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Rickey Henderson Stats

Rickey Henderson was born on Thursday, December 25, 1958, in Chicago, Illinois. Henderson was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 24, 1979, with the Oakland Athletics. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Rickey Henderson baseball stats page.

"If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game." - Henderson, Rickey. National Baseball Hall of Fame. Rickey Henderson Biography. Last Updated 18 December 2022. [Rickey Henderson Quotes]

Birth Name:	Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson
Nickname:	The Man of Steal
Born On:	12-25-1958 (Capricorn)
Born In:	Chicago, Illinois
Died On:	Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

High School:	Oakland Technical High School (Oakland, CA)
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Left
Height:	5-10	Weight:	195
First Game:	06-24-1979 (Age 20)
Last Game:	09-19-2003
Draft:	1976 : 4th Round (96th) / Signing Bonus = $10,000

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Rickey Henderson Rickey Henderson Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1979	21	Athletics	89	351	49	96	13	3	1	0	26	34	0	39	8	3	2	4	.274	.338	.336
1980	22	Athletics	158	591	111	179	22	4	9	0	53	117	7	54	6	3	5	6	.303	.420	.399
1981	23	Athletics	108	423	89	135	18	7	6	0	35	64	4	68	0	4	2	7	.319	.408	.437
1982	24	Athletics	149	536	119	143	24	4	10	0	51	116	1	94	0	2	2	5	.267	.398	.382
1983	25	Athletics	145	513	105	150	25	7	9	0	48	103	8	80	1	1	4	11	.292	.414	.421
1984	26	Athletics	142	502	113	147	27	4	16	0	58	86	1	81	1	3	5	7	.293	.399	.458
1985	27	Yankees	143	547	146	172	28	5	24	0	72	99	1	65	0	5	3	8	.314	.419	.516
1986	28	Yankees	153	608	130	160	31	5	28	0	74	89	2	81	0	2	2	12	.263	.358	.469
1987	29	Yankees	95	358	78	104	17	3	17	0	37	80	1	52	0	0	2	10	.291	.423	.497
1988	30	Yankees	140	554	118	169	30	2	6	0	50	82	1	54	2	6	3	6	.305	.394	.399
1989	31	Yankees	65	235	41	58	13	1	3	0	22	56	0	29	0	1	1	0	.247	.392	.349
1989	31	Athletics	85	306	72	90	13	2	9	0	35	70	5	39	0	3	2	8	.294	.425	.438
1990	32	Athletics	136	489	119	159	33	3	28	0	61	97	2	60	2	2	4	13	.325	.439	.577
1991	33	Athletics	134	470	105	126	17	1	18	1	57	98	7	73	0	3	7	7	.268	.400	.423
1992	34	Athletics	117	396	77	112	18	3	15	0	46	95	5	56	0	3	6	5	.283	.426	.457
1993	35	Athletics	90	318	77	104	19	1	17	0	47	85	6	46	0	2	2	8	.327	.469	.553
1993	35	Blue Jays	44	163	37	35	3	1	4	0	12	35	1	19	1	2	2	1	.215	.356	.319
1994	36	Athletics	87	296	66	77	13	0	6	0	20	72	1	45	1	2	5	0	.260	.411	.365
1995	37	Athletics	112	407	67	122	31	1	9	0	54	72	2	66	1	3	4	8	.300	.407	.447
1996	38	Padres	148	465	110	112	17	2	9	0	29	125	2	90	0	2	10	5	.241	.410	.344
1997	39	Padres	88	288	63	79	11	0	6	0	27	71	2	62	0	2	4	7	.274	.422	.375
1997	39	Angels	32	115	21	21	3	0	2	0	7	26	0	23	1	0	2	3	.183	.343	.261
1998	40	Athletics	152	542	101	128	16	1	14	2	57	118	0	114	2	3	5	5	.236	.376	.347
1999	41	Mets	121	438	89	138	30	0	12	0	42	82	1	82	1	3	2	4	.315	.423	.466
2000	42	Mets	31	96	17	21	1	0	0	0	2	25	1	20	0	1	2	2	.219	.387	.229
2000	42	Mariners	92	324	58	77	13	2	4	0	30	63	0	55	3	3	2	9	.238	.362	.327
2001	43	Padres	123	379	70	86	17	3	8	0	42	81	0	84	0	2	3	8	.227	.366	.351
2002	44	Red Sox	72	179	40	40	6	1	5	0	16	38	0	47	0	1	4	3	.223	.369	.352
2003	45	Dodgers	30	72	7	15	1	0	2	0	5	11	0	16	0	0	1	0	.208	.321	.306
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
25 Years			3,081	10,961	2,295	3,055	510	66	297	3	1,115	2,190	61	1,694	30	67	98	172	.279	.401	.419

