Rickey Henderson

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: December 25, 1958 in Chicago, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 4th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from Oakland Technical HS (Oakland, CA).

High School: Oakland Technical HS (Oakland, CA)

Debut: June 24, 1979 (Age 20-181d, 14,198th in major league history)
vs. TEX 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: September 19, 2003 (Age 44-268d)
vs. SFG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2009. (Voted by BBWAA on 511/539 ballots)
View Rickey Henderson's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Agents: Dennis Gilbert, Dan Horwits • Previously: Richie Bry

Full Name: Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson

Nicknames: Man of Steal

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

111.1

10961

3055

297

.279

2295

RBI

1115

1406

OBP

.401

SLG

.419

OPS

.820

OPS+

127

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
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
1976	17	OAK-min	A-	46	177	140	34	47	13	2	3	23	29	7	33	32	.336	.463	.521	.985		73		2	0	2			BOI · NORW
1977	18	OAK-min	A	134	599	481	120	166	18	4	11	69	95	22	104	67	.345	.466	.468	.934		225		7	5	2			MOD · CALL
1978	19	OAK-min	AA	133	561	455	81	141	14	4	0	34	81	28	83	67	.310	.417	.358	.775		163		3	16	4			JER · EL
1979	20	OAK-min	AAA	71	328	259	66	80	11	8	3	26	44	9	53	41	.309	.430	.448	.878		116		3	12	1			OGD · PCL
1979	20	OAK	AL	89	398	351	49	96	13	3	1	26	33	11	34	39	.274	.338	.336	.675	88	118	4	2	8	3	0	78/9
1980	21	OAK	AL	158	722	591	111	179	22	4	9	53	*100*	26	117	54	.303	.420	.399	.820	135	236	6	5	6	3	7	*7/D	AS,MVP-10
1981	22	OAK	AL	108	493	423	89	135	18	7	6	35	56	22	64	68	.319	.408	.437	.845	151	185	7	2	0	4	4	*7/H	MVP-2,GG,SS
1982	23	OAK	AL	149	656	536	119	143	24	4	10	51	*130*	42	*116*	94	.267	.398	.382	.780	122	205	5	2	0	2	1	*78/HD	AS,MVP-10
1983	24	OAK	AL	145	622	513	105	150	25	7	9	48	*108*	19	103	80	.292	.414	.421	.835	139	216	11	4	1	1	8	*7/8HD	AS,MVP-24
1984	25	OAK	AL	142	597	502	113	147	27	4	16	58	66	18	86	81	.293	.399	.458	.857	146	230	7	5	1	3	1	*7/8H	AS
1985	26	NYY-min	A	3	11	6	5	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	5	2	.167	.545	.500	1.045		3		0	0	0	0		FTL · FLOR
1985	26	NYY	AL	143	654	547	*146*	172	28	5	24	72	80	10	99	65	.314	.419	.516	.934	157	282	8	3	0	5	1	*8/7HD	AS,MVP-3,SS
1986	27	NYY	AL	153	701	608	*130*	160	31	5	28	74	87	18	89	81	.263	.358	.469	.827	125	285	12	2	0	2	2	*87/DH	AS
1987	28	NYY	AL	95	440	358	78	104	17	3	17	37	41	8	80	52	.291	.423	.497	.920	145	178	10	2	0	0	1	87D/H	AS
1988	29	NYY	AL	140	647	554	118	169	30	2	6	50	93	13	82	54	.305	.394	.399	.793	124	221	6	3	2	6	1	*7/8DH	AS,MVP-18
1989	30	TOT	AL	150	674	541	*113*	148	26	3	12	57	77	14	126	68	.274	.411	.399	.810	132	216	8	3	0	4	5	*7/DH	MVP-9
1989	30	NYY	AL	65	293	235	41	58	13	1	3	22	25	8	56	29	.247	.392	.349	.741	112	82	0	1	0	1	0	7/H
1989	30	OAK	AL	85	381	306	72	90	13	2	9	35	52	6	70	39	.294	.425	.438	.863	148	134	8	2	0	3	5	7/DH
1990	31	OAK	AL	136	594	489	*119*	159	33	3	28	61	65	10	97	60	.325	*.439*	.577	*1.016*	*189*	282	13	4	2	2	2	*7D/H	AS,MVP-1,SS
1991	32	OAK	AL	134	578	470	105	126	17	1	18	57	58	18	98	73	.268	.400	.423	.823	135	199	7	7	0	3	7	*7D/H	AS
