Denny Walling Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth, Family

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Denny Walling is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as an infielder from 1977 to 1989 for the Houston Astros, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals, and San Francisco Giants. Walling was born in Neptune Township, New Jersey, and attended Neptune High School. He was drafted by the Houston Astros in the first round of the 1972 Major League Baseball draft. He made his major league debut with the Astros on September 5, 1977. Walling was a member of the Oakland Athletics team that won the 1989 World Series. He was also a member of the St. Louis Cardinals team that won the 1982 World Series. After his playing career ended, Walling served as a coach for the San Francisco Giants from 1991 to 1995. He was the hitting coach for the Giants from 1996 to 1998. He was the hitting coach for the Texas Rangers from 1999 to 2002. As of 2021, Denny Walling's net worth is estimated to be around $2 million.

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Walling may be best known as a pinch-hitting specialist for the Houston Astros. Nicknamed "Good Wood", Walling was a valuable bat off the bench for most of his career. Entering the 2009 season, his 108 career pinch hits are tied for 13th all-time. He hit .271 with 799 hits in 2,945 lifetime at bats with 49 home runs and 380 RBI in 1,271 games. Walling served as the hitting coach for the Norfolk Tides, the Triple-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles before Butch Davis

After his playing career ended, Walling remained in baseball as a coach. In the major leagues, he has served as the hitting coach for the Athletics from 1996 until 1998, and for the New York Mets from 2002 until 2004. In both positions, he served under manager Art Howe, who was his teammate in Houston. In 2007, he was hired by the Orioles as their roving minor league instructor and later became the hitting coach for the Norfolk Tides.

Going into 1991, Walling signed with the Texas Rangers. However, he went just 4-for-44 in 27 games, for a batting average of just .091. He had just one double and three singles among his hits, and had just 2 RBI. He was released by the Rangers in June, and did not play professionally for the rest of the season. In 1992, Walling briefly attempted a comeback with his longtime team, the Houston Astros. However, he batted just three times with one hit before retiring.

Walling played two and a half seasons in St. Louis, mostly as a pinch hitter. While he batted .304 in 1989 in 79 at bats, he batted just .220 in 1990, and was allowed to become a free agent at the end of the season.

Over the next ten seasons, Walling played much the same role on the Astros, generally playing only against right-handed pitchers. For his career, Walling batted seven times as often against righties as against left-handed pitchers, prompted perhaps by his significantly lower batting average (.276 vs. righties, .236 vs. lefties) and slugging percentage (.399, .330). Statistically, his best year was 1986, when he set career highs in several categories, most notably in home runs (13) and RBI (58) while batting .312 in 130 games.

During this time, he shifted all over the field, playing good chunks of time at first base in 1980, 1981 and 1983, while playing mostly third base from 1984 until 1988, when he was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals on August 31 for pitcher Bob Forsch.

In 1978, Walling was the closest thing the Astros had to a regular left fielder, playing 49 games there, more than anyone else on the team. However, even then, he made more appearances as a pinch hitter than in the field, as he played only 55 of his 120 games as an outfielder. The Astrodome was a notoriously difficult place to be a batter, but Walling managed to be about an average major league hitter, posting an OPS+ of exactly 100. Overall, Walling batted .251 for the Astros, with 36 RBI.

In 1977, Walling was back in the minors to start the year, but played just three games for the Class-AAA San Jose Missions in the first two months due to injuries. On June 15, Walling was traded to the Houston Astros for outfielder Willie Crawford, who was playing his last season in the majors after a long career.

Walling began his professional career as an outfielder. Just three months after being drafted by the A's, and before he appeared in a game in the minor leagues, Walling made his major league debut on September 7, 1975. He appeared in six games for Oakland down the stretch, getting one hit in eight at bats for a batting average of .125.

Walling played college baseball at Clemson University. He was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 8th round of the 1974 Major League Baseball Draft, but chose to remain at Clemson. He was then drafted in the secondary phase of the 1975 draft by the Oakland Athletics.

Dennis Martin Walling (born April 17, 1954) is a former Major League Baseball player. Walling played all or part of eighteen seasons in the majors, from 1975 to 1992. He played his most games as a third baseman, but also saw significant time as an outfielder and first baseman.

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