Rickey Henderson Rickey Henderson Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1979 Athletics	CF	32	28	758	91	2.8	89	88	1	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.978	3.17
1979 Athletics	LF	62	60	1,530	131	2.1	127	123	4	4	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.969	2.24
1979 Athletics	RF	1	1	18	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.50
1980 Athletics	LF	157	157	4,203	436	2.8	429	412	17	7	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	2.76
1981 Athletics	LF	107	107	2,856	337	3.1	330	323	7	7	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.979	3.12
1982 Athletics	CF	11	8	212	32	2.9	31	31	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.969	3.95
1982 Athletics	LF	140	136	3,611	361	2.6	353	350	3	8	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.978	2.64
1983 Athletics	CF	9	5	153	19	2.1	19	18	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.35
1983 Athletics	LF	138	131	3,399	344	2.5	341	332	9	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.991	2.71
1984 Athletics	CF	6	0	65	15	2.5	14	14	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.933	5.82
1984 Athletics	LF	140	132	3,325	346	2.5	336	329	7	10	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.971	2.73
1985 Yankees	CF	141	137	3,583	448	3.2	439	432	7	9	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.980	3.31
1985 Yankees	LF	6	3	72	8	1.3	8	8	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.00
1986 Yankees	CF	138	136	3,556	421	3.1	415	411	4	6	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.986	3.15
1986 Yankees	LF	11	8	210	15	1.4	15	14	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.93
1987 Yankees	CF	39	36	948	111	2.8	109	109	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.982	3.10
1987 Yankees	LF	34	33	816	84	2.5	82	80	2	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	2.71
1988 Yankees	CF	3	3	57	5	1.7	5	5	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.37
1988 Yankees	LF	136	132	3,516	336	2.5	324	316	8	12	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	.964	2.49
1989 Yankees	LF	65	64	1,674	149	2.3	148	145	3	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.993	2.39
1989 Athletics	LF	82	81	2,136	194	2.4	191	187	4	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.985	2.41
1990 Athletics	LF	118	118	2,979	301	2.6	296	291	5	5	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.983	2.68
1991 Athletics	LF	119	118	2,946	267	2.2	259	249	10	8	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.970	2.37
1992 Athletics	LF	108	105	2,649	243	2.3	239	230	9	4	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	2.44
1993 Athletics	LF	74	74	1,887	192	2.6	187	182	5	5	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.974	2.68
1993 Blue Jays	LF	44	44	1,131	80	1.8	78	77	1	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.975	1.86
1994 Athletics	CF	10	9	204	19	1.9	19	19	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.51
1994 Athletics	LF	66	61	1,554	155	2.3	151	147	4	4	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.974	2.62
1995 Athletics	LF	90	89	2,223	168	1.9	166	161	5	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.988	2.02
1996 Padres	CF	10	9	195	12	1.2	11	11	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.917	1.52
1996 Padres	LF	114	98	2,796	203	1.8	200	197	3	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.985	1.93
1996 Padres	RF	17	15	363	22	1.3	20	20	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.909	1.49
1997 Padres	CF	17	16	387	42	2.5	41	40	1	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	2.86
1997 Padres	LF	55	50	1,302	116	2.1	112	109	3	4	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.966	2.32
1997 Padres	RF	8	8	189	13	1.6	11	11	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.846	1.57
1997 Angels	CF	2	1	30	7	3.5	7	7	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	6.30
1997 Angels	LF	11	11	276	19	1.7	19	19	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.86
1998 Athletics	CF	24	16	405	37	1.5	37	36	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.47
1998 Athletics	LF	142	128	3,312	296	2.1	292	290	2	4	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.986	2.38
1999 Mets	LF	116	113	2,652	169	1.5	167	167	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.988	1.70
2000 Mets	LF	29	28	642	38	1.3	36	36	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.947	1.51
2000 Mariners	LF	88	87	2,073	184	2.1	181	181	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	2.36
2001 Padres	LF	104	98	2,438	165	1.6	162	157	5	3	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.982	1.79
2002 Red Sox	CF	4	3	81	6	1.5	5	5	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.833	1.67
2002 Red Sox	LF	49	42	1,135	86	1.8	82	78	4	4	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.953	1.95
2002 Red Sox	RF	1	0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
2003 Dodgers	LF	18	17	419	22	1.2	21	20	1	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.955	1.35
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
LF Totals		2,423	2,325	59,762	5,445	2.2	5,332	5,210	122	113	19	n/a	n/a	n/a	.979	2.41
CF Totals		446	407	10,634	1,265	2.8	1,241	1,226	15	24	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.981	3.15
RF Totals		27	24	573	36	1.3	32	32	0	4	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.889	1.51
25 Years		2,896	2,756	70,969	6,746	2.3	6,605	6,468	137	141	23	n/a	n/a	n/a	.979	2.51

