Steven Curtis Henderson (born November 18, 1952, in Houston, Texas) is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball. In 12 seasons, he played in 1,085 games and had 3,484 at bats, 459 runs, 976 hits, 162 doubles, 49 triples, 68 home runs, 428 RBI, 79 stolen bases, 386 walks, .280 batting average, .352 on base percentage, .413 slugging percentage, 1,440 total bases, 11 sacrifice hits, 22 sacrifice flies and 32 intentional walks.
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Steven Curtis Henderson (born November 18, 1952, in Houston, Texas) is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball. In 12 seasons, he played in 1,085 games and had 3,484 at bats, 459 runs, 976 hits, 162 doubles, 49 triples, 68 home runs, 428 RBI, 79 stolen bases, 386 walks, .280 batting average, .352 on base percentage, .413 slugging percentage, 1,440 total bases, 11 sacrifice hits, 22 sacrifice flies and 32 intentional walks.
Originally drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the fifth round of the June 1974 draft, Henderson joined the Mets on June 15, 1977 as part of the infamous "Midnight Massacre." He, Doug Flynn, Dan Norman and Pat Zachry were traded to the Mets in exchange for Tom Seaver. The Mets also dealt Dave Kingman to the San Diego Padres for Bobby Valentine and Paul Siebert, and Mike Phillips to the St. Louis Cardinals for Joel Youngblood that same night.
He debuted with the Mets the following day against the Houston Astros, and for the season, finished 2nd in voting to...
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