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
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H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SB CS SO
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SPLIT SEASONS YEAR CLUB
G AB R
H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SB CS SO
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This is a list of the cards of this player
that I had in my Mets collection before I transferred the ownership of said
collection to another diligent and capable Mets fan. The cards that are listed
in light gray print and struck through are cards that were sold for charity
prior to my divestiture. The cards
listed in white text are the ones that still
remained until that final deal. Items listed in green I kept out of the deal,
just so I'd have something to display in my office and den. At the bottom and listed in orange text are
cards that I picked up after the dealing was done, in order
to maintain a certain continuity at this site; that is, so I'd have a
card to show you at the top of the page, and maybe in the autographs and
game-used areas. If an orange card is
struck through, it has also departed the collection. I’m still accepting donations, should you
feel so moved. Contact me by following
this link: NYMHall.
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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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