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His mother married Paul Henderson in Rickey Henley's junior year of high school and the family adopted the Henderson surname. [8] As a child learning to play baseball in Oakland, Henderson developed the ability to bat right-handed although he was a naturally left-handed thrower—a rare combination for baseball players, especially non-pitchers ...
But Henderson’s legacy is so much more than the numbers. As a player, Henderson was magnificent, magnetic, game-changing. But Rickey, the character, was, as his biographer Howard Bryant wrote ...
Rickey Henderson passed away Friday, just 65 years old, and by “just” we mean this is an athlete who always looked like he’d live forever. You saw it in his perfectly athletic frame ...
Rickey Henderson stats. Some of Henderson's career accomplishments: 1,406 stolen bases – most in MLB history. 2,295 runs – most in MLB history. 3,055 hits. 297 home runs (81 leadoff).401 on ...
Rickey Henderson played for nine teams over his 25-year MLB career. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009. ... After moving to Oakland when he was a child, Henderson became a ...
Rickey Henderson, a 10-time All-Star and the all-time stolen base leader, died on Friday after a bout with pneumonia, multiple outlets reported. Henderson played 25 seasons in the major leagues ...
Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, the brash speedster who shattered stolen base records and redefined baseball's leadoff position, has died. Known as baseball's “Man of Steal,” Henderson had a ...
The 1982 Athletics are remembered mainly for the exploits of star left fielder Rickey Henderson. Henderson, in his fourth major league season, stole an MLB-record 130 bases over the course of the year. Henderson broke the record, previously held by Lou Brock, by swiping his 119th base of the season on August 27 against the Milwaukee Brewers ...