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Denny Walling
Dennis Martin Walling

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.
School Clemson

MLB Debut September 7, 1975
Final Game April 10, 1992
Born April 17, 1954 in Neptune, NJ (age 70)

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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 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1978 24 SEA AL   84  265   32   74  13   2   4   30   7   2   22   22  .279  .333  .389  .722    95   103   0   3   3   1   4  
 1979 25 SEA AL   50  164   32   55   9   7   4   24   1   1   25   29  .335  .415  .549  .963   131    90   0   4   2   0   6  
 1980 26 SEA AL   90  246   33   77   5   5   5   39   2   1   35   22  .313  .394  .435  .829   116   107   0   3   1   0   3  
 1981 27 SEA AL    8   17    2    0   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .000  .056  .000  .056     8     0   0   0   0   0   0  
         MON NL   82  180   19   46  12   0   4   17   0   0   29   17  .256  .357  .389  .746   107    70   0   1   1   0   5  
         TOT      90  197   21   46  12   0   4   19   0   0   30   21  .234  .333  .355  .689          70   0   1   1   0   5 
 1982 28 MON NL    3    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000  .000     0     0   0   0   0   0   0  
 1983 29 MON NL  126  102   15   28   5   1   1   17   0   0    7   13  .275  .318  .373  .691    99    38   0   1   2   0   2  
 1984 30 MON NL   73  138   12   29   3   2   2   20   1   0   12   17  .210  .270  .304  .574    81    42   0   2   0   0   6  
 1985 31 MON NL   89  152   23   48  10   0   6   28   0   0   12   11  .316  .357  .500  .857   125    76   1   4   0   0   3  
 1986 32 MON NL  131  391   63  132  35   1  10   60   0   0   40   23  .338  .395  .509  .904   130   199   3   4   2   0  16  
 1987 33 MON NL   98  170   23   45  18   3   1   15   0   0   22   17  .265  .349  .424  .772   105    72   1   0   1   0   4  
 1988 34 DEA AL   55  117    9   27  12   1   0    7   0   0    6   17  .231  .268  .350  .619    88    41   1   0   0   0   2  
 1989 35 DEA AL   38   95   11   24   7   0   1    7   0   0   13   12  .253  .343  .358  .700    98    34   0   0   0   0   4  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons      927 2041  274  585 129  22  38  266  11   4  224  204  .287  .354  .427  .781         872   6  22  12   1  55
 Per 600 PA           534   72  153  34   6  10   70   3   1   59   53                                 228   2   6   3   0  14
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With MON      602 1137  155  328  83   7  24  157   1   0  122   98  .288  .354  .437  .791         497   5  12   6   0  36
   With SEA      232  692   99  206  27  14  13   95  10   4   83   77  .298  .369  .434  .802         300   0  10   6   1  13
   With DEA       93  212   20   51  19   1   1   14   0   0   19   29  .241  .303  .354  .657          75   1   0   0   0   6
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1271 2945  372  799 142  30  49  380  44  18  308  316  .271  .339  .390  .728        1148   6  24  29   4  58
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1978 24 SEA AL   5   35   4.8  10   3   0  .300   4   18    8  .444    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e8    34   
 1979 25 SEA AL   6   37   8.4   3   0   0  .000   1   12    7  .583    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e5    73   
 1980 26 SEA AL   6   45   6.9  19   5   1  .263   0   24   17  .708    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e5    68   
 1981 27 SEA AL   6    0    .0   2   0   0  .000   0    3    2  .667    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e3  -657   
         MON NL   7   25   5.0  16   3   0  .188   7   18    8  .444    0    0  .000  1B   3e16       33   
         TOT                    18   3   0  .167   7   21   10  .476    0    0  .000
 1982 28 MON NL   0    0    .0   1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  1B   3e13     -579   
 1983 29 MON NL  11   11   4.2  59  16   1  .271   1    4    3  .750    0    0  .000  1B   3e12     -118   
 1984 30 MON NL  11   10   2.5  27   8   1  .296   4   11    2  .182    0    0  .000  1B   3e19     -152   
 1985 31 MON NL   4   27   6.6  57  19   4  .333   6   15    6  .400    0    0  .000  UT             147   
 1986 32 MON NL   4   75   7.2  17   5   0  .294   5   30   18  .600    0    0  .000  1B   3e10       58   
 1987 33 MON NL   5   25   5.3  61  20   1  .328   5   12    6  .500    0    0  .000  1B   2e8        -2   
 1988 34 DEA AL  30   10   3.1   0   0   0  .000   2   12    9  .750    0    0  .000  1B   2e8         3   
