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Rickey
Henderson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 200
 
Born: December 25, 1958 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger 1982    1983    1985    1986    1987    1989   
Gold Glove 1986    1987    1988   
All-Star Selections 1982    1983    1984    1985    1986    1987    1988    1989   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1979 20 PHN NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 10 10 10 7 7 7
1980 21 PHN NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 7 6 6 10 10 10 8 7 7
1981 22 PHN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 8 7 7
1982 23 PHN NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 8 8 8 8 7 7 10 10 10 8 7 8
1983 24 PHN NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 7 7
1984 25 PHN NL $ 8,242,857   9 9 9 9 8 9 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 7 7
1985 26 PHN NL $ 9,500,000   9 9 9 9 8 9 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 7 7
1986 27 PHN NL $ 9,500,000   9 9 9 9 8 9 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 7 7
1987 28 PHN NL $ 9,500,000   9 9 9 9 8 9 8 8 8 10 10 10 7 7 7
1988 29 PHN NL $ 9,500,000   9 9 9 9 8 9 8 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1989 30 PHN NL $ 17,200,000   9 9 9 9 8 9 8 8 8 10 10 10 7 6 6
1990 31 PHN NL $ 17,200,000   9 9 9 9 8 9 8 8 8 10 10 10 7 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 10 10 10 7 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 17,200,000   9 9 9 9 8 9 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 7 8
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
1979 20 AAA   137 505 81 134 20 3 22 84 38 8 101 67 .265 .388 .448 .835 96.7  
1980 21 PHN NL 53 207 24 47 6 3 8 30 21 13 27 27 .227 .325 .401 .726 27.0 5.1
    AAA   104 362 72 92 15 3 15 42 23 17 83 44 .254 .393 .436 .830 66.0  
1981 22 PHN NL 155 581 94 148 19 6 23 74 60 39 102 83 .255 .366 .427 .793 92.6 17.9
1982 23 PHN NL 158 591 118 180 24 9 29 103 74 33 100 59 .305 .405 .523 .928 124.4 28.9
1983 24 PHN NL 144 549 108 182 26 7 29 92 95 35 94 60 .332 .429 .563 .991 132.0 38.5
1984 25 PHN NL 156 586 133 173 35 7 28 98 71 33 86 95 .295 .387 .522 .909 116.6 28.9
1985 26 PHN NL 153 588 139 180 32 10 40 117 73 36 108 73 .306 .415 .599 1.014 135.4 31.9
1986 27 PHN NL 154 587 122 192 37 7 33 105 92 30 93 77 .327 .424 .583 1.006 139.7 41.4
1987 28 PHN NL 156 536 120 154 26 8 40 127 64 34 115 79 .287 .413 .590 1.002 122.0 31.3
1988 29 PHN NL 152 573 106 175 24 12 33 101 68 25 81 92 .305 .392 .562 .954 122.7 32.2
1989 30 PHN NL 155 559 110 171 31 12 23 79 74 31 90 97 .306 .405 .528 .933 111.1 26.8
1990 31 PHN NL 154 579 96 167 35 6 17 93 75 26 82 104 .288 .375 .458 .833 102.7 24.0
11 Years Sim 1590 5936 1170 1769 295 87 303 1019 767 335 978 846 .298 .398 .530 .929 1226.2 306.8
2 Years AAA 241 867 153 226 35 6 37 126 61 25 184 111 .261 .392 .443 .835 162.7  
162 Game Average 604 119 180 30 8 30 103 78 34 99 86 .298 .398 .530 .929 124.9  
Career Highs 158 591 139 192 37 12 40 127 95 39 115 104 .332 .429 .599 1.014 139.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4281 814 1240 209 69 203 690 526 238 640 625 .290 .383 .513 .896 838.2
vs LH   1655 356 529 86 18 100 329 241 97 338 221 .320 .435 .575 1.010 406.3
Home 803 2927 576 855 142 45 161 504 362 169 479 425 .292 .393 .536 .930 609.4
Away 787 3009 594 914 153 42 142 515 405 166 499 421 .304 .403 .524 .928 635.1
RISP   1503 0 470 72 18 82 700 0 0 284 217 .313 .418 .548 .966 335.0
