Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Encyclopedia of Players > H Listing > Steve Henderson Statistics and History

News: s-r blog:See League Trends with League Splits in Team Split Finders – Baseball-Reference.com

 
Steve Henderson

Steven Curtis Henderson

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 18, 1952 in Houston, TX
High School: Jack Yates HS (Houston, TX)
School: Prairie View A&M University (Prairie View, TX)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 5th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 1977 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Mets/Mariners/Cubs/Athletics/Astros 1977-1988
Agents: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: September 28, 1988 (Age 35)
    About biographical information

5
28
5
5
24
5
View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Player News

Add Your Blog Posts Here · Player News Archive · Player News RSS Feed · Hide Stories

Fan EloRater

Fine Details  · Last updated May 24, 2013 12:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1364. Tom Brookens… #1365. Tommy Griffith… #1366. Ivan de Jesus… #1367. STEVE HENDERSON… #1368. Rick Manning… #1369. Babe Young… #1370. Davy Jones… 

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1977 24 NYM NL 99 398 350 67 104 16 6 12 65 6 3 43 79 .297 .372 .480 .852 133 168 13 1 0 4 2 7/8 RoY-2
1978 25 NYM NL 157 654 587 83 156 30 9 10 65 13 7 60 109 .266 .333 .399 .732 108 234 24 2 0 5 3 *7
1979 26 NYM NL 98 393 350 42 107 16 8 5 39 13 5 38 58 .306 .380 .440 .820 129 154 7 4 1 0 6 7
1980 27 NYM NL 143 584 513 75 149 17 8 8 58 23 12 62 90 .290 .368 .402 .770 118 206 17 3 3 3 3 *7
1981 28 CHC NL 82 337 287 32 84 9 5 5 35 5 7 42 61 .293 .382 .411 .793 122 118 7 2 2 4 7 *7
1982 29 CHC NL 92 283 257 23 60 12 4 2 29 6 5 22 64 .233 .293 .335 .627 74 86 4 0 3 1 3 7
1983 30 SEA AL 121 484 436 50 128 32 3 10 54 10 14 44 82 .294 .356 .450 .806 117 196 9 0 1 3 2 *7/D9
1984 31 SEA AL 109 364 325 42 85 12 3 10 35 2 4 38 62 .262 .341 .409 .750 109 133 6 1 0 0 4 7D
1985 32 OAK AL 85 213 193 25 58 8 3 3 31 0 0 18 34 .301 .358 .420 .778 121 81 10 0 1 1 0 79/D
1986 33 OAK AL 11 27 26 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 .077 .074 .115 .189 -47 3 3 0 0 1 0 /7D
1987 34 OAK AL 46 126 114 14 33 7 0 3 9 0 0 12 19 .289 .357 .430 .787 115 49 7 0 0 0 1 9/D7
1988 35 HOU NL 42 53 46 4 10 2 0 0 5 1 1 7 14 .217 .321 .261 .582 73 12 1 0 0 0 1 /793
12 Yrs 1085 3916 3484 459 976 162 49 68 428 79 58 386 677 .280 .352 .413 .765 114 1440 108 13 11 22 32
162 Game Avg. 162 585 520 69 146 24 7 10 64 12 9 58 101 .280 .352 .413 .765 114 215 16 2 2 3 5
NYM (4 yrs) 497 2029 1800 267 516 79 31 35 227 55 27 203 336 .287 .360 .423 .783 120 762 61 10 4 12 14
OAK (3 yrs) 142 366 333 41 93 16 3 6 43 0 0 30 58 .279 .337 .399 .736 106 133 20 0 1 2 1
CHC (2 yrs) 174 620 544 55 144 21 9 7 64 11 12 64 125 .265 .341 .375 .716 100 204 11 2 5 5 10
SEA (2 yrs) 230 848 761 92 213 44 6 20 89 12 18 82 144 .280 .349 .432 .782 114 329 15 1 1 3 6
HOU (1 yr) 42 53 46 4 10 2 0 0 5 1 1 7 14 .217 .321 .261 .582 73 12 1 0 0 0 1
NL (7 yrs) 713 2702 2390 326 670 102 40 42 296 67 40 274 475 .280 .355 .409 .764 115 978 73 12 9 17 25
AL (5 yrs) 372 1214 1094 133 306 60 9 26 132 12 18 112 202 .280 .346 .422 .768 111 462 35 1 2 5 7