 1989 35 DEA AL  24   11   4.1   6   3   1  .500   2    4    2  .500    0    0  .000  UT            -138   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 12 Seasons          317   5.6 278  82   9  .295  37  163   88  .540    0    0  .000                  14   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 12.8 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (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  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1978 24 SEA AL  LF    25    41     1    2    0   .955    24   214.1   1.76
                 RF    19    32     1    2    0   .943    19   159.0   1.87
                 CF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   1.12
 1979 25 SEA AL  LF    44    76     2    1    1   .987    38   346.2   2.02
                 CF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   1.00
                 RF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   2.25
 1980 26 SEA AL  LF    54    90     2    0    0  1.000    49   445.2   1.86
                 RF    12    16     1    0    0  1.000     8    74.0   2.07
                 CF     5     4     1    0    0  1.000     2    23.1   1.93
 1981 27 SEA AL  RF     5    11     1    0    0  1.000     3    31.1   3.45
                 SS     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
         MON NL  1B    53   400    34    7   52   .984    42   396.2   9.85
                 LF    14     6     0    0    0  1.000     2    39.2   1.36
                 RF     3     2     1    0    0  1.000     1    11.0   2.45
 1982 28 MON NL  1B     3     9     0    0    1  1.000     0     7.0  11.57
 1983 29 MON NL  1B    71   126     7    1   14   .993     0   142.2   8.39
                 LF     7     3     0    0    0  1.000     1    15.2   1.72
                 3B     4     2     2    0    0  1.000     1    11.0   3.27
                 RF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.1   2.08
 1984 30 MON NL  1B    35   226    21    4   24   .984    20   210.0  10.59
                 3B    13     5     7    0    0  1.000     4    52.0   2.08
                 CF     3     4     0    0    0  1.000     0     6.0   6.00
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.2   0.00
 1985 31 MON NL  1B    26   110     8    1   14   .992     7   112.2   9.43
                 3B    15    10    15    5    0   .833    10    85.2   2.63
                 LF     6     2     0    0    0  1.000     3    29.2   0.61
                 SS     2     5     5    0    1  1.000     2    14.0   6.43
 1986 32 MON NL  1B   110   698    74    5   56   .994   108   826.2   8.40
                 LF     4     0     0    0    0   .000     0    14.0   0.00
                 3B     1     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   3.00
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1987 33 MON NL  1B    27   152    12    0   14  1.000    20   169.2   8.70
                 3B    14     7    14    5    1   .808     7    73.1   2.58
                 LF     4     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     7.0   1.29
 1988 34 DEA AL  1B    45   225    27    1   32   .996    25   257.0   8.82
                 3B     7     7    11    1    2   .947     6    52.0   3.12
                 LF     2     3     0    0    0  1.000     0     5.0   5.40
                 RF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     4.0   0.00
 1989 35 DEA AL  1B     9    46     5    1    4   .981     9    69.0   6.65
                 3B     8     4     8    1    1   .923     5    45.1   2.38
                 RF     6     7     1    0    1  1.000     3    32.2   2.20
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 1B   379  1992   188   20  211   .991   231  2191.1   8.95
                 LF   161   222     5    3    1   .987   117  1119.1   1.83
                 3B    62    35    58   12    4   .886    33   322.1   2.60
                 RF    52    70     5    2    1   .974    34   321.1   2.10
                 CF    10    10     1    0    0  1.000     4    46.1   2.14
                 SS     3     5     5    0    1  1.000     2    15.0   6.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1981 NLCS  MON CIN   W    4  11  1  3  1  0  0   2  3  2  .273  .429  .364  0
      WS    MON OAA   L    6  16  2  3  1  0  0   2  2  1  .188  .263  .250  0
 1983 NLCS  MON ATN   L    5   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .200  .000  0
 1985 NLCS  MON SDN   L    2   2  2  1  0  0  1   2  0  0  .500  .500 2.000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1978  SEA   66-96   Jeff Tripodi
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 1981  SEA   94-68   Jeff Tripodi
 1981  MON  103-59   Steve Bivens
 1982  MON  108-54   Steve Bivens
 1983  MON  107-55   Steve Bivens
 1984  MON   77-85   Steve Bivens
 1985  MON  101-61   Steve Bivens
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