He was enshrined into the Hall of Fame in 2009, his first year of eligibility.
The left fielder with the unmistakable crouched batting stance and affable swagger set MLB career records with 2,295 runs and 1,406 stolen bases and is the single-season stolen base king.Former baseball player Rickey Henderson laughs as he sits in the dugout before a baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Texas Rangers, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in Oakland, Calif. OAKLAND, Calif.
Despite his trademark headfirst slides, Henderson played a quarter-century in the majors and mostly avoided serious injury. Only Pete Rose, Carl Yastrzemski and Hank Aaron played more games in the majors than Henderson.The Oakland A’s drafted Henderson in the fourth round of the 1976 draft, just as the Swingin’ A’s who won three straight World Series titles from 1972-74 were being broken up.
Henderson and fellow Oakland star Dave Stewart threw out simultaneous ceremonial first pitches before the A’s final game at the Coliseum on Sept. 26. Henderson also won a World Series ring with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1993. He was on second base when Joe Carter hit his Series-winning walk-off home run off Mitch Williams. Henderson helped set the stage for the iconic moment with a walk, which was not a big surprise. Only Barry Bonds drew more regular-season walks in MLB history than Henderson, and the only other players with more than 2,000 career walks are Babe Ruth and Ted Williams.
— A major star since the early 1980s, Henderson was known for using fake names when he checked into hotels around the league to avoid attracting attention from fans and the media. One of the names he used: Richard Pryor.
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