Steve Henderson
Steven Curtis Henderson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 18, 1952 in Houston, TX
High School: Jack Yates (Houston, TX)
School: Prairie View A&M University
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 5th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 1977
Final Game: September 28, 1988
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 NYM NL 24 LF 97 92 813.2 196 188 4 4 1 .980 1.0 1.5 1.0 -0.4 1.3 0 2.12 1.98 .972 1.93 1.51 RoY-2
1977 NYM NL 24 OF 97 92 815.2 197 189 4 4 1 .980 0.8 1.2 0.8 -0.4 1.1 0 2.13 1.99 .978 2.26 1.93 RoY-2
1977 NYM NL 24 CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30 RoY-2
1978 NYM NL 25 LF 155 151 1332.1 341 310 20 11 3 .968 -1.5 -1.4 -2.5 3.7 -6.2 1 2.23 2.13 .978 1.99 1.55
1978 NYM NL 25 OF 155 151 1332.1 344 315 18 11 3 .968 -1.5 -1.4 -2.5 3.7 -6.2 1 2.25 2.15 .980 2.31 1.94
1979 NYM NL 26 LF 94 94 831.2 205 197 6 2 3 .990 -3.5 -5.1 0.5 -3.1 3.7 -4 2.20 2.16 .969 2.01 1.58
1979 NYM NL 26 OF 94 94 831.2 209 201 6 2 3 .990 -3.5 -5.1 0.5 -3.1 3.7 -4 2.24 2.20 .979 2.33 2.00
1980 NYM NL 27 LF 136 134 1188.0 311 299 6 6 1 .981 -6.8 -6.9 -4.8 -1.2 -3.6 -2 2.31 2.24 .976 2.06 1.68
1980 NYM NL 27 OF 136 134 1188.0 312 299 7 6 1 .981 -6.8 -6.9 -4.8 -1.2 -3.6 -2 2.32 2.25 .980 2.31 1.98
1981 CHC NL 28 LF 77 76 673.2 169 157 5 7 2 .959 -8.4 -15.0 -3.4 -0.5 -2.9 -5 2.16 2.10 .975 2.12 1.79
1981 CHC NL 28 OF 77 76 673.2 164 152 4 8 2 .951 -8.4 -15.0 -3.4 -0.5 -2.9 -5 2.08 2.03 .980 2.33 2.02
1982 CHC NL 29 LF 70 64 529.2 138 127 5 6 0 .957 0.1 0.2 1.1 -0.7 1.8 -1 2.24 1.89 .973 2.08 1.60
1982 CHC NL 29 OF 70 64 529.2 137 126 5 6 0 .956 0.1 0.2 1.1 -0.7 1.8 -1 2.23 1.87 .979 2.25 1.91
1983 SEA AL 30 LF 112 109 888.0 203 182 15 6 3 .970 -8.3 -11.2 -11.3 -5.5 -5.8 3 2.00 1.76 .977 2.32 1.90
1983 SEA AL 30 OF 112 110 896.0 203 182 15 6 2 .970 -8.0 -10.7 -11.0 -5.5 -5.5 3 1.98 1.76 .981 2.50 2.16
1983 SEA AL 30 DH 6
1983 SEA AL 30 RF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 45.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 2.25 2.00 1.000 2.25 1.80
1984 SEA AL 31 OF 53 49 390.2 94 84 4 6 0 .936 -2.0 -6.1 -2.0 1.0 -3.0 0 2.03 1.66 .984 2.51 2.17
1984 SEA AL 31 LF 52 49 390.2 97 86 5 6 0 .938 -2.0 -6.1 -2.0 1.0 -3.0 0 2.10 1.75 .982 2.27 1.80
1984 SEA AL 31 DH 51
1985 OAK AL 32 OF 58 45 367.2 86 79 3 4 0 .953 -8.9 -29.0 -7.9 -5.3 -2.5 -1 2.01 1.41 .983 2.44 2.10
1985 OAK AL 32 LF 47 39 310.2 74 69 3 2 0 .973 -5.5 -21.2 -5.5 -4.7 -0.8 0 2.09 1.53 .977 2.25 1.77
1985 OAK AL 32 RF 11 6 57.0 13 11 0 2 0 .846 -3.4 -71.6 -2.4 -0.6 -1.7 -1 1.74 1.00 .985 2.16 1.82
1985 OAK AL 32 DH 1
1986 OAK AL 33 LF 7 7 49.0 10 8 0 2 0 .800 -1.3 -31.8 -1.3 -0.6 -0.7 0 1.47 1.14 .980 2.24 1.77
1986 OAK AL 33 OF 7 7 49.0 10 8 0 2 0 .800 -1.3 -31.8 -1.3 -0.6 -0.7 0 1.47 1.14 .980 2.39 2.06
1986 OAK AL 33 DH 1
1987 OAK AL 34 OF 31 25 207.0 35 33 0 2 0 .943 -4.8 -27.8 -4.8 -2.6 -2.2 0 1.43 1.06 .980 2.31 2.00
1987 OAK AL 34 RF 28 24 181.1 31 29 0 2 0 .935 -5.8 -38.4 -4.8 -2.6 -2.2 -1 1.44 1.04 .981 2.12 1.75
1987 OAK AL 34 DH 9
1987 OAK AL 34 LF 5 1 25.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 46.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 1.40 0.80 .975 2.10 1.72
1988 HOU NL 35 OF 8 4 41.0 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.7 49.8 0.7 0.7 0.0 1 2.85 1.63 .985 2.28 1.98
1988 HOU NL 35 LF 4 2 17.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.3 91.8 0.3 0.3 0.0 1 4.76 2.25 .978 2.12 1.75
1988 HOU NL 35 RF 4 2 24.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 20.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 .975 2.06 1.75
1988 HOU NL 35 1B 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.60
12 Seasons OF 898 851 7322.1 1804 1680 67 57 12 .968 -42.6 -7.0 -34.6 -14.5 -20.0 -8 2.15 1.95 .980 2.35 2.01
12 Seasons LF 856 818 7050.0 1757 1635 70 52 13 .970 -33.9 -5.8 -27.9 -11.7 -16.2 -6 2.18 1.99 .975 2.09 1.67
5 Seasons DH 68
4 Seasons RF 44 33 270.1 50 46 0 4 0 .920 -8.5 -37.7 -6.5 -2.8 -3.6 -2 1.53 1.05 .982 2.13 1.77
1 Season 1B 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.60
1 Season CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