1992	33	OAK	AL	117	500	396	77	112	18	3	15	46	48	11	95	56	.283	.426	.457	.883	155	181	5	6	0	3	5	7/DH
1993	34	TOT	AL	134	610	481	114	139	22	2	21	59	53	8	120	65	.289	.432	.474	.906	148	228	9	4	1	4	7	*7D/H
1993	34	OAK	AL	90	407	318	77	104	19	1	17	47	31	6	85	46	.327	.469	.553	1.023	182	176	8	2	0	2	6	7D/H
1993	34	TOR	AL	44	203	163	37	35	3	1	4	12	22	2	35	19	.215	.356	.319	.675	83	52	1	2	1	2	1	7
1994	35	OAK	AL	87	376	296	66	77	13	0	6	20	22	7	72	45	.260	.411	.365	.776	111	108	0	5	1	2	1	7D8/H
1995	36	OAK	AL	112	487	407	67	122	31	1	9	54	32	10	72	66	.300	.407	.447	.855	132	182	8	4	1	3	2	7D/H
1996	37	SDP	NL	148	602	465	110	112	17	2	9	29	37	15	125	90	.241	.410	.344	.754	108	160	5	10	0	2	2	*7H98
1997	38	TOT	MLB	120	509	403	84	100	14	0	8	34	45	8	97	85	.248	.400	.342	.742	101	138	10	6	1	2	2	7D8H/9
1997	38	SDP	NL	88	365	288	63	79	11	0	6	27	29	4	71	62	.274	.422	.375	.797	118	108	7	4	0	2	2	78H/9D
1997	38	ANA	AL	32	144	115	21	21	3	0	2	7	16	4	26	23	.183	.343	.261	.604	60	30	3	2	1	0	0	D7/8
1998	39	OAK	AL	152	670	542	101	128	16	1	14	57	66	13	118	114	.236	.376	.347	.723	94	188	5	5	2	3	0	*78/H
1999	40	NYM	NL	121	526	438	89	138	30	0	12	42	37	14	82	82	.315	.423	.466	.889	128	204	4	2	1	3	1	*7/HD
2000	41	TOT	MLB	123	519	420	75	98	14	2	4	32	36	11	88	75	.233	.368	.305	.673	78	128	11	4	3	4	1	*7/HD
2000	41	NYM	NL	31	124	96	17	21	1	0	0	2	5	2	25	20	.219	.387	.229	.616	64	22	2	2	0	1	1	7/H
2000	41	SEA	AL	92	395	324	58	77	13	2	4	30	31	9	63	55	.238	.362	.327	.689	82	106	9	2	3	3	0	7/HD
2001	42	SDP-min	AAA	9	42	40	5	11	3	0	0	2	1	0	1	9	.275	.293	.350	.643		14	1	0	1	0	0		POR · PCL
2001	42	SDP	NL	123	465	379	70	86	17	3	8	42	25	7	81	84	.227	.366	.351	.717	95	133	8	3	0	2	0	7H/D
2002	43	BOS	AL	72	222	179	40	40	6	1	5	16	8	2	38	47	.223	.369	.352	.721	92	63	3	4	0	1	0	7H/D89
2003	44	LAD	NL	30	84	72	7	15	1	0	2	5	3	0	11	16	.208	.321	.306	.627	70	22	0	1	0	0	0	7H
25 Yrs				3081	13346	10961	2295	3055	510	66	297	1115	1406	335	2190	1694	.279	.401	.419	.820	127	4588	172	98	30	67	61
162 Game Avg.				162	702	576	121	161	27	3	16	59	74	18	115	89	.279	.401	.419	.820	127	241	9	5	2	4	3
				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
OAK (14 yrs)				1704	7481	6140	1270	1768	289	41	167	648	867	219	1227	915	.288	.409	.430	.839	137	2640	94	55	22	37	49
NYY (5 yrs)				596	2735	2302	513	663	119	16	78	255	326	57	406	281	.288	.395	.455	.850	135	1048	36	11	2	14	5
SDP (3 yrs)				359	1432	1132	243	277	45	5	23	98	91	26	277	236	.245	.399	.354	.753	106	401	20	17	0	6	4
NYM (2 yrs)				152	650	534	106	159	31	0	12	44	42	16	107	102	.298	.416	.423	.839	117	226	6	4	1	4	2
BOS (1 yr)				72	222	179	40	40	6	1	5	16	8	2	38	47	.223	.369	.352	.721	92	63	3	4	0	1	0
LAD (1 yr)				30	84	72	7	15	1	0	2	5	3	0	11	16	.208	.321	.306	.627	70	22	0	1	0	0	0
ANA (1 yr)				32	144	115	21	21	3	0	2	7	16	4	26	23	.183	.343	.261	.604	60	30	3	2	1	0	0
SEA (1 yr)				92	395	324	58	77	13	2	4	30	31	9	63	55	.238	.362	.327	.689	82	106	9	2	3	3	0
TOR (1 yr)				44	203	163	37	35	3	1	4	12	22	2	35	19	.215	.356	.319	.675	83	52	1	2	1	2	1

AL (21 yrs)				2540	11180	9223	1939	2604	433	61	260	968	1270	293	1795	1340	.282	.401	.427	.828	131	3939	146	76	29	57	55
NL (6 yrs)				541	2166	1738	356	451	77	5	37	147	136	42	395	354	.259	.401	.373	.774	108	649	26	22	1	10	6

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