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Steve Henderson 55 |
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Full Name: Stephen Curtis Henderson
Title: Batting Coach
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Coaching Career
This is his fourth consecutive season as Rays
hitting coach, fifth overallalso held the position
in the teams inaugural season in 1998...Is one of five hitting coaches in club
history: Leon Roberts (1999-2000), Wade
Boggs (2001), Milt May (2002) and Lee Elia
(2003-05)...Last fall was his first trip to the postseason in
19 seasons in a big league uniformthough
he did win a championship ring in 1989 with
the St. Pete Pelicans in the Senior Professional
Baseball Association...Under his guidance, the Rays have improved
their pitches per plate appearance each year
going from 3.60 (28th in the majors) in 2005 to
3.69 (25th) in 2006 to 3.80 (11th) in 2007 to 3.85
(8th) in 2008likewise, the Rays have gone
from 412 walks (29th in the majors) in 2005 to
441 (27th) in 2006 to 545 (10th) in 2007 to 626
(3rd in 2008)...Has spent the last 12 seasons in the Rays organization,
eight of those as Tampa Bays minor
league hitting coordinator...Only three uniformed personnel have been in
the system as long: fellow Rays coach Tom
Foley, minor league roving hitting coordinator
Steve Livesey and Triple-A Durham manager
Charlie Montoyo...Prior to joining the Rays organization he had
served as a major league coach for the Houston
Astros for three years (1994-96), the last
two as hitting coach under former Rays coach
Terry Collins...Immediately after his 12-year major league career
ended in 1989, he served as a coach in the
Pittsburgh Pirates minor league system from
1990 through 1993.
Playing Career
His playing career spanned a dozen seasons
with five different major league teams: New
York Mets, Chicago Cubs, Seattle Mariners,
Oakland Athletics and Houston Astros...Batted .290 or better six times during his career,
including a career-high .306 in 98 games
for the Mets in 1979 and .301 in 85 games for
Oakland in 1985...His most extensive action came in 1978 when
he played in 157 games for the Mets and
batted .266 with 49 extra-base hits, 83 runs
scored and 65 RBI...In 1983 with Seattle, batted .294 in 121 games
and collected a career-high 32 doubles...In 1977, he was one of four players traded to the
Mets from Cincinnati for pitcher Tom Seaver
although he played in only 99 games for New
York that year, he led the last-place club with
65 RBI and lost by one vote to Andre Dawson
in the NL Rookie of the Year balloting...Graduated from Prairie View A&M University in
Texas and was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds
in 1974, 32 picks before Montreal selected fellow
coach Bobby Ramos.
Personal & Misc.
He and his wife, Pam, reside in Tampa.
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