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Best Of The Oakland Athletics: Top 10 Seasons In Left Field

ByPhil Watson|
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2. Rickey Henderson, 1980

Year ▾AgeGPARH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOBAOBPSLGOPSOPS+
1980211587221111792249531002611754.303.420.399.820135

Provided byBaseball-Reference.com:View Original Table
Generated 2/13/2014.

Henderson burst onto the scene in his first full season, igniting the Oakland offense as they improved from 54 wins in 1979 to 83 under first-year managerBilly Martin. Along the way, the 21-year-old became with first American League player to steal 100 bases, leading the AL with that precise total. He also earned his first All-Star Game selection and was a top-10 MVP finisher.

He was second in the AL with an 8.7 WAR and a 6.8 Offensive WAR, fifth with 120 Runs Created, seventh with a 16.5 Power-Speed number and ninth with a 135 OPS-plus.

Henderson was also second with 117 walks, third with a .420 on-base percentage, fourth with 111 runs and ninth with 179 hits.

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