HOU	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
91	96	Jul 19	HOU	@	CIN	L,9-10	CG	51	10.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
92	97	Jul 24	HOU		PHI	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
93	98	Jul 25	HOU		PHI	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
94	99	Jul 26	HOU		PHI	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
95	100	Jul 27	HOU		PHI	W,3-2	CG	37	11.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
96	101	Jul 30 (1)	HOU	@	NYM	W,16-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
97	102	Jul 30 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
98	103	Jul 31	HOU	@	NYM	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	104	Aug 1	HOU	@	MON	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
100	105	Aug 2	HOU	@	MON	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
101	106	Aug 3 (1)	HOU	@	MON	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
102	107	Aug 3 (2)	HOU	@	MON	L,0-1	CG	31	8.1	1	3	0	4	0	SS
103	108	Aug 4	HOU		CHC	L,3-9	CG	49	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
104	109	Aug 5	HOU		CHC	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	SS
105	110	Aug 6	HOU		CHC	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
106	111	Aug 8	HOU		MON	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
107	112	Aug 9	HOU		MON	W,5-3	CG	42	11.0	1	3	2	6	1	SS
108	113	Aug 10	HOU		MON	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
109	114	Aug 11	HOU		NYM	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
110	115	Aug 12	HOU		NYM	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
111	116	Aug 13	HOU		NYM	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
112	117	Aug 15	HOU	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	5	1	6	1	SS
113	118	Aug 16	HOU	@	PHI	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
114	119	Aug 17	HOU	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
115	120	Aug 19	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
116	121	Aug 20	HOU	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
117	122	Aug 22	HOU	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
118	123	Aug 23	HOU	@	CHC	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
119	124	Aug 24 (1)	HOU	@	CHC	L,9-10	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
120	125	Aug 24 (2)	HOU	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
121	126	Aug 26 (1)	HOU	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	26	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
122	127	Aug 26 (2)	HOU	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
123	128	Aug 27	HOU	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	38	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
124	129	Aug 28	HOU	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
125	131 (1)	Aug 30	HOU		PIT	W,2-1	GS	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B SS
126	132	Aug 31	HOU		PIT	L,4-6	GS	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	133	Sep 1	HOU		STL	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
128	134	Sep 2	HOU		STL	W,7-6	CG	48	11.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
129	135	Sep 5	HOU		SFG	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
130	136	Sep 6	HOU		SFG	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
131	137	Sep 7	HOU		SFG	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
132	138	Sep 8	HOU		SDP	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
133	139	Sep 9	HOU		SDP	W,9-2	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
134	140	Sep 10	HOU		LAD	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
135	141	Sep 11	HOU		LAD	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	8	5	0	13	2	1B
136	142	Sep 12	HOU	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
137	143	Sep 13	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	49	12.1	1	11	0	12	1	SS
138	144	Sep 14	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
139	145	Sep 15	HOU	@	SDP	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
140	146	Sep 16	HOU	@	SDP	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
141	147	Sep 17	HOU	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
142	148	Sep 18	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
143	149	Sep 19	HOU		CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	12	1	1	14	0	1B
144	150	Sep 20	HOU		CIN	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
145	152 (1)	Sep 22	HOU		ATL	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
146	153	Sep 23	HOU		ATL	L,2-10	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
147	154	Sep 24	HOU		ATL	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	4	7	0	11	2	SS
148	155	Sep 25	HOU	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS 1B
149	156	Sep 26 (1)	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
150	157	Sep 26 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
151	158	Sep 27	HOU	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
152	159	Sep 28	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
153	160	Sep 30	HOU	@	LAD	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
154	162 (1)	Oct 2	HOU	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	2	2	0	4	0	SS
							164gm		1358.2	257	414	27	698	75