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1977 24 NYM NL 99 398 15 2 0 1 -4 13 1.4 13 26 2.6 .514 .509 2.5 -0.4 25 7/8 RoY-2
1978 25 NYM NL 157 654 9 3 -1 -2 -6 4 0.4 21 24 2.5 .502 .502 2.5 -0.9 26 *7
1979 26 NYM NL 98 393 12 -1 -0 -4 -4 3 0.3 13 16 1.6 .503 .502 1.9 -0.8 19 7
1980 27 NYM NL 143 584 17 1 -1 -7 -5 5 0.5 20 25 2.5 .504 .504 3.3 -1.4 32 *7
1981 28 CHC NL 82 337 10 -2 -1 -8 -3 -4 -0.5 12 7 0.7 .494 .497 1.5 -1.3 15 *7
1982 29 CHC NL 92 283 -6 -0 0 0 -2 -8 -0.9 10 2 0.1 .490 .495 0.0 -0.2 2 7
1983 30 SEA AL 121 484 11 -6 0 -8 -5 -7 -0.6 17 10 1.0 .494 .496 1.8 -1.3 18 *7/D9
1984 31 SEA AL 109 364 4 -1 0 -2 -7 -6 -0.5 12 7 0.6 .495 .496 0.9 -0.9 9 $400,000 7D
1985 32 OAK AL 85 213 8 1 -0 -9 -2 -3 -0.2 7 4 0.4 .497 .498 1.3 -1.1 13 $150,000 79/D
1986 33 OAK AL 11 27 -5 0 -1 -1 -0 -8 -0.8 1 -7 -0.7 .426 .495 -0.6 -0.2 -5 $200,000 /7D
1987 34 OAK AL 46 126 3 -0 -1 -5 -2 -5 -0.5 4 -1 -0.1 .489 .497 0.4 -0.6 4 $75,000 9/D7
1988 35 HOU NL 42 53 -2 0 -0 2 -0 -0 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.2 -0 /793
12 Seasons 1085 3916 77 -4 -4 -43 -41 -15 -1.4 131 116 11.4 .499 .499 15.5 -8.9 159 $825,000
NYM (4 yrs) 497 2029 54 4 -2 -11 -20 25 2.6 66 92 9.2 .505 .504 10.2 -3.5 103
OAK (3 yrs) 142 366 6 0 -2 -15 -4 -15 -1.5 13 -3 -0.4 .489 .497 1.1 -1.9 12 $425,000
CHC (2 yrs) 174 620 4 -3 -1 -8 -5 -12 -1.3 21 9 0.8 .492 .496 1.5 -1.5 17
SEA (2 yrs) 230 848 15 -6 0 -10 -11 -12 -1.1 29 17 1.6 .494 .496 2.7 -2.2 27 $400,000
HOU (1 yr) 42 53 -2 0 -0 2 -0 -0 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.2 -0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 NYM NL 24 LF 97 92 84 813.2 196 188 4 4 1 .980 1 1 2.12 1.98 .972 1.93 1.93 RoY-2
1977 NYM NL 24 OF 97 92 84 815.2 197 189 4 4 1 .980 1 1 2.13 1.99 .978 2.26 2.26 RoY-2
1977 NYM NL 24 CF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70 RoY-2
1978 NYM NL 25 LF 155 151 139 1332.1 341 310 20 11 3 .968 -2 -1 2.23 2.13 .978 1.99 1.97
1978 NYM NL 25 OF 155 151 139 1332.1 344 315 18 11 3 .968 -2 -1 2.25 2.15 .980 2.31 2.29
1979 NYM NL 26 LF 94 94 80 831.2 205 197 6 2 3 .990 -4 -5 2.20 2.16 .970 2.01 2.00
1979 NYM NL 26 OF 94 94 80 831.2 209 201 6 2 3 .990 -4 -5 2.24 2.20 .979 2.33 2.32
1980 NYM NL 27 LF 136 134 120 1188.0 311 299 6 6 1 .981 -7 -7 2.31 2.24 .976 2.06 2.06
1980 NYM NL 27 OF 136 134 120 1188.0 312 299 7 6 1 .981 -7 -7 2.32 2.25 .980 2.31 2.31
1981 CHC NL 28 LF 77 76 62 673.2 169 157 5 7 2 .959 -8 -15 2.16 2.10 .975 2.12 2.13
1981 CHC NL 28 OF 77 76 62 673.2 164 152 4 8 2 .951 -8 -15 2.08 2.03 .980 2.33 2.34
1982 CHC NL 29 LF 70 64 36 529.2 138 127 5 6 0 .957 0 0 2.24 1.89 .973 2.08 2.08
1982 CHC NL 29 OF 70 64 36 529.2 137 126 5 6 0 .956 0 0 2.23 1.87 .978 2.25 2.26
1983 SEA AL 30 LF 112 109 67 888.0 203 182 15 6 3 .970 -8 -11 2.00 1.76 .977 2.32 2.30
1983 SEA AL 30 OF 112 110 67 896.0 203 182 15 6 2 .970 -8 -11 1.98 1.76 .981 2.50 2.48
1983 SEA AL 30 DH 5 4
1983 SEA AL 30 RF 1 1 0 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 45 2.25 2.00 .980 2.25 2.20
1984 SEA AL 31 OF 53 49 19 390.2 94 84 4 6 0 .936 -2 -6 2.03 1.66 .983 2.51 2.49
1984 SEA AL 31 LF 52 49 19 390.2 97 86 5 6 0 .938 -2 -6 2.10 1.75 .982 2.27 2.26
1984 SEA AL 31 DH 51 40
1985 OAK AL 32 OF 58 45 27 367.2 86 79 3 4 0 .953 -9 -29 2.01 1.41 .982 2.44 2.42
1985 OAK AL 32 LF 47 39 22 310.2 74 69 3 2 0 .973 -6 -21 2.09 1.53 .977 2.25 2.23
1985 OAK AL 32 RF 11 6 5 57.0 13 11 0 2 0 .846 -3 -72 1.74 1.00 .980 2.16 2.15
1985 OAK AL 32 DH 1 1
1986 OAK AL 33 LF 7 7 2 49.0 10 8 0 2 0 .800 -1 -32 1.47 1.14 .977 2.24 2.21
1986 OAK AL 33 OF 7 7 2 49.0 10 8 0 2 0 .800 -1 -32 1.47 1.14 .980 2.39 2.37
1986 OAK AL 33 DH 1 0
1987 OAK AL 34 OF 31 25 14 207.0 35 33 0 2 0 .943 -5 -28 1.43 1.06 .980 2.31 2.29
1987 OAK AL 34 RF 28 24 13 181.1 31 29 0 2 0 .935 -6 -38 1.44 1.04 .979 2.12 2.10
1987 OAK AL 34 DH 8 4
1987 OAK AL 34 LF 5 1 1 25.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 47 1.40 0.80 .975 2.10 2.08
1988 HOU NL 35 OF 8 4 0 41.0 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 2 50 2.85 1.63 .982 2.28 2.29
1988 HOU NL 35 LF 4 2 0 17.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1 92 4.76 2.25 .980 2.12 2.12
1988 HOU NL 35 RF 4 2 0 24.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 20 1.50 1.00 .980 2.06 2.05
1988 HOU NL 35 1B 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 18.00 2.00 .990 9.90 10.00
12 Seasons OF 898 851 650 7322.1 1804 1680 67 57 12 .968 -43 -7 2.15 1.95 .980 2.35 2.34
12 Seasons LF 856 818 632 7050.0 1757 1635 70 52 13 .970 -34 -6 2.18 1.99 .975 2.09 2.08
4 Seasons RF 44 33 18 270.1 50 46 0 4 0 .920 -9 -38 1.53 1.05 .979 2.13 2.11
1 Season CF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 18.00 2.00 .990 9.90 10.00
12 Seasons TOT 899 851 650 7323.1 1806 1682 67 57 12 .968 -43 -7 2.15 1.95 .980 2.35 2.35
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

