Denny Hocking

American baseball player

PersonAge 56humanQ5259189

Born: April 2, 1970
Birthplace: Torrance
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: baseball player
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Education: El Camino College

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Dennis Lee "Denny" Hocking is an American professional baseball manager and former utility player. Hocking played for the Minnesota Twins (1993–2003), Colorado Rockies (2004), and Kansas City Royals (2005). He was a utility player for his entire career, playing every position except pitcher and catcher. Hocking's best year was 2000 when he had a .298 batting average with 4 home runs and 47 RBI, a year where he also played in 10 or more games at 7 different positions. Hocking was never a regular starter at any one position, but played over 100 games at shortstop, second base, third base, and right field.

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MLB batting stats — season by season

13 seasons · from AIDB's MLB batting dataset

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1993	Minnesota Twins	15	36	7	5	1	0	0	0	1	6	8	.139	.262	.167	.429
1994	Minnesota Twins	11	31	3	10	3	0	0	2	2	0	4	.323	.323	.419	.742
1995	Minnesota Twins	9	25	4	5	0	2	0	3	1	2	2	.200	.259	.360	.619
1996	Minnesota Twins	49	127	16	25	6	0	1	10	3	8	24	.197	.243	.268	.510
1997	Minnesota Twins	115	253	28	65	12	4	2	25	3	18	51	.257	.308	.360	.667
1998	Minnesota Twins	110	198	32	40	6	1	3	15	2	16	44	.202	.259	.288	.547
1999	Minnesota Twins	136	386	47	103	18	2	7	41	11	22	54	.267	.307	.378	.685
2000	Minnesota Twins	134	373	52	111	24	4	4	47	7	48	77	.298	.373	.416	.789
2001	Minnesota Twins	112	327	34	82	16	2	3	25	6	29	67	.251	.315	.339	.654
2002	Minnesota Twins	102	260	28	65	13	0	2	25	0	24	44	.250	.310	.323	.633
2003	Minnesota Twins	83	188	22	45	10	2	3	22	0	15	37	.239	.291	.362	.653
2004	Colorado Rockies	55	94	7	19	2	0	0	4	0	7	20	.202	.257	.223	.481
2005	Kansas City Royals	23	60	14	16	1	0	0	7	0	10	10	.267	.371	.283	.655
Career		954	2,358	294	591	112	17	25	226	36	205	442	.251	.310	.344	.654

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: Denny
Member of sports team: Colorado Rockies
Minnesota Twins
Position played on team / speciality: outfielder
Sport: baseball
League: Major League Baseball

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