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Denny
Walling		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: April 17, 1954 in Usa, NJ, NEPTUNE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1984   
All-Star Selections 1982    1984    1985   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1975 21 STL NL     8 8 7 3 4 4 6 8 8 5 6 6 7 8 8
1976 22 STL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 6 8 7 5 6 6 8 8 8
1977 23 PHN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 6 8 7 5 6 6 8 8 8
1978 24 PHN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 4 3 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 8 8
1979 25 PHN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 4 3 7 8 8 5 6 6 8 8 8
1980 26 PHN NL $ 2,442,857   8 8 7 3 4 3 6 8 8 5 6 6 7 8 8
1981 27 PHN NL $ 2,442,857   8 8 7 3 4 3 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 8 8
1982 28 PHN NL $ 3,564,286   8 8 7 3 4 3 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 8 8
1983 29 COL NL $ 8,000,172   9 9 8 3 4 3 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 8 8
1984 30 COL NL $ 8,000,172   9 9 8 3 4 4 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 8 8
1985 31 COL NL $ 8,000,172   8 8 8 3 4 3 6 8 8 5 6 6 7 8 8
1986 32 COL NL $ 8,000,172   8 8 7 3 4 3 6 8 7 5 6 6 7 8 8
1987 33 SDP NL $ 3,180,000   8 8 7 3 4 4 6 8 7 5 6 6 7 8 8
1988 34 SDP NL $ 3,180,000   8 8 7 3 4 4 6 8 8 4 6 5 7 8 8
1989 35 SDP NL $ 3,180,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 6 7 7 4 5 5 6 7 7
1990 36 SDP NL $ 3,180,000   7 7 6 2 3 3 5 7 7 3 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     7 7 6 2 3 3 5 7 7 3 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,000,172   9 9 8 3 4 4 7 8 8 5 6 6 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1975 21 AAA   137 545 89 163 24 5 19 67 26 5 71 45 .299 .380 .466 .846 97.9  
1976 22 STL NL 105 374 47 106 24 5 8 46 15 7 42 25 .283 .354 .439 .793 53.9 11.4
    AAA   54 199 47 63 11 2 15 41 9 4 27 19 .317 .398 .618 1.016 45.6  
1977 23 PHN NL 142 480 64 137 30 2 7 62 23 5 32 41 .285 .328 .400 .728 63.0 12.3
1978 24 PHN NL 154 551 54 144 33 4 6 66 21 10 70 43 .261 .341 .368 .710 70.4 13.0
1979 25 PHN NL 152 561 68 167 33 11 4 58 32 6 43 56 .298 .345 .417 .762 78.7 18.5
1980 26 PHN NL 150 581 59 150 38 2 6 60 28 10 47 55 .258 .314 .361 .676 66.4 13.2
1981 27 PHN NL 152 488 76 145 27 7 16 74 33 6 51 34 .297 .364 .480 .843 85.6 20.9
1982 28 PHN NL 155 603 101 200 40 3 11 59 32 7 60 58 .332 .393 .463 .856 105.0 25.2
1983 29 COL NL 152 558 77 172 36 6 6 78 17 7 58 33 .308 .371 .427 .797 82.3 19.6
1984 30 COL NL 146 540 69 170 35 7 9 86 16 6 52 51 .315 .372 .456 .828 85.4 20.3
1985 31 COL NL 138 476 68 135 31 9 7 77 8 6 50 51 .284 .349 .431 .780 70.2 13.4
1986 32 COL NL 135 484 87 122 25 5 5 56 16 6 57 53 .252 .331 .355 .686 57.8 9.4
1987 33 SDP NL 136 444 64 135 21 7 9 64 13 5 38 45 .304 .360 .444 .804 63.7 13.2
1988 34 SDP NL 142 499 69 148 34 3 8 63 10 1 53 63 .297 .365 .425 .789 74.4 16.2
1989 35 SDP NL 154 525 81 147 26 8 12 65 7 1 40 66 .280 .329 .429 .758 71.8 15.9
1990 36 SDP NL 107 338 46 96 29 2 4 55 6 3 19 40 .284 .321 .417 .738 38.9 6.6
15 Years Sim 2120 7502 1030 2174 462 81 118 969 277 86 712 714 .290 .350 .420 .770 1067.4 229.2
2 Years AAA 191 744 136 226 35 7 34 108 35 9 98 64 .304 .383 .507 .890 143.5  
162 Game Average 573 78 166 35 6 9 74 21 6 54 54 .290 .350 .420 .770 81.6  
Career Highs 155 603 101 200 40 11 16 86 33 10 70 66 .332 .393 .480 .856 105.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5954 865 1829 378 65 104 819 227 69 583 529 .307 .368 .445 .813 951.5
vs LH   1548 165 345 84 16 14 150 50 17 129 185 .223 .281 .325 .606 144.7
Home 1050 3653 488 1096 221 48 51 466 127 46 337 340 .300 .358 .429 .787 547.7
Away 1070 3849 542 1078 241 33 67 503 150 40 375 374 .280 .343 .412 .755 548.5
RISP   1897 0 556 133 26 24 782 0 0 227 185 .293 .362 .429 .791 292.3
Pinch Hitting   123 24 39 10 2 1 25 1 1 18 10 .317 .406 .455 .861 21.6
Close/Late   821 117 247 53 7 12 98 0 0 89 65 .301 .372 .426 .798 125.4
Mar/Apr 324 1153 156 330 72 14 16 161 32 11 102 122 .286 .344 .415 .758 161.4
May 357 1242 164 367 74 16 19 142 51 12 127 113 .295 .361 .427 .788 190.8
June 370 1321 187 388 89 12 20 175 54 14 117 119 .294 .350 .425 .774 194.3
July 341 1210 173 345 79 8 15 162 45 16 134 117 .285 .354 .401 .754 173.8
August 379 1360 184 398 81 13 28 183 58 13 131 121 .293 .353 .433 .786 208.6
Sep/Oct 349 1216 166 346 67 18 20 146 37 20 101 122 .285 .339 .419 .758 167.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1976 22 STL NL 3B 100 99 864.0 56 257 15 27 .954 3.26   2.0
    2B 2 0 4.7 2 4 0 0 1.000 11.59   0.0
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1977 23 PHN NL 3B 111 99 927.0 61 238 14 18 .955 2.90   1.8
    1B 8 2 31.3 49 6 0 3 1.000 15.80   0.1
    2B 6 0 25.3 12 10 0 0 1.000 7.82   0.1
    LF 8 0 24.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.88   0.1
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1978 24 PHN NL 3B 81 79 700.3 57 201 9 17 .966 3.32   1.9
    RF 48 48 417.7 107 3 1 1 .991 2.37   1.3
    LF 20 18 164.3 31 1 0 0 1.000 1.75    
    1B 2 0 6.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1979 25 PHN NL 3B 85 82 717.3 50 187 10 23 .960 2.97   1.8
    1B 2 0 5.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1980 26 PHN NL 3B 116 113 1005.7 66 280 13 27 .964 3.10   2.9
    1B 29 29 256.7 316 25 1 31 .997 11.96   0.9
    LF 3 2 21.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.86   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 2 0 1 0 .667 18.00    
1981 27 PHN NL 3B 139 136 1191.7 66 316 17 28 .957 2.89   3.5
    2B 6 0 12.0 2 3 0 2 1.000 3.75   0.0
    RF 3 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 2 0 4.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.16   0.0
1982 28 PHN NL 3B 151 150 1306.0 79 329 16 36 .962 2.81   4.8
    1B 3 0 3.0 5 0 0 1 1.000 15.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1983 29 COL NL LF 119 116 1033.7 203 3 0 1 1.000 1.79   3.0
    RF 2 2 17.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18    
    2B 4 1 15.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    3B 3 1 11.7 3 3 0 0 1.000 4.63   0.1
    1B 1 1 9.0 17 0 0 1 1.000 17.00   0.0
1984 30 COL NL 3B 95 92 833.7 55 187 18 15 .931 2.61   2.8
    LF 24 23 212.0 52 1 0 1 1.000 2.25   1.3
    RF 15 15 131.0 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.44    
    1B 4 3 30.0 32 6 0 0 1.000 11.40   0.1
    2B 8 1 24.3 2 14 0 4 1.000 5.92   0.2
1985 31 COL NL 3B 73 68 590.7 40 120 7 4 .958 2.44   1.9
    LF 44 42 380.0 66 1 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.9
    RF 4 4 29.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.86    
    2B 10 1 28.7 8 14 1 3 .957 6.91   0.2
    1B 1 1 9.0 8 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1986 32 COL NL 3B 107 103 929.7 47 198 8 13 .968 2.37   3.0
    2B 11 7 74.0 16 31 0 3 1.000 5.72   0.3
    RF 10 7 62.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.45   0.2
    LF 10 4 44.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    1B 3 2 12.0 11 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1987 33 SDP NL 3B 118 105 916.3 56 244 7 20 .977 2.95   4.7
    2B 8 3 36.7 9 14 1 1 .958 5.65   0.1
    LF 5 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
    RF 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1988 34 SDP NL 3B 114 107 926.0 61 237 13 21 .958 2.90   2.7
    2B 21 10 109.0 27 47 1 10 .987 6.11   0.5
    1B 2 1 10.0 11 0 0 1 1.000 9.90   0.0
    LF 5 0 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.1
    RF 2 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1989 35 SDP NL 3B 148 145 1251.7 92 273 17 23 .955 2.62   3.2
    RF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