Pinch Hitting   46 9 12 0 0 2 10 3 4 15 8 .261 .443 .391 .834 9.0
Close/Late   683 131 239 34 11 39 139 0 2 129 91 .350 .454 .603 1.058 170.2
Mar/Apr 244 900 168 246 34 14 40 133 123 37 151 141 .273 .379 .476 .854 174.5
May 268 1023 205 310 53 15 41 173 160 57 172 152 .303 .405 .504 .910 213.9
June 259 942 216 317 55 13 60 179 129 58 178 123 .337 .443 .614 1.056 239.2
July 246 944 175 259 43 14 44 145 129 47 133 151 .274 .363 .489 .852 175.5
August 302 1128 208 325 49 16 65 210 112 77 184 155 .288 .388 .533 .921 224.0
Sep/Oct 271 999 198 312 61 15 53 179 114 59 160 124 .312 .411 .563 .973 217.4
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
1980 21 PHN NL CF 41 41 365.0 92 1 3 1 .969 2.29 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    LF 9 9 84.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.39 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 3 2 19.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 0 0 .000 0  
1981 22 PHN NL CF 151 146 1320.0 346 3 7 1 .980 2.38 0 0 .000 0 4.2
    RF 4 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1982 23 PHN NL CF 152 145 1298.7 349 2 10 0 .972 2.43 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1983 24 PHN NL CF 142 139 1252.7 367 3 11 1 .971 2.66 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1984 25 PHN NL CF 154 147 1321.0 377 6 11 3 .972 2.61 0 0 .000 0 4.8
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1985 26 PHN NL LF 149 147 1341.3 263 5 10 3 .964 1.80 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    CF 4 0 8.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.12 0 0 .000 0  
1986 27 PHN NL LF 145 141 1276.0 289 6 5 2 .983 2.08 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    CF 5 5 44.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    C 2 2 17.0 14 0 1 0 .933 7.41 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 28 PHN NL CF 143 143 1274.3 369 8 8 4 .979 2.66 0 0 .000 0 5.1
    LF 10 0 15.0 4 0 1 0 .800 2.40 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 4.0 5 0 0 1 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1988 29 PHN NL CF 133 130 1167.0 349 4 9 3 .975 2.72 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    LF 18 18 162.0 28 0 3 0 .903 1.56 0 0 .000 0  
1989 30 PHN NL CF 110 109 961.7 253 4 5 1 .981 2.41 0 0 .000 0 4.3
    RF 38 36 324.0 63 0 1 0 .984 1.75 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 3 0 10.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.53 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 1 9.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 31 PHN NL CF 151 150 1338.0 347 9 4 3 .989 2.39 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 1186 1155 10351.0 2863 40 68 17 .977 2.52 0 0 .000 0 32.7
  LF 337 315 2892.0 602 11 19 5 .970 1.91 0 0 .000 0 6.8
  RF 51 38 360.0 69 0 1 0 .986 1.73 0 0 .000 0  
  C 2 2 17.0 14 0 1 0 .933 7.41 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 1 9.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1 0 4.0 5 0 0 1 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1578 1511 13633.0 3554 54 89 23 .976 2.38 0 0 .000 0 39.6
Career Highs   156 150 1350.0 379 9 12 5 .989 2.69 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
1981 22 PHN NL 6 23 5 10 3 2 1 4 2 1 5 3 .435 .552 .870 1.421
1985 26 PHN NL 12 49 9 18 4 0 3 8 3 5 7 6 .367 .446 .633 1.079
1986 27 PHN NL 5 22 4 5 0 1 1 3 5 1 1 4 .227 .261 .455 .715
Career Post-Season Batting 23 94 18 33 7 3 5 15 10 7 13 13 .351 .435 .649 1.084
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.
