Dave
Henderson
 
Nickname: Hendu
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 225
 
Born: July 21, 1958 in Usa, CA, MERCED
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1988   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 22 NYG NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 7 6 7 5 4 4 5 4 4
1982 23 NYG NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 7 5 5 5 5 4 4
1983 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 7 5 5 5 6 5 5
1984 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 6 7 7 6 7 5 5 5 6 5 5
1985 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 6 7 7 6 7 6 5 5 6 5 6
1986 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 6 6 5 6
1987 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 6 6 6 6
1988 29 NYG NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 8 7 7 6 5 6 6 6 6
1989 30 NYG NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 7 6 7 8 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1990 31 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 6 6 6 7 6 7 5 4 4 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 5 6 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1981 22 AAA   84 324 40 86 19 2 14 47 0 0 24 58 .265 .316 .466 .782 46.7  
    AA   53 206 39 63 15 3 11 36 0 0 24 50 .306 .378 .568 .946 41.2  
1982 23 AAA   137 520 71 131 18 6 23 87 0 0 54 102 .252 .322 .442 .765 75.3  
1983 24 NYG NL 65 215 20 55 12 0 9 30 0 0 5 43 .256 .274 .437 .711 25.2 4.4
    AAA   66 243 43 77 16 1 18 57 0 0 20 50 .317 .369 .613 .982 50.3  
1984 25 NYG NL 151 488 60 91 24 3 15 51 2 0 26 84 .186 .228 .340 .568 33.5 0.1
1985 26 NYG NL 153 527 46 116 23 5 14 59 0 1 39 105 .220 .272 .362 .635 51.1 7.8
1986 27 NYG NL 155 588 64 126 38 4 20 72 2 0 48 139 .214 .273 .395 .668 61.7 8.2
1987 28 NYG NL 153 551 50 110 33 3 8 69 0 0 51 124 .200 .269 .314 .583 45.1 2.5
1988 29 NYG NL 64 177 20 35 11 1 5 20 0 0 20 43 .198 .279 .356 .635 15.9 1.0
1989 30 NYG NL 13 18 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .111 .200 .167 .367 0.0 0.0
1990 31 NYG NL 17 42 6 16 6 0 3 13 1 1 5 4 .381 .429 .738 1.167 11.7 3.0
8 Years Sim 771 2606 269 551 148 16 74 314 5 2 196 548 .211 .266 .366 .632 244.2 27.1
3 Years AAA 287 1087 154 294 53 9 55 191 0 0 98 210 .270 .331 .488 .818 172.4  
1 Years AA 53 206 39 63 15 3 11 36 0 0 24 50 .306 .371 .568 .939 41.2  
4 Years Minors 340 1293 193 357 68 12 66 227 0 0 122 260 .276 .337 .500 .838 213.6  
162 Game Average 547 56 115 31 3 15 65 1 0 41 115 .211 .266 .366 .632 51.3  
Career Highs 155 588 64 126 38 5 20 72 2 1 51 139 .381 .429 .738 1.167 61.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1805 172 382 105 8 46 216 3 1 123 378 .212 .261 .355 .617 167.1
vs LH   801 97 169 43 8 28 98 2 1 73 170 .211 .277 .390 .667 88.8
Home 386 1273 127 266 82 6 39 157 2 0 103 275 .209 .268 .375 .642 129.6
Away 385 1333 142 285 66 10 35 157 3 2 93 273 .214 .265 .357 .622 126.2
RISP   603 0 138 37 3 19 222 0 0 57 125 .229 .290 .395 .684 71.4
Pinch Hitting   30 0 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 .200 .273 .233 .506 1.9
Close/Late   235 12 39 9 1 1 12 0 0 16 67 .166 .217 .226 .442 9.6
Mar/Apr 122 426 48 79 24 1 12 48 1 0 37 95 .185 .252 .331 .583 36.0
May 112 387 44 90 21 3 12 41 0 0 37 71 .233 .300 .395 .695 46.6
June 119 384 29 74 11 3 10 38 2 1 29 89 .193 .248 .315 .563 30.6
July 129 445 45 96 30 4 11 49 0 0 34 86 .216 .271 .375 .646 45.2
August 142 496 49 105 30 2 11 63 0 1 30 115 .212 .255 .347 .602 42.9
Sep/Oct 142 468 54 107 32 3 18 75 2 0 29 92 .229 .275 .425 .700 54.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1983 24 NYG NL LF 63 63 521.0 104 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1984 25 NYG NL 1B 151 151 1201.0 1393 98 12 115 .992 11.17 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    LF 3 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1985 26 NYG NL 1B 126 125 1028.0 1217 93 19 113 .986 11.47 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    LF 4 3 28.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 4 0 6.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0  
1986 27 NYG NL RF 55 52 434.3 93 3 0 1 1.000 1.99 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 3 2 20.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 3 0 5.0 4 2 0 0 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 28 NYG NL RF 149 148 1246.0 263 6 6 3 .978 1.94 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    1B 26 0 60.0 67 5 0 5 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1988 29 NYG NL 1B 25 23 208.0 239 15 2 21 .992 10.99 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 22 19 169.7 38 0 2 0 .950 2.02 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 4 3 26.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 1 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
1989 30 NYG NL 1B 7 3 30.0 36 4 1 7 .976 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1990 31 NYG NL 1B 11 7 63.7 87 2 0 8 1.000 12.58 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 1 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
  1B 349 309 2595.7 3043 219 34 269 .990 11.31 0 0 .000 0 3.9
  RF 230 220 1865.0 395 9 8 4 .981 1.95 0 0 .000 0 2.5
  LF 81 72 614.0 127 0 0 0 1.000 1.86 0 0 .000 0 0.9
  CF 8 2 25.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.81 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   670 603 5105.3 3574 228 42 273 .989 6.70 0 0 .000 0 7.4
Career Highs   176 151 1307.0 1397 98 19 115 1.000 11.17 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1983 24 NYG NL 5 18 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 6 .278 .300 .444 .744
1984 25 NYG NL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1988 29 NYG NL 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .200 .000 .200
1990 31 NYG NL 3 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .091 .167 .091 .258
Career Post-Season Batting 14 35 2 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 11 .171 .231 .257 .488
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1986-4-155
At-Bats
1986-7-588
Strikeouts
1986-2-139
1987-7-124
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  4. Jim Morrison (941)
  5. George Alusik (941)
  6. Joe Rudi (940)
  7. Gary Matthews (940)
  8. Bill Wilson (935)
  9. Byron Browne (931)
  10. Leon Roberts (930)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1981
Injured on 4/5/1983 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 7/4/1983, off Mario Soto (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 7/5/1983, off Dennis Eckersley (BOS)
4/3/1986: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/8/1986, hitting .474 with 2 HR, 3 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1986, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1988
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
6/1/1989: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)