<P> In 1976, Henderson graduated from Oakland Technical High School, where he played baseball, basketball and football, and was an All - American running back with a pair of 1,000 - yard rushing seasons . He also ran track, but did not stay with the team as the schedule conflicted with baseball . Henderson received over a dozen scholarship offers to play football . Despite a childhood dream to play for the Oakland Raiders, he turned down the scholarships on the advice of his mother, who argued that football players had shorter careers . In 1983, Henderson married his high - school sweetheart, Pamela . They have three children: Angela, Alexis, and Adrianna . </P> <P> Henderson was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the fourth round of the 1976 Major League Baseball draft . He spent the first season of his minor league career with the Boise A's of the Northwest League . In 46 games, Henderson batted . 336 and hit three home runs and two triples . Henderson spent the following season with the Modesto A's . He batted . 345 in 134 games during his record - setting season with Modesto . Henderson, along with Darrell Woodard, nearly broke the league record for team stolen bases . The Modesto A's finished the season with 357 stolen bases, just shy of the league record of 370 . While Woodard tied the single - season player record with 90 stolen bases, Henderson beat the record by stealing 95 bases, and was awarded the Sundial Trophy, given to the Modesto A's Most Valuable Player . </P> <P> Henderson spent the 1978 season with the Jersey City A's of the Eastern League . After the minor league season ended, he played the 1978--1979 winter season for the Navojoa Mayos of the Mexican Pacific League . He played in six games for the team, which won its first championship . In 1979, Henderson started the season with the Ogden A's of the Pacific Coast League . In 71 games for Ogden, he had a batting average of . 309 and stole 44 bases . </P> <P> Henderson made his major league debut with Oakland on June 24, 1979, getting two hits in four at bats, along with a stolen base . He batted . 274 with 33 stolen bases in 89 games . In 1980, Henderson became the 3rd modern - era player to steal 100 bases in a season (Maury Wills's 104 in 1962 and Lou Brock's 118 in 1974 had preceded him). His 100 steals broke Eddie Collins' franchise record of 81 in 1910 with what were then the Philadelphia Athletics and set a new American League (AL) record, surpassing Ty Cobb's 96 set in 1915 . He also batted . 303, had 179 hits (tied for 9th in AL), scored 111 runs (4th in AL), drew 117 walks (2nd in AL), had a . 420 on base% (3rd in AL) and led the AL by reaching base 301 times . </P>

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