Batting Average
1983-1-.332
1985-9-.306
1986-2-.327
1988-7-.305
1989-8-.306
 On-Base Pct
1982-4-.405
1983-1-.429
1984-1-.387
1985-1-.415
1986-1-.424
1987-3-.413
1988-2-.392
1989-2-.405
1990-10-.375
CAR-22-.398
 Slugging Pct
1982-5-.523
1983-2-.563
1984-3-.522
1985-2-.599
1986-1-.583
1987-3-.590
1988-2-.562
1989-2-.528
CAR-19-.530
 OPS
1982-2-.928
1983-1-.991
1984-2-.909
1985-2-1.014
1986-1-1.006
1987-2-1.002
1988-2-.954
1989-2-.933
CAR-12-.929
 XR
1982-1-124.4
1983-1-132.0
1984-1-116.6
1985-1-135.4
1986-1-139.7
1987-2-122.0
1988-1-122.7
1989-2-111.1
1990-5-102.7
 Games
1981-6-155
1982-1-158
1984-5-156
1987-2-156
1989-6-155
At-Bats
1986-9-587
 Runs
1981-4-94
1982-2-118
1983-3-108
1984-1-133
1985-1-139
1986-1-122
1987-1-120
1988-3-106
1989-2-110
1990-6-96
 Hits
1982-9-180
1983-5-182
1984-8-173
1985-5-180
1986-1-192
1988-9-175
1989-9-171
 Total Bases
1982-3-309
1983-3-309
1984-2-306
1985-1-352
1986-1-342
1987-4-316
1988-1-322
1989-3-295
 Triples
1981-8-6
1982-3-9
1983-6-7
1984-6-7
1985-4-10
1986-7-7
1987-8-8
1988-2-12
1989-1-12
1990-7-6
CAR-25-87
 Homeruns
1982-4-29
1983-4-29
1984-3-28
1985-1-40
1986-4-33
1987-2-40
1988-2-33
RBIs
1982-6-103
1983-10-92
1984-5-98
1985-2-117
1986-4-105
1987-2-127
1988-8-101
1990-10-93
 Stolen Bases
1981-1-60
1982-1-74
1983-1-95
1984-2-71
1985-2-73
1986-1-92
1987-3-64
1988-2-68
1989-1-74
1990-2-75
CAR-3-767
 Caught Stealing
1980-6-13
1981-1-39
1982-2-33
1983-3-35
1984-1-33
1985-3-36
1986-2-30
1987-1-34
1988-2-25
1989-2-31
1990-1-26
CAR-5-335
 Walks
1981-2-102
1982-3-100
1983-2-94
1984-3-86
1985-3-108
1986-5-93
1987-1-115
1988-8-81
1989-4-90
1990-6-82
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 40    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 211    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 62    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Chuck Klein (866)
  2. Norm Siebern (858)
  3. Wes Covington (829)
  4. Dale Murphy (827)
  5. Roy Sievers (818)
  6. Vince Dimaggio (815)
  7. Rocky Colavito (814)
  8. Merv Connors (810)
  9. Lou Gehrig (805)
  10. Gus Zernial (800)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Philadelphia in 1979
Injured on 5/14/1980 with a Bruised Wrist, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 8/1/1980, off Roy Thomas (MIL)
Hit first career homerun on 8/5/1980, off La marr Hoyt (TAM)
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/12/1982, hitting .550 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1983, hitting .385 with 6 HR, 18 RBI
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/26/1983, hitting .520 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1983, hitting .402 with 6 HR, 23 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/2/1983, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Injured on 9/21/1983 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 6 weeks
Won Silver Slugger in 1983, hitting .332 with 29 HR, 92 RBI
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $8,242,857 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1984, hitting .330 with 6 HR, 21 RBI
10/31/1984: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia, $9,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/9/1985, hitting .360 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Colorado on 9/21/1985
Hit for the cycle against Colorado on 9/22/1985
Won Player of the Week award on 9/23/1985, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1985, hitting .381 with 9 HR, 22 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1985, hitting .306 with 40 HR, 117 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/6/1986, hitting .588 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Minnesota on 5/17/1986
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1986, hitting .375 with 7 HR, 24 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/10/1986, hitting .474 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1986, hitting .391 with 7 HR, 22 RBI
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Won Silver Slugger in 1986, hitting .327 with 33 HR, 105 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1986
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/1987, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1987, hitting .391 with 9 HR, 24 RBI
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/8/1987, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Indianapolis on 8/27/1987
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1987, hitting .300 with 15 HR, 39 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/9/1987, hitting .429 with 4 HR, 6 RBI
Injured on 9/29/1987 with a Fractured Hand, out for 5-6 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1987
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1988, hitting .364 with 8 HR, 26 RBI
7/1/1988: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia, $17,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1988, hitting .524 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1988, hitting .305 with 33 HR, 101 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1988
Won Player of the Week award on 5/20/1989, hitting .440 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1989 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1989, hitting .421 with 7 HR, 23 RBI
 
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