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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	35-25 / in Starts: 34-25
Longest Hitting Streak	15 games
Longest On Base Streak	22 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1981	ALDS g1	Oct 6	OAK	@	KCR	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	.59	-0.058	9.26	-0.50%	-0.73	LF
2	1981	ALDS g2	Oct 7	OAK	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	.93	-0.105	13.23	-0.92%	-1.03	LF
3	1981	ALDS g3	Oct 9	OAK		KCR	W,4-1	CG	4	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.182	.308	.182	.490	1	.71	0.117	6.20	0.56%	1.37	LF
4	1981	ALCS g1	Oct 13	OAK	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.353	.400	.753	1	.93	0.050	28.91	0.86%	0.65	LF
5	1981	ALCS g2	Oct 14	OAK	@	NYY	L,3-13	CG	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.318	.450	.768	1	.89	0.026	29.79	0.31%	-1.00	LF
6	1981	ALCS g3	Oct 15	OAK		NYY	L,0-4	GS-6	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.273	.360	.455	.815	1	1.13	0.123	27.53	1.64%	1.13	LF
1989 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	1989	ALCS g1	Oct 3	OAK		TOR	W,7-3	CG	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.600	.000	.600	1	1.19	0.091	31.12	1.17%	1.06	LF
8	1989	ALCS g2	Oct 4	OAK		TOR	W,6-3	CG	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	.500	.778	.500	1.278	1	.77	0.190	20.50	2.99%	2.66	LF
9	1989	ALCS g3	Oct 6	OAK	@	TOR	L,3-7	CG	5	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.375	.643	.500	1.143	1	1.02	0.003	21.18	0.24%	0.38	LF
10	1989	ALCS g4	Oct 7	OAK	@	TOR	W,6-5	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.417	.632	1.000	1.632	1	.82	0.236	25.02	4.73%	2.42	LF
11	1989	ALCS g5	Oct 8	OAK	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.400	.609	1.000	1.609	1	.90	0.164	15.74	1.89%	1.32	LF
12	1989	WS g1	Oct 14	OAK		SFG	W,5-0	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.571	.850	1.421	1	.48	0.062	25.10	1.80%	1.06	LF
13	1989	WS g2	Oct 15	OAK		SFG	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.478	.625	.957	1.582	1	.62	0.096	33.09	2.80%	1.49	LF
14	1989	WS g3	Oct 27	OAK	@	SFG	W,13-7	GS-9	6	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.429	.579	.857	1.436	1	.67	0.136	28.02	3.76%	0.61	LF
15	1989	WS g4	Oct 28	OAK	@	SFG	W,9-6	CG	6	6	2	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.441	.568	.941	1.509	1	.36	0.165	6.84	2.03%	2.53	LF
1990 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	1990	ALCS g1	Oct 6	OAK	@	BOS	W,9-1	CG	6	5	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.400	.333	.400	.733	1	1.41	-0.024	36.75	-0.19%	0.64	LF
17	1990	ALCS g2	Oct 7	OAK	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.273	.300	.573	1	1.67	-0.043	42.78	-0.62%	-0.65	LF
18	1990	ALCS g3	Oct 9	OAK		BOS	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.267	.286	.552	1	.73	-0.065	15.29	-0.79%	-0.66	LF
19	1990	ALCS g4	Oct 10	OAK		BOS	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.294	.316	.294	.610	1	.43	0.030	4.77	0.18%	0.31	LF
20	1990	WS g1	Oct 16	OAK	@	CIN	L,0-7	CG	5	5	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.375	.455	.830	1	.49	0.004	25.84	0.11%	0.37	LF
21	1990	WS g2	Oct 17	OAK	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG(10)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.346	.379	.423	.802	1	1.07	-0.006	56.90	0.00%	0.17	LF
22	1990	WS g3	Oct 19	OAK		CIN	L,3-8	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.345	.394	.517	.911	1	.45	0.010	18.92	0.36%	0.69	LF
23	1990	WS g4	Oct 20	OAK		CIN	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.313	.378	.469	.847	1	1.22	-0.061	23.09	-0.73%	-0.28	LF
1992 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	1992	ALCS g1	Oct 7	OAK	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	1	.73	-0.006	19.08	-0.04%	0.30	LF
25	1992	ALCS g2	Oct 8	OAK	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	1	1.82	-0.241	46.76	-3.55%	-2.34	LF
26	1992	ALCS g3	Oct 10	OAK		TOR	L,5-7	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.100	.308	.100	.408	1	1.35	0.092	42.42	1.94%	0.71	LF
27	1992	ALCS g4	Oct 11	OAK		TOR	L,6-7	CG(11)	6	6	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.250	.368	.250	.618	1	.79	0.158	24.08	2.67%	2.15	LF
28	1992	ALCS g5	Oct 12	OAK		TOR	W,6-2	GS-7	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.435	.316	.751	1	.64	0.087	11.29	0.84%	1.80	LF
29	1992	ALCS g6	Oct 14	OAK	@	TOR	L,2-9	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.370	.261	.631	1	.96	-0.092	36.86	-1.93%	-1.44	LF
