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Rickey Henderson
Rickey Henley Henderson (Man of Steal)

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 195 lb.

MLB Debut June 24, 1979
Final Game September 19, 2003
Born December 25, 1958 in Chicago, IL
Died December 20, 2024 (age 65)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1979 20 OAA AL   97  262   49   80  15   1   0   18   6   0   15   22  .305  .346  .370  .717    97    97   1   1   2   2   4  
 1980 21 OAA AL  160  602  119  162  19   3   5   69  76  12  122   51  .269  .395  .336  .731   103   202   0   4   1   6  11  
 1981 22 OAA AL  161  660  124  208  29  10   8   58  68   8   95   96  .315  .404  .426  .829   117   281   0   3   2   5  14  MVP-5
 1982 23 OAA AL  160  551  115  123  21   4  14   47  76  12  133  111  .223  .373  .352  .725    94   194   0   7   2   3   6  
 1983 24 OAA AL  120  472   78  131  19   6   6   40  58   9   74   73  .278  .379  .381  .760   105   180   1   2   4   4   7  
         LAN NL   26   66    9   22   1   0   2   12  20   2   17    9  .333  .471  .439  .910   129    29   1   1   0   1   2  
         TOT     146  538   87  153  20   6   8   52  78  11   91   82  .284  .391  .388  .779         209   2   3   4   5   9 
 1984 25 LAN NL  136  504   94  132  17   1  15   44  62  26   86   97  .262  .375  .389  .764   113   196   0   1   1   6   5  
 1985 26 NYA AL  153  570  142  178  24   5  30  106  63   8   99   59  .312  .415  .530  .945   133   302   3   4   4   4  12  MVP-5
 1986 27 NYA AL  156  622  108  129  22   5  27   80  62  20   92   86  .207  .312  .389  .701    93   242   0   3   2   4  14  MVP-11
 1987 28 NYA AL  117  384   97  109  16   6  12   51  39   7   75   68  .284  .399  .451  .850   113   173   0   2   1   0   8  
 1988 29 NYA AL  149  577  110  160  30   2   6   47 102  25   86   65  .277  .372  .367  .740   105   212   2   1   9   2   6  
 1989 30 OAA AL  159  582   91  137  21   4   9   52  49  16  118   74  .235  .363  .332  .695    96   193   0   6   5   2   8  
 1990 31 OAA AL  156  499   87  147  32   4  16   71  40   5  114   75  .295  .423  .471  .894   122   235   0   4  10   0  13  MVP-10
 1991 32 OAA AL  143  507   81  120  19   2  21   69  35   8   89   78  .237  .352  .406  .759   106   206   0   8   4   6  10  
 1992 33 OAA AL  141  423   86  114  22   3  11   39  32   8   93   63  .270  .406  .414  .819   118   175   0   3   2   6   5  
 1993 34 DEA AL  120  440   95  121  25   1  13   70  51  10  104   66  .275  .416  .425  .841   114   187   0   4   1   5   8  
         OAA AL   30   64   12   23   5   0   2   13   9   0   23    6  .359  .534  .531 1.065   146    34   0   0   0   1   0  
         TOT     150  504  107  144  30   1  15   83  60  10  127   72  .286  .432  .438  .871         221   0   4   1   6   8 
 1994 35 OAA AL  132  414   82   84  11   0   7   36  16   0  102   74  .203  .366  .280  .646    84   116   0   3   0   6   6  
 1995 36 OAA AL  138  456   79  122  31   1  13   51  13   7   77   80  .268  .385  .425  .810   103   194   0   2  10  11  11  
 1996 37 MLA AL  132  472  111  123  24   2   5   48  40  17  122   87  .261  .429  .352  .781    93   166   1   5   0  21   3  
 1997 38 MLA AL   77  277   59   65   8   0   6   18  14   5   60   65  .235  .378  .329  .707    92    91   0   0   0   4  12  
 1998 39 NYN NL  147  538  110  119  16   1  19   59  61  18  117  127  .221  .366  .361  .727    98   194   0   3   1   8   7  
 1999 40 NYN NL  122  430   90  129  27   0   6   38  38   9   90   76  .300  .421  .405  .826   110   174   0   3   0   2   5  
 2000 41 NYN NL   67  237   38   56   9   0   3   12  13   2   38   46  .236  .349  .312  .661    88    74   0   2   0   4   4  
         TOA AL   35  130   32   31   8   1   1    9  16   2   32   30  .238  .387  .338  .725    92    44   2   1   0   0   2  
         TOT     102  367   70   87  17   1   4   21  29   4   70   76  .237  .363  .322  .684         118   2   3   0   4   6 
