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Steve
Henderson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 195
 
Born: November 18, 1952 in Usa, TX, HOUSTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1985   
Gold Glove 1982   
All-Star Selections 1984   
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
1977 24 CLE AL     6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5
1978 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 5 5
1979 26 CLE AL     7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 5 6
1980 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 5 5 6 6 6
1981 28 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 5 5 6 6 6
1982 29 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 5 6 6 6
1983 30 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 5 6 6 6
1984 31 CLE AL $ 2,435,714   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1985 32 CLE AL $ 3,528,571   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1986 33 CLE AL $ 3,528,571   6 6 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 4 4 6 5 6
1987 34 IND AL $ 2,900,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 5 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,528,571   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 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
1977 24 AAA   135 513 96 160 30 5 23 85 20 10 68 76 .312 .392 .524 .917 100.6  
1978 25 CLE AL 63 203 23 50 12 2 2 18 3 7 19 33 .246 .311 .355 .666 20.2 2.2
    AAA   80 301 48 92 11 4 11 53 12 6 34 59 .306 .376 .478 .855 52.7  
1979 26 AAA   137 519 78 159 35 3 21 77 12 11 69 80 .306 .388 .507 .894 96.1  
1980 27 CLE AL 6 19 5 5 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 .263 .263 .421 .684 1.9 0.2
    AAA   137 527 80 172 36 8 18 85 22 10 75 75 .326 .410 .528 .938 107.3  
1981 28 CLE AL 116 374 56 100 22 4 9 39 13 13 32 60 .267 .327 .420 .747 47.9 7.2
1982 29 CLE AL 145 499 66 140 22 11 14 80 4 6 31 89 .281 .320 .453 .773 67.7 13.2
1983 30 CLE AL 145 496 67 131 24 9 11 68 9 8 45 83 .264 .322 .415 .737 66.8 11.6
1984 31 CLE AL 138 514 84 152 26 5 13 86 4 3 48 84 .296 .354 .442 .796 77.3 17.0
1985 32 CLE AL 147 552 74 133 29 8 13 66 8 8 29 115 .241 .279 .393 .672 57.8 8.0
1986 33 CLE AL 134 420 56 115 33 3 8 71 4 6 28 74 .274 .319 .424 .743 51.3 8.0
1987 34 IND AL 70 247 32 65 15 2 6 34 2 2 10 47 .263 .286 .413 .699 28.9 3.9
9 Years Sim 964 3324 463 891 183 44 77 465 47 54 242 586 .268 .316 .419 .735 419.6 71.6
4 Years AAA 489 1860 302 583 112 20 73 300 66 37 246 290 .313 .392 .513 .905 356.6  
162 Game Average 558 77 149 30 7 12 78 7 9 40 98 .268 .316 .419 .735 70.5  
Career Highs 147 552 84 152 33 11 14 86 13 13 48 115 .296 .354 .453 .796 77.3  
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   2167 272 559 115 32 46 300 25 27 140 439 .258 .302 .404 .706 254.4
vs LH   1157 191 332 68 12 31 165 22 27 102 147 .287 .343 .447 .790 167.4
Home 476 1601 232 450 107 16 39 218 22 23 109 278 .281 .326 .441 .767 217.0
Away 488 1723 231 441 76 28 38 247 25 31 133 308 .256 .308 .399 .706 204.8
RISP   844 0 232 52 12 25 376 0 0 65 150 .275 .319 .454 .773 120.8
Pinch Hitting   56 9 15 4 2 2 16 0 0 5 10 .268 .323 .518 .840 9.1
Close/Late   381 46 105 22 7 9 61 0 1 28 57 .276 .326 .441 .767 52.3
Mar/Apr 151 531 73 140 31 1 15 68 6 14 34 84 .264 .305 .411 .716 62.1
May 171 583 94 159 28 5 20 97 11 5 44 105 .273 .322 .441 .763 81.8
June 194 685 94 198 53 11 10 95 10 9 33 126 .289 .320 .442 .762 89.4
July 162 580 76 148 30 13 13 68 9 13 53 100 .255 .319 .419 .738 73.8
August 145 500 66 131 23 8 11 77 7 6 46 90 .262 .323 .406 .729 64.8
Sep/Oct 141 445 60 115 18 6 8 60 4 7 32 81 .258 .306 .380 .686 49.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1978 25 CLE AL LF 52 52 457.3 96 6 1 3 .990 2.01   1.6
1980 27 CLE AL LF 4 4 29.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.55   0.1
1981 28 CLE AL LF 60 59 497.7 124 2 5 0 .962 2.28   1.5
    RF 15 13 107.7 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.26    
    3B 8 8 77.0 7 10 2 1 .895 1.99   0.0
    SS 1 0 6.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1982 29 CLE AL RF 136 131 1126.7 272 12 4 6 .986 2.27   3.0
    LF 10 0 18.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1983 30 CLE AL RF 142 134 1181.3 251 2 5 2 .981 1.93   3.0
    LF 2 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1984 31 CLE AL RF 85 80 705.0 144 3 0 2 1.000 1.88   2.8
    LF 53 52 462.7 106 3 2 0 .982 2.12    
1985 32 CLE AL LF 138 136 1207.3 243 5 7 1 .973 1.85   3.9
    RF 8 7 59.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.29    
1986 33 CLE AL LF 123 116 1000.3 196 2 4 0 .980 1.78   2.8
    RF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
    CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1987 34 IND AL RF 70 66 573.7 125 4 1 1 .992 2.02   1.3
  RF 459 431 3759.3 834 21 10 11 .988 2.05   10.0
  LF 442 419 3680.0 778 18 19 4 .977 1.95   9.9
  3B 8 8 77.0 7 10 2 1 .895 1.99   0.0
  SS 3 0 9.0 1 1 1 1 .667 2.00   0.0
  CF 4 0 7.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14    
Career Totals   916 858 7532.3 1624 50 32 17 .981 2.00   20.0
Career Highs   146 143 1266.3 280 12 8 6 1.000 2.29    
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
1980 27 CLE AL 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.500 2.000
1982 29 CLE AL 19 71 10 18 4 2 2 9 2 0 5 8 .254 .303 .451 .753
1983 30 CLE AL 14 52 7 12 1 0 2 6 0 1 5 9 .231 .288 .365 .654
1984 31 CLE AL 5 17 2 4 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 3 .235 .278 .412 .690
1985 32 CLE AL 16 56 11 19 4 2 2 10 0 2 2 16 .339 .362 .589 .951
Career Post-Season Batting 56 198 32 54 9 5 7 33 2 3 13 36 .273 .315 .475 .789
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.
Triples
1982-4-11
1983-5-9
1985-7-8
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 17th overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1977
Injured on 4/3/1977 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Had first career hit on 6/1/1978, off Moose Haas (PHN)
Hit first career homerun on 7/6/1978, off Ed Whitson (PHN)
Injured on 8/11/1978 with a Bruised Heel, out for 4 days
Injured on 5/3/1980 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Injured on 5/23/1980 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for 6 days
Injured on 9/5/1980 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1982
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,435,714 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1984, hitting .462 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 8/17/1984
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,528,571 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Oakland on 10/11/1985
Won World Championship with Cleveland (A) in 1985
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,528,571 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Indianapolis on 2/11/1987 to a 4-year deal worth $2,900,000 per year
Injured on 6/22/1987 with a Torn Rib Cage Muscle, out for entire career
 
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