Rickey Henderson, Baseball's Career Steals Leader, Dies at 65

[sonnyhill]

A sad day for Bay Area sports fans.

https://www.si.com/mlb/rickey-henderson-baseball-s-career-steals-leader-dies-at-65

Rickey Henderson, Baseball's Career Steals Leader, Dies at 65

Hall of Famer and Major League Baseball's career steals leader Rickey Henderson has died at the age of 65, according to multiple reports, and confirmed by the New York Post.

Henderson, who is widely considered to be one of the greatest leadoff hitters and base stealers in the history of the sport, played for nine different teams in his 25-year career, compiling 3,055 hits, 297 home runs and 1,115 RBI. His 2,295 career runs and 1,406 stolen bases remain Major League records.

Henderson was a 10-time All-Star, and won the league MVP in 1990 with the Oakland Athletics, when he hit .325 with 28 home runs, 61 RBI and 65 stolen bases. He also boasted a 1.016 OPS (on-base plus slugging) that season and a .439 OBP. He won two World Series titles in his Hall of Fame career, one with the Athletics in 1989 and another with the Toronto Blue Jays in '93.

He was inducted into Cooperstown as a first-ballot Hall of Famer in 2009.

[Old_Blue]

My favorite baseball player of all time. It never gets talked about...but Rickey was one of those black athletes who helped break down societal color barriers. Way before Nike's Be Like Mike campaign, white suburban kids like me idolized Rickey. We didn't give a $hit about color. Rickey was simply unlike any other player in the sport. The batting stance. The speed. The power. The almost father and son like relationship he had with Billy Martin. A magical player from my youth. I've still got his rookie card. I'll never part with it. If there's a baseball field in heaven, then there's a whole mess of pitchers up there who are about to get a lesson in absolute chaos on the base paths. RIP Rickey.

[thejigglyroom]

Damn. Him and Dave Stewart are two of my all time favorite A’s.

RIP King. Way to young

[DonaldSanders]

I loved Rickey growing up, very sad, he was a part of the A's teams I worshipped as a kid.

RIP to the Legend, stolen base king.

[East Bay Sports]

Greatest Athletic of all time : (

one of the coolest dudes ever. sad

[whatisacenter]

Sat behind him at a Raiders game years ago and he was a cool guy. RIP.

[CS707]

My favorite all time baseball player. My Henderson jersey is one of two sports jerseys that I own.

[superunknown]

RIP