Henderson, who stole 1,406 bases throughout a Corridor of Fame profession that included stops with each the Yankees and Mets, died Friday after a battle with pneumonia, TMZ reported Saturday.
The leadoff speedster nicknamed the ‘Man of Steal’ was a 10-time All-Star, 2-time World Sequence champion (1989 with the Oakland A’s; 1993 with the Toronto Blue Jays), received the AL MVP in 1990, earned three Silver Slugger and one Gold Glove earlier than ending up in Cooperstown’s Class of 2009. He additionally holds the MLB profession marks for profession runs (2,295).
“He’s the greatest leadoff hitter of all time. I’m not sure there’s a close second,” stated ex-A’s common supervisor Billy Beane when Henderson went into the Corridor of Fame.
Henderson, who was born in Chicago after which moved to Oakland as younger boy, had a knack for swiping bases from the day he first arrived within the main leagues after being a fourth spherical decide of his hometown Athletics within the 1976 MLB draft.
“If my uniform doesn’t get dirty, I haven’t done anything in the baseball game,” Henderson famously quipped.
He broke Ty Cobb’s American League stolen base report (96) with 100 throughout his rookie season after which broke the single-season report held by Lou Brock (118) in 1982 when he stole 130 bases on the season.
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