Rickey Henderson, appearing at an Oakland Athletics' game on Sept. 25, was inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.
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Known as baseball's "Man of Steal," Henderson had a lengthy list of accolades and accomplishments over his nomadic 25-year career — an MVP, 10 All-Star selections, two World Series titles, including one with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1993, and a Gold Glove award.He broke through with 100 steals in his first full season in the majors in 1980, topping Ty Cobb's AL single-season record with Billy Martin's "Billy Ball" Oakland Athletics.
Henderson said in September he would have had many more steals in his career and in the record-breaking 1982 season if rules introduced in 2023 to limit pickoff throws and increase the size of bases had overlapped with his career. He fittingly finished his career with the Dodgers at age 44 in 2003 by scoring a run in his final play on a major league field.
He batted out of an extreme crouch, making for a tighter strike zone that contributed to his high walk total. He struck fear in opponents with his aggressive leads off first, his fingers twitching between his legs inside his batting gloves as he eyed the pitcher and the next base. Henderson was selected in the fourth round of the 1976 amateur draft by the hometown A's and made his big league debut in 1979 with two hits — and, of course, one stolen base.
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