{{short description|American baseball player (born 1948)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Rick Henninger |image= |position=Pitcher |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{birth date and age|1948|1|11}} |birth_place=Hastings, Nebraska, U.S. |death_date= |death_place= |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 3 |debutyear=1973 |debutteam=Texas Rangers |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 24 |finalyear=1973 |finalteam=Texas Rangers |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=1-0 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=2.74 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=6 |teams= *Texas Rangers ({{mlby|1973}}) }} '''Richard Lee Henninger''' (born January 11, 1948) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1973.
A native of Hastings, Nebraska, Henninger attended Hastings High School and graduated in 1966. He went to the University of Missouri and had a standout sophomore year. Henninger was selected with the 16th overall pick in the 1968 June Secondary Phase Draft by the Washington Senators. He joined the Texas Rangers organization and made his MLB debut on September 3, 1973, against the Chicago White Sox. Henninger pitched six games and finished with a 2.74 earned run average with one win. After his baseball career, he moved to Denver and worked in the oil industry.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Blasnitz |first1=Nick |title=A road few have traveled |url=http://www.hastingstribune.com/a-road-few-have-traveled/article_0762a63a-8571-11ea-8cbd-1b9e07c5c08b.html |accessdate=July 26, 2020 |work=Hastings Tribune |date=April 23, 2020}}</ref>
Henninger was the first draft pick from the Missouri Tigers baseball program to reach the Major Leagues, despite being the 22nd player drafted from the university.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from 'University of Missouri (Columbia, MO)' |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903173613/https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.fcgi?key_school=cd5929e8&exact=1&query_type=key_school |archive-date=September 3, 2024 |access-date=August 31, 2025 |website=Baseball Reference}}</ref> He would be the only player from the school to reach the MLB until pitcher Jeff Cornell did so in 1984 with the San Francisco Giants.
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