Best Of The Oakland Athletics: Top 10 Seasons In Left Field
By Phil Watson
3. Rickey Henderson, 1983
| Year ▾ | Age | G | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 24 | 145 | 622 | 105 | 150 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 108 | 19 | 103 | 80 | .292 | .414 | .421 | .835 | 139 |
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Generated 2/13/2014.
Rickey Henderson (35) breaks for second base as Eddie Murray of the Baltimore Orioles holds the runner at first. (Photo by Gary Stevens/This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.)
Henderson got his third All-Star nod and his second in a row with a season that saw him lead the American League with 108 stolen bases and 103 walks.
He was fifth in the league with a 6.9 WAR (fourth among position players), sixth with a 5.9 Offensive WAR, seventh with a 139 OPS-plus, eighth with a 16.6 Power-Speed number and ninth with 109 Runs Created.
Henderson was also second in the AL with a .414 on-base percentage, fourth with 105 runs, fifth with an 85.04 stolen base percentage (108-for-127) and ninth with seven triples.