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Denis Menke
Denis John Menke

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.

MLB Debut April 14, 1962
Final Game July 10, 1974
Born July 21, 1940 in Algona, IA
Died December 1, 2020 (age 80)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1962 21 PIN NL   60  143   12   20   2   0   0    4   0   0   19   43  .140  .245  .154  .399    55    22   0   0   0   1   4  
 1963 22 PIN NL  133  424   30   81  13   1   7   36   0   3   24   88  .191  .247  .276  .523    75   117   4   2   3   8   6  
 1964 23 PIN NL  146  549  100  162  23   6  34   80   5   3   64   83  .295  .369  .545  .914   135   299   2   4   0   3   8  MVP-10
 1965 24 PIN NL   83  100   20   27   9   2   3   18   1   0   15   12  .270  .365  .490  .855   124    49   1   0   0   0   1  
 1966 25 PIN NL  100  332   34   70  18   2   3   37   0   0   52   60  .211  .327  .304  .632    90   101   2   3   4   7   6  
         ATN NL   52  160   24   40   4   0  10   26   0   0   23   42  .250  .337  .462  .799   106    74   1   6   2   1   4  
         TOT     152  492   58  110  22   2  13   63   0   0   75  102  .224  .330  .356  .686         175   3   9   6   8  10 
 1967 26 ATN NL   84  141   21   30   8   0   2   17   3   2   29   21  .213  .347  .312  .659    98    44   0   2   2   1   3  
 1968 27 BOA AL  160  583   52  121  25   3   4   45   2   1   49  100  .208  .276  .281  .558    86   164  15   7   0   9   7  
 1969 28 BOA AL  161  637   96  158  31  11  11   62   1   1   79   91  .248  .332  .383  .715    95   244  16   3   0   3  18  
 1970 29 BOA AL  161  634   93  178  36   4  16   57   4   1   71   85  .281  .355  .426  .781   103   270  25   3   0   4  14  
 1971 30 BOA AL  142  517   45  111  23   4   3   34   0   1   54   75  .215  .292  .292  .584    84   151  30   2   0   3  12  
 1972 31 DEA AL  130  415   39   96  25   1   6   37   0   1   39   79  .231  .302  .340  .641    95   141   4   3   0   4   5  
 1973 32 DEA AL   66  131   24   31   2   0   4   15   0   1   33   18  .237  .389  .344  .733    99    45   2   2   0   1   3  
 1974 33 BOA AL    9   11    0    1   0   0   0    3   0   0    4    1  .091  .333  .091  .424    58     1   0   0   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     1487 4777  590 1126 219  34 103  471  16  14  555  798  .236  .319  .360  .679        1722 102  37  11  45  91
 Per 600 PA           520   64  122  24   4  11   51   2   2   60   87                                 187  11   4   1   5  10
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With BOA      633 2382  286  569 115  22  34  201   7   4  257  352  .239  .316  .348  .665         830  86  15   0  19  51
   With PIN      522 1548  196  360  65  11  47  175   6   6  174  286  .233  .316  .380  .696         588   9   9   7  19  25
   With DEA      196  546   63  127  27   1  10   52   0   2   72   97  .233  .325  .341  .666         186   6   5   0   5   8
   With ATN      136  301   45   70  12   0  12   43   3   2   52   63  .233  .342  .392  .734         118   1   8   4   2   7
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1598 5071  605 1270 225  40 101  606  34  54  698  853  .250  .343  .370  .713        1878  54  65  73  46  99
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1962 21 PIN NL  23    6   1.3   5   2   0  .400   8   21   12  .571    0    0  .000  UT            -145   
 1963 22 PIN NL  46   28   2.2   4   0   0  .000  22   68   34  .500    0    0  .000  3B   3e35     -110   
 1964 23 PIN NL  29  112   7.5  12   6   3  .500  20   59   33  .559    0    0  .000  3B   3e35       67   
 1965 24 PIN NL  66   19   6.9  18   3   0  .167   5   19   12  .632    0    0  .000  UT             150   
 1966 25 PIN NL  28   36   3.6   4   1   0  .250   9   53   37  .698    0    0  .000  3B   3e15     -135   
         ATN NL  19   26   5.4   6   0   0  .000   5   52   31  .596    0    0  .000  SS   4e38       32   
         TOT                    10   1   0  .100  14  105   68  .648    0    0  .000
 1967 26 ATN NL  27   17   3.9  40  11   0  .275   6   34   21  .618    0    0  .000  SS   4e26        0   
 1968 27 BOA AL  26   49   2.7   6   3   0  .500  11  102   66  .647    0    0  .000  3B   3e13     -123   
 1969 28 BOA AL  35   82   4.3   0   0   0  .000  13   77   50  .649    0    0  .000  3B   3e13      -41   
 1970 29 BOA AL  30   98   5.3   1   1   0 1.000  32   73   31  .425    0    0  .000  3B   3e37      -52   
 1971 30 BOA AL  34   46   2.8   3   0   0  .000  17  151  110  .728    0    0  .000  SS   3e26      -65   
