How Rickey Henderson's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Rickey Henderson posted a career Batting Average of .279, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1990, posting .325, well above the league average of .258 that year. The lowest point came in 2003 at .208, well below the league average of .267 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .227 in 2001 to .224 in 2002 and .208 in 2003. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 24 seasons.
Rickey Henderson Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Rickey Henderson
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| Career | 0.279 | 13346 | 10961 | 0.305 |
| Season Avg. | 0.279 | 533.84 | 438.44 | 0.305 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.279 | 701.74 | 576.33 | 0.305 |
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Rickey Henderson Batting Average Per Season
Rickey Henderson's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Rickey Henderson Batting Average by Team
Rickey Henderson's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Rickey Henderson Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Rickey Henderson's career Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Rickey Henderson Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Rickey Henderson's seasonal Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Rickey Henderson Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Rickey Henderson's MLB career with Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
