Rickey Henderson

HandednessBats Right · Throws Left

Listed at5 ft 10 in · 180 lb

BornDecember 25, 1958 · Chicago, IL, USA

MLB debutJune 24, 1979

Final gameSeptember 19, 2003

Seasons25 (1979–2003)

Oakland Athletics 1979–1984; New York Yankees 1985–1989; Oakland Athletics 1989–1993; Toronto Blue Jays 1993; Oakland Athletics 1994–1995; San Diego Padres 1996; Anaheim Angels 1997; San Diego Padres 1997; Oakland Athletics 1998; New York Mets 1999–2000; Seattle Mariners 2000; San Diego Padres 2001; Boston Red Sox 2002; Los Angeles Dodgers 2003

Percentile snapshot

2000 season — qualified batters

123

2.4

519

5.5

420

0.6

27.4

0.6

2.4

RBI

1.8

81.7

70.7

94.5

6.1

.233

OBP

.368

59.1

SLG

.305

0.6

OPS

.673

3.7

wRC+

87.1

19.5

OPS+

77.2

11.6

wOBA

.323

15.2

sWAR

0.3

12.2

of 165 qualified 2000 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

133.2

92.8

OPS+

127.4

sWAR

87.8

99.9

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
1979	89	398	351	49	96	13	3	1	26	34	39	33	11	.274	.338	.336	.675	91.6	87.8	.315	0.7
1980	158	722	591	111	179	22	4	9	53	117	54	100	26	.303	.420	.399	.820	141.4	134.0	.384	5.2
1981	108	493	423	89	135	18	7	6	35	64	68	56	22	.319	.408	.437	.845	154.8	149.7	.392	4.4
1982	149	656	536	119	143	24	4	10	51	116	94	130	42	.267	.398	.382	.780	129.5	120.0	.366	3.9
1983	145	622	513	105	150	25	7	9	48	103	80	108	19	.292	.414	.421	.835	142.2	136.3	.384	4.6
1984	142	597	502	113	147	27	4	16	58	86	81	66	18	.293	.399	.458	.857	149.3	143.6	.391	4.9
1985	143	654	547	146	172	28	5	24	72	99	65	80	10	.314	.419	.516	.934	162.6	158.6	.416	7.5
1986	153	701	608	130	160	31	5	28	74	89	81	87	18	.263	.358	.469	.827	127.8	125.5	.368	4.9
1987	95	440	358	78	104	17	3	17	37	80	52	41	8	.291	.423	.497	.920	150.4	145.2	.409	3.9
1988	140	647	554	118	169	30	2	6	50	82	54	93	13	.305	.394	.399	.793	130.8	124.2	.368	3.9
1989	150	674	541	113	148	26	3	12	57	126	68	77	14	.274	.411	.399	.810	142.2	133.6	.383	5.0
1990	136	594	489	119	159	33	3	28	61	97	60	65	10	.325	.439	.577	1.016	193.2	189.8	.455	7.9
1991	134	578	470	105	126	17	1	18	57	98	73	58	18	.268	.400	.423	.823	139.7	135.3	.379	4.0
1992	117	500	396	77	112	18	3	15	46	95	56	48	11	.283	.426	.457	.883	160.5	154.2	.410	4.7
1993	134	610	481	114	139	22	2	21	59	120	65	53	8	.289	.432	.474	.906	153.1	148.9	.414	5.2
1994	87	376	296	66	77	13	0	6	20	72	45	22	7	.260	.411	.365	.776	119.9	109.6	.367	1.8
1995	112	487	407	67	122	31	1	9	54	72	66	32	10	.300	.407	.447	.855	131.7	127.3	.388	2.9
1996	148	602	465	110	112	17	2	9	29	125	90	37	15	.241	.410	.344	.754	120.6	107.4	.364	2.9
1997	120	509	403	84	100	14	0	8	34	97	85	45	8	.248	.400	.342	.742	113.0	102.2	.355	2.0
1998	152	670	542	101	128	16	1	14	57	118	114	66	13	.236	.376	.347	.723	101.5	92.3	.340	1.8
1999	121	526	438	89	138	30	0	12	42	82	82	37	14	.315	.423	.466	.889	135.9	130.1	.401	3.6
2000	123	519	420	75	98	14	2	4	32	88	75	36	11	.233	.368	.305	.673	87.1	77.2	.323	0.3
2001	123	465	379	70	86	17	3	8	42	81	84	25	7	.227	.366	.351	.717	103.7	94.6	.334	1.2
2002	72	222	179	40	40	6	1	5	16	38	47	8	2	.223	.369	.352	.721	101.3	92.1	.337	0.5
2003	30	84	72	7	15	1	0	2	5	11	16	3	0	.208	.321	.306	.627	76.1	69.8	.297	-0.1

Career totals

3,081

4th-most career G

13,346

4th-most career PA

10,961

13th-most career AB

2,295

Most career R of all time

3,055

27th-most career H

510

59th-most career 2B

450th-most career 3B

297

168th-most career HR

RBI

1,115

217th-most career RBI

2,190

2nd-most career BB

1,694

48th-most career SO

1,406

Most career SB of all time

.2787

OBP

.4012

63rd-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4186

OPS

.8198

353rd-highest career OPS

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	BB	TB
1999-04-07	NYM @ MIA Gameday	4	4	4	2	2	2	1	12
1985-07-30	NYY @ CLE Gameday	4	2	3	1	2	2	0	10
1985-06-21	NYY @ DET Gameday	4	2	3	0	2	3	0	9
1993-07-22	ATH @ BOS Gameday	4	3	3	0	2	3	1	9
1991-09-29	TEX @ ATH Gameday	5	4	5	0	1	4	0	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.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 2009 (BBWAA)

3× Silver Slugger1× Gold Glove1× ALCS MVP1× Most Valuable Player10× 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.