Dave Henderson

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 210 lb

BornJuly 21, 1958 · Merced, CA, USA

MLB debutApril 9, 1981

Final gameJuly 29, 1994

Seasons14 (1981–1994)

Seattle Mariners 1981–1985; Boston Red Sox 1986; Seattle Mariners 1986; Boston Red Sox 1987; San Francisco Giants 1987; Oakland Athletics 1988–1993; Kansas City Royals 1994

Percentile snapshot

1991 season — qualified batters

150

48.4

637

64.8

572

69.7

158

61.5

75.4

77.9

RBI

67.2

56.6

113

19.7

37.7

36.1

.276

54.9

OBP

.346

SLG

.465

69.7

OPS

.811

68.9

wRC+

129.4

68.9

OPS+

129.3

73.8

wOBA

.364

65.6

sWAR

4.6

of 123 qualified 1991 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

107.8

57.2

OPS+

108.6

59.6

sWAR

24.8

95.3

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1981	59	145	126	17	21	3	0	6	13	16	24	2	1	.167	.264	.333	.597	66.2	68.4	.279	-0.2
1982	104	362	324	47	82	17	1	14	48	36	67	2	5	.253	.327	.441	.768	107.1	106.5	.342	1.7
1983	137	521	484	50	130	24	5	17	55	28	93	9	3	.269	.306	.444	.751	98.5	101.3	.330	1.5
1984	112	374	350	42	98	23	0	14	43	19	56	5	5	.280	.320	.466	.786	116.4	115.8	.349	2.0
1985	139	556	502	70	121	28	2	14	68	48	104	6	1	.241	.310	.388	.698	90.0	89.5	.314	1.3
1986	139	432	388	59	103	22	4	15	47	39	110	2	3	.265	.335	.459	.794	112.3	113.3	.349	1.8
1987	90	238	205	32	48	12	0	8	26	30	53	3	1	.234	.329	.410	.739	96.8	93.8	.331	0.6
1988	146	570	507	100	154	38	1	24	94	47	92	2	4	.304	.363	.525	.887	151.4	151.6	.393	5.8
1989	152	643	579	77	145	24	3	15	80	54	131	8	5	.250	.315	.380	.695	101.0	100.3	.320	2.6
1990	127	494	450	65	122	28	0	20	63	40	105	3	1	.271	.331	.467	.797	126.7	126.7	.359	3.4
1991	150	637	572	86	158	33	0	25	85	58	113	6	6	.276	.346	.465	.811	129.4	129.3	.364	4.6
1992	20	65	63	1	9	1	0	0	2	2	16	0	0	.143	.169	.159	.328	-13.3	-5.1	.157	-0.7
1993	107	422	382	37	84	19	0	20	53	32	113	0	3	.220	.275	.427	.702	87.3	90.6	.311	0.5
1994	56	218	198	27	49	14	1	5	31	16	28	2	0	.247	.304	.404	.708	77.9	79.4	.313	-0.2

Career totals

1,538

5,677

5,130

710

1,324

286

197

396th-most career HR

RBI

708

465

1,105

304th-most career SO

.2581

OBP

.3201

SLG

.4357

OPS

.7558

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	TB
1991-08-03	MIN @ ATH Gameday	5	3	3	0	3	3	12
1991-04-16	ATH @ LAA Gameday	6	2	5	2	1	5	10
1989-10-27	ATH @ SF Gameday	4	2	3	1	2	4	10
1990-05-23	MIL @ ATH Gameday	5	3	3	1	2	4	10
1993-09-26	ATH @ SEA Gameday	5	2	3	1	2	2	10

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

1× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.