Ken Henderson

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 180 lb

BornJune 15, 1946 · Carroll, IA, USA

MLB debutApril 23, 1965

Final gameJuly 19, 1980

Seasons16 (1965–1980)

San Francisco Giants 1965–1972; Chicago White Sox 1973–1975; Atlanta Braves 1976; Texas Rangers 1977; Cincinnati Reds 1978; New York Mets 1978; Chicago Cubs 1979; Cincinnati Reds 1979; Chicago Cubs 1980

Percentile snapshot

1976 season — qualified batters

133

6.8

505

1.7

435

3.4

12.7

114

9.3

56.8

RBI

44.1

71.2

49.2

30.5

38.1

.262

OBP

.352

65.3

SLG

.395

51.7

OPS

.747

54.2

wRC+

107.7

42.4

OPS+

106.1

39.8

wOBA

.349

54.2

sWAR

1.6

33.1

of 119 qualified 1976 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

106.9

55.6

OPS+

106.2

54.9

sWAR

18.1

92.7

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
1965	63	83	73	10	14	1	1	0	7	9	19	1	1	.192	.277	.233	.510	30.6	45.2	.224	-0.5
1966	11	32	29	4	9	1	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	.310	.375	.517	.892	151.3	144.4	.398	0.3
1967	65	203	179	15	34	3	0	4	14	19	52	0	1	.190	.274	.274	.547	63.1	59.3	.266	-0.3
1968	3	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	.333	.600	.333	.933	237.9	188.3	.489	0.1
1969	113	429	374	42	84	14	4	6	44	42	64	6	4	.225	.308	.332	.640	83.1	81.3	.303	-0.1
1970	148	649	554	104	163	35	3	17	88	87	78	20	3	.294	.394	.460	.854	133.0	129.9	.389	4.1
1971	141	598	504	80	133	26	6	15	65	84	76	18	3	.264	.370	.429	.798	129.8	127.4	.366	3.4
1972	130	484	439	60	113	21	2	18	51	38	66	14	7	.257	.317	.437	.755	110.4	111.7	.341	1.7
1973	73	291	262	32	68	13	0	6	32	27	49	3	4	.260	.330	.378	.708	97.4	96.9	.328	0.6
1974	162	680	602	76	176	35	5	20	95	66	112	12	7	.292	.360	.467	.827	134.3	134.5	.375	5.4
1975	140	597	513	65	129	20	3	9	53	74	65	5	3	.251	.347	.355	.702	96.3	97.6	.325	2.0
1976	133	505	435	52	114	19	0	13	61	62	68	5	7	.262	.352	.395	.747	107.7	106.1	.349	1.6
1977	75	267	244	23	63	14	0	5	23	18	37	2	1	.258	.317	.377	.694	86.3	88.9	.310	0.1
1978	71	195	166	12	29	8	1	4	23	27	36	0	1	.175	.287	.307	.594	64.9	67.3	.279	-0.2
1979	72	110	94	12	22	3	0	2	10	15	18	0	0	.234	.345	.330	.675	84.4	79.2	.323	0.0
1980	44	99	82	7	16	3	0	2	9	17	19	0	0	.195	.333	.305	.638	74.0	73.8	.302	-0.1

Career totals

1,444

5,227

4,553

595

1,168

216

122

RBI

576

589

763

.2565

OBP

.3431

SLG

.3958

OPS

.7389

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	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1972-08-25	SF @ CHC Gameday	5	2	4	0	0	2	5	1	10
1972-08-08	SD @ SF Gameday	4	2	4	2	0	1	2	0	9
1974-06-21	CWS @ MIN Gameday	4	2	3	0	0	2	6	0	9
1972-08-16	CHC @ SF Gameday	5	4	4	1	0	1	5	1	8
1969-05-13	SF @ PIT Gameday	4	2	3	0	1	1	2	1	8

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.