Rickey Henderson Biography

Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson is a retired American baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball for nine teams from 1979 to 2003, including four stints with his original team, the Oakland Athletics. Nicknamed "The Man of Steal", he is widely regarded as the sport's greatest leadoff hitter and baserunner. He holds the major league records for career stolen bases, runs scored, unintentional walks and leadoff home runs. At the time of his last major league game in 2003, the ten-time American League All-Star ranked among the sport's top 100 all-time home run hitters and was its all-time leader in base on balls. In 2009, he was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame on his first ballot appearance.

Henderson also holds the single-season record for stolen bases and is the only player in AL history to steal 100 bases in a season, having done so three times. His 1,406 career steals is 50% higher than the previous record of 938 by Lou Brock. Henderson is the all-time stolen base leader for the Oakland A's and previously held the New York Yankees' franchise record from 1988 to 2011. He was among the league's top ten base stealers in 21 different seasons. Source: Wikipedia

Rickey Henderson Timeline

• 1979-06-24
  Rickey Henderson debuts for Oakland & steals his 1st base
• 1980-09-30
  A's Rickey Henderson sets AL stolen base record at 98 en route to 100
• 1982-06-01
  Rickey Henderson is fastest to reach 50 stolen bases in a year
