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.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CIN		LAD	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
2	2	Apr 16	CIN		LAD	W,10-1	CG	29	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
3	3	Apr 18	CIN		HOU	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
4	4	Apr 19	CIN		HOU	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
5	5	Apr 21	CIN	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
6	6	Apr 22	CIN	@	ATL	L,7-11	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
7	7	Apr 23	CIN	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	46	10.2	9	2	0	11	0	1B
8	8	Apr 25	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	52	12.2	13	0	0	13	2	1B
9	9	Apr 26	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
10	10	Apr 27	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
11	11	Apr 28	CIN	@	CHC	L,8-10	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
12	12	Apr 29	CIN	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
13	13	Apr 30	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 2	CIN	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
15	15	May 3	CIN	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
16	16	May 4	CIN	@	STL	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
17	17	May 5	CIN		PIT	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
18	18	May 6	CIN		PIT	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
19	19	May 7	CIN		PIT	L,6-9	GS	30	6.2	1	1	0	2	0	3B
20	20	May 9	CIN		CHC	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
21	21	May 10	CIN		CHC	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
22	23 (1)	May 13	CIN		STL	W,11-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
23	24	May 14 (1)	CIN		STL	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
24	25	May 14 (2)	CIN		STL	W,2-0	GS	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B 1B
25	26	May 16 (1)	CIN	@	SFG	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
26	27	May 16 (2)	CIN	@	SFG	W,2-0	GS	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B 1B
27	28	May 17	CIN	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
28	29	May 18	CIN	@	SFG	W,8-5	GS	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
29	32 (2)	May 21 (1)	CIN	@	SDP	W,7-2	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
30	34 (1)	May 23	CIN		ATL	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
31	35	May 24	CIN		ATL	L,2-4	GS	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B 1B
32	36	May 26	CIN		SDP	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
33	37	May 27	CIN		SDP	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
34	38	May 28	CIN		SDP	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
35	39	May 29	CIN	@	HOU	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
36	40	May 30	CIN	@	HOU	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
37	41	May 31	CIN	@	HOU	W,12-4	GF	15	4.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	42	Jun 1	CIN	@	HOU	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
39	43	Jun 2	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-3	GS	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
40	45 (1)	Jun 4	CIN	@	PHI	W,2-0	GS	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
41	47 (1)	Jun 7	CIN	@	NYM	W,6-3	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
42	50 (2)	Jun 11	CIN	@	MON	W,11-1	GF	16	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
43	51	Jun 13 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
44	52	Jun 13 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,4-2	GF	10	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
45	53	Jun 14	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
46	54	Jun 16	CIN		NYM	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
47	55	Jun 17	CIN		NYM	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
48	56	Jun 18	CIN		NYM	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
49	57	Jun 19	CIN		MON	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
50	58	Jun 20	CIN		MON	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
51	59	Jun 21	CIN		MON	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
52	60	Jun 22	CIN		HOU	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
53	61	Jun 23	CIN		HOU	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
54	62	Jun 24	CIN		HOU	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	8	0	8	1	3B
55	63	Jun 25	CIN		HOU	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
56	64	Jun 26	CIN	@	LAD	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
57	65	Jun 27	CIN	@	LAD	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
58	66	Jun 28	CIN	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
59	67	Jun 29	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
60	68	Jun 30	CIN	@	SDP	L,3-4	GS	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	69	Jul 1	CIN	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
62	70	Jul 2	CIN	@	SDP	W,12-2	GS	29	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
63	71	Jul 3	CIN		STL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
64	72	Jul 4	CIN		STL	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
65	73	Jul 7	CIN		CHC	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
66	74	Jul 8	CIN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
67	75	Jul 9 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
68	77 (1)	Jul 11	CIN		PIT	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
