Rickey Henderson

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: December 25, 1958 in Chicago, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 4th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from Oakland Technical HS (Oakland, CA).

High School: Oakland Technical HS (Oakland, CA)

Debut: June 24, 1979 (Age 20-181d, 14,191st in major league history)
vs. TEX 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: September 19, 2003 (Age 44-268d)
vs. SFG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2009. (Voted by BBWAA on 511/539 ballots)
View Rickey Henderson's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Agents: Dennis Gilbert, Dan Horwits • Previously: Richie Bry

Full Name: Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson

Nicknames: Man of Steal

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

111.1

10961

3055

297

.279

2295

RBI

1115

1406

OBP

.401

SLG

.419

OPS

.820

OPS+

127

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	OAK		BOS	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 2	OAK		BOS	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
3	3	Apr 4	OAK		NYY	W,7-3	GS	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
4	4	Apr 5	OAK		NYY	L,7-9	CG	49	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	5	Apr 6 susp	OAK		CLE	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
6	6	Apr 8	OAK		CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
7	7	Apr 10	OAK	@	NYY	L,13-17	CG	50	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	8	Apr 11	OAK	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
9	9	Apr 12	OAK	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
10	10	Apr 13	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
11	11	Apr 14	OAK	@	BOS	L,6-8	GS	33	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF CF
12	12	Apr 15	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	41	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	14 (1)	Apr 17	OAK		KCR	L,1-4	CG	49	12.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
14	15	Apr 18	OAK		KCR	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
15	16	Apr 19	OAK		KCR	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
16	17	Apr 20	OAK		MIN	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
17	18	Apr 21	OAK		MIN	W,5-4	CG	48	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
18	20 (1)	Apr 24	OAK	@	BAL	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
19	21	Apr 25	OAK	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	22	Apr 26	OAK	@	BAL	W,12-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
21	23	Apr 27	OAK	@	TBD	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
22	24	Apr 28	OAK	@	TBD	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
23	25	Apr 29	OAK	@	CLE	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
24	26	Apr 30	OAK	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	27	May 1	OAK		TOR	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
26	28	May 2	OAK		TOR	L,0-7	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
27	29	May 3	OAK		TOR	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
28	30	May 4	OAK		TOR	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
29	31	May 6	OAK		DET	L,5-10	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
30	32	May 7	OAK		DET	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
31	33	May 8	OAK		CHW	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
32	34	May 9	OAK		CHW	W,15-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
33	35	May 10	OAK		CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
34	36	May 12	OAK	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
35	38 (1)	May 14	OAK	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	39	May 15	OAK	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
37	40	May 16	OAK	@	CHW	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
38	41	May 17	OAK	@	CHW	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
39	42	May 18	OAK	@	CHW	W,14-0	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
40	43	May 19	OAK	@	ANA	L,3-4	GS	40	9.1	0	0	0	0	0	CF LF
41	44	May 20	OAK	@	ANA	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
42	45	May 21	OAK	@	ANA	L,2-12	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
43	46	May 22	OAK		BAL	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
44	47	May 23	OAK		BAL	L,1-9	GS	22	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	48	May 24	OAK		BAL	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
46	49	May 25	OAK		TBD	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
47	50	May 26	OAK		TBD	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
48	51	May 29	OAK	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	52	May 30	OAK	@	KCR	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	53	May 31	OAK	@	KCR	L,4-10	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	54	Jun 1	OAK	@	MIN	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
52	55	Jun 2	OAK	@	MIN	L,3-10	GS	35	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
53	56	Jun 3	OAK		TEX	L,10-16	GS	52	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF CF
54	57	Jun 4	OAK		TEX	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
55	58	Jun 5	OAK		ARI	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
56	60 (1)	Jun 7	OAK		ARI	L,4-12	GS	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF CF
57	61	Jun 8	OAK	@	LAD	W,7-3	GS	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
58	62	Jun 9	OAK	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
59	63	Jun 10	OAK	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
60	64	Jun 11	OAK		SEA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
61	65	Jun 12	OAK		SEA	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
62	66	Jun 13	OAK		SEA	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
63	67	Jun 14	OAK		SEA	W,4-3	GS	41	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF CF
64	68	Jun 16	OAK	@	TEX	W,9-7	GS	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
65	69	Jun 17	OAK	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
66	70	Jun 18	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH CF
67	71	Jun 19	OAK	@	SEA	L,1-9	GS	33	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
68	72	Jun 20	OAK	@	SEA	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	73	Jun 21	OAK	@	SEA	L,5-10	GS	35	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
70	74	Jun 22	OAK		SFG	L,8-12	GS	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
71	75	Jun 23	OAK		SFG	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
