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Ken
Henderson		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 185
 
Born: June 15, 1946 in Usa, IA, CARROLL
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1970   
Gold Glove 1974   
All-Star Selections 1974   
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
1965 19 LAD NL     4 4 4 5 4 5 6 5 6 7 6 7 6 6 6
1966 20 LAD NL     4 4 4 5 4 5 6 5 6 7 6 7 6 6 6
1967 21 LAD NL     4 4 5 5 4 5 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 6
1968 22 LAD NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6
1969 23 LAD NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6
1970 24 LAD NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6
1971 25 LAD NL $ 2,785,714   6 6 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 5 6 7 6 6
1972 26 LAD NL $ 2,785,714   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 6 7 6 6
1973 27 LAD NL $ 2,785,714   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 6 7 6 6
1974 28 SDP NL $ 11,000,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 5 6 6 6
1975 29 SDP NL $ 11,000,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 7 6 7 6 5 5 6 5 5
1976 30 SDP NL $ 11,000,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 5 7 6 6
1977 31 SDP NL $ 11,000,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 7 6 7 6 5 5 6 5 6
1978 32 NYG NL $ 6,069,069   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 5 4 4 6 5 5
1979 33 NYG NL $ 6,069,069   6 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 6 5 3 4 6 5 5
1980 34 IND AL $ 6,069,069   4 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4
1981 35 LAD NL $ 6,069,069   2 2 2 2 1 1 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 2 1 1 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,000,000   7 7 7 7 6 7 8 7 7 7 6 7 7 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
1965 19 AAA   56 219 38 54 10 1 13 38 4 1 35 46 .247 .350 .479 .830 38.4  
    AA   81 285 47 84 17 1 12 40 5 2 69 48 .295 .432 .488 .920 62.0  
1966 20 AAA   83 297 40 78 9 0 16 50 1 2 49 46 .263 .367 .455 .822 51.2  
    AA   54 200 24 59 9 0 10 31 5 1 31 28 .295 .390 .490 .880 38.5  
1967 21 AAA   82 315 47 83 13 7 13 46 5 4 46 51 .263 .357 .473 .830 53.3  
    AA   55 195 28 41 6 0 6 19 2 1 44 38 .210 .356 .333 .689 27.7  
1968 22 LAD NL 132 351 42 82 17 1 8 59 0 2 27 59 .234 .285 .356 .641 32.9 4.4
1969 23 LAD NL 154 559 82 158 25 3 17 83 9 5 70 85 .283 .362 .429 .791 86.1 20.6
1970 24 LAD NL 153 571 78 156 23 3 20 96 10 3 54 83 .273 .334 .429 .763 75.5 13.8
1971 25 LAD NL 134 485 71 132 20 1 13 56 4 5 54 74 .272 .347 .398 .745 64.1 11.2
1972 26 LAD NL 101 293 53 87 16 1 9 44 4 4 35 40 .297 .369 .451 .819 46.7 9.8
1973 27 LAD NL 117 328 54 98 15 5 9 46 14 2 38 55 .299 .369 .457 .827 54.6 12.1
1974 28 SDP NL 154 578 76 160 34 1 16 86 7 3 56 93 .277 .341 .422 .763 78.2 14.9
1975 29 SDP NL 61 136 24 36 5 0 2 19 0 0 19 20 .265 .355 .346 .700 17.2 3.0
1976 30 SDP NL 111 286 50 70 15 4 8 41 3 0 22 42 .245 .299 .409 .708 35.9 5.7
1977 31 SDP NL 78 211 45 67 11 1 5 31 2 0 31 32 .318 .402 .450 .852 36.7 8.6
    AAA   33 116 18 33 4 1 6 23 3 2 15 13 .284 .366 .491 .858 20.6  
1978 32 NYG NL 153 590 75 156 32 6 15 74 10 0 36 91 .264 .308 .415 .723 72.3 12.9
1979 33 NYG NL 99 261 36 77 13 0 8 38 1 4 24 37 .295 .353 .437 .790 37.2 8.8
1980 34 IND AL 125 373 57 93 14 4 10 50 5 1 37 68 .249 .314 .389 .703 48.2 7.1
1981 35 LAD NL 78 193 18 41 4 3 1 12 0 0 8 40 .212 .244 .280 .524 12.0 0.4
14 Years Sim 1650 5215 761 1413 244 33 141 735 69 29 511 819 .271 .335 .412 .747 697.5 133.4
4 Years AAA 254 947 143 248 36 9 48 157 13 9 145 156 .262 .361 .471 .832 163.6  
3 Years AA 190 680 99 184 32 1 28 90 12 4 144 114 .271 .400 .444 .844 128.1  
7 Years Minors 444 1627 242 432 68 10 76 247 25 13 289 270 .266 .378 .460 .837 291.7  
162 Game Average 512 74 138 23 3 13 72 6 2 50 80 .271 .335 .412 .747 68.5  
Career Highs 154 590 82 160 34 6 20 96 14 5 70 93 .318 .402 .457 .852 86.1  
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   2607 360 646 112 12 68 382 32 9 213 437 .248 .304 .378 .683 305.1
vs LH   2608 401 767 132 21 73 353 37 20 298 382 .294 .365 .445 .810 417.3
Home 817 2578 381 674 108 17 73 347 29 17 235 429 .261 .322 .401 .724 335.5
Away 833 2637 380 739 136 16 68 388 40 12 276 390 .280 .348 .421 .769 387.0
RISP   1448 0 371 62 10 31 551 0 0 165 225 .256 .325 .377 .702 186.4
Pinch Hitting   219 36 63 7 0 4 42 2 0 18 36 .288 .336 .374 .711 28.3
Close/Late   650 84 176 28 6 21 100 0 0 77 92 .271 .345 .429 .774 97.8
Mar/Apr 270 826 123 241 41 3 22 116 10 3 85 112 .292 .358 .429 .786 125.4
May 295 941 136 251 49 10 28 140 9 4 100 162 .267 .337 .429 .766 136.1
June 307 967 131 243 40 9 19 133 11 5 92 147 .251 .316 .370 .686 115.2
July 259 830 140 243 50 3 22 112 16 6 73 130 .293 .348 .440 .787 124.2
August 267 878 110 228 38 2 23 118 8 7 88 143 .260 .328 .386 .714 111.8
Sep/Oct 252 773 121 207 26 6 27 116 15 4 73 125 .268 .328 .422 .749 109.7
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
1968 22 LAD NL CF 90 87 764.0 188 5 2 0 .990 2.27   2.1
    3B 8 0 16.0 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.1
    2B 8 0 12.7 3 6 0 2 1.000 6.40   0.0
    RF 7 0 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75    
    LF 2 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1969 23 LAD NL CF 147 145 1291.0 281 10 8 1 .973 2.03   3.3
    3B 4 0 10.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.90   0.0
    2B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1970 24 LAD NL CF 143 141 1263.0 308 10 4 3 .988 2.27   5.1
    LF 2 2 17.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
    2B 4 0 7.0 2 3 0 1 1.000 6.43   0.0
    3B 3 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1971 25 LAD NL 3B 97 94 842.7 52 204 11 24 .959 2.73   3.1
    2B 5 0 7.3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.68   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1972 26 LAD NL 3B 75 69 615.0 37 153 5 12 .974 2.78   2.6
    RF 8 1 23.0 10 0 1 0 .909 3.91   0.2
    CF 6 0 22.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
    2B 4 0 8.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1973 27 LAD NL CF 76 68 620.7 142 8 4 1 .974 2.18   1.7
    3B 20 0 43.0 4 10 0 0 1.000 2.93   0.2
    LF 12 0 20.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    2B 2 0 5.0 0 5 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
    RF 3 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1974 28 SDP NL 3B 151 150 1322.3 95 377 8 36 .983 3.21   6.2
    LF 2 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.0
    RF 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    1B 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00   0.0
1975 29 SDP NL LF 27 20 188.3 52 4 3 0 .949 2.68   0.5
    CF 9 7 61.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.66    
    RF 12 0 26.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    3B 7 0 14.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 3.21   0.0
    2B 2 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
1976 30 SDP NL RF 24 16 162.0 35 0 0 0 1.000 1.94   0.8
    CF 29 16 155.3 45 3 2 0 .960 2.78    
    3B 23 12 122.3 10 35 3 2 .938 3.31   0.5
    2B 17 8 83.7 16 28 1 4 .978 4.73   0.3
    LF 12 8 78.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.27    
1977 31 SDP NL 3B 35 26 239.3 23 59 2 5 .976 3.08   0.8
    RF 9 5 48.3 11 2 1 1 .929 2.42   0.2
    2B 11 4 44.3 16 15 2 3 .939 6.29   0.1
    CF 11 3 43.0 16 0 1 0 .941 3.35    
    LF 6 3 27.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.33    
1978 32 NYG NL LF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 .500 3.00    
    2B 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1979 33 NYG NL 2B 14 0 30.0 7 16 0 4 1.000 6.90   0.2
    RF 7 0 16.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.16   0.1
    3B 5 0 6.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 2 0 5.0 1 1 1 0 .667 3.60   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1980 34 IND AL 3B 20 12 123.0 6 35 1 3 .976 3.00   0.5
    LF 14 13 115.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.49   0.4
    2B 13 10 88.3 13 40 0 7 1.000 5.40   0.4
    CF 20 7 74.0 17 0 1 0 .944 2.07    
    RF 8 7 60.0 11 0 1 0 .917 1.65    
1981 35 LAD NL RF 50 42 367.3 80 2 2 0 .976 2.01   0.4
    3B 17 15 126.0 8 30 3 1 .927 2.71   0.2
    LF 4 0 10.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
    2B 2 0 3.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 12.00   0.0
  CF 533 474 4297.0 1023 36 22 5 .980 2.22   12.2
  3B 465 378 3484.3 238 913 33 83 .972 2.97   14.2
  RF 133 71 732.6 164 4 6 1 .966 2.06   1.7
  LF 85 46 472.7 106 4 3 0 .973 2.09   1.0
  2B 85 22 297.0 60 123 3 24 .984 5.55   1.2
  SS 3 0 7.0 1 1 1 0 .667 2.57   0.0
  1B 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00   0.0
Career Totals   1305 991 9291.6 1595 1081 68 113 .975 2.59   30.3
Career Highs   155 150 1332.7 313 377 11 36 .991 4.40    
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
1969 23 LAD NL 7 29 7 6 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 5 .207 .281 .207 .488
1970 24 LAD NL 18 72 9 21 4 0 0 8 0 2 6 15 .292 .350 .347 .697
1974 28 SDP NL 7 26 3 12 2 0 0 8 0 0 4 4 .462 .500 .538 1.038
1979 33 NYG NL 7 5 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .600 .667 1.200 1.867
Career Post-Season Batting 39 132 21 42 6 0 1 21 1 2 14 25 .318 .380 .386 .766
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
1969-10-154
 At-Bats
1978-7-590
 Triples
1973-10-5
1978-9-6
 RBIs
1970-10-96
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by Los Angeles in 1965
Had first career hit (double) on 4/4/1968, off Pete Richert (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 4/23/1968, off Tug Mcgraw (STL)
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 8/1/1968
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1969, hitting .565 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Won World Championship with Los Angeles in 1970
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,785,714 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Toronto on 6/12/1971
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,785,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,785,714 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/3/1974 to a 4-year deal worth $11,000,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Cleveland (N) on 4/4/1974
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1974
Injured on 7/5/1975 with a Fractured Hip, out for 9 weeks
Injured on 8/3/1977 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/17/1978 to a 4-year deal worth $6,069,069 per year
Traded from New York (N) to Indianapolis on 3/4/1980 (Going to NYG: LF Derek Bryant. Going to IND: 2B Ken Henderson)
Traded from Indianapolis to Los Angeles on 3/4/1981 (Going to LAD: P Steve Comer, 2B Ken Henderson. Going to IND: 3B Rob Ellis, P Dennis Lamp, 1B Tony Solaita)
 
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