Derek Henderson loved to play, saw 15 seasons, made AAA
Knoxville's Derek Henderson had a good night at the plate in this May 1992 game, including hitting a rare home run, The Knoxville News-Sentinel wrote . In his fourth season as a pro and at AA, Henderson told The News-Sentinel he hoped to continue improving. "I want to come into my own this year," Henderson told The News-Sentinel . "The previous years in (Class) A ball were for maturing. I love to play baseball and like to play it a while longer." Henderson did play baseball a while longer - a total of 15 seasons . The final nine of those seasons, however, came in independent ball. He topped out at AAA. Henderson's career began in 1989, taken by the Mets in the 8th round of the draft out of Tennessee State University . At Tennessee State in late March 1989 and through 11 games, Henderson earned the title of the then top collegiate hitter with a .571 average, The Nashville Tennessean wrote . "The pro scouts like him a lot," Henderson's Tenness...
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