Education
Prior to playing professional baseball, Denker attended Brea Olinda High School.
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He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants in 2008. Los Angeles Dodgers
He signed a minor league contract with Seattle Mariners for 2010 season, but he was released April 24, 2010 after only 7 games with the Tacoma Rainiers and signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 4. In 2010 he played in 74 games for the Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino, 16 games for the Chattanooga Lookouts and 13 games for the Albuquerque Isotopes.
In 2011 he was in 55 games for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and 66 for the Lookouts.
Combined he hit.274 with 25 home runs and 81 Reserve Bank of India. In 2012, he continued with the Lookouts, appearing in 64 games and hitting only.228. He was released on July 27.
San Francisco Giants
He spent most of the 2007 season with the Inland Empire 66ers until the Dodgers traded him to the Giants on August 25, 2007, as the PTBNL from a trade for Mark Sweeney on August 9, 2007. Denker finished the season playing for the Giants High-A affiliate, the San Jose Giants and helped lead them to the California League championship.
Foreign the year, Denker hit.300 with 11 home runs and 66 Reserve Bank of India in 118 games.
Denker was called up on May 12, 2008, and got his first major league hit against the Florida Marlins on May 25, 2008, which was a double down the third base line. He hit his first home run against Scott Schoeneweis of the New York Mets on June 3, 2008. San Diego Padres/Boston Red Sox
After spending the rest of the 2008 season in the minor leagues, Denker was claimed off waivers by the San Diego Padres.
He appeared in only one game for the Associate of Arts San Antonio Missions.
On April 14, 2009, the Boston Red Sox claimed Denker off waivers from the Padres. He appeared in 117 games for the Pawtucket Red Sox, hitting.238.
Independent leagues
After being released from the Lookouts, Denker signed with the Lancaster Barnstormers on August 4, 2012. He played with them through 2013 and then signed with the Laredo Lemurs of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball.
He led the American Association in home runs while with the Laredo Lemurs.
