Jim Henderson (baseball)

Henderson was born in Calgary, Alberta, to Marilyn and Neil Henderson, an auto mechanic at the University of Calgary. Henderson's father died as a result of Lou Gehrig's disease when Henderson was a teenager. As a high school student, Henderson played summer baseball for the Okotoks Dawgs in Okotoks. He graduated from Bishop Carroll High School before playing two seasons at Midland College, a junior college in Texas, then moving on to Tennessee Wesleyan College and the Bulldogs of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. ==Playing career==

Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals (2003–2006) Henderson was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 26th round of the 2003 Major League Baseball draft. He made his professional debut that summer pitching out of the bullpen for the Rookie League Gulf Coast League Expos and Low-A Vermont Expos in the New York–Penn League. He played the entire 2004 season with Vermont and was promoted to the Single-A Savannah Sand Gnats of the South Atlantic League in 2005. Chicago Cubs (2007–2008) The Chicago Cubs selected Henderson in the 2006 Rule 5 draft. At Nashville, he was selected for the Triple-A All-Star Game with a 1.69 ERA, 56 strikeouts, 4 wins, and 15 saves as the Sounds' closer. He made the Mets' roster for Opening Day in 2016 after a spring training in which he posted a 1.69 ERA with 13 strikeouts over  innings beating out Sean Gilmartin for the last spot in the Mets' bullpen. On June 21, he was placed on the DL with tendinitis in his right biceps. After 14 minor league rehab appearances, mostly with the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s, he was activated from the DL and added to the active roster on August 20. He was outrighted to Triple-A after the season and elected free agency. Chicago Cubs (2017) Henderson signed a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs for 2017 with an invitation to spring training, but he was released before the season's start. Milwaukee Brewers (2018) In 2018, Henderson signed a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. He was assigned to the Double-A Biloxi Shuckers in the Southern League and placed on the 60-Day DL. He was released after the season without having appeared in any games. ==Coaching career==

During the 2018 season, while he was on the Biloxi 60-Day DL, Henderson assisted in Milwaukee's scouting department and served as the bullpen coach for Milwaukee's Low-A affiliate, the Helena Brewers of the Pioneer League. In 2019, Henderson worked as the pitching coach for the Single-A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. On January 5, 2026, Henderson was promoted to the role of pitching coordinator. ==International competition==

Henderson was a member of the gold medal winning Canadian national baseball team at the 2011 Pan American Games. In recognition of the victory, the team was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012. ==References==