72	76	Jun 24	OAK	@	SFG	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
73	77	Jun 25	OAK	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	LF
74	78	Jun 26	OAK	@	COL	L,6-12	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
75	79	Jun 27	OAK	@	COL	W,8-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
76	80	Jun 28	OAK	@	COL	L,10-11	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
77	81	Jun 30	OAK		SDP	W,12-10	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	82	Jul 1	OAK		SDP	L,4-8	GS	31	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
79	83	Jul 2	OAK		SDP	W,7-2	GS	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
80	84	Jul 3	OAK	@	ANA	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
81	85	Jul 4	OAK	@	ANA	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
82	86	Jul 5	OAK	@	ANA	W,5-4	GS	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF CF
83	87	Jul 9	OAK		TEX	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
84	88	Jul 10	OAK		TEX	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	LF
85	89	Jul 11	OAK		TEX	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF
86	90	Jul 12	OAK		TEX	W,7-5	GS	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
87	91	Jul 13	OAK		ANA	W,5-2	GS	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF LF
88	92	Jul 14	OAK		ANA	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
89	93	Jul 15	OAK		KCR	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
90	94	Jul 16	OAK		KCR	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
91	95	Jul 17	OAK		MIN	L,7-8	GS	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF LF
92	96	Jul 18	OAK		MIN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
93	98 (1)	Jul 21	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-7	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
94	99	Jul 22	OAK	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
95	100	Jul 23	OAK	@	BAL	L,7-9	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
96	101	Jul 24	OAK	@	TBD	L,0-6	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
97	102	Jul 25	OAK	@	TBD	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
98	103	Jul 26	OAK	@	TBD	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
99	104	Jul 27	OAK	@	TBD	L,5-11	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
100	105	Jul 28	OAK		BOS	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
101	106	Jul 29	OAK		BOS	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
102	107	Jul 30	OAK		BOS	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
103	108	Jul 31	OAK		CLE	W,12-2	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	109	Aug 1	OAK		CLE	W,6-5	GS	44	10.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF CF
105	111 (1)	Aug 3	OAK		NYY	L,1-14	GS	32	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
106	112	Aug 4 (1)	OAK		NYY	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
107	113	Aug 4 (2)	OAK		NYY	L,5-10	GF	18	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
108	114	Aug 5	OAK		NYY	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
109	115	Aug 7	OAK	@	TOR	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
110	116	Aug 8	OAK	@	TOR	L,5-6	CG	42	9.1	5	0	0	5	0	LF
111	117	Aug 9	OAK	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
112	118	Aug 10	OAK	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
113	119	Aug 11	OAK	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
114	120	Aug 12	OAK	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
115	121	Aug 14	OAK	@	DET	L,4-13	GS	36	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
116	122	Aug 15	OAK	@	DET	W,10-8	CG	50	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
117	123	Aug 16	OAK	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
118	124	Aug 17	OAK		TOR	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
119	125	Aug 18	OAK		TOR	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
120	126	Aug 19	OAK		CHW	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
121	127	Aug 20	OAK		CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
122	128	Aug 21	OAK		DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
123	129	Aug 22 (1)	OAK		DET	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
124	130	Aug 22 (2)	OAK		DET	W,7-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
125	131	Aug 23	OAK		DET	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
126	132	Aug 25	OAK	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
127	133	Aug 26	OAK	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
128	134	Aug 27	OAK	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
129	135	Aug 28	OAK	@	CLE	W,14-6	CG	46	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
130	136	Aug 29	OAK	@	CLE	W,11-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
131	137	Aug 30	OAK	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
132	138	Aug 31	OAK	@	CLE	L,6-15	GS	41	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
133	139	Sep 1	OAK	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
134	141 (1)	Sep 4	OAK		TBD	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
135	142	Sep 5	OAK		TBD	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
136	143	Sep 6	OAK		TBD	W,9-2	GS	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
137	144	Sep 8	OAK		BAL	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
138	146 (1)	Sep 11	OAK	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
139	147	Sep 12	OAK	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
140	148	Sep 13	OAK	@	MIN	W,9-6	CG	51	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
141	149	Sep 14	OAK	@	KCR	L,6-16	CG	51	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
142	151 (1)	Sep 16	OAK		SEA	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
143	152	Sep 17	OAK		SEA	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
144	153	Sep 18	OAK	@	TEX	L,1-3	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
145	154	Sep 19	OAK	@	TEX	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
146	156 (1)	Sep 21	OAK	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
147	157	Sep 22	OAK	@	SEA	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
148	158	Sep 23	OAK	@	SEA	W,8-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
149	159	Sep 24	OAK		ANA	L,6-10	GS	36	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
150	161 (1)	Sep 26	OAK		ANA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
151	162	Sep 27	OAK		ANA	L,2-4	GS	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
							166gm		1239.0	326	3	4	333	1