 2001 42 MLA AL   82  286   54   75  13   5  12   44  17   6   53   60  .262  .380  .469  .849   105   134   1   1   0   2   5  
 2002 43 SLN NL    9   28    3    5   0   0   0    2   1   1    7   10  .179  .361  .179  .540    75     5   0   0   0   1   0  
 2003 44 FLN NL   19   55    7   17   5   0   2    8   0   1    8   12  .309  .400  .509  .909   121    28   0   1   0   1   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 25 Seasons    3144 11108 2162 2922 489  67 271 1211 1077 244 2141 1766  .263  .385  .392  .778        4358  12  75  61 117 189
 Per 600 PA           495   96  130  22   3  12   54  48  11   95   79                                 194   1   3   3   5   8
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With OAA     1597 5492 1003 1451 244  38 112  563 478  85 1055  803  .264  .385  .384  .769        2107   2  43  42  52  95
   With NYA      575 2153  457  576  92  18  75  284 266  60  352  278  .268  .371  .431  .803         929   5  10  16  10  40
   With NYN      336 1205  238  304  52   1  28  109 112  29  245  249  .252  .382  .367  .749         442   0   8   1  14  16
   With MLA      291 1035  224  263  45   7  23  110  71  28  235  212  .254  .403  .378  .781         391   2   6   0  27  20
   With LAN      162  570  103  154  18   1  17   56  82  28  103  106  .270  .387  .395  .782         225   1   2   1   7   7
   With DEA      120  440   95  121  25   1  13   70  51  10  104   66  .275  .416  .425  .841         187   0   4   1   5   8
   With TOA       35  130   32   31   8   1   1    9  16   2   32   30  .238  .387  .338  .725          44   2   1   0   0   2
   With FLN       19   55    7   17   5   0   2    8   0   1    8   12  .309  .400  .509  .909          28   0   1   0   1   1
   With SLN        9   28    3    5   0   0   0    2   1   1    7   10  .179  .361  .179  .540           5   0   0   0   1   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals    3081 10961 2295 3055 510  66 297 1115 1406 335 2190 1694  .279  .401  .419  .820        4588  30  67  61  98 172
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1979 20 OAA AL  91   34   5.0  12   2   0  .167   3   24   16  .667    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e11   42   
 1980 21 OAA AL  34  100   5.8   0   0   0  .000   6   48   28  .583    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e7    -89   
 1981 22 OAA AL  34  128   7.3   0   0   0  .000  10   57   48  .842    0    0  .000  OF   1(0)e11   -16   
 1982 23 OAA AL  36   94   5.6   0   0   0  .000  10   61   53  .869    0    0  .000  OF   1(0)e10   -55   
 1983 24 OAA AL  36   80   6.0   0   0   0  .000   0   36   36 1.000    0    0  .000  OF   1(+2)e4   -75   
         LAN NL  22   18  10.2   1   0   0  .000   0    5    3  .600    0    0  .000  OF   2(+2)e4    75   
         TOT                     1   0   0  .000   0   41   39  .951    0    0  .000
 1984 25 LAN NL  29   81   5.5   0   0   0  .000  10   68   53  .779    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e14   -93   
 1985 26 NYA AL  35  139   9.0   3   0   0  .000  12   85   67  .788    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e11    10   
 1986 27 NYA AL  32   79   4.1   2   0   0  .000   5   55   52  .945    0    0  .000  OF   1(+2)e7  -126   
 1987 28 NYA AL  41   78   7.2  14   2   0  .143   5   44   41  .932    0    0  .000  OF   1(+2)e10  -70   
 1988 29 NYA AL  35   93   5.6   3   1   0  .333   5   21   16  .762    0    0  .000  OF   2(+2)e15  -53   
 1989 30 OAA AL  31   82   4.7   2   1   0  .500   9   46   36  .783    0    0  .000  OF   2(+1)e5  -116   
 1990 31 OAA AL  35  112   8.1  10   3   1  .300   4   50   31  .620    0    0  .000  OF   1(+1)e7  -122   
 1991 32 OAA AL  23   81   5.3   9   3   0  .333   9   47   34  .723    0    0  .000  OF   2(+1)e12  -64   
 1992 33 OAA AL  16   83   6.9  24   5   0  .208   8   31   23  .742    0    0  .000  OF   2(+1)e7   -64   
