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Steve Henderson
Steven Curtis Henderson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.
School Prairie View A&M University

Debut June 16, 1977
  vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 28, 1988
Born November 18, 1952 in Houston, TX

Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 5th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1977 24 NYM NL  99  350   67  104  16  6  12   65   6  3  43  79  .297  .372  .480  132  168   0   4   2   1  13 RoY-2
 1978 25 NYM NL 157  587   83  156  30  9  10   65  13  7  60 109  .266  .333  .399  108  234   0   5   3   2  24
 1979 26 NYM NL  98  350   42  107  16  8   5   39  13  5  38  58  .306  .380  .440  128  154   1   0   6   4   7
 1980 27 NYM NL 143  513   75  149  17  8   8   58  23 12  62  90  .290  .368  .402  118  206   3   3   3   3  17
 1981 28 CHC NL  82  287   32   84   9  5   5   35   5  7  42  61  .293  .382  .411  122  118   2   4   7   2   7
 1982 29 CHC NL  92  257   23   60  12  4   2   29   6  5  22  64  .233  .293  .335   74   86   3   1   3   0   4
 1983 30 SEA AL 121  436   50  128  32  3  10   54  10 14  44  82  .294  .356  .450  117  196   1   3   2   0   9
 1984 31 SEA AL 109  325   42   85  12  3  10   35   2  4  38  62  .262  .341  .409  109  133   0   0   4   1   6
 1985 32 OAK AL  85  193   25   58   8  3   3   31   0  0  18  34  .301  .358  .420  121   81   1   1   0   0  10
 1986 33 OAK AL  11   26    2    2   1  0   0    3   0  0   0   5  .077  .074  .115  -47    3   0   1   0   0   3
 1987 34 OAK AL  46  114   14   33   7  0   3    9   0  0  12  19  .289  .357  .430  115   49   0   0   1   0   7
 1988 35 HOU NL  42   46    4   10   2  0   0    5   1  1   7  14  .217  .321  .261   73   12   0   0   1   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1085 3484  459  976 162 49  68  428  79 58 386 677  .280  .352  .413  113 1440  11  22  32  13 108
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        520   69  146  24  7  10   64  12  9  58 101  .280  .352  .413  113  215   2   3   5   2  16
 Career High    157  587   83  156  32  9  12   65  23 14  62 109  .306  .382  .480  132  234   3   5   7   4  24
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1977 24 NYM NL  398  266   61   6.2    99| .297  .263| .372  .330| .480  .401| .852  .731| 132  .630  16.5   1.6  66%
 1978 25 NYM NL  654  467   74   4.2    91| .266  .257| .333  .324| .399  .378| .732  .703| 108  .507   6.4   0.7  65%
 1979 26 NYM NL  393  256   59   6.2    96| .306  .264| .380  .329| .440  .392| .820  .721| 128  .651  13.7   1.4  72%
 1980 27 NYM NL  584  399   75   5.1    93| .290  .263| .368  .325| .402  .382| .770  .707| 118  .582  13.8   1.4  65%
 1981 28 CHC NL  337  223   45   5.5    95| .293  .267| .382  .333| .411  .383| .793  .716| 122  .627   9.8   1.0  41%
 1982 29 CHC NL  283  210   25   3.2    96| .233  .268| .293  .331| .335  .389| .628  .720|  74  .378  -9.4  -1.0  54%
 1983 30 SEA AL  484  335   66   5.3   101| .294  .270| .356  .333| .450  .408| .806  .740| 117  .568  11.1   1.1  41%
 1984 31 SEA AL  364  250   45   4.8    95| .262  .261| .341  .324| .409  .394| .750  .718| 109  .530   4.0   0.4  33%
 1985 32 OAK AL  213  147   27   4.9    92| .301  .252| .358  .316| .420  .391| .778  .707| 121  .531   5.7   0.6   0%
 1986 33 OAK AL   27   28    0   0.0    93| .077  .252| .074  .319| .115  .393| .189  .712| -47  .000  -5.1  -0.5   0%
 1987 34 OAK AL  126   88   16   4.9   100| .289  .257| .357  .324| .430  .412| .787  .736| 115  .489   2.8   0.3   0%
 1988 35 HOU NL   53   38    4   2.8    86| .217  .252| .321  .315| .261  .369| .582  .684|  73  .350  -1.3  -0.1  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     3916 2707  497   4.9    95| .280  .263| .352  .327| .413  .391| .765  .718| 113  .555  67.8   6.9  57%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