On-Base% s c a p y
1980 NL  .368 (9th)
1981 NL  .382 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1978 NL  9 (4th)
1980 NL  8 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1978 NL  109 (6th)
1981 NL  61 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1978 NL  24 (1st)
1980 NL  17 (5th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1983 AL  14 (4th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1978 NL  155 (2nd)
1980 NL  136 (5th)
Career  856 (82nd)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1978 NL  310 (2nd)
1980 NL  299 (5th)
Career  1,635 (75th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1978 NL  20 (2nd)
1983 AL  15 (3rd)
Career  70 (54th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1978 NL  11 (1st)
1980 NL  6 (4th)
1981 NL  7 (1st)
1983 AL  6 (5th)
1984 AL  6 (5th)
Career  52 (50th)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1977 NL  1 (4th)
1978 NL  3 (2nd)
1979 NL  3 (3rd)
1980 NL  1 (3rd)
1981 NL  2 (1st)
1983 AL  3 (3rd)
Career  13 (53rd)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1978 NL  155 (3rd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1978 NL  18 (3rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1978 NL  11 (3rd)
1981 NL  8 (1st)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
1978 NL  3 (4th)
1981 NL  2 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1977 NL  2.12 (3rd)
1978 NL  2.23 (2nd)
1979 NL  2.20 (3rd)
1980 NL  2.31 (2nd)
1981 NL  2.16 (5th)
Career  2.18 (27th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1977 NL  1.98 (3rd)
1978 NL  2.13 (2nd)
1979 NL  2.16 (2nd)
1980 NL  2.24 (1st)
Career  1.99 (75th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1980 NL  .981 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2182), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1244), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Left Field (186th), 11.4 career WAR/11.5 7yr-peak WAR/11.4 JAWS
Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 64.9 career WAR/41.2 7yr-peak WAR/53.1 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Floyd Robinson (965)
  2. Melky Cabrera (960)
  3. Al Zarilla (958)
  4. Irv Noren (957)
  5. Gene Moore (951)
  6. Reed Johnson (949)
  7. Jim Russell (948)
  8. Warren Cromartie (946)
  9. Willie Crawford (946)
  10. Phil Bradley (944)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Jackie Brandt (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bernard Gilkey (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Johnny Hopp (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bernard Gilkey (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Johnny Grubb (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Irv Noren (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Floyd Robinson (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Floyd Robinson (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Gene Woodling (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Irv Noren (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Irv Noren (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
198431Seattle Mariners$400,0002/13/84 TSN
198532Oakland Athletics$150,0001985 USA Today survey
198633Oakland Athletics$200,0001986 USA Today survey
198734Oakland Athletics$75,0001987 USA Today survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$825,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     WahooSam.com     WhatIfSports: Steve Henderson    

Viewed 22,043 times through May 24, 2013.
Name and misspellings: Steven Curtis Steve hendersen Henderson

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.