Tim Hendryx

Timothy Green Hendryx

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 9", Weight 170 lb.

• Debut September 4, 1911
• Final Game July 26, 1921
• Born January 31, 1891 in LeRoy, IL USA
• Died August 14, 1957 in Corpus Christi, TX USA

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Biographical Information

Tim Hendryx played eight seasons in the majors and 12 in the minors, mostly being an above-average hitter wherever he went.

Hendryx made his major league debut with the 1911 Cleveland Naps at age 20, a team which featured the 21-year-old Joe Jackson who hit .408. Although Hendryx was also with the 1912 Naps for 23 games, he spent most of 1912-1915 with New Orleans. It was reported that during the winter of 1914-15 he raised chrysanthemums in New Orleans, making much money.

Tim gradually matured with New Orleans, and in 1915 his .325 batting average was best among the team's regulars. The New York Yankees brought him up for parts of 1915-16, but he spent most of 1916 with Richmond, where his batting average was close to the highest on the team.

Hendryx finally became a full-time major leaguer in 1917, when he became the regular rightfielder for the Yankees. His 118 OPS+ was the best on the team due to his ability to draw walks and hit for some power. In spite of that, he was traded in the off-season. He spent the next season with the 1918 St. Louis Browns, where his OPS+ of 131 was second to that of George Sisler. He played in 1919 for Louisville, hitting .368 (the second-best hitter on the team had a .302 batting average).

Hendryx returned to the majors in 1920, as one of the players added to the Boston Red Sox who had sold Babe Ruth in the off-season. Hendryx hit .328, highest among the regulars. In 1921 he slipped substantially and spent part of the season, along with 1922, in St. Paul where he hit .330 and .341.

From 1923-1926 Tim played mostly for the San Francisco Seals (with a few games for Mobile), as a teammate of first Paul Waner and then Lloyd Waner. The young Earl Averill was also on the 1926 San Francisco Seals.

His 1922 St. Paul Saints and his 1925 San Francisco Seals have been chosen as two of the top minor league teams in history. [1].

A website featuring Hendryx says that he was born in Illinois and his family moved to Florida in 1908. He started in pro ball with Yazoo City. After the majors he continued to play minor league ball through 1929. After baseball he lived in Minnesota and then in Corpus Christi, TX. He was a paint contractor and a taxi driver. The site contains many photos, including one of him with the 1916 Yankees.

"Hendryx's sensational catch of Hollander's line drive in the ninth was the fielding feature." - Sporting Life, May 9, 1914, about Tim's play for New Orleans, on a day when he also got three hits

"Among the men recently let out was Tim Hendryx, who has had three American League trials, and who seems a better ball-player than his frequent transfers would indicate was really the case." - Baseball Magazine, 1919

Related Sites

• Tim Hendryx at the SABR Bio Project