Ricky Henderson 🪦
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One of the most fun players to watch when I was growing up.
RIP in peace.
RIP in peace.
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For context, if a rookie broke into the majors this upcoming season, and stole 70 bases for 20 consecutive seasons, they would still be short of tying Henderson.
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Rickey Henderson, baseball Hall of Famer and MLB stolen base king, dies at 65
Henderson played for nine teams in his 25-year MLB career and won two World Series and an AL MVP award.
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Henderson had some real pop in his bat, too. I’m pretty sure he also leads the record book in leadoff homers. The A’s would start a lot of games leading 1-0 after Henderson would rip a homer leading off the game.
Under 40 baseball fans are asking “What’s a stolen base, again?”
He is the all-time leader in runs scored (2,295), stolen bases (1,406), and leadoff home runs (81), among other things. Henderson retired with 3,055 hits and 297 home runs, and he helped the 1989 Oakland Athletics and 1993 Toronto Blue Jays win the World Series.
In the summer of 1989, when I was 6 years old, we moved from Iowa to just north of the Bay Area due to my dad’s job. Lived there for 6 years before moving back to Iowa. But went to a TON of A’s games during those six years and became an A’s fan for life. Rickey was a big part of that. RIP.
I was just about to post this. 81 leadoff homers is crazy. He will probably never be passed in 3 categories. Even with the new emphasis in generating stolen base opportunities I cannot see him being passed.
RIP Ricky.
Too young.
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Too young.
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Favorite story someone quoted John 3.16 and He said Ricky don’t want hear about John hittin 3.16, Ricky hittin 3.30
Legend
Legend
Another one was Rickey noticing John Olerud wearing a hard helmet instead of a soft cap. Rickey went up to him and said, “ I used to play with a guy that did that also”. Olerud said “Rickey.. that was me, we used to be teammates”.
That is a great story, but it isn’t true. Olerud has confirmed that a trainer with the Mariners made this one up. He was a trickster and liked to make up stories while joking around with the guys in the clubhouse.
Back in the day I lived in NYC and got into a fantasy baseball league (rotisserie) right after it became a thing. Ricky came out first and always went highest bid. He was one of a kind
One of my all time favorite players...perhaps the most productive leadoff hitter ever. I was fortunate to be able to see him ina game in person. RIP.
I feel Rickey would say to @QChawks that you stole an e from Rickey , Rickey is the stolen base king; you can't steal an e from Rickey
How does a guy like Ricky Henderson die at 65? It’s not fair. Life’s a crapshoot.
Put this in another thread, this spring I read Rickey : Life & Legend of an American Original by Thomas Bryant. Really good biography. Rickey was a lot smarter & complicated than what he's given credit for. The amount of mlb talent that came from the Bay area in that time period is insane.
