Denis Menke (original) (raw)
Denis Menke
Full name Denis John Menke |
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Born July 21, 1940, Bancroft, Iowa |
Died December 1, 2020, Tarpon Springs, Florida |
Buried at St. John's Cemetery, Bancroft, Iowa |
First Game: April 14, 1962; Final Game: July 10, 1974 |
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 185 |
Ejections as player: 1963 (1) |
Ejections as coach: 1984 (1) |
SABR Biography |
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1962 MIL N Daily Splits 50 146 12 28 3 1 2 16 16 0 38 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 1 .192 .277 .267 -0.7 1962 MIL N 1963 MIL N Daily Splits 146 518 58 121 16 4 11 50 37 4 106 6 4 7 0 13 8 6 7 .234 .289 .344 0.4 1963 MIL N 1964 MIL N Daily Splits 151 505 79 143 29 5 20 65 68 13 77 4 4 7 1 8 11 4 2 .283 .368 .479 5.3 1964 MIL N 1965 MIL N Daily Splits 71 181 16 44 13 1 4 18 18 3 28 1 1 1 0 4 3 1 3 .243 .313 .392 0.5 1965 MIL N 1966 ATL N Daily Splits 138 454 55 114 20 4 15 60 71 8 87 6 7 7 0 6 9 0 7 .251 .355 .412 -0.3 1966 ATL N 1967 ATL N Daily Splits 129 418 37 95 14 3 7 39 65 5 62 3 2 3 0 5 7 5 7 .227 .333 .325 -1.5 1967 ATL N 1968 HOU N Daily Splits 150 542 56 135 23 6 6 56 64 6 81 6 7 2 0 7 6 5 8 .249 .334 .347 0.9 1968 HOU N 1969 HOU N Daily Splits 154 553 72 149 25 5 10 90 87 12 87 4 7 6 1 11 13 2 7 .269 .369 .387 1.8 1969 HOU N 1970 HOU N Daily Splits 154 562 82 171 26 6 13 92 82 10 80 5 7 9 0 12 8 6 5 .304 .392 .441 2.6 1970 HOU N 1971 HOU N Daily Splits 146 475 57 117 26 3 1 43 59 4 68 2 5 6 0 8 14 4 5 .246 .328 .320 -1.8 1971 HOU N 1972 CIN N Daily Splits 140 447 41 104 19 2 9 50 58 2 76 5 6 8 0 6 8 0 1 .233 .322 .345 -0.8 1972 CIN N 1973 CIN N Daily Splits 139 241 38 46 10 0 3 26 69 6 53 2 4 6 0 8 8 1 1 .191 .368 .270 -0.1 1973 CIN N 1974 HOU N Daily Splits 30 29 2 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 10 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 .103 .206 .138 -0.3 1974 HOU N Total (13 Years) Splits 1598 5071 605 1270 225 40 101 606 698 73 853 46 54 65 2 92 99 34 54 .250 .343 .370 6.0 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
League Championship Series Batting Record Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1972 CIN N Daily Splits 5 16 1 4 1 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .400 .313 1972 CIN N 1973 CIN N Daily Splits 3 9 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .300 .556 1973 CIN N Total ( 2 Years) Splits 8 25 2 6 1 0 1 1 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .240 .367 .400 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1972 CIN N Daily Splits 7 24 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .083 .154 .208 1972 CIN N
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1969 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1969 NL 1970 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1.000 - 1970 NL Total ( 2 Years) Splits 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .667 .000 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1962 MIL N Daily Splits 2B 20 16 11 147 49 47 2 10 0 .980 1962 MIL N 3B 15 14 12 132.1 9 37 2 4 0 .958 1962 MIL N SS 9 9 9 77 16 25 4 6 0 .911 1962 MIL N 1B 2 1 1 9 11 0 0 3 0 1.000 1962 MIL N OF 1 1 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 1962 MIL N LF 1 1 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1963 MIL N Daily Splits SS 82 71 65 654.1 120 250 9 45 0 .976 1963 MIL N 3B 50 47 39 414 58 96 12 9 0 .928 1963 MIL N 2B 22 20 17 180.1 51 51 3 12 0 .971 1963 MIL N OF 1 1 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 1963 MIL N LF 1 1 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1963 MIL N 1B 1 0 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1.000 1964 MIL N Daily Splits SS 140 124 117 1129.1 253 422 25 76 1 .964 1964 MIL N 2B 15 15 7 104 29 31 2 8 0 .968 1964 MIL N 3B 7 4 1 30.2 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1965 MIL N Daily Splits SS 54 42 32 366 65 140 7 22 0 .967 1965 MIL N 1B 8 4 3 40.1 42 1 0 4 0 1.000 1965 MIL N 3B 4 3 1 24 3 5 2 1 0 .800 1966 ATL N Daily Splits SS 106 94 86 877.1 165 282 21 50 0 .955 1966 ATL N 3B 39 32 19 255.2 38 58 3 4 0 .970 1966 ATL N 1B 7 3 2 33.1 25 1 0 2 0 1.000 1967 ATL N Daily Splits SS 124 119 109 