Best Of The Oakland Athletics: Top 10 Seasons In Left Field
By Phil Watson
1. Rickey Henderson, 1990
| Year ▾ | Age | G | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 31 | 136 | 594 | 119 | 159 | 33 | 3 | 28 | 61 | 65 | 10 | 97 | 60 | .325 | .439 | .577 | 1.016 | 189 |
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Generated 2/13/2014.
It all came together for the 31-year-old, who came back from the Yankees in a trade the previous summer and put an MVP cherry on top of his Hall of Fame sundae in 1990, leading the American League with 119 runs, 65 stolen bases, a .439 on-base percentage, 1.016 OPS and 189 OPS-plus. He was also back in the All-Star Game for the ninth time, his sixth as a starter.
Henderson also led the AL with an 8.3 Offensive WAR, 137 Runs Created and a 39.1 Power-Speed number, while also finishing second with a 9.9 WAR (tops among position players).
He was second with a .325 batting average and .577 slugging percentage; fourth with 97 walks, 64 extra-base hits and an 86.67 stolen base percentage (65-for-75); and sixth with 282 total bases.
Henderson was 5-for-17 with a run, three RBI and two steals in three attempts in a sweep of Boston in the ALCS. He was 5-for-15 with two runs, two doubles, a homer, am RBI, three thefts and three walks as the A’s were swept by the Reds in the World Series.