‘Man of Steal’: Rickey Henderson’s record-breaking profession numbers

Baseball misplaced an all-time nice on Saturday.

Rickey Henderson, extensively thought of the most effective leadoff hitter of all time, has died on the age of 65. The “Man of Steal” was arguably essentially the most dynamic baserunner in MLB historical past and would often make a serious impression on the sport together with his capability to succeed in base and advance on the basepaths alone.

In a profession that spanned 25 seasons and 9 groups, there was just one Rickey Henderson. The historic Oakland Athletic has 10 All-Star appearances, three Silver Slugger awards, two World Series titles, an MVP, a Gold Glove and, lastly, a ticket to Cooperstown.

So simply how dominant was Henderson? Here are a number of the finest numbers from his Hall of Fame profession:

• 0: In one of the vital unbelievable field rating performances in MLB historical past, Henderson had 5 steals and 4 runs, all with out recording a single hit and ending 0-0. (He walked in all 4 appearances.)
• 1: One of them, Henderson is the one participant in MLB historical past to gather 3,000 hits and have 2,000 walks in his profession.
• 2: One of solely two gamers within the fashionable period to steal 100 or extra bases in three totally different seasons, becoming a member of Vince Coleman.
• 5: He is one among solely 5 gamers to attain 100 or extra runs in additional than 12 MLB seasons, becoming a member of Hank Aaron (15), Álex Rodríguez (13), Derek Jeter (13) and Lou Gehrig (13).
• 10: Nicknamed “The Steal Man”, he lived as much as expectations. He is the one participant in MLB historical past to have 10 or extra video games in a season with three or extra steals. Stealing three or extra bases in 12 video games in 1983 and 10 video games in 1988.
• 12: A dynamo, Henderson led the American League in steals 12 totally different occasions, an MLB document
• 13: Henderson compiled 13 totally different seasons in his profession with 75 or extra runs and 50 or extra stolen bases, greater than another play in MLB historical past.
• 81: Known as the most effective leadoff hitter in MLB historical past, Rickey hit the massive time, hitting 81 leadoff homers in his profession, essentially the most within the historical past of the sport.
• 755: As dynamic as any participant who ever took the sector, Henderson often created offense for his groups. His 755 video games with a minimum of one run scored AND one stolen base are by far essentially the most in MLB historical past, 235 greater than Ty Cobb (520) who has the second most video games.
• 1,337: From 1980 to 2000, Rickey Henderson stole 1,337 sacks, greater than 500 greater than another participant throughout that interval. It was much more than the Red Sox had like a group in these 20 years (1,276).
• 1,406: Henderson stole an absurd 1,406 stolen bases in his profession, practically 500 greater than another participant in MLB historical past. No different participant has reached 950 steals of their profession. To put this in perspective, the highest 4 energetic leaders in stolen bases who performed final 12 months (Starling Marte (354), Jose Altuve (315), Trea Turner (279) and José Ramírez (243) mixed just one,191 profession stolen bases, greater than 200 fewer than Henderson.
• 2,129: An underrated side of his profession, Henderson was a grasp within the batter’s field, working walks higher than anybody within the historical past of the sport. No one in MLB historical past has issued extra unintentional walks, together with these by Barry Bonds, than Henderson (2,129).
• 2,295: One of the most efficient gamers, Rickey nonetheless holds the MLB document with 2,295 runs scored in his profession. Again to place that in perspective, that is greater than Mookie Betts (1,071) and Jose Altuve (1,156) mixed.

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