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Rickey Henderson played 25 major-league seasons (1979-2003) as a OF (2,826). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 27 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 21 | OAK | 89 | 351 | 49 | 96 | 1 | 26 | 33 | 34 | 39 | .274 | .675 | 84 |
| 1980 | 22 | OAK | 158 | 591 | 111 | 179 | 9 | 53 | 100 | 117 | 54 | .303 | .820 | 127 |
| 1981 | 23 | OAK | 108 | 423 | 89 | 135 | 6 | 35 | 56 | 64 | 68 | .319 | .845 | 145 |
| 1982 | 24 | OAK | 149 | 536 | 119 | 143 | 10 | 51 | 130 | 116 | 94 | .267 | .780 | 116 |
| 1983 | 25 | OAK | 145 | 513 | 105 | 150 | 9 | 48 | 108 | 103 | 80 | .292 | .835 | 131 |
| 1984 | 26 | OAK | 142 | 502 | 113 | 147 | 16 | 58 | 66 | 86 | 81 | .293 | .857 | 138 |
| 1985 | 27 | NYA | 143 | 547 | 146 | 172 | 24 | 72 | 80 | 99 | 65 | .314 | .934 | 155 |
| 1986 | 28 | NYA | 153 | 608 | 130 | 160 | 28 | 74 | 87 | 89 | 81 | .263 | .827 | 124 |
| 1987 | 29 | NYA | 95 | 358 | 78 | 104 | 17 | 37 | 41 | 80 | 52 | .291 | .920 | 144 |
| 1988 | 30 | NYA | 140 | 554 | 118 | 169 | 6 | 50 | 93 | 82 | 54 | .305 | .793 | 124 |
| 1989 | 31 | NYA|OAK | 150 | 541 | 113 | 148 | 12 | 57 | 77 | 126 | 68 | .274 | .810 | 130 |
| 1990 | 32 | OAK | 136 | 489 | 119 | 159 | 28 | 61 | 65 | 97 | 60 | .325 | 1.016 | 183 |
| 1991 | 33 | OAK | 134 | 470 | 105 | 126 | 18 | 57 | 58 | 98 | 73 | .268 | .823 | 129 |
| 1992 | 34 | OAK | 117 | 396 | 77 | 112 | 15 | 46 | 48 | 95 | 56 | .283 | .883 | 148 |
| 1993 | 35 | OAK|TOR | 134 | 481 | 114 | 139 | 21 | 59 | 53 | 120 | 65 | .289 | .906 | 144 |
| 1994 | 36 | OAK | 87 | 296 | 66 | 77 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 72 | 45 | .260 | .776 | 103 |
| 1995 | 37 | OAK | 112 | 407 | 67 | 122 | 9 | 54 | 32 | 72 | 66 | .300 | .855 | 123 |
| 1996 | 38 | SDN | 148 | 465 | 110 | 112 | 9 | 29 | 37 | 125 | 90 | .241 | .754 | 109 |
| 1997 | 39 | ANA | 32 | 115 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 23 | .183 | .604 | 62 |
| 1997 | 39 | SDN | 88 | 288 | 63 | 79 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 71 | 62 | .274 | .797 | 118 |
| 1998 | 40 | OAK | 152 | 542 | 101 | 128 | 14 | 57 | 66 | 118 | 114 | .236 | .723 | 91 |
| 1999 | 41 | NYN | 121 | 438 | 89 | 138 | 12 | 42 | 37 | 82 | 82 | .315 | .889 | 132 |
| 2000 | 42 | SEA | 92 | 324 | 58 | 77 | 4 | 30 | 31 | 63 | 55 | .238 | .689 | 78 |
| 2000 | 42 | NYN | 31 | 96 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 20 | .219 | .616 | 66 |
| 2001 | 43 | SDN | 123 | 379 | 70 | 86 | 8 | 42 | 25 | 81 | 84 | .227 | .717 | 93 |
| 2002 | 44 | BOS | 72 | 179 | 40 | 40 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 38 | 47 | .223 | .721 | 95 |
| 2003 | 45 | LAN | 30 | 72 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 16 | .208 | .627 | 70 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | OF | 88 | 89 | 215 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | OF | 157 | 157 | 407 | 15 | 7 | 1 |
| 1981 | OF | 107 | 107 | 327 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | OF | 144 | 144 | 379 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | OF | 142 | 136 | 349 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| 1984 | OF | 140 | 132 | 341 | 7 | 11 | 1 |
| 1985 | OF | 141 | 140 | 439 | 7 | 9 | 3 |
| 1986 | OF | 146 | 144 | 426 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | OF | 69 | 69 | 189 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 1988 | OF | 136 | 135 | 320 | 7 | 12 | 5 |
| 1989 | OF | 147 | 145 | 335 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 1990 | OF | 118 | 118 | 289 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | OF | 119 | 118 | 249 | 10 | 8 | 1 |
| 1992 | OF | 108 | 105 | 231 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| 1993 | OF | 118 | 118 | 258 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| 1994 | OF | 71 | 70 | 166 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | OF | 90 | 89 | 162 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 1996 | OF | 134 | 122 | 228 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | OF | 91 | 86 | 186 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 1998 | OF | 151 | 144 | 327 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 1999 | OF | 116 | 113 | 168 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | OF | 117 | 116 | 216 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | OF | 104 | 98 | 158 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | OF | 54 | 45 | 83 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 2003 | OF | 18 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Rickey Henderson won: Gold Glove 1981 (AL), Silver Slugger 1981 (AL), TSN All-Star 1981 (AL), Silver Slugger 1985 (AL), TSN All-Star 1985 (AL), ALCS MVP 1989 (AL), MVP 1990 (AL), Silver Slugger 1990 (AL), TSN All-Star 1990 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (8 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1990, 1989, 1988, 1985, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 10 | 51 / 392 | 0 |
| 1981 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 308 / 392 | 12 |
| 1982 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 10 | 38 / 392 | 0 |
| 1983 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 25 | 1 / 392 | 0 |
| 1985 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 3 | 174 / 392 | 0 |
| 1988 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 18 | 8 / 392 | 0 |
| 1989 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 9 | 67 / 392 | 0 |
| 1990 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 317 / 392 | 14 |
Rickey Henderson ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #60 | left fielders | 1990 | 183 OPS+ |
| #142 | center fielders | 1985 | 155 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.