 1972 31 DEA AL  34   44   3.6   5   2   0  .400  12   52   39  .750    0    0  .000  3B   2e22      -26   
 1973 32 DEA AL  52   20   5.0   5   2   0  .400   7   25   12  .480    0    0  .000  1B   2e11       95   
 1974 33 BOA AL  60    0   1.8   0   0   0  .000   1    2    1  .500    0    0  .000  3B   3e12       80   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 13 Seasons          589   4.1 109  31   3  .284 168  788  489  .621    0    0  .000                 -44   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 17.9 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1962 21 PIN NL  3B    33    18    33    3    4   .944    18   183.0   2.51
                 2B    14    24    23    3    9   .940    11    86.0   4.92
                 1B    11    75     6    0    6  1.000    10    80.0   9.11
                 SS     3     3     8    2    3   .846     2    19.0   5.21
 1963 22 PIN NL  3B   109    58   237   20   12   .937   100   894.0   2.97
                 SS    20    20    42    2    6   .969    10    98.1   5.67
                 2B     1     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     3.2   4.91
 1964 23 PIN NL  3B   135    91   274   20   23   .948   131  1113.2   2.95
                 SS     5     5    12    0    2  1.000     2    25.0   6.12
                 2B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1965 24 PIN NL  1B    44    96    11    0   10  1.000     0    93.1  10.32
                 3B    13     7    20    4    2   .871    12    84.0   2.89
                 SS     9    11    21    1    6   .970     7    55.0   5.24
 1966 25 PIN NL  3B    95    53   224    9   15   .969    94   839.1   2.97
                 2B     1     0     1    0    1  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
         ATN NL  SS    46    69   139    5   25   .977    45   368.0   5.09
 1967 26 ATN NL  SS    41    37    81    5   13   .959    20   219.2   4.83
                 3B     8     7    19    1    0   .963     8    69.0   3.39
 1968 27 BOA AL  3B   124   102   176    9    6   .969   108   987.2   2.53
                 SS    49    65   121    2   15   .989    41   357.2   4.68
                 1B     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
 1969 28 BOA AL  3B   161   102   314   13   37   .970   159  1418.2   2.64
                 2B     3     4     1    0    0  1.000     2    15.0   3.00
                 SS     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   3.00
 1970 29 BOA AL  3B   159   115   260   32   28   .921   158  1382.2   2.44
                 2B    18     9     3    0    0  1.000     1    46.1   2.33
                 RF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
                 SS     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1971 30 BOA AL  SS   128   196   436   15   63   .977   124  1079.2   5.27
                 1B    21    92     7    0   10  1.000    10    95.1   9.35
                 2B     2     2     3    2    2   .714     1     9.1   4.82
                 3B     2     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     1.2   5.40
 1972 31 DEA AL  3B    95    71   188   10   25   .963    88   796.0   2.93
                 1B    35   279    31    2   31   .994    33   294.0   9.49
 1973 32 DEA AL  1B    34   200    18    1   25   .995    23   222.0   8.84
                 SS    13    17    32    6    6   .891    13    99.0   4.45
                 3B    12     0     3    0    1  1.000     0    19.2   1.37
                 2B     5     5     4    0    1  1.000     1    15.0   5.40
 1974 33 BOA AL  3B     8     4     4    1    0   .889     3    36.1   1.98
                 SS     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B   954   628  1753  122  153   .951   879  7825.2   2.74
                 SS   318   425   892   38  139   .972   264  2326.1   5.10
                 1B   146   743    73    3   82   .996    76   785.2   9.35
                 2B    45    45    36    5   13   .942    16   177.1   4.11
                 RF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1962  PIN   83-79   Dennis Van Langen
 1963  PIN   73-89   Dennis Van Langen
 1964  PIN   92-70   Dennis Van Langen
 1965  PIN   92-70   Dennis Van Langen
 1966  PIN   78-84   Dennis Van Langen
 1966  ATN   89-73   James Taglia
 1967  ATN   74-88   Barry Davis, James Taglia
 1968  BOA   93-69   Mike Tomeo
 1969  BOA   85-77   Mike Tomeo
 1970  BOA   85-77   Mike Tomeo
 1971  BOA   72-90   Mike Tomeo
 1972  DEA   71-91   Allen Nelson, Dennis Van Langen
 1973  DEA   79-83   Dennis Van Langen
 1974  BOA   93-69   Mike Tomeo

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