Bill Henry
1952–1969 · bats L / throws L · Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, NLS, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants
531G
.177AVG
.208OBP
.217SLG
More career statistics
36H
0HR
18RBI
0SB
46–50W–L
913.0IP
621K
3.26ERA
44GS
90SV
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 71 | 72 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 214 | 215 |
| Batting · Walks | 8 | 9 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,833 | 3,829 |
| Pitching · p er | 331 | 330 |
| Pitching · p h | 842 | 843 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,739 | 2,738 |
| Pitching · p k | 621 | 623 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 531 | 214 | 203 | 13 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | .177 | .208 | .217 | .425 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 913.0 | 527 | 44 | 12 | 46 | 50 | 90 | 842 | 386 | 331 | 89 | 296 | 621 | 0 | 0 | 3.26 | 1.246 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1952-04-17 to 1952-05-07
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 3 home runs allowed | 1955-06-08 | 1 in 112 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 19 | 13 hits allowed | 1954-06-14 | 1 in 76 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 18 | 6 walks allowed | 1953-09-27 | 1 in 74 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 255 | 109 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 36 | .194 | .239 | .252 |
| Away | 276 | 106 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 36 | .160 | .179 | .180 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 35 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .263 | .250 | .316 |
| May | 91 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 13 | .146 | .176 | .188 |
| June | 101 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 18 | .128 | .209 | .154 |
| July | 126 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 14 | .205 | .238 | .308 |
| August | 97 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | .206 | .229 | .206 |
| September | 77 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .167 | .167 | .167 |
| October | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 63 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .125 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 63 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .083 | .083 | .083 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 61 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .263 | .286 | .316 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 53 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .214 | .250 | .214 |
| chicago-cubs | 53 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| milwaukee-braves | 41 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .111 | .111 | .111 |
| san-francisco-giants | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| cincinnati-reds | 29 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .400 | .455 | .400 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 |  Boston Red Sox | 14 | 31 | 8 | – | 5 | – | .258 | 76 | 23 |
| 1953 | Boston Red Sox | 21 | 32 | 6 | – | 4 | – | .188 | 85 | 56 |
| 1954 | Boston Red Sox | 25 | 34 | 4 | – | 3 | – | .118 | 95 | 38 |
| 1955 | Boston Red Sox | 17 | 19 | 2 | – | – | – | .105 | 59 | 23 |
| 1958 |  Chicago Cubs | 44 | 17 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .235 | 81 | 58 |
| 1959 | Chicago Cubs | 65 | 31 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .194 | 134 | 115 |
| 1960 |  Cincinnati Reds | 51 | 8 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 67 | 59 |
| 1961 | Cincinnati Reds | 48 | 5 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 53 | 52 |
| 1962 | Cincinnati Reds | 40 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .333 | 37 | 35 |
| 1963 | Cincinnati Reds | 47 | 6 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .167 | 52 | 46 |
| 1964 | Cincinnati Reds | 38 | 6 | 3 | – | – | – | .500 | 52 | 29 |
| 1965 | Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants | 38 | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .200 | 47 | 40 |
| 1966 |  San Francisco Giants | 35 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 21 | 15 |
| 1967 | San Francisco Giants | 28 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 22 | 23 |
| 1968 | Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants | 17 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 21 | 9 |
| 1969 |  Houston Astros | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 2 |