Rickey Henderson career batting average

• Best season on file: .325 in 1990.
• Most recent: .208 in 2003.

Average of 25 regular seasons, 1979 through 2003. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.

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Rickey Henderson career batting average, season by season

Season↓	Team↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	AB↓iAB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.	R↓iR: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.	H↓iH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.	HR↓iHR: Home runs hit.	RBI↓iRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.	SB↓iSB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.	AVG↓iAVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.	OBP↓iOBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.	SLG↓iSLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single.	OPS↓iOPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
1979	ATH	89	351	49	96	1	26	33	.274	.338	.336	.675
1980	ATH	158	591	111	179	9	53	100	.303	.420	.399	.820
1981	ATH	108	423	89	135	6	35	56	.319	.408	.437	.845
1982	ATH	149	536	119	143	10	51	130	.267	.398	.382	.780
1983	ATH	145	513	105	150	9	48	108	.292	.414	.421	.835
1984	ATH	142	502	113	147	16	58	66	.293	.399	.458	.857
1985	NYY	143	547	146	172	24	72	80	.314	.419	.516	.934
1986	NYY	153	608	130	160	28	74	87	.263	.358	.469	.827
1987	NYY	95	358	78	104	17	37	41	.291	.423	.497	.920
1988	NYY	140	554	118	169	6	50	93	.305	.394	.399	.793
1989	NYY/ATH	150	541	113	148	12	57	77	.274	.411	.399	.810
1990	ATH	136	489	119	159	28	61	65	.325	.439	.577	1.016
1991	ATH	134	470	105	126	18	57	58	.268	.400	.423	.823
1992	ATH	117	396	77	112	15	46	48	.283	.426	.457	.883
1993	TOR/ATH	134	481	114	139	21	59	53	.289	.432	.474	.906
1994	ATH	87	296	66	77	6	20	22	.260	.411	.365	.776
1995	ATH	112	407	67	122	9	54	32	.300	.407	.447	.855
1996	SD	148	465	110	112	9	29	37	.241	.410	.344	.754
1997	SD/LAA	120	403	84	100	8	34	45	.248	.400	.342	.742
1998	ATH	152	542	101	128	14	57	66	.236	.376	.347	.723
1999	NYM	121	438	89	138	12	42	37	.315	.423	.466	.889
2000	NYM/SEA	123	420	75	98	4	32	36	.233	.368	.305	.673
2001	SD	123	379	70	86	8	42	25	.227	.366	.351	.717
2002	BOS	72	179	40	40	5	16	8	.223	.369	.352	.721
2003	LAD	30	72	7	15	2	5	3	.208	.321	.306	.627

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS