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Denis
Menke		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: July 21, 1940 in Usa, IA, ALGONA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1965    1968   
Gold Glove 1970    1971    1973    1974    1976   
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
1962 21 SEM AL     4 4 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 6
1963 22 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 7 7 7 6 6
1964 23 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 4 4 7 6 6 8 7 8 6 5 5
1965 24 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 4 4 7 6 6 9 7 8 6 5 5
1966 25 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 4 4 7 6 6 9 8 8 6 5 6
1967 26 SEM AL $ 2,051,429   5 5 6 6 5 5 8 7 7 9 8 8 6 5 5
1968 27 SEM AL $ 2,807,143   5 5 6 6 5 5 8 7 7 9 8 8 6 6 6
1969 28 SEM AL $ 2,807,143   5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 8 8 6 6 6
1970 29 STL NL $ 9,500,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 8 8 7 6 6
1971 30 STL NL $ 9,500,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 7 9 8 8 7 6 6
1972 31 STL NL $ 9,500,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 9 8 8 6 6 6
1973 32 STL NL $ 9,500,000   4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8 6 5 6
1974 33 STL NL $ 1,750,000   4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 7 8 6 5 5
1975 34 CLN NL $ 1,750,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 6 5 4 5
1976 35 CLN NL $ 1,750,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 7 5 6 5 4 4
1977 36 CLE AL $ 1,750,000   3 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 7 5 6 4 3 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 7 5 6 4 3 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,500,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 8 7 7 9 8 8 7 6 6
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
1962 21 AAA   2 9 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 4 .222 .300 .667 .967 1.8  
    AA   134 506 71 154 24 4 22 71 3 6 98 84 .304 .417 .498 .915 103.3  
1963 22 SEM AL 155 527 57 116 19 1 11 42 4 6 66 107 .220 .309 .323 .631 55.2 7.3
1964 23 SEM AL 139 401 38 92 12 5 11 45 0 1 52 87 .229 .318 .367 .685 48.8 8.3
    AAA   2 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .111 .200 .111 .311 0.1  
1965 24 SEM AL 118 323 34 77 18 2 4 34 0 1 28 77 .238 .300 .344 .644 30.8 4.6
1966 25 SEM AL 126 283 45 83 10 0 9 44 0 1 42 44 .293 .387 .424 .811 46.9 10.1
1967 26 SEM AL 137 397 56 113 20 3 7 53 5 3 51 79 .285 .367 .403 .770 59.5 12.0
1968 27 SEM AL 156 511 57 110 31 0 8 62 4 4 51 117 .215 .290 .323 .613 46.9 6.6
1969 28 SEM AL 154 464 67 124 21 1 9 69 3 2 71 100 .267 .367 .375 .742 68.1 15.8
1970 29 STL NL 153 596 81 149 40 2 16 90 2 2 84 131 .250 .342 .404 .746 83.2 15.0
1971 30 STL NL 157 526 62 123 33 0 11 64 0 0 83 85 .234 .337 .359 .696 69.4 10.2
1972 31 STL NL 90 303 38 59 13 0 9 41 1 1 36 55 .195 .278 .327 .605 27.1 1.0
1973 32 STL NL 133 419 58 115 26 1 10 48 0 0 51 78 .274 .356 .413 .768 62.2 11.8
1974 33 STL NL 137 431 53 90 19 1 6 36 1 1 58 95 .209 .305 .299 .604 39.8 2.5
1975 34 CLN NL 110 330 36 57 8 1 8 33 1 0 31 75 .173 .246 .276 .522 22.6 0.0
1976 35 CLN NL 146 481 45 113 12 3 13 50 0 0 35 113 .235 .287 .353 .640 50.1 3.9
1977 36 CLE AL 68 167 16 32 2 0 5 19 0 1 19 42 .192 .274 .293 .568 12.9 0.1
15 Years Sim 1979 6159 743 1453 284 20 137 730 21 23 758 1285 .236 .321 .355 .676 723.6 109.3
2 Years AAA 4 18 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 6 .167 .250 .389 .639 1.9  
1 Years AA 134 506 71 154 24 4 22 71 3 6 98 84 .304 .419 .498 .917 103.3  
3 Years Minors 138 524 73 157 25 4 23 73 3 6 100 90 .300 .414 .494 .908 105.2  
162 Game Average 504 60 118 23 1 11 59 1 1 62 105 .236 .321 .355 .676 59.2  
Career Highs 157 596 81 149 40 5 16 90 5 6 84 131 .293 .387 .424 .811 83.2  
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   3507 388 754 147 13 69 384 11 12 365 795 .215 .290 .323 .614 339.2
vs LH   2652 355 699 137 7 68 346 10 11 393 490 .264 .359 .397 .757 391.8
Home 976 2965 350 712 138 8 64 356 11 12 364 598 .240 .325 .357 .681 356.5
Away 1003 3194 393 741 146 12 73 374 10 11 394 687 .232 .317 .354 .671 374.5
RISP   1468 0 362 71 2 44 576 0 0 225 305 .247 .340 .388 .727 209.4
Pinch Hitting   53 7 19 4 1 1 16 0 1 7 7 .358 .443 .528 .971 10.7
Close/Late   709 69 152 30 2 11 70 0 0 101 128 .214 .313 .309 .621 74.9
Mar/Apr 329 1048 131 259 44 3 33 133 4 6 116 216 .247 .323 .389 .712 134.3
May 362 1108 137 254 45 0 24 125 1 2 144 218 .229 .318 .335 .653 126.0
June 322 989 132 236 52 6 16 121 2 3 141 215 .239 .333 .352 .685 122.8
July 318 1004 118 235 46 4 18 112 2 3 109 220 .234 .310 .342 .651 109.3
August 333 1051 121 244 50 0 25 135 9 4 123 223 .232 .312 .351 .663 121.2
Sep/Oct 315 959 104 225 47 7 21 104 3 5 125 193 .235 .328 .364 .692 117.3
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
1963 22 SEM AL SS 155 155 1333.0 204 575 43 108 .948 5.26   4.6
