Ken Henderson
Kenneth Joseph
Henderson
Batted: Both
Threw: Right
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: June 15, 1946 in Carroll, IA
Signed: 1964 by the San Francisco Giants
Acquired: sent from the Texas Rangers to complete an earlier deal, March 1978;
the Texas Rangers had traded Tom Grieve and a player to be named later
(Henderson) to the New York Mets; the Atlanta Braves sent Willie
Montanez to the Mets; the Rangers sent Adrian Devine, Tommy
Boggs, and Eddie Miller to the Braves; the Rangers sent Bert Blyleven to the
Pittsburgh Pirates; the Pirates sent Al Oliver and Nelson Norman to the
Rangers; the Mets sent Jon Matlack
to the Rangers and John Milner to the Pirates
Departed: traded to the Cincinnati Reds for Dale Murray, May
1978
For some reason, Ken was a boyhood favorite of mine; I mistakenly
thought he was a great, great player (he kind of was in 1970). In the real world, Ken served parts of eight
years with the Giants before going on to play passably with several other
major-league teams. Even though he was
in the Mets' Opening-Day lineup in 1978, they had him for only seven games at
the beginning of the season, and then got rid of him just in the nick of time,
as he only batted .194 for the rest of his career. He is pictured here with San
Francisco on his 1966 Topps card; six more cards appear below.
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BATTING RECORD YEAR CLUB
G AB R
H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SB CS SO
BB HBP SAC SF OBP SLG AVG |
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SPLIT SEASONS YEAR CLUB
G AB R
H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SB CS SO
BB HBP SAC SF OBP SLG AVG |
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This is a list of the Ken Henderson cards that I
already have in my collection. If you have any cards that are not listed here,
and you are willing to donate or trade them, contact me at Rounding Third. Items that are
struck through are no longer a part of the Rounding Third collection, having
been sold for charity.
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1965 Topps |
1967 Topps |
1970 Topps |
1965 Topps #497 (Giants Rookies)
1966 Topps #39
1967 Topps #383
1968 Topps #309
1970 Topps #298
1971 Dell MLB Official Photostamps
1971 Topps #155
1972 Topps #4431972 Topps #444 (In Action)
1973 Topps #101
1974 Topps #394
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1975 Topps |
1978 Topps |
1980 Topps |
1975 Hostess
Twinkies #136
1975 Topps #59
1975 Topps Mini #59
1976 SSPC #147
1976 Topps #464
1976 Topps Traded #464T
1977 Topps #242
1978 Topps #612
1979 Topps #73
1980 Topps #523
1991 Nobody Beats
the Wiz Mets #170
2014 Topps 75th
Anniversary Buybacks (1977 Topps #242)
2015 Topps Originals Buybacks (1966 Topps #39)
2015 Topps Originals Buybacks (1976 Topps #464)
Other Ken
Henderson memorabilia in my collection:
autographed 3 x 5 index card
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autographed index card |
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