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Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1977 24 NYM NL OF 97 189 4 4 1 .980 .978 1.99 1.93 2.13 2.26 92 815.7 LF 97 188 4 4 1 .980 .972 1.98 1.51 2.12 1.93 92 813.7 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1978 25 NYM NL LF 155 310 20 11 3 .968 .978 2.13 1.55 2.23 1.99 151 1332.3 1979 26 NYM NL LF 94 197 6 2 3 .990 .970 2.16 1.58 2.20 2.01 94 831.7 1980 27 NYM NL LF 136 299 6 6 1 .981 .976 2.24 1.68 2.31 2.06 134 1188.0 1981 28 CHC NL LF 77 157 5 7 2 .959 .975 2.10 1.79 2.16 2.12 76 673.7 1982 29 CHC NL LF 70 127 5 6 0 .957 .973 1.89 1.60 2.24 2.08 64 529.7 1983 30 SEA AL LF 112 182 15 6 3 .970 .977 1.76 1.90 2.00 2.32 109 888.0 OF 112 182 15 6 2 .970 .981 1.76 2.16 1.98 2.50 110 896.0 DH 6 RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.80 2.25 2.25 1 8.0 1984 31 SEA AL LF 52 86 5 6 0 .938 .982 1.75 1.80 2.10 2.27 49 390.7 DH 51 1985 32 OAK AL OF 58 79 3 4 0 .953 .982 1.41 2.10 2.01 2.44 45 367.7 LF 47 69 3 2 0 .973 .977 1.53 1.77 2.09 2.25 39 310.7 RF 11 11 0 2 0 .846 .982 1.00 1.82 1.74 2.16 6 57.0 DH 1 1986 33 OAK AL LF 7 8 0 2 0 .800 .976 1.14 1.77 1.47 2.24 7 49.0 DH 1 1987 34 OAK AL OF 31 33 0 2 0 .943 .979 1.06 2.00 1.43 2.31 25 207.0 RF 28 29 0 2 0 .935 .980 1.04 1.75 1.44 2.12 24 181.3 DH 9 LF 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 1.72 1.40 2.10 1 25.7 1988 35 HOU NL OF 8 12 1 0 0 1.000 .985 1.62 1.98 2.85 2.28 4 41.0 LF 4 8 1 0 0 1.000 .978 2.25 1.75 4.76 2.12 2 17.0 RF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.75 1.50 2.06 2 24.0 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.60 18.00 9.90 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1988 35 HOU NL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.60 18.00 9.90 0 1.0 1977 24 NYM NL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1983 30 SEA AL DH 6 1984 31 SEA AL DH 51 1985 32 OAK AL DH 1 1986 33 OAK AL DH 1 1987 34 OAK AL DH 9 1977 24 NYM NL LF 97 188 4 4 1 .980 .972 1.98 1.51 2.12 1.93 92 813.7 1978 25 NYM NL LF 155 310 20 11 3 .968 .978 2.13 1.55 2.23 1.99 151 1332.3 1979 26 NYM NL LF 94 197 6 2 3 .990 .970 2.16 1.58 2.20 2.01 94 831.7 1980 27 NYM NL LF 136 299 6 6 1 .981 .976 2.24 1.68 2.31 2.06 134 1188.0 1981 28 CHC NL LF 77 157 5 7 2 .959 .975 2.10 1.79 2.16 2.12 76 673.7 1982 29 CHC NL LF 70 127 5 6 0 .957 .973 1.89 1.60 2.24 2.08 64 529.7 1983 30 SEA AL LF 112 182 15 6 3 .970 .977 1.76 1.90 2.00 2.32 109 888.0 1984 31 SEA AL LF 52 86 5 6 0 .938 .982 1.75 1.80 2.10 2.27 49 390.7 1985 32 OAK AL LF 47 69 3 2 0 .973 .977 1.53 1.77 2.09 2.25 39 310.7 1986 33 OAK AL LF 7 8 0 2 0 .800 .976 1.14 1.77 1.47 2.24 7 49.0 1987 34 OAK AL LF 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 1.72 1.40 2.10 1 25.7 1988 35 HOU NL LF 4 8 1 0 0 1.000 .978 2.25 1.75 4.76 2.12 2 17.0 1977 24 NYM NL OF 97 189 4 4 1 .980 .978 1.99 1.93 2.13 2.26 92 815.7 1978 25 NYM NL OF 155 315 18 11 3 .968 .980 2.15 1.94 2.25 2.31 151 1332.3 1979 26 NYM NL OF 94 201 6 2 3 .990 .979 2.20 2.00 2.24 2.33 94 831.7 1980 27 NYM NL OF 136 299 7 6 1 .981 .980 2.25 1.98 2.32 2.31 134 1188.0 