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.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	CIN		SFG	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
2	2	Apr 7	CIN		SFG	L,5-7	GS	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
3	3	Apr 8	CIN		SFG	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
4	4	Apr 9	CIN	@	ATL	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
5	5	Apr 11	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
6	6	Apr 12	CIN	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
7	7	Apr 13	CIN	@	SFG	L,4-5	GF	8	1.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
8	8	Apr 14	CIN	@	SFG	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
9	9	Apr 15 (1)	CIN	@	SFG	W,11-0	GS	24	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
10	14 (4)	Apr 20	CIN		ATL	W,4-2	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
11	15	Apr 21	CIN		ATL	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
12	16	Apr 22	CIN		ATL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
13	17	Apr 24	CIN		MON	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
14	18	Apr 25	CIN		MON	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
15	19	Apr 27	CIN		PHI	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	2	5	0	3B
16	20	Apr 28	CIN		PHI	L,0-1	GS	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
17	21	Apr 29	CIN		PHI	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	22	May 2	CIN	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
19	23	May 3	CIN	@	NYM	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
20	24	May 4	CIN	@	MON	L,3-6	GS	28	7.0	0	3	0	3	2	3B
21	25	May 5	CIN	@	MON	L,6-8	GS	34	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
22	26	May 6	CIN	@	MON	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
23	27	May 7	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
24	28	May 8	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
25	29	May 9	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-7	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
26	30	May 11	CIN	@	HOU	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	2	5	1	8	1	3B
27	31	May 12	CIN	@	HOU	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
28	32	May 13	CIN	@	HOU	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	3B
29	33	May 15	CIN		LAD	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
30	34	May 16	CIN		LAD	L,6-8	GS	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
31	35	May 17	CIN		LAD	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	3B
32	36	May 18	CIN		SDP	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	3B
33	37	May 19	CIN		SDP	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
34	38	May 20 (1)	CIN		SDP	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
35	39	May 20 (2)	CIN		SDP	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
36	40	May 22	CIN		HOU	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
37	41	May 23	CIN		HOU	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
38	42	May 25	CIN		CHC	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
39	43	May 26	CIN		CHC	L,0-2	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
40	44	May 27	CIN		CHC	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
41	45	May 28	CIN		CHC	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
42	46	May 29	CIN	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
43	47	May 30	CIN	@	STL	L,2-5	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
44	48	May 31	CIN	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	49	Jun 1	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-9	GS	27	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
46	50	Jun 2	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	23	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
47	51	Jun 3	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
48	52	Jun 4	CIN		NYM	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
49	53	Jun 5	CIN		NYM	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
50	54	Jun 8	CIN	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
51	55	Jun 9	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
52	60 (4)	Jun 15	CIN		PIT	W,6-0	GF	11	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
53	62 (1)	Jun 17 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,3-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
54	63	Jun 17 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,5-1	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
55	64	Jun 19	CIN	@	SFG	W,4-0	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
56	65	Jun 20	CIN	@	SFG	W,7-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
57	67 (1)	Jun 22	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-3	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
58	68	Jun 23 (1)	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
59	69	Jun 23 (2)	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
60	72 (2)	Jun 26	CIN	@	HOU	W,5-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
61	75 (2)	Jun 29	CIN		SDP	W,4-0	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
62	76	Jun 30	CIN		LAD	L,7-8	CG	60	13.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	78 (1)	Jul 1 (2)	CIN		LAD	W,3-2	GS	30	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
64	79	Jul 2	CIN		LAD	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
65	80	Jul 3	CIN		SFG	W,6-3	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
66	82 (1)	Jul 5	CIN		SFG	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
67	83	Jul 6	CIN	@	PHI	W,8-2	GF	14	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
68	84	Jul 7	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-4	GF	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
