American baseball player and coach
Also known as Dennis Martin Walling
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Dennis Martin Walling is an American former Major League Baseball player. Walling played all or parts of 18 seasons in the majors, from 1975 to 1992. His most frequent position was third base, but he also saw significant time as an outfielder and first baseman.
19 seasons · from AIDB's MLB batting dataset
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Oakland Athletics | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .250 | .375 |
| 1976 | Oakland Athletics | 3 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 |
| 1977 | Houston Astros | 6 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .286 | .348 | .381 | .729 |
| 1978 | Houston Astros | 120 | 247 | 30 | 62 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 9 | 30 | 24 | .251 | .332 | .356 | .688 |
| 1979 | Houston Astros | 82 | 147 | 21 | 48 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 17 | 21 | .327 | .394 | .497 | .891 |
| 1980 | Houston Astros | 100 | 284 | 30 | 85 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 4 | 35 | 26 | .299 | .374 | .387 | .761 |
| 1981 | Houston Astros | 65 | 158 | 23 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 28 | 17 | .234 | .346 | .367 | .713 |
| 1982 | Houston Astros | 85 | 146 | 22 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 23 | 19 | .205 | .312 | .267 | .579 |
| 1983 | Houston Astros | 100 | 135 | 24 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 16 | .296 | .364 | .444 | .809 |
| 1984 | Houston Astros | 87 | 249 | 37 | 70 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 7 | 16 | 28 | .281 | .325 | .402 | .726 |
| 1985 | Houston Astros | 119 | 345 | 44 | 93 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 45 | 5 | 25 | 26 | .270 | .316 | .394 | .710 |
| 1986 | Houston Astros | 130 | 382 | 54 | 119 | 23 | 1 | 13 | 58 | 1 | 36 | 31 | .312 | .367 | .479 | .846 |
| 1987 | Houston Astros | 110 | 325 | 45 | 92 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 5 | 39 | 37 | .283 | .356 | .418 | .774 |
| 1988 | Houston Astros | 65 | 176 | 19 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 18 | .244 | .304 | .341 | .645 |
| 1988 | St. Louis Cardinals | 19 | 58 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .224 | .250 | .276 | .526 |
| 1989 | St. Louis Cardinals | 69 | 79 | 9 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 12 | .304 | .409 | .430 | .839 |
| 1990 | St. Louis Cardinals | 78 | 127 | 7 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .220 | .265 | .283 | .548 |
| 1991 | Texas Rangers | 24 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .091 | .184 | .114 | .297 |
| 1992 | Houston Astros | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
| Career | 1,271 | 2,945 | 372 | 799 | 142 | 30 | 49 | 380 | 44 | 308 | 316 | .271 | .339 | .390 | .728 |