1981 28 CHC NL OF 77 152 4 8 2 .951 .980 2.03 2.02 2.08 2.33 76 673.7 1982 29 CHC NL OF 70 126 5 6 0 .956 .978 1.87 1.91 2.23 2.25 64 529.7 1983 30 SEA AL OF 112 182 15 6 2 .970 .981 1.76 2.16 1.98 2.50 110 896.0 1984 31 SEA AL OF 53 84 4 6 0 .936 .983 1.66 2.17 2.03 2.51 49 390.7 1985 32 OAK AL OF 58 79 3 4 0 .953 .982 1.41 2.10 2.01 2.44 45 367.7 1986 33 OAK AL OF 7 8 0 2 0 .800 .976 1.14 2.06 1.47 2.39 7 49.0 1987 34 OAK AL OF 31 33 0 2 0 .943 .979 1.06 2.00 1.43 2.31 25 207.0 1988 35 HOU NL OF 8 12 1 0 0 1.000 .985 1.62 1.98 2.85 2.28 4 41.0 1983 30 SEA AL RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.80 2.25 2.25 1 8.0 1985 32 OAK AL RF 11 11 0 2 0 .846 .982 1.00 1.82 1.74 2.16 6 57.0 1987 34 OAK AL RF 28 29 0 2 0 .935 .980 1.04 1.75 1.44 2.12 24 181.3 1988 35 HOU NL RF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.75 1.50 2.06 2 24.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 898 1680 67 57 12 .968 .980 1.95 2.01 2.15 2.35 851 7322.3 856 1 44# LF* 856 1635 70 52 13 .970 .975 1.99 1.67 2.18 2.09 818 7050.0 DH 68 Games not counted in Overall Total below RF* 44 46 0 4 0 .920 .981 1.05 1.77 1.53 2.13 33 270.3 1B* 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.60 18.00 9.90 0 1.0 CF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 899 1682 67 57 12 .968 .980 1.95 2.02 2.15 2.35 851 7323
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

On-base %
1980 NL-.368-9
1981 NL-.382-7

Triples
1978 NL-9-4
1980 NL-8-9

Strikeouts
1978 NL-109-6
1981 NL-61-10

Grounded into Double Plays
1978 NL-24-1
1980 NL-17-5

Caught Stealing
1983 AL-14-4

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2076) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.4 (1166) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 5, 1974: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 5th round of the 1974 amateur draft.

June 15, 1977: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Doug Flynn, Dan Norman, and Pat Zachry to the New York Mets for Tom Seaver.

February 28, 1981: Traded by the New York Mets with cash to the Chicago Cubs for Dave Kingman.

December 9, 1982: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Seattle Mariners for Rich Bordi.

November 7, 1983: Granted Free Agency.

January 26, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

March 31, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

May 29, 1986: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

June 20, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

September 2, 1986: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

April 17, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

November 9, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

March 10, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

October 3, 1988: Released by the Houston Astros.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Oakland Athletics$150,000
1986Oakland Athletics$200,000
1987Oakland Athletics$75,000
Career (may be incomplete)$425,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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