Steve Henderson

Stephen Curtis Henderson
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: November 18, 1952 in Houston, TX
Drafted: 5th round 1974 by the Cincinnati Reds
Acquired: traded from the Reds with Doug Flynn, Dan Norman, and Pat Zachry for Tom Seaver, June 1977
Departed: traded to the Chicago Cubs with cash for Dave Kingman, February 1981

 

Steve was the best position player that the Mets got in exchange for Tom Seaver in 1977, but it's not as if anything could have been enough! Steve had a fairly good big-league career, though. In his first taste of big-league action, he led the Mets in home runs and runs batted in, while appearing in less than 100 games! Unfortunately, despite several more seasons as a regular player, he never surpassed those figures. He's pictured here on his 1981 Kellogg's card, and a couple more oddball cards are among those shown below.

    

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BATTING RECORD (team-leading totals in red)

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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1977 *METS*   99  350  67 104  16  6 12  65  168  6  3  79  43   1   0  4 .372 .480 .297
1978 *METS*  157  587  83 156  30  9 10  65  234 13  7 109  60   2   0  5 .333 .399 .266
1979 *METS*   98  350  42 107  16  8  5  39  154 13  5  58  38   4   1  0 .380 .440 .306
1980 *METS*  143  513  75 149  17  8  8  58  206 23 12  90  62   3   3  3 .368 .402 .290
1981 Chi NL   82  287  32  84   9  5  5  35  118  5  7  61  42   2   2  4 .382 .411 .293
1982 Chi NL   92  257  23  60  12  4  2  29   86  6  5  64  22   0   3  1 .293 .335 .233
1983 Sea AL  121  436  50 128  32  3 10  54  196 10 14  82  44   0   1  3 .356 .450 .294
1984 Sea AL  109  325  42  85  12  3 10  35  133  2  4  62  38   1   0  0 .341 .409 .262
1985 Oak AL   85  193  25  58   8  3  3  31   81  0  0  34  18   0   1  1 .358 .420 .301
1986 Oak AL   11   26   2   2   1  0  0   3    3  0  0   5   0   0   0  1 .074 .115 .077
1987 Oak AL   46  114  14  33   7  0  3   9   49  0  0  19  12   0   0  0 .357 .430 .289
1988 Hou NL   42   46   4  10   2  0  0   5   12  1  1  14   7   0   0  0 .321 .261 .217
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METS TOTALS  497 1800 267 516  79 31 35 227  762 55 27 336 203  10   4 12 .360 .423 .287
OTHER CLUBS  588 1684 192 460  83 18 33 201  678 24 31 341 183   3   7 10 .344 .403 .273
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CAREER TOTS 1085 3484 459 976 162 49 68 428 1440 79 58 677 386  13  11 22 .352 .413 .280

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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.

1978 Topps

1980 Topps

1981 Donruss

1981 Coca-Cola Cubs

1977 Indianapolis Indians Team Set #14

1978 Hostess #126
1978 O-Pee-Chee #53
1978 Topps #134

1981 Topps Stickers

1979 O-Pee-Chee #232
1979 Topps #445

1980 Topps #299

1981 Coca-Cola Chicago Cubs #5
1981 Donruss #157
1981 Fleer #321
1981 Kellogg's #25
1981 Topps #619
1981 Topps Scratch-Offs #79 (uncut panel; with Horner and Mumphrey)
1981 Topps Scratch-Offs #79 (uncut panel; with Horner and Stearns)
1981 Topps Scratch-Offs #79 (uncut panel; with Martin and Rose)
1981 Topps Scratch-Offs #79 (uncut panel; with Mumphrey and Schmidt)
1981 Topps Stickers #193

1982 Fleer

1983 Topps Traded

1984 Fleer

1986 Donruss

1982 Donruss #183
1982 Fleer #597
1982 Fleer Stamps #98
1982 Red Lobster Chicago Cubs #28
1982 Topps #89
1982 Topps Stickers #30

1983 Donruss #252
1983 Fleer #496
1983 Topps #335
1983 Topps Traded #42T

1984 Topps Rub-Downs

1984 Donruss #389
1984 Fleer #612
1984 Mother's Cookies Seattle Mariners #21
1984 Nestlé #501
1984 O-Pee-Chee #274
1984 Topps #501
1984 Topps #501 (autographed)
1984 Topps Rub-Downs

1985 Donruss #145
1985 Fleer #490
1985 Fleer Update #U-52
1985 Topps #640
1985 Topps Tiffany #640
1985 Topps Traded #50T

1986 Donruss #375
1986 Fleer #419
1986 Mother's Cookies Oakland Athletics #20
1986 Topps #748

1986 Mother's Cookies A's

1988 Mother's Cookies Astros

2008 DAV

1987 ProCards Tacoma Tigers #1587

1988 Mother's Cookies Houston Astros #12
1988 Score #547
1988 Score Glossy #547
1988 Topps #527

1989 CMC AAA All-Stars #09
1989 CMC Buffalo Bisons #14
1989 ProCards Buffalo Bisons #1676
1989 ProCards Triple A All-Stars #AAA-22
1989 Topps Senior League #9

1989-90 T&M Senior League #45

1990 Pacific Senior League #5
1990 ProCards AAA #506
1990 ProCards Buffalo Bisons #391

1991 Nobody Beats the Wiz Mets #171

2008 DAV #47

Other Steve Henderson memorabilia in my collection:

1978 7-Eleven cup
Durham Bulls vs. Scranton Red Barons ticket dated Wed, May 22, 2002 (autographed)

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