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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1965 S F NL   63   73  10   14   1  1   0   7   17  1  1  19   9   0   0  1 .277 .233 .192
1966 S F NL   11   29   4    9   1  1   1   1   15  0  0   3   2   1   0  0 .375 .517 .310
1967 S F NL   65  179  15   34   3  0   4  14   49  0  1  52  19   2   2  1 .274 .274 .190
1968 S F NL    3    3   1    1   0  0   0   0    1  0  0   1   2   0   0  0 .600 .333 .333
1969 S F NL  113  374  42   84  14  4   6  44  124  6  4  64  42   5   4  4 .308 .332 .225
1970 S F NL  148  554 104  163  35  3  17  88  255 20  3  78  87   5   1  2 .394 .460 .294
1971 S F NL  141  504  80  133  26  6  15  65  216 18  3  76  84   3   3  4 .370 .429 .264
1972 S F NL  130  439  60  113  21  2  18  51  192 14  7  66  38   2   2  3 .317 .437 .257
1973 Chi AL   73  262  32   68  13  0   6  32   99  3  4  49  27   1   0  1 .330 .378 .260
1974 Chi AL  162  602  76  176  35  5  20  95  281 12  7 112  66   2   2  8 .360 .467 .292
1975 Chi AL  140  513  65  129  20  3   9  53  182  5  3  65  74   4   1  5 .347 .355 .251
1976 Atl NL  133  435  52  114  19  0  13  61  172  5  7  68  62   1   2  5 .352 .395 .262
1977 Tex AL   75  244  23   63  14  0   5  23   92  2  1  37  18   3   2  0 .317 .377 .258
1978 2teams   71  166  12   29   8  1   4  23   51  0  1  36  27   0   0  2 .287 .307 .175
1979 2teams   72   94  12   22   3  0   2  10   31  0  0  18  15   1   0  0 .345 .330 .234
1980 Chi NL   44   82   7   16   3  0   2   9   25  0  0  19  17   0   0  0 .333 .305 .195
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METS TOTALS    7   22   2    5   2  0   1   4   10  0  1   4   4   0   0  0 .346 .455 .227
OTHER CLUBS 1437 4531 593 1163 214 26 121 572 1792 86 41 759 585  30  19 36 .343 .395 .257
==========================================================================================
CAREER TOTS 1444 4553 595 1168 216 26 122 576 1802 86 42 763 589  30  19 36 .343 .396 .257

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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1978 *METS*    7   22   2    5   2  0   1   4   10  0  1   4   4   0   0  0 .346 .455 .227
1978 Cin NL   64  144  10   24   6  1   3  19   41  0  0  32  23   0   0  2 .278 .285 .167
1979 Cin NL   10   13   1    3   1  0   0   2    4  0  0   2   0   0   0  0 .231 .308 .231
1979 Chi NL   62   81  11   19   2  0   2   8   27  0  0  16  15   1   0  0 .361 .333 .235

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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.

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 #443
1972 Topps #444 (In Action)

1973 Topps #101

1974 Topps #394

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

autographed index card

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