1043.1 181 349 19 65 0 .965 1967 ATL N 3B 3 0 0 12 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1968 HOU N Daily Splits 2B 120 115 102 1001 269 285 10 47 0 .982 1968 HOU N SS 35 29 25 264 45 92 5 21 0 .965 1968 HOU N 1B 5 2 1 21 29 1 0 2 0 1.000 1968 HOU N 3B 4 3 2 28 3 6 0 1 0 1.000 1969 HOU N Daily Splits SS 131 126 119 1115.1 161 356 24 63 0 .956 1969 HOU N 2B 23 20 17 172.1 42 47 2 9 0 .978 1969 HOU N 1B 9 7 5 62 52 9 1 3 0 .984 1969 HOU N 3B 1 1 1 9 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1970 HOU N Daily Splits SS 133 131 116 1139.1 192 394 28 66 0 .954 1970 HOU N 2B 21 18 16 162 51 62 1 14 0 .991 1970 HOU N 1B 5 0 0 13 14 0 0 0 0 1.000 1970 HOU N 3B 5 2 2 28 1 4 1 1 0 .833 1970 HOU N OF 3 2 2 21.2 4 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 2 1970 HOU N RF 2 1 1 12.2 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1970 HOU N LF 1 1 1 9 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1971 HOU N Daily Splits 1B 101 87 77 810.1 845 59 3 77 1 .997 1971 HOU N 3B 32 29 22 250 24 41 4 4 0 .942 1971 HOU N SS 17 8 6 82.2 16 40 2 5 0 .966 1971 HOU N 2B 5 4 1 32 7 11 1 2 0 .947 1972 CIN N Daily Splits 3B 130 120 106 1091.2 85 258 16 20 0 .955 1972 CIN N 1B 11 4 3 47.1 40 2 0 5 0 1.000 1973 CIN N Daily Splits 3B 123 70 54 736.1 68 189 9 19 0 .966 1973 CIN N SS 7 0 0 14 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1973 CIN N 2B 5 3 2 30 7 5 0 1 0 1.000 1973 CIN N 1B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1974 HOU N Daily Splits 1B 12 1 0 16 18 1 0 4 0 1.000 1974 HOU N 3B 7 3 2 39 2 16 0 1 0 1.000 1974 HOU N 2B 3 1 1 14 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1974 HOU N SS 2 0 0 7.1 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 Total (12 Years) Splits SS 840 753 684 6770 1218 2355 144 419 1 .961 Total (13 Years) 3B 420 328 261 3050.2 296 715 49 64 0 .954 Total ( 9 Years) 2B 234 212 174 1842.2 506 543 21 103 0 .980 Total (11 Years) 1B 162 109 92 1056.1 1080 75 4 101 1 .997 Total ( 3 Years) OF 5 4 2 35.2 8 0 0 0 0 1.000 3 0 2 Total ( 3 Years) LF 3 3 1 23 6 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) RF 2 1 1 12.2 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
League Championship Series Fielding Record Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1972 CIN N Daily Splits 3B 5 5 5 44 3 11 0 0 0 1.000 1973 CIN N Daily Splits 3B 2 2 1 17 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1973 CIN N SS 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 2 Years) Splits 3B 7 7 6 61 3 13 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) SS 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1972 CIN N Daily Splits 3B 7 7 7 62.1 6 23 0 0 0 1.000
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1969 NL Daily Splits SS 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1970 NL Daily Splits 2B 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) Splits 2B 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) SS 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Coaching Record
Year Team START END 1980 TOR A 4- 9 10- 5 1981 TOR A 4- 9 10- 4 1983 HOU N 4- 5 10- 2 1984 HOU N 4- 3 9-30 1985 HOU N 4- 9 10- 6 1986 HOU N 4- 8 10-15 1987 HOU N 4- 6 10- 4 1988 HOU N 4- 5 10- 2 1989 PHI N 4- 4 10- 1 1990 PHI N 4-10 10- 3 1991 PHI N 4- 8 10- 6 1992 PHI N 4- 7 10- 4 1993 PHI N 4- 5 10-23 1994 PHI N 4- 4 8-11 1995 PHI N 4-26 10- 1 1996 PHI N 4- 2 9-29 1997 CIN N 4- 1 9-28 1998 CIN N 3-31 9-27 1999 CIN N 4- 5 10- 4 2000 CIN N 4- 3 10- 1 Total (20 Years)
Ejection Information
As player: Date Team Umpire Reason 5-26-1963 BOX MIL N Mel Steiner Balls and strikes
As coach: Date Team Umpire Reason 4-28-1984 BOX HOU N Jerry Crawford Balls and strikes
Transaction Information
Signed as an amateur free agent by Milwaukee Braves (May 27, 1958).
Traded by Atlanta Braves with Denny Lemaster to Houston Astros in exchange for Sonny Jackson and Chuck Harrison (October 8, 1967).
Traded by Houston Astros with Joe Morgan, Jack Billingham, Cesar Geronimo and Ed Armbrister to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Lee May, Tommy Helms and Jimmy Stewart (November 29, 1971).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Houston Astros in exchange for Pat Darcy and cash (February 18, 1974).