    2B 2 0 4.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
    SS 1 0 4.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1990 36 SDP NL 3B 90 86 719.0 54 168 9 14 .961 2.78   2.7
    2B 9 1 24.0 6 13 0 1 1.000 7.13   0.2
    SS 6 0 13.7 3 4 0 0 1.000 4.61   0.0
    LF 5 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90   0.0
    RF 2 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  3B 1531 1465 12890.6 843 3238 173 286 .959 2.85   39.7
  LF 247 205 1914.0 378 7 0 3 1.000 1.81   5.4
  RF 94 78 699.7 157 3 2 1 .988 2.06   1.5
  1B 58 39 377.3 461 39 1 39 .998 11.93   1.1
  2B 91 24 364.6 85 159 3 25 .988 6.02   1.7
  SS 8 0 18.7 4 6 1 1 .909 4.82   0.1
Career Totals   2029 1811 16264.9 1928 3452 180 355 .968 2.98   49.5
Career Highs   155 150 1311.0 386 330 18 58 1.000 4.84    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1981 27 PHN NL 6 22 3 8 2 1 0 7 1 1 2 2 .364 .400 .545 .945
1983 29 COL NL 5 11 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .091 .167 .182 .348
1984 30 COL NL 18 53 10 17 6 0 0 5 1 0 12 8 .321 .446 .434 .880
1986 32 COL NL 11 43 6 9 0 1 2 6 3 1 1 4 .209 .227 .395 .623
1987 33 SDP NL 16 44 8 14 3 0 1 7 2 0 3 2 .318 .354 .455 .809
1989 35 SDP NL 5 17 3 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 3 .235 .263 .529 .793
1990 36 SDP NL 8 25 3 6 1 0 1 6 0 1 2 2 .240 .296 .400 .696
Career Post-Season Batting 69 215 34 59 13 3 5 35 8 3 22 21 .274 .338 .433 .770
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1982-4-.332
1983-5-.308
1984-2-.315
 On-Base Pct
1982-6-.393
1983-7-.371
1984-7-.372
 Slugging Pct
1981-8-.480
1984-10-.456
 OPS
1981-7-.843
1982-10-.856
1984-9-.828
 XR
1982-5-105.0
 Games
1978-9-154
1982-9-155
At-Bats
1982-10-603
 Runs
1982-8-101
1986-8-87
 Hits
1982-2-200
1984-10-170
 Singles
1982-5-146
 Doubles
1980-4-38
1982-6-40
CAR-49-462
 Triples
1976-5-5
1979-3-11
1981-5-7
1984-6-7
1985-5-9
1989-5-8
CAR-36-81
Stolen Bases
1979-5-32
1981-8-33
1982-9-32
 Caught Stealing
1978-10-10
1980-9-10
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 49    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 44    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Al Oliver (890)
  5. Ben Chapman (887)
  6. Jerry Mumphrey (883)
  7. Bruce Bochte (871)
  8. Roy White (868)
  9. Al Kaline (868)
  10. Red Rolfe (867)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1975
Had first career hit (double) on 6/4/1976, off Ken Forsch (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 6/7/1976, off Odell Jones (NYG)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York (N) on 5/4/1978
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 6/5/1980
Injured on 9/25/1980 with a Blurred Vision Eye, out for 3 weeks
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,564,286 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/1982, hitting .556 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/15/1982, hitting .538 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/5/1983 to a 4-year deal worth $8,000,172 per year
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Baltimore on 8/3/1984
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1984, hitting .369 with 5 HR, 21 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/23/1984, hitting .429 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Won World Championship with Colorado in 1984
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Injured on 9/20/1985 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/6/1987 to a 4-year deal worth $3,180,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (N) on 4/14/1989
Had 2000th career hit on 6/23/1989, off Jeff Reardon (IND)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Milwaukee on 9/10/1989
Injured on 5/14/1990 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 9/16/1990 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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