69	78	Jul 12	CIN		PIT	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
70	79	Jul 13	CIN		PIT	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
71	80	Jul 14	CIN	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
72	81	Jul 15	CIN	@	STL	W,12-2	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
73	82	Jul 16	CIN	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
74	83	Jul 17	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
75	84	Jul 18	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
76	85	Jul 19	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
77	86	Jul 21	CIN	@	PIT	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
78	89 (2)	Jul 27	CIN		SDP	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
79	90	Jul 28	CIN		SDP	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
80	91	Jul 29	CIN		SDP	L,3-4	CG	61	17.0	2	5	0	7	1	3B
81	92	Jul 30 (1)	CIN		SFG	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
82	93	Jul 30 (2)	CIN		SFG	L,1-6	GF	13	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
83	94	Jul 31	CIN		SFG	L,2-7	GS	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	95	Aug 1	CIN	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
85	96	Aug 2	CIN	@	HOU	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
86	97	Aug 4 (1)	CIN		ATL	W,6-5	GF	19	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
87	98	Aug 4 (2)	CIN		ATL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
88	99	Aug 5	CIN		ATL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
89	100	Aug 6	CIN		ATL	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
90	101	Aug 7	CIN		ATL	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
91	102	Aug 8	CIN		LAD	W,2-1	GS	68	19.0	7	3	0	10	2	3B 1B
92	103	Aug 9	CIN		LAD	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
93	104	Aug 10	CIN		LAD	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
94	105	Aug 11	CIN	@	ATL	L,5-7	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
95	106	Aug 12	CIN	@	ATL	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	3	2	2	7	0	3B
96	107	Aug 13	CIN	@	ATL	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
97	108	Aug 14	CIN	@	ATL	W,12-2	GS	32	7.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
98	109	Aug 15	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
99	110	Aug 16	CIN	@	PHI	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
100	111	Aug 17	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
101	112	Aug 18	CIN	@	NYM	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
102	113	Aug 19	CIN	@	NYM	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
103	114	Aug 20	CIN	@	NYM	W,8-1	GS	22	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
104	115	Aug 21	CIN	@	MON	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
105	116	Aug 22	CIN	@	MON	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
106	119 (2)	Aug 25	CIN		PHI	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
107	120	Aug 26	CIN		PHI	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
108	121	Aug 27	CIN		PHI	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
109	122	Aug 28	CIN		NYM	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
110	123	Aug 29	CIN		NYM	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
111	124	Aug 30	CIN		NYM	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	125	Sep 1	CIN		MON	W,1-0	CG	42	12.0	2	2	0	4	0
113	126	Sep 2	CIN		MON	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
114	127	Sep 3	CIN		MON	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
115	128	Sep 4 (1)	CIN	@	LAD	L,5-6	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
116	129	Sep 4 (2)	CIN	@	LAD	W,8-4	GS	21	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
117	131 (1)	Sep 6	CIN	@	LAD	W,6-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
118	134 (2)	Sep 9	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
119	135	Sep 10 (1)	CIN	@	SFG	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
120	136	Sep 10 (2)	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
121	137	Sep 12	CIN	@	ATL	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
122	138	Sep 13	CIN	@	ATL	W,8-6	CG	45	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
123	139	Sep 15	CIN		SDP	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
124	140	Sep 16	CIN		SDP	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
125	141	Sep 17	CIN		SDP	L,7-10	CG	42	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
126	142	Sep 18	CIN		SFG	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
127	143	Sep 19	CIN		SFG	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
128	144	Sep 20	CIN		SFG	W,8-6	CG	36	9.0	3	4	2	9	0	3B
129	145	Sep 22	CIN	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
130	147 (1)	Sep 24	CIN	@	HOU	W,10-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
131	148	Sep 26	CIN		ATL	L,9-10	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
132	149	Sep 27	CIN		ATL	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
133	150	Sep 29	CIN		LAD	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
134	151	Sep 30	CIN		LAD	L,2-4	CG	37	10.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
135	152	Oct 1	CIN		LAD	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
136	153	Oct 3	CIN		HOU	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
137	154	Oct 4	CIN		HOU	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
							141gm		1139.0	125	260	16	401	25