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Denis Menke played 13 major-league seasons (1962-1974) as a SS (841), 3B (420), 2B (233), 1B (162), OF (5). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 13 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 22 | ML1 | 50 | 146 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 38 | .192 | .544 | 52 |
| 1963 | 23 | ML1 | 146 | 518 | 58 | 121 | 11 | 50 | 6 | 37 | 106 | .234 | .632 | 88 |
| 1964 | 24 | ML1 | 151 | 505 | 79 | 143 | 20 | 65 | 4 | 68 | 77 | .283 | .847 | 146 |
| 1965 | 25 | ML1 | 71 | 181 | 16 | 44 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 28 | .243 | .706 | 105 |
| 1966 | 26 | ATL | 138 | 454 | 55 | 114 | 15 | 60 | 0 | 71 | 87 | .251 | .767 | 120 |
| 1967 | 27 | ATL | 129 | 418 | 37 | 95 | 7 | 39 | 5 | 65 | 62 | .227 | .659 | 96 |
| 1968 | 28 | HOU | 150 | 542 | 56 | 135 | 6 | 56 | 5 | 64 | 81 | .249 | .681 | 112 |
| 1969 | 29 | HOU | 154 | 553 | 72 | 149 | 10 | 90 | 2 | 87 | 87 | .269 | .756 | 120 |
| 1970 | 30 | HOU | 154 | 562 | 82 | 171 | 13 | 92 | 6 | 82 | 80 | .304 | .833 | 132 |
| 1971 | 31 | HOU | 146 | 475 | 57 | 117 | 1 | 43 | 4 | 59 | 68 | .246 | .648 | 91 |
| 1972 | 32 | CIN | 140 | 447 | 41 | 104 | 9 | 50 | 0 | 58 | 76 | .233 | .667 | 97 |
| 1973 | 33 | CIN | 139 | 241 | 38 | 46 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 69 | 53 | .191 | .638 | 86 |
| 1974 | 34 | HOU | 30 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .103 | .344 | 1 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 2B | 20 | 16 | 49 | 47 | 2 | 10 |
| 1962 | 3B | 15 | 14 | 9 | 37 | 2 | 4 |
| 1962 | SS | 9 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 6 |
| 1962 | 1B | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1962 | OF | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | SS | 82 | 71 | 120 | 250 | 9 | 45 |
| 1963 | 3B | 51 | 47 | 58 | 96 | 12 | 9 |
| 1963 | 2B | 22 | 20 | 51 | 51 | 3 | 12 |
| 1963 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1963 | OF | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | SS | 141 | 124 | 253 | 422 | 25 | 76 |
| 1964 | 2B | 15 | 15 | 29 | 31 | 2 | 8 |
| 1964 | 3B | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | SS | 54 | 42 | 65 | 140 | 7 | 22 |
| 1965 | 1B | 8 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1965 | 3B | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 1966 | SS | 106 | 94 | 165 | 282 | 21 | 50 |
| 1966 | 3B | 39 | 32 | 38 | 58 | 3 | 4 |
| 1966 | 1B | 7 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1967 | SS | 124 | 119 | 181 | 349 | 19 | 65 |
| 1967 | 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | 2B | 119 | 115 | 269 | 285 | 10 | 47 |
| 1968 | SS | 35 | 29 | 45 | 92 | 5 | 21 |
| 1968 | 1B | 5 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1968 | 3B | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 1969 | SS | 131 | 126 | 161 | 356 | 24 | 63 |
| 1969 | 2B | 23 | 20 | 42 | 47 | 2 | 9 |
| 1969 | 1B | 9 | 7 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 3 |
| 1969 | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | SS | 133 | 131 | 192 | 394 | 28 | 66 |
| 1970 | 2B | 21 | 18 | 51 | 62 | 1 | 14 |
| 1970 | 1B | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | 3B | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 1970 | OF | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | 1B | 101 | 87 | 845 | 59 | 3 | 77 |
| 1971 | 3B | 32 | 29 | 24 | 41 | 4 | 4 |
| 1971 | SS | 17 | 8 | 16 | 40 | 2 | 5 |
| 1971 | 2B | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 |
| 1972 | 3B | 130 | 120 | 85 | 258 | 16 | 20 |
| 1972 | 1B | 11 | 4 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 1973 | 3B | 123 | 70 | 68 | 189 | 9 | 19 |
| 1973 | SS | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | 2B | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 1973 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | 1B | 12 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1974 | 3B | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 1974 | 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (1 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1969.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 19 | 8 / 336 | 0 |
Denis Menke ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #89 | shortstops | 1964 | 146 OPS+ |
| #141 | shortstops | 1970 | 132 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.