Rickey Henderson Rickey Henderson Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1979 Athletics	33	11	.750	0	0	0	351.0	9.0	13.5	-	-	-
1980 Athletics	100	26	.794	0	0	1	65.7	10.9	11.2	-	-	-
1981 Athletics	56	22	.718	1	0	0	70.5	6.2	12.1	-	-	-
1982 Athletics	130	42	.756	0	4	2	53.6	5.7	10.5	-	-	-
1983 Athletics	108	19	.850	7	0	1	57.0	6.4	10.7	-	-	-
1984 Athletics	66	18	.786	3	3	0	31.4	6.2	8.7	-	-	-
1985 Yankees	80	10	.889	1	1	1	22.8	8.4	7.6	-	-	-
1986 Yankees	87	18	.829	3	0	5	21.7	7.5	8.2	-	-	-
1987 Yankees	41	8	.837	2	0	24	21.1	6.9	9.7	-	-	-
1988 Yankees	93	13	.877	1	1	3	92.3	10.3	11.1	-	-	-
1989 Yankees	25	8	.758	1	0	0	78.3	8.1	10.7	-	-	-
1989 Athletics	52	6	.897	1	0	3	34.0	7.8	8.7	-	-	-
1990 Athletics	65	10	.867	2	1	15	17.5	8.2	8.0	-	-	-
1991 Athletics	58	18	.763	7	1	10	26.1	6.4	8.2	-	-	-
1992 Athletics	48	11	.814	4	2	6	26.4	7.1	8.6	-	-	-
1993 Athletics	31	6	.838	3	0	16	18.7	6.9	6.8	-	-	-
1993 Blue Jays	22	2	.917	0	0	0	40.8	8.6	13.6	-	-	-
1994 Athletics	22	7	.759	4	0	13	49.3	6.6	14.8	-	-	-
1995 Athletics	32	10	.762	5	0	19	45.2	6.2	7.5	-	-	-
1996 Padres	37	15	.712	13	6	n/a	51.7	5.2	16.0	-	-	-
1997 Padres	29	4	.879	10	0	2	48.0	4.6	10.7	-	-	-
1997 Angels	16	4	.800	0	0	19	57.5	5.0	16.4	-	-	-
1998 Athletics	66	13	.835	4	3	0	38.7	4.8	9.5	-	-	-
1999 Mets	37	14	.725	5	0	1	36.5	5.3	10.4	-	-	-
2000 Mets	5	2	.714	0	1	0	0.0	4.8	48.0	-	-	-
2000 Mariners	31	9	.775	0	5	2	81.0	5.9	10.8	-	-	-
2001 Padres	25	7	.781	14	8	1	47.4	4.5	9.0	-	-	-
2002 Red Sox	8	2	.800	8	17	5	35.8	3.8	11.2	-	-	-
2003 Dodgers	3	0	1.000	26	0	0	36.0	4.5	14.4	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
25 Years	1,406	335	.808	125	53	149	36.9	6.5	9.8	-	-	-

