Andy Dirks vs. Denny Walling — Career Comparison

Andy Dirks
MillenialKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueLeft Fielder
Denny Walling
Baby BoomersNew JerseyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueUnknown

Andy Dirks and Denny Walling are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 108 for Andy Dirks, 106 for Denny Walling), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 104 vs 106). The overall lean goes to Denny Walling, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Andy Dirks and Denny Walling

Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
297
167.64
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1271
232
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
1063
600
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3287
600
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
971
548.07
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2945
537.57
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Denny Walling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.761
0.761
Denny Walling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.75
0.75
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
268
151.27
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
799
145.85
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
190
107.24
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
578
105.51
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
26.53
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
142
25.92
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
7
3.95
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
5.48
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
13.55
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
8.94
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
44.03
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
221
40.34
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Denny Walling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Denny Walling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Denny Walling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
135.06
76.24
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
400.73
73.15
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
401
226.34
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1148
209.55
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
351
198.12
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1111
202.8
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Denny Walling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.745
0.745
Denny Walling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.728
0.728
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Denny Walling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Denny Walling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
0.69
Denny Walling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.677
0.677
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Denny Walling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
150
84.67
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
372
67.9
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
100
56.44
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
380
69.36
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
226
127.56
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
703
128.32
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
141.98
80.14
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
421.02
76.85
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.95
Denny Walling
Career
Per 600 PA
4
0.73
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
76
42.9
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
308
56.22
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
2.82
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.29
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
97.65
Denny Walling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
316
57.68
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
6.14
6.14
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.4
10.4
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.97
0.97
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.39
Denny Walling
Career
Per 600 PA
6
1.1
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.69
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
4.38
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
7.34
Denny Walling
Career
Per 600 PA
58
10.59
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
13
7.34
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
8.03
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.26
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
3.29
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
17
9.6
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
11.32
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.47
76.47
Denny Walling
Career
Per 600 PA
70.97
70.97

Fielding Stats for Andy Dirks and Denny Walling

Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
1.17
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
950
1.38
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.99
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
663
0.96
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6143
27
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18630
27
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2047.2
9
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6210
9
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
466
2.05
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2260
3.28
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
752
1.09
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Denny Walling
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.1
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
485
2.13
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3084
4.47
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
478
2.1
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3012
4.37
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.56
98.56
Denny Walling
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.67
97.67
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.171
3.171
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.64
84.64
Denny Walling
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.79
69.79
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Walling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.28
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Walling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Walling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Walling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Walling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0