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.

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	ATL	@	HOU	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
2	2	Apr 12	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
3	3	Apr 13	ATL		SFG	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	1	6	2	SS
4	4	Apr 14	ATL		SFG	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
5	5	Apr 15	ATL		SFG	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
6	6	Apr 16	ATL		LAD	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
7	7	Apr 18	ATL		HOU	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
8	8	Apr 19	ATL		HOU	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
9	9	Apr 22	ATL	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	2	4	1	7	1	SS
10	10	Apr 25	ATL	@	LAD	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	0	6	0	6	2	SS
11	11	Apr 26	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
12	12	Apr 27	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-6	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
13	13	Apr 28	ATL		PHI	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
14	14	Apr 29	ATL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
15	15	Apr 30 (1)	ATL		PHI	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
16	16	Apr 30 (2)	ATL		PHI	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 2	ATL		CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
18	18	May 3	ATL		CHC	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
19	19	May 5	ATL		CIN	L,7-14	CG	46	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
20	20	May 6	ATL		CIN	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
21	21	May 7	ATL		CIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
22	22	May 9	ATL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
23	23	May 10 (1)	ATL	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	33	8.1	1	3	0	4	0	SS
24	24	May 10 (2)	ATL	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	3	SS
25	25	May 11	ATL	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	26	May 12	ATL	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
27	27	May 13	ATL	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	42	9.1	0	3	0	3	0	SS
28	28	May 14	ATL	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
29	29	May 16	ATL		NYM	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
30	30	May 17	ATL		NYM	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
31	31	May 18	ATL		PIT	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
32	33 (1)	May 20	ATL		PIT	L,2-6	GF	0	1.0	1	2	0	3	1
33	34	May 21	ATL		PIT	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
34	35	May 23	ATL		STL	W,9-6	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
35	38 (2)	May 26	ATL	@	NYM	L,0-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
36	39	May 27	ATL	@	NYM	L,3-4	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	SS
37	41 (1)	May 28 (2)	ATL	@	NYM	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
38	42	May 30 (1)	ATL	@	CHC	L,5-12	CG	43	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
39	43	May 30 (2)	ATL	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	44	Jun 1	ATL	@	STL	L,4-5	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
41	45	Jun 2	ATL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	47	10.2	3	2	0	5	1	SS
42	46	Jun 3	ATL	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
43	47	Jun 4	ATL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
44	48	Jun 5	ATL		LAD	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
45	49	Jun 6	ATL		LAD	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
46	50	Jun 7	ATL		LAD	W,13-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
47	51	Jun 8	ATL		LAD	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
48	52	Jun 9	ATL		SFG	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
49	53	Jun 10	ATL		SFG	L,4-7	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
50	54	Jun 11	ATL		SFG	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
51	55	Jun 12	ATL	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
52	56	Jun 13	ATL	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
53	57	Jun 14	ATL	@	PHI	W,16-7	GS	25	6.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
54	58	Jun 16	ATL	@	HOU	W,9-8	CG	45	10.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
55	59	Jun 17 (1)	ATL	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	38	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
56	60	Jun 17 (2)	ATL	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
57	61	Jun 18	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
58	62	Jun 19	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	2	1	1	4	1	SS
59	63	Jun 20	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	61	14.2	2	4	1	7	0	SS
60	64	Jun 21	ATL	@	SFG	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
61	65	Jun 22 (1)	ATL	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
62	66	Jun 22 (2)	ATL	@	SFG	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
63	67	Jun 23	ATL		NYM	W,12-4	GS	18	4.1	0	1	0	1	1	SS
64	68	Jun 24 (1)	ATL		NYM	L,1-9	GS	25	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
65	69	Jun 24 (2)	ATL		NYM	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
66	70	Jun 25	ATL		NYM	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
67	71	Jun 27	ATL		HOU	W,13-5	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
68	72	Jun 28	ATL		HOU	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
69	73	Jun 30	ATL	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	74	Jul 1	ATL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
71	75	Jul 3	ATL		CHC	L,6-12	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
72	76	Jul 4 (1)	ATL		CHC	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
73	77	Jul 4 (2)	ATL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
74	78	Jul 5	ATL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
75	79	Jul 7	ATL	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	40	11.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
76	80	Jul 8	ATL	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
77	81	Jul 9	ATL	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	0	2	0	2	0	SS
78	82	Jul 14	ATL		PHI	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
79	83	Jul 15	ATL		PHI	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
80	85 (1)	Jul 17	ATL		PIT	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
81	86	Jul 18	ATL	@	CHC	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
82	87	Jul 19	ATL	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
83	88	Jul 20	ATL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
84	89	Jul 21	ATL	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
85	90	Jul 22	ATL	@	STL	W,5-4	GS	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
86	91	Jul 23 (1)	ATL	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
87	92	Jul 23 (2)	ATL	@	STL	L,3-8	GF	8	1.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
88	93	Jul 25	ATL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
89	94	Jul 26	ATL		CIN	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
90	95	Jul 27	ATL		CIN	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
91	96	Jul 28	ATL		STL	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
92	97	Jul 29	ATL		STL	L,0-6	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
93	98	Jul 30	ATL		STL	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
94	99	Jul 31	ATL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	100	Aug 1	ATL	@	CIN	L,0-2	GS	24	7.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
96	101	Aug 2	ATL	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
97	102	Aug 3	ATL	@	CHC	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
98	103	Aug 4	ATL	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
99	104	Aug 5	ATL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	SS
100	105	Aug 6	ATL	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	3	5	1	9	0	SS
101	106	Aug 8	ATL	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	39	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
102	107	Aug 9	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
103	108	Aug 10	ATL		HOU	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
104	109	Aug 11	ATL		HOU	W,6-5	CG	63	16.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
105	110	Aug 12 (1)	ATL		HOU	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
106	111	Aug 12 (2)	ATL		HOU	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
107	112	Aug 13	ATL		HOU	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
108	113	Aug 14	ATL		SFG	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
109	114	Aug 15	ATL		SFG	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
110	115	Aug 16	ATL		SFG	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
111	116	Aug 18	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
112	117	Aug 19	ATL	@	LAD	L,3-7	GS	6	2.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
113	125 (7)	Aug 26 (2)	ATL	@	SFG	L,2-3	GF	27	6.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
114	128 (2)	Aug 28	ATL		PIT	L,3-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
115	129	Aug 29	ATL		PIT	W,7-3	GS	29	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
116	130	Aug 30	ATL		PIT	L,9-11	CG	43	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
117	131	Aug 31	ATL		LAD	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	132	Sep 1	ATL		LAD	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
119	133	Sep 2	ATL		LAD	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
120	134	Sep 3	ATL		LAD	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
121	135	Sep 4 (1)	ATL		PHI	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
122	136	Sep 4 (2)	ATL		PHI	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
123	137	Sep 5	ATL		PHI	L,3-4	CG	48	11.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
124	138	Sep 6 (1)	ATL	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
125	139	Sep 6 (2)	ATL	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
126	145 (5)	Sep 13	ATL		NYM	L,1-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
127	154 (8)	Sep 22	ATL	@	STL	L,4-5	GF	16	3.2	1	0	0	1	0	3B
							127gm		1054.1	183	350	19	552	65