Rickey Henderson Rickey Henderson Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1979 Oakland Athletics	35	$21,000.00	-	-
1980 Oakland Athletics	35	$30,000.00	Stats	-
1981 Oakland Athletics	35	$185,000.00	-	-
1982 Oakland Athletics	35	$535,000.00	Stats	-
1983 Oakland Athletics	35	$800,000.00	Stats	-
1984 Oakland Athletics	35	$950,000.00	Stats	-
1985 New York Yankees	24	$1,470,000.00	Stats	-
1986 New York Yankees	24	$1,570,000.00	Stats	-
1987 New York Yankees	24	$1,670,000.00	Stats	-
1988 New York Yankees	24	$1,770,000.00	Stats	-
1989 New York Yankees	24	$2,120,000.00	-	Stats
1989 Oakland Athletics	22, 24	" "	-	Stats
1990 Oakland Athletics	24	$2,350,000.00	Stats	Stats
1991 Oakland Athletics	24	$3,250,000.00	Stats	-
1992 Oakland Athletics	24	$3,250,000.00	-	-
1993 Oakland Athletics	24	$3,550,000.00	-	-
1993 Toronto Blue Jays	14, 24	" "	-	Stats
1994 Oakland Athletics	24	$4,800,000.00	-	n/a
1995 Oakland Athletics	24	$3,800,000.00	-	-
1996 San Diego Padres	24	$3,250,000.00	-	-
1997 San Diego Padres	24	$3,045,000.00	-	-
1997 Anaheim Angels	24	" "	-	-
1998 Oakland Athletics	24	$1,150,000.00	-	-
1999 New York Mets	24	$1,900,000.00	-	-
2000 New York Mets	24	$2,000,000.00	-	-
2000 Seattle Mariners	35	" "	-	-
2001 San Diego Padres	24	$300,000.00	-	-
2002 Boston Red Sox	35	$350,000.00	-	-
2003 Los Angeles Dodgers	25	$350,000.00	-	-
Rickey Henderson Stats by Baseball Almanac

Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson was a Major League Baseball player with the Oakland Athletics (1979-1984), New York Yankees (1985-1989), Oakland Athletics (1989-1993), Toronto Blue Jays (1993), Oakland Athletics (1994-1995), San Diego Padres (1996-1997), Anaheim Angels (1997), Oakland Athletics (1998), New York Mets (1999-2000), Seattle Mariners (2000), San Diego Padres (2001), Boston Red Sox (2002), and Los Angeles Dodgers (2003). The Man of Steal, his nickname, stole 100 bases in 1980, 108 bases in 1983, and 130 bases in 1982. In each of those three seasons, Henderson played in the American League and was the first, and through today, the only player in league history with a season of 100+ stolen bases — which he did three times!

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Rickey Henderson Rookie Card | 1980 Topps Baseball Card (#482 | Checklist)
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Did you know that Rickey Henderson started his Major League career in 1979, hung up his cleats 25-years later (2003), and is one of only 27-players in major league history in the four-decade club? Lets look at more numbers of interest as they relate to the greatest baserunner in baseball history:

5 - Rickey Henderson, on July 29, 1989, stole five bases in a game. He, along with Bert Campaneris, May 24, 1976, are the only two players in Oakland Athletics history to steal five bases in a game.

10 - Rickey Henderson appeared in ten All-Star Games (1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, and 1991).

12 - Rickey Henderson was the American League stolen base champion twelve times, setting both the American League and Major League record for most seasons leading the league in stolen bases.

51 - Rickey Henderson was ranked fifty-first by The Sporting News when they released their list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players in the history of baseball.

81 - Rickey Henderson hit leadoff in 2,886 games during his career. In a Major League record 81 games, he hit a home run to start the contest, more than any baseball player in history. Seventy-three of those 81 were hit during American League games, more lead-off home runs than any American League player in history.

100 - Rickey Henderson, in his second Major League season, stole one-hundred bases and erased a sixty-five year old record for stolen bases in a season by an American League player set by Ty Cobb, who had previously stolen 96 bases in 1915.

1,406 - Rickey Henderson is the only player in baseball history to steal more than 1,000 bases. His career total is 1,406 steals, 468 more than second place on the Top 1,000 list, held by Hall of Fame outfielder Lou Brock (938 SB). The Man of Steal holds both the Major League record (1,406 SB) and American League (1,270) for most stolen bases in a career.

On May 1, 1991, Rickey Henderson stole his 939th base, passing Lou Brock and becoming the career leader for stolen bases. The game was paused and The Man of Steal said, "It took a long time, huh? [cheering] First of all, I would like to thank God for giving me the opportunity. I want to thank the Haas family, the Oakland organization, the city of Oakland, and all you beautiful fans for supporting me. [cheering] Most of all, I'd like to thank my mom, my friends, and loved ones for their support. I want to give my appreciation to Tom Trebelhorn and the late Billy Martin. Billy Martin was a great manager. He was a great friend to me. I love you, Billy. I wish you were here. [cheering] Lou Brock was the symbol of great base stealing. But today, I'm the greatest of all time. Thank you."

2,190 - Rickey Henderson walked 2,190 times, breaking the all-time bases on balls record which was held by Babe Ruth (2,062 BB). The Man of Steal has since been passed, by Barry Bonds (2,558 BB), but Rickey's plate discipline was the best in history.

Joe Posnanski, in Sports Illustrated (Page 14), on July 7, 2010, wrote: "I'm about to give you one of my all-time favorite statistics: Rickey Henderson walked 796 times in his career LEADING OFF AN INNING. Think about this again. There would be nothing, absolutely nothing, a pitcher would want to avoid more than walking Rickey Henderson to lead off an inning. And yet he walked SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY SIX times to lead off an inning. He walked more times just leading off in an inning than Lou Brock, Roberto Clemente, Luis Aparicio, Ernie Banks, Kirby Puckett, Ryne Sandberg and more than 50 other Hall of Famers walked in their entire careers...I simply cannot imagine a baseball statistic more staggering."

2,295 - Rickey Henderson scored 2,295 times, more runs scored in a career than any man in history (#1 on Top 1,000). However, "only" 1,939 of his runs were scored in the American League, leaving him shy of the junior circuit record held by Ty Cobb.

3,055 - Rickey Henderson finished his career with 3,055 hits, and when he entered the 3,000 Hits Club on October 7, 2001, he did so with a leadoff double against Colorado Rockies pitcher John Thomson. Rickey had actually requested to not play in that particular game, and he actually sat out the rest of the game, because it was also the final game in the Hall of Fame career of Tony Gwynn.

Rickey Henderson Hall of Fame Plaque | Baseball Almanac

Rickey Henderson | National Baseball Hall of Fame Plaque | Class of 2009 (HOF)

In 2009, on his first ballot, Rickey Henderson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. His plaque at Cooperstown reads, "Faster than a speeding bullet, scored more runs (2,295) and stole more bases (1,406) than any player in history. Combined power, plate discipline, flair, and an uncanny ability to electrify crowds. Hit .279 with 3,055 hits, 297 home runs and 1,115 RBI, set records for home runs to lead off game (81) and unintentional walks (2,129). A ten-time all-star and the 1990 A.L. MVP, led league in steals 12 times, including three 100-plus seasons and a modern-day record 130 thefts in 1982. Won World Series with Oakland and Toronto."