Rickey Henderson

Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson (born December 25, 1958) is an American former baseball left fielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for nine teams from 1979 to 2003, including four stints with his original team, the Oakland Athletics. Nicknamed "The Man of Steal", he is widely regarded as the sport's greatest leadoff hitter and baserunner. He holds the major league records for career stolen bases, runs scored, unintentional walks and leadoff home runs. At the time of his last major league game in 2003, the ten-time American League (AL) All-Star ranked among the sport's top 100 all-time home run hitters and was its all-time leader in base on balls. In 2009, he was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame on his first ballot appearance.

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2009

Prime 9 (TV Show)

2000

2000 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

1999

ESPN SportsCentury (TV Show)

1999

1999 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

1993

Late Show with David Letterman (TV Show)

1992

1992 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

1991

1991 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1990

Sunday Night Baseball (TV Show)

1990

1990 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1990

1990 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

1990

1990 World Series (TV Show)

1988

1988 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1987

1987 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1986

1986 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1985

1985 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1984

1984 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1983

1983 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1982

Late Night with David Letterman (TV Show)

1982

1982 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1981

1981 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

1980

1980 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

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Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Rickey Henderson.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1979	OAK	89	351	49	96	13	3	1	26	33	34	39	0.274	0.338	0.336
1980	OAK	158	591	111	179	22	4	9	53	100	117	54	0.303	0.420	0.399
1981	OAK	108	423	89	135	18	7	6	35	56	64	68	0.319	0.408	0.437
1982	OAK	149	536	119	143	24	4	10	51	130	116	94	0.267	0.398	0.382
1983	OAK	145	513	105	150	25	7	9	48	108	103	80	0.292	0.414	0.421
1984	OAK	142	502	113	147	27	4	16	58	66	86	81	0.293	0.399	0.458
1985	NYY	143	547	146	172	28	5	24	72	80	99	65	0.314	0.419	0.516
1986	NYY	153	608	130	160	31	5	28	74	87	89	81	0.263	0.358	0.469
1987	NYY	95	358	78	104	17	3	17	37	41	80	52	0.291	0.423	0.497
1988	NYY	140	554	118	169	30	2	6	50	93	82	54	0.305	0.394	0.399
1989	NYY	65	235	41	58	13	1	3	22	25	56	29	0.247	0.392	0.349
1989	OAK	85	306	72	90	13	2	9	35	52	70	39	0.294	0.425	0.438
1990	OAK	136	489	119	159	33	3	28	61	65	97	60	0.325	0.439	0.577
1991	OAK	134	470	105	126	17	1	18	57	58	98	73	0.268	0.400	0.423
1992	OAK	117	396	77	112	18	3	15	46	48	95	56	0.283	0.426	0.457
1993	OAK	90	318	77	104	19	1	17	47	31	85	46	0.327	0.469	0.553
1993	TOR	44	163	37	35	3	1	4	12	22	35	19	0.215	0.356	0.319
1994	OAK	87	296	66	77	13	0	6	20	22	72	45	0.260	0.411	0.365
1995	OAK	112	407	67	122	31	1	9	54	32	72	66	0.300	0.407	0.447
1996	SDP	148	465	110	112	17	2	9	29	37	125	90	0.241	0.410	0.344
1997	ANA	32	115	21	21	3	0	2	7	16	26	23	0.183	0.343	0.261
1997	SDP	88	288	63	79	11	0	6	27	29	71	62	0.274	0.422	0.375
1998	OAK	152	542	101	128	16	1	14	57	66	118	114	0.236	0.376	0.347
1999	NYM	121	438	89	138	30	0	12	42	37	82	82	0.315	0.423	0.466
2000	NYM	31	96	17	21	1	0	0	2	5	25	20	0.219	0.387	0.229
2000	SEA	92	324	58	77	13	2	4	30	31	63	55	0.238	0.362	0.327
2001	SDP	123	379	70	86	17	3	8	42	25	81	84	0.227	0.366	0.351
2002	BOS	72	179	40	40	6	1	5	16	8	38	47	0.223	0.369	0.352
2003	LAD	30	72	7	15	1	0	2	5	3	11	16	0.208	0.321	0.306
Career		3081	10961	2295	3055	510	66	297	1115	1406	2190	1694	-	-	-

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Rickey Henderson.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1979	OAK	89	89	768	212	5	6	0	0.973
1980	OAK	157	157	1,401	412	17	7	1	0.984
1981	OAK	107	107	952	323	7	7	0	0.979
1982	OAK	146	144	1,274	381	3	9	0	0.977
1983	OAK	142	136	1,184	350	10	3	1	0.992
1984	OAK	140	132	1,130	343	7	11	1	0.970
1985	NYY	141	140	1,218	440	7	9	3	0.980
1986	NYY	146	144	1,255	425	5	6	0	0.986
1987	NYY	69	69	589	189	2	4	1	0.979
1988	NYY	136	135	1,192	321	8	12	5	0.965
1989	NYY	65	64	558	145	3	1	0	0.993
1989	OAK	82	81	712	187	4	3	1	0.985
1990	OAK	119	118	994	291	5	5	0	0.983
1991	OAK	119	118	982	249	10	8	1	0.970
1992	OAK	108	105	884	230	9	4	2	0.984
1993	OAK	74	74	629	182	5	5	1	0.974
1993	TOR	44	44	377	77	1	2	0	0.975
1994	OAK	71	70	586	166	4	4	0	0.977
1995	OAK	90	89	741	161	5	2	1	0.988
1996	SDP	134	122	1,118	228	3	6	0	0.975
1997	ANA	13	12	102	26	0	0	0	1.000
1997	SDP	78	74	627	160	4	7	1	0.959
1998	OAK	151	144	1,239	326	3	4	1	0.988
1999	NYM	116	113	889	167	0	2	0	0.988
2000	NYM	30	29	214	36	0	2	0	0.947
2000	SEA	88	87	692	181	0	3	0	0.984
2001	SDP	104	98	812	157	5	3	2	0.982
2002	BOS	54	45	407	83	4	5	0	0.946
2003	LAD	18	17	139	20	1	1	1	0.955
Career		2831	2757	-	6468	137	141	23	-

First Name	Rickey
Middle Name	Nelson Henley
Last Name	Henderson
Full Name at Birth	Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson
Other Names	Man of Steal
Age	54
Date of Birth	December 25, 1958
Birthplace	Chicago, IL
Height	5' 10" (178 cm)
Weight	180 lbs (81.6 kg)
Star Sign	Capricorn
Nationality	American
High School	Oakland Technical (Oakland, CA)
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Leftfielder
Bats	Right
Throws	Left
MLB Debut	24 June 1979
Last MLB Game	19 September 2003
Draft	Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 4th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
Hall of Fame	Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2009 (511/539 ballots).