12 Seasons TOT 899 851 7323.1 1806 1682 67 57 12 .968 -42.6 -7.0 -34.6 -14.5 -20.0 -8 2.15 1.95 .949 2.35 2.02
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1977 NYM NL 24 99 92 99 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 1 0 97 0 2 2
1978 NYM NL 25 157 151 157 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 155 0 4 0
1979 NYM NL 26 98 94 98 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 0 0 94 0 3 1
1980 NYM NL 27 143 134 143 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 136 0 8 0
1981 CHC NL 28 82 76 82 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 0 0 77 0 5 0
1982 CHC NL 29 92 64 92 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 0 0 70 0 27 0
1983 SEA AL 30 121 114 121 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 112 0 1 113 4 6 0
1984 SEA AL 31 109 89 109 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 0 52 40 19 0
1985 OAK AL 32 85 46 85 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 11 58 1 31 5
1986 OAK AL 33 11 7 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 2 2
1987 OAK AL 34 46 29 46 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 28 31 4 15 1
1988 HOU NL 35 42 4 42 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 4 8 0 35 0
12 Seasons 1085 900 1085 899 0 0 1 0 0 0 856 1 44 898 49 157 11
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1977 NYM NL 24 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 3 0 1 31 25 0 28 7 1 23 15 0 10 1 0 16 16 0 108 64 59.3% 43 1 0.9% 3 3624 62% 77% 28% 426 45%
1978 NYM NL 25 11 0 11 0 5 20 0 4 2 8 49 41 0 52 15 7 29 12 2 13 3 0 26 24 0 169 95 56.2% 65 9 5.3% 11 5891 57% 79% 28% 674 49%
1979 NYM NL 26 2 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 30 25 0 43 7 1 16 8 0 13 3 0 22 22 0 124 65 52.4% 58 1 0.8% 5 3725 58% 78% 27% 446 45%
1980 NYM NL 27 6 0 6 0 0 6 0 2 1 1 58 44 0 44 11 1 25 16 0 19 3 0 20 20 0 166 94 56.6% 71 1 0.6% 5 5332 54% 79% 25% 632 48%
1981 CHC NL 28 7 0 7 0 1 5 0 3 0 0 30 21 0 33 9 0 18 11 0 9 2 0 17 16 1 107 59 55.1% 47 1 0.9% 4 3084 55% 78% 31% 363 44%
1982 CHC NL 29 6 0 6 0 2 5 0 3 1 1 14 9 1 23 3 0 9 6 1 8 3 0 10 10 0 64 31 48.4% 31 2 3.1% 3 2363 50% 80% 24% 248 53%
1983 SEA AL 30 6 0 6 0 4 15 0 6 2 4 49 37 1 42 18 1 26 14 2 9 1 0 18 16 0 144 86 59.7% 54 4 2.8% 11 4032 57% 77% 23% 454 43%
1984 SEA AL 31 6 0 6 0 2 5 0 3 0 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 11 11 0 19 14 73.7% 4 1 5.3% 4 1759 60% 76% 24% 103 85%
1985 OAK AL 32 2 0 2 0 2 3 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 1 0 9 8 0 18 10 55.6% 7 1 5.6% 2 1436 61% 79% 27% 78 91%
1986 OAK AL 33 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 217 49% 75% 34% 17 47%
1987 OAK AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 118 57% 74% 31% 11 36%
1988 HOU NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 75 36% 80% 47% 13 69%
12 Seasons 52 0 52 0 18 70 0 27 7 18 271 209 2 267 70 11 151 85 7 92 19 0 150 144 1 931 527 56.6% 383 21 2.3% 49 31656 57% 78% 26% 3465 49%
MLB Averages 58.3% 2.7% 57% 78% 28% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1983 SEA AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 71% 71% 16% 3 67%
1985 OAK AL 32 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 276 49% 78% 30% 18 61%
1987 OAK AL 34 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 0 5 1 0 2 2 0 4 1 0 2 1 0 21 8 38.1% 13 0 0.0% 0 831 56% 76% 30% 64 45%
1988 HOU NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 99 54% 71% 30% 7 57%
4 Seasons 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 0 6 1 0 4 4 0 4 1 0 2 1 0 25 10 40.0% 15 0 0.0% 0 1237 55% 76% 30% 92 50%
MLB Averages 43.2% 3.0% 57% 78% 28% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1977 NYM NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 78% 67% 22% 2 0%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 78% 67% 22% 2 0%
MLB Averages 42.3% 2.1% 57% 78% 28% 61%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1988 HOU NL 35 4 75% 100% 50% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 4 75% 100% 50% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 57% 78% 27% 94% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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