1993 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	1993	ALCS g1	Oct 5	TOR	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	.72	-0.110	18.77	-1.65%	-1.79	LF
31	1993	ALCS g2	Oct 6	TOR	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	1	.91	0.007	23.45	0.06%	-0.10	LF
32	1993	ALCS g3	Oct 8	TOR		CHW	L,1-6	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.083	.214	.167	.381	1	.48	-0.008	9.92	-0.06%	0.11	LF
33	1993	ALCS g4	Oct 9	TOR		CHW	L,4-7	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.263	.133	.396	1	1.21	0.037	38.92	0.87%	-0.10	LF
34	1993	ALCS g5	Oct 10	TOR		CHW	W,5-3	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.150	.292	.250	.542	1	.75	0.063	30.95	1.47%	-0.17	LF
35	1993	ALCS g6	Oct 12	TOR	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.241	.200	.441	1	1.12	-0.147	50.24	-4.18%	-1.67	LF
36	1993	WS g1	Oct 16	TOR		PHI	W,8-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.273	.214	.487	1	1.16	0.025	60.50	0.79%	0.43	LF
37	1993	WS g2	Oct 17	TOR		PHI	L,4-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.129	.270	.194	.464	1	.85	-0.062	45.06	-2.10%	-0.70	LF
38	1993	WS g3	Oct 19	TOR	@	PHI	W,10-3	CG	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.310	.257	.567	1	.32	0.032	20.08	1.30%	0.51	LF
39	1993	WS g4	Oct 20	TOR	@	PHI	W,15-14	CG	6	5	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200	.333	.300	.633	1	1.62	0.139	99.08	5.13%	1.89	LF
40	1993	WS g5	Oct 21	TOR	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.327	.279	.606	1	1.50	-0.137	53.12	-2.70%	-1.01	LF
41	1993	WS g6	Oct 23	TOR		PHI	W,8-6	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.316	.255	.571	1	1.47	0.035	113.43	2.10%	-0.66	LF
1996 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
42	1996	NLDS g1	Oct 1	SDP	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.600	1.250	1.850	1	.96	0.116	15.03	1.02%	1.01	LF
43	1996	NLDS g2	Oct 3	SDP	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.556	.857	1.413	1	1.68	0.118	27.85	1.09%	0.52	LF
44	1996	NLDS g3	Oct 5	SDP		STL	L,5-7	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.583	1.012	1	1.42	-0.073	16.86	-0.47%	-1.37	LF
1999 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
45	1999	NLDS g1	Oct 5	NYM	@	ARI	W,8-4	GS-9	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.400	.000	.400	1	1.67	-0.135	26.11	-1.38%	-0.65	LF
46	1999	NLDS g2	Oct 6	NYM	@	ARI	L,1-7	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.333	.556	.333	.889	1	.93	0.087	14.26	0.83%	0.83	LF
47	1999	NLDS g3	Oct 8	NYM		ARI	W,9-2	GS-9	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.455	.571	.455	1.026	1	.82	0.090	17.24	1.06%	1.41	LF
48	1999	NLDS g4	Oct 9	NYM		ARI	W,4-3	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.400	.900	1	.86	-0.007	19.10	-0.09%	-0.22	LF
49	1999	NLCS g1	Oct 12	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.409	.316	.725	1	1.51	-0.135	39.50	-1.98%	-0.99	LF
50	1999	NLCS g2	Oct 13	NYM	@	ATL	L,3-4	GS-2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	1	1.35	-0.078	35.59	-1.27%	-0.89	LF
51	1999	NLCS g3	Oct 15	NYM		ATL	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.357	.280	.637	1	1.38	-0.068	28.80	-0.90%	-0.35	LF
52	1999	NLCS g4	Oct 16	NYM		ATL	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.323	.250	.573	1	1.05	-0.085	10.13	-0.47%	-0.76	LF
53	1999	NLCS g5	Oct 17	NYM		ATL	W,4-3	GS-11	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.306	.242	.548	1	1.15	-0.093	20.83	-0.94%	-0.51	LF
54	1999	NLCS g6	Oct 19	NYM	@	ATL	L,9-10	GS-8	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.263	.317	.289	.607	1	.89	0.055	34.45	1.25%	0.53	LF
2000 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
55	2000	ALDS g1	Oct 3	SEA	@	CHW	W,7-4	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	.90	-0.013	14.11	-0.09%	-0.19	LF
56	2000	ALDS g2	Oct 4	SEA	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS-5	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.400	.500	.400	.900	1	1.25	0.045	19.01	0.44%	0.39	LF
57	2000	ALDS g3	Oct 6	SEA		CHW	W,2-1	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.500	.400	.900	5		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
58	2000	ALCS g1	Oct 10	SEA	@	NYY	W,2-0	GS-6	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.429	.556	.429	.984	1	1.12	0.093	29.33	1.60%	0.64	LF
59	2000	ALCS g3	Oct 13	SEA		NYY	L,2-8	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.462	.455	.916	1	1.38	-0.103	43.12	-1.90%	-0.99	LF
60	2000	ALCS g5	Oct 15	SEA		NYY	W,6-2	GS-8	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.412	.357	.769	1	1.20	0.005	21.44	0.07%	-0.81	LF
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