Rickey Henderson, a 10-time All-Star and the all-time stolen base chief, died on Friday after a bout with pneumonia, a number of retailers reported. He was 65.
Henderson performed 25 seasons within the main leagues, stealing at the least 100 bases on three events, together with 130 steals in 1982 to interrupt Lou Brock’s modern-day file for a single season. He completed with 1,406 steals to shatter Brock’s all-time mark of 938.
Excess of a stolen-base menace, Henderson hit 297 house runs with 1,115 RBIs. His 81 leadoff house runs are a significant league file.
An Oakland, Calif., native, Henderson was drafted within the fourth spherical in 1976 by his hometown Athletics. He made his main league debut in 1979 and was an All-Star for the primary time in 1980.
Traded to the New York Yankees earlier than the 1995 season, Henderson returned to the A’s in 1989 and in addition hung out with the San Diego Padres, New York Mets, Seattle Mariners, Boston Pink Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, Anaheim Angels and Los Angeles Dodgers.
Henderson was elected to the Corridor of Fame in 2009 after successful World Sequence titles in 1989 (A’s) and 1993 (Blue Jays), whereas incomes the American League Championship Sequence MVP in 1989 and a Gold Glove Award in 1981.
He would have turned 66 on Christmas Day.
–Subject Stage Media