    2B 5 0 10.7 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
1964 23 SEM AL SS 132 132 1102.3 169 456 21 83 .967 5.10   6.1
    3B 2 1 12.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 1 9.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1965 24 SEM AL SS 67 67 581.7 90 250 11 45 .969 5.26   4.0
    3B 32 17 181.0 15 45 4 3 .938 2.98   0.9
    2B 16 3 53.0 13 24 0 5 1.000 6.28   0.3
1966 25 SEM AL 3B 71 64 561.3 29 131 10 16 .941 2.57   2.1
    SS 28 12 141.3 15 58 3 7 .961 4.65   0.5
    2B 21 2 59.7 13 18 0 2 1.000 4.68   0.3
1967 26 SEM AL 3B 73 69 603.7 29 165 13 11 .937 2.89   2.6
    SS 46 38 350.3 47 137 11 32 .944 4.73   1.4
    2B 12 1 28.0 8 11 0 4 1.000 6.11   0.2
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1968 27 SEM AL SS 95 92 772.0 98 329 17 43 .962 4.98   4.8
    3B 60 60 524.0 22 132 10 14 .939 2.65   1.9
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1969 28 SEM AL SS 95 93 777.0 138 323 12 69 .975 5.34   5.5
    3B 57 57 489.0 35 98 9 9 .937 2.45   1.6
    2B 4 0 8.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 5.63   0.0
1970 29 STL NL SS 150 147 1321.3 200 668 31 125 .966 5.91   8.0
    2B 2 1 10.0 3 7 0 3 1.000 9.00   0.1
1971 30 STL NL SS 152 146 1321.7 210 618 31 124 .964 5.64   6.6
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1972 31 STL NL SS 89 89 763.0 147 367 17 79 .968 6.06   3.7
1973 32 STL NL SS 131 128 1084.0 175 493 20 89 .971 5.55   5.5
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1974 33 STL NL SS 136 133 1163.3 180 538 20 95 .973 5.55   7.2
1975 34 CLN NL SS 99 94 860.7 145 395 25 77 .956 5.65   4.2
    2B 8 0 15.0 3 8 0 3 1.000 6.60   0.1
1976 35 CLN NL SS 144 144 1264.0 200 578 34 100 .958 5.54   5.7
    2B 2 0 3.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1977 36 CLE AL 2B 48 41 345.7 76 140 2 24 .991 5.62   1.8
    SS 16 7 74.7 10 36 4 8 .920 5.55   0.3
    3B 3 3 25.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.44   0.0
  SS 1535 1477 12910.3 2028 5821 300 1084 .963 5.47   68.0
  3B 301 271 2402.0 132 574 46 53 .939 2.65   9.1
  2B 122 49 545.3 122 221 2 41 .994 5.66   2.9
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1959 1797 15858.6 2282 6616 348 1178 .962 5.05   80.0
Career Highs   160 155 1343.7 212 675 43 128 .978 6.06    
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
1965 24 SEM AL 16 51 6 13 4 0 0 6 0 0 7 8 .255 .345 .333 .678
1966 25 SEM AL 11 26 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 5 .115 .258 .154 .412
1967 26 SEM AL 7 24 3 8 1 0 1 6 0 0 1 4 .333 .360 .500 .860
1968 27 SEM AL 16 56 7 15 1 0 1 4 1 0 7 12 .268 .349 .339 .688
1969 28 SEM AL 7 23 2 5 0 1 0 4 1 1 4 5 .217 .333 .304 .638
1971 30 STL NL 12 44 5 13 2 0 0 7 0 0 5 5 .295 .360 .341 .701
1972 31 STL NL 5 18 1 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .444 .474 .500 .974
1975 34 CLN NL 5 17 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 .059 .059 .235 .294
Career Post-Season Batting 79 259 26 66 10 1 3 31 2 1 30 49 .255 .331 .336 .667
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.
On-Base Pct
1969-8-.367
 Games
1968-9-156
1971-4-157
 At-Bats
1970-6-596
 Doubles
1970-3-40
1971-7-33
 Walks
1970-3-84
1971-5-83
 Strikeouts
1970-4-131
1976-8-113
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Dick McAuliffe (939)
  2. Roy Smalley (916)
  3. Chris Speier (913)
  4. Eddie Lake (904)
  5. Gene Stephens (900)
  6. Jim Lefebvre (895)
  7. Tom Tresh (894)
  8. Odell Hale (890)
  9. Garry Templeton (882)
  10. Tommy Glaviano (878)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Seattle in 1962
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/2/1963, off Hersh Freeman (NYG)
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1965
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,051,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1968
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/7/1970 to a 4-year deal worth $9,500,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1970, hitting .462 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1970
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1971
Injured on 6/11/1972 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 8-9 weeks
Injured on 9/14/1972 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
9/1/1973: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $1,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1973
Injured on 8/12/1974 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1974
Traded from St. Louis to Cleveland (N) on 2/1/1975 (Going to STL: C Art Kusnyer. Going to CLN: P Pedro Borbon, SS Denis Menke)
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1976
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Cleveland (A) on 2/1/1977 (Going to CLN: 3B Kurt Bevacqua, LF Nate Colbert. Going to CLE: P Ken Wright, LF Al Ferrara, SS Denis Menke, P Fred Holdsworth)
 
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