69	85	Jul 8	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-0	GF	18	5.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
70	86	Jul 9	CIN	@	MON	W,11-6	GF	18	4.0	1	2	0	3	1	PH 3B
71	87	Jul 10	CIN	@	MON	W,6-2	GF	23	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
72	88	Jul 11	CIN	@	MON	L,3-4	GF	19	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
73	89	Jul 13 (1)	CIN		NYM	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
74	90	Jul 13 (2)	CIN		NYM	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
75	91	Jul 14	CIN		NYM	L,2-5	GS	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B 1B
76	92	Jul 15	CIN		NYM	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
77	93	Jul 16	CIN		PHI	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
78	95 (1)	Jul 18	CIN		PHI	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
79	96	Jul 19	CIN		MON	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
80	97	Jul 20	CIN		MON	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
81	98	Jul 21	CIN		MON	W,6-4	GS	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
82	99	Jul 22	CIN		MON	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
83	100	Jul 26 (1)	CIN		ATL	W,5-3	GF	14	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
84	102 (1)	Jul 27	CIN		ATL	W,12-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
85	105 (2)	Jul 29 (2)	CIN	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	3B
86	106	Jul 31 (1)	CIN	@	ATL	W,9-5	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
87	107	Jul 31 (2)	CIN	@	ATL	W,13-11	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	109 (1)	Aug 2	CIN	@	ATL	W,17-2	GF	18	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
89	111 (1)	Aug 3 (2)	CIN		HOU	W,11-5	GF	9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
90	112	Aug 4	CIN		HOU	W,7-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
91	113	Aug 5	CIN		HOU	W,7-1	GF	9	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
92	115 (1)	Aug 7	CIN		CHC	W,1-0	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
93	116	Aug 8	CIN		CHC	W,4-3	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
94	117	Aug 10	CIN	@	STL	W,8-4	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
95	118	Aug 11	CIN	@	STL	W,7-5	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
96	119	Aug 12	CIN	@	STL	W,7-2	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
97	121 (1)	Aug 14	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-4	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
98	122	Aug 15	CIN	@	PIT	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
99	124 (1)	Aug 18	CIN	@	NYM	L,1-12	GF	31	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH SS 2B
100	126 (1)	Aug 20	CIN	@	NYM	W,8-3	GF	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
101	128 (1)	Aug 22	CIN	@	CHC	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH SS
102	129	Aug 23	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-4	GF	9	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
103	131 (1)	Aug 25	CIN		STL	W,6-4	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
104	132	Aug 26	CIN		STL	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
105	133	Aug 28	CIN		PIT	L,3-8	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
106	134	Aug 29	CIN		PIT	W,5-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
107	135	Aug 31	CIN	@	SDP	W,10-4	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
108	136	Sep 1	CIN	@	SDP	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
109	137	Sep 2	CIN	@	SDP	W,6-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
110	138	Sep 3	CIN	@	HOU	W,4-3		5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH SS
111	139	Sep 4	CIN	@	HOU	W,12-7	GF	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
112	140	Sep 5	CIN	@	HOU	W,9-3	CG	44	11.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
113	142 (1)	Sep 8	CIN	@	ATL	L,2-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
114	143	Sep 9 (1)	CIN	@	ATL	W,14-6	GF	22	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
115	144	Sep 9 (2)	CIN	@	ATL	W,7-0	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
116	145	Sep 11	CIN		LAD	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
117	146	Sep 12	CIN		LAD	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
118	147	Sep 14	CIN		ATL	W,7-6	GS	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B SS
119	148	Sep 15	CIN		ATL	W,3-2	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
120	149	Sep 16	CIN		ATL	W,4-3	GF	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
121	150	Sep 17	CIN		HOU	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
122	151	Sep 18	CIN		HOU	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
123	152	Sep 19	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-1	GF	10	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
124	153	Sep 20	CIN	@	SFG	L,5-7	GS	37	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
125	154	Sep 21	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	40	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
126	155	Sep 22	CIN	@	LAD	W,11-9	GF	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
127	156	Sep 23	CIN	@	LAD	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
128	157	Sep 24	CIN		SDP	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
129	158	Sep 25	CIN		SDP	W,3-2	GS	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B 3B
130	159	Sep 26	CIN		SDP	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
131	161 (1)	Sep 29	CIN		SFG	W,13-6	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
132	162	Sep 30	CIN		SFG	L,3-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
							136gm		781.1	80	197	9	286	20