Rickey Henderson

LF/CF/DH · R/L · MLB · ACTIVE: 1979–2003 BORN: CHICAGO, USA

MVP 1990 All-Star ×10 Gold Glove 1981 Silver Slugger ×3 Hall of Fame

Career

3055 H · 297 HR · 1115 RBI · 1406 SB

.279 AVG · .820 OPS · 3081 G

2003 Season

.208 AVG · 2 HR · 5 RBI · 3 SB

.321 OBP · .306 SLG · .627 OPS

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Rickey Henderson was a left fielder in MLB history. Across 3081 career games, with a .279 batting average and 297 home runs. This page covers season stats, team history, and career profile.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1979	OAK	89	351	49	96	13	3	1	26	33	34	39	.274	.338	.336	.675
1980	OAK	158	591	111	179	22	4	9	53	100	117	54	.303	.420	.399	.820
1981	OAK	108	423	89	135	18	7	6	35	56	64	68	.319	.408	.437	.845
1982	OAK	149	536	119	143	24	4	10	51	130	116	94	.267	.398	.382	.780
1983	OAK	145	513	105	150	25	7	9	48	108	103	80	.292	.414	.421	.835
1984	OAK	142	502	113	147	27	4	16	58	66	86	81	.293	.399	.458	.857
1985	NYY	143	547	146	172	28	5	24	72	80	99	65	.314	.419	.516	.934
1986	NYY	153	608	130	160	31	5	28	74	87	89	81	.263	.358	.469	.827
1987	NYY	95	358	78	104	17	3	17	37	41	80	52	.291	.423	.497	.920
1988	NYY	140	554	118	169	30	2	6	50	93	82	54	.305	.394	.399	.793
1989	NYY	65	235	41	58	13	1	3	22	25	56	29	.247	.392	.349	.741
1989	OAK	85	306	72	90	13	2	9	35	52	70	39	.294	.425	.438	.863
1990	OAK	136	489	119	159	33	3	28	61	65	97	60	.325	.439	.577	1.016
1991	OAK	134	470	105	126	17	1	18	57	58	98	73	.268	.400	.423	.823
1992	OAK	117	396	77	112	18	3	15	46	48	95	56	.283	.426	.457	.883
1993	OAK	90	318	77	104	19	1	17	47	31	85	46	.327	.469	.553	1.023
1993	TOR	44	163	37	35	3	1	4	12	22	35	19	.215	.356	.319	.675
1994	OAK	87	296	66	77	13	0	6	20	22	72	45	.260	.411	.365	.776
1995	OAK	112	407	67	122	31	1	9	54	32	72	66	.300	.407	.447	.855
1996	SD	148	465	110	112	17	2	9	29	37	125	90	.241	.410	.344	.754
1997	ANA	32	115	21	21	3	0	2	7	16	26	23	.183	.343	.261	.604
1997	SD	88	288	63	79	11	0	6	27	29	71	62	.274	.422	.375	.797
1998	OAK	152	542	101	128	16	1	14	57	66	118	114	.236	.376	.347	.723
1999	NYM	121	438	89	138	30	0	12	42	37	82	82	.315	.423	.466	.889
2000	NYM	31	96	17	21	1	0	0	2	5	25	20	.219	.387	.229	.616
2000	SEA	92	324	58	77	13	2	4	30	31	63	55	.238	.362	.327	.689
2001	SD	123	379	70	86	17	3	8	42	25	81	84	.227	.366	.351	.717
2002	BOS	72	179	40	40	6	1	5	16	8	38	47	.223	.369	.352	.721
2003	LAD	30	72	7	15	1	0	2	5	3	11	16	.208	.321	.306	.627
Career Totals	—	3081	10961	2295	3055	510	66	297	1115	1406	2190	1694	.279	.401	.419	.820

Awards & Achievements

ALCS MVP (1): 1989
Gold Glove (1): 1981
Most Valuable Player (1): 1990
Player of the Month (1): 1985
Player of the Week (5): 1982, 1985, 1990, 1990, 1991
Silver Slugger (3): 1981, 1985, 1990
TSN All-Star (3): 1981, 1985, 1990
TSN Comeback Player of the Year (1): 1999

All-Star Selections

1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991

Salary & Contract

Year	Salary
1985	$1,470,000
1986	$1,570,000
1987	$1,670,000
1988	$1,770,000
1989	$2,120,000
1990	$2,350,000
1991	$3,250,000
1992	$3,250,000
1993	$3,550,000
1994	$4,800,000
1995	$3,800,000
1996	$3,250,000
1997	$3,045,000
1998	$1,150,000
1999	$1,900,000
2000	$2,000,000
2001	$300,000
2002	$350,000

Career Total: $41,595,000 (18 seasons)

Average: $2,310,833

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.