 1993 34 DEA AL  29   93   7.4   0   0   0  .000   6   38   27  .711    0    0  .000  OF   2(+1)e10  -65   
         OAA AL  37   23  15.8   2   0   0  .000   0    4    4 1.000    0    0  .000  OF   2(+1)e10  159   
         TOT                     2   0   0  .000   6   42   31  .738    0    0  .000
 1994 35 OAA AL  28   54   4.3   9   1   0  .111   5   35   25  .714    0    0  .000  OF   2(+1)e10 -130   
 1995 36 OAA AL  25   78   6.0   6   2   0  .333   2   35   25  .714    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e4   -45   
 1996 37 MLA AL  20   89   6.5   1   0   0  .000   7   57   33  .579    0    0  .000  OF   3(+2)e8    26   
 1997 38 MLA AL  41   37   4.5   5   2   0  .400   3   13    7  .538    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e15  -35   
 1998 39 NYN NL  19   85   5.2   4   0   0  .000  10   56   33  .589    0    0  .000  OF   3(+2)e5     4   
 1999 40 NYN NL  28   86   7.3   6   3   1  .500   1   33   14  .424    0    0  .000  OF   4(+3)e3   -63   
 2000 41 NYN NL  11   30   4.3   6   2   0  .333   6   30    7  .233    0    0  .000  OF   4(+3)e8   -12   
         TOA AL  17   22   5.7   0   0   0  .000   1   10    6  .600    0    0  .000  OF   4(+3)e8    52   
         TOT                     6   2   0  .333   7   40   13  .325    0    0  .000
 2001 42 MLA AL  14   54   6.6   3   1   0  .333   1   19   10  .526    0    0  .000  OF   4(+3)e5   132   
 2002 43 SLN NL  14    2   2.8   1   1   0 1.000   0    4    2  .500    0    0  .000  OF   4(+3)e18 -182   
 2003 44 FLN NL  24   11   7.5   6   3   0  .500   1    8    3  .375    0    0  .000  OF   4(+3)e10  282   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 25 Seasons         1961   6.1 129  32   2  .248 139 1020  733  .719    0    0  .000                 -48   3
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 56.8 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 93.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1979 20 OAA AL  LF    59    66     2    3    0   .958    56   388.1   1.58
                 CF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     6.0   1.50
 1980 21 OAA AL  LF   151   228     5    6    0   .975   151  1359.1   1.54
                 CF    12    28     0    0    0  1.000     9    89.0   2.83
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
 1981 22 OAA AL  LF   161   278    10   10    2   .966   161  1452.2   1.78
 1982 23 OAA AL  LF   148   282     4   10    0   .966   122  1271.1   2.02
                 CF    16    44     1    0    0  1.000    13    94.0   4.31
 1983 24 OAA AL  LF   119   195     2    0    0  1.000   113  1048.0   1.69
                 CF    10     9     0    0    0  1.000     2    42.0   1.93
         LAN NL  CF    26    54     0    0    0  1.000    21   197.1   2.46
 1984 25 LAN NL  CF   124   263     9    9    2   .968   122  1057.2   2.31
                 LF    27    38     0    1    0   .974    14   151.2   2.25
 1985 26 NYA AL  CF   118   265     8    9    0   .968   113  1015.1   2.42
                 LF    40    65     3    3    0   .958    30   278.0   2.20
 1986 27 NYA AL  CF    86   212     8    2    4   .991    86   759.2   2.61
                 LF    74   143     2    3    0   .980    67   617.2   2.11
 1987 28 NYA AL  LF   100   212     7    5    3   .978    92   832.2   2.37
                 CF     5     4     0    0    0  1.000     1    18.0   2.00
 1988 29 NYA AL  LF    91   162     3    4    0   .976    88   788.0   1.88
                 CF     4     5     0    1    0   .833     2    18.0   2.50
 1989 30 OAA AL  LF   158   240     6    9    0   .965   147  1345.2   1.65
 1990 31 OAA AL  CF   126   223    10    3    2   .987   103   951.1   2.20
                 LF    63    51     1    1    0   .981     7   242.2   1.93
 1991 32 OAA AL  LF   108   222     3    8    0   .966    94   873.1   2.32
                 CF    35    71     3    1    0   .987    34   290.2   2.29
                 RF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   2.25
 1992 33 OAA AL  LF   123   215     5    7    0   .969    96   928.1   2.13
                 CF     4     9     1    1    1   .909     4    26.0   3.46
                 RF     4     8     0    0    0  1.000     0    19.0   3.79
 1993 34 DEA AL  LF   120   208     5    6    1   .973   120  1089.1   1.76
                 CF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
         OAA AL  LF    20    37     1    0    1  1.000    14   126.2   2.70
                 CF     5     6     0    0    0  1.000     5    36.0   1.50
                 RF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   3.00
 1994 35 OAA AL  LF   123   226     9    5    2   .979   110  1002.0   2.11
 1995 36 OAA AL  LF   136   185    10    2    1   .990   105  1049.1   1.67
 1996 37 MLA AL  LF    68   138     7    2    0   .986    67   609.2   2.14
                 CF    66   155     4    5    0   .970    60   534.2   2.68
 1997 38 MLA AL  LF    53    96     3    3    0   .971    50   448.0   1.99
                 CF    11    29     3    0    1  1.000    11    94.2   3.04
                 RF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.2   5.40
 1998 39 NYN NL  LF   138   257     5   10    1   .963   131  1177.2   2.00
                 CF    10    23     1    0    0  1.000     9    76.0   2.84
 1999 40 NYN NL  LF   114   155     6    1    2   .994   111   933.0   1.55
 2000 41 NYN NL  LF    58   129     3    6    0   .957    56   499.0   2.38
         TOA AL  LF    29    60     0    1    0   .984    29   255.0   2.12
 2001 42 MLA AL  LF    79   113     5    1    0   .992    79   647.0   1.64
 2002 43 SLN NL  CF     8    15     1    0    0  1.000     8    70.0   2.06
 2003 44 FLN NL  LF    14    13     0    1    0   .929     9    74.0   1.58
                 CF     3     5     0    0    0  1.000     2    15.0   3.00
                 RF     2     1     1    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   2.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 LF  2374  4014   107  108   13   .974  2119 19488.1   1.90
                 CF   673  1421    49   31   10   .979   605  5394.1   2.45
                 RF    11    12     1    0    0  1.000     1    39.2   2.95
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1980 ALCS  OAA NYA   L    4  14  0  3  0  0  0   2  0  2  .214  .312  .214  0
 1981 ALCS  OAA DEA   W    3  12  3  3  0  0  0   0  2  2  .250  .357  .250  0
      WS    OAA MON   W    6  25  3  5  1  1  1   3  2  5  .200  .259  .440  0
 1989 ALCS  OAA TOA   L    5  18  4  4  0  0  0   0  5  0  .222  .391  .222  1
 1998 NLDS  NYN SDN   L    3  10  1  3  1  0  0   0  5  1  .300  .533  .400  0
 1999 NLDS  NYN SDN   W    3  13  3  4  0  0  0   0  2  2  .308  .400  .308  0
      NLCS  NYN CIN   L    5  19  3  6  3  0  0   0  3  4  .316  .409  .474  1
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1979  OAA   71-91   Drew Kennedy
 1980  OAA  105-57   Drew Kennedy
 1981  OAA   98-64   Drew Kennedy
 1982  OAA   69-93   Drew Kennedy
 1983  OAA   82-80   Drew Kennedy
 1983  LAN   87-75   Billy Vanson
 1984  LAN   92-70   Billy Vanson
 1985  NYA  100-62   Robert Rescigno
 1986  NYA   85-77   Robert Rescigno
 1987  NYA   76-86   Robert Rescigno
 1988  NYA   83-79   Robert Rescigno
 1989  OAA   97-65   Drew Kennedy
 1990  OAA   84-78   Drew Kennedy
 1991  OAA   62-100  Drew Kennedy
 1992  OAA   77-85   Drew Kennedy
 1993  DEA   81-81   Mike Mashanic
 1993  OAA   60-102  Drew Kennedy
 1994  OAA   72-90   Drew Kennedy
 1995  OAA   88-74   Drew Kennedy
 1996  MLA   78-84   Mark Simons
 1997  MLA   72-90   Mark Simons
 1998  NYN   90-72   Jon Fellows
 1999  NYN   89-73   Jon Fellows
 2000  NYN   80-82   Jon Fellows
 2000  TOA   79-83   Rob Rife
 2001  MLA   79-83   Mark Simons, Alan Boodman
 2002  SLN   86-76   Mike Rescigno
 2003  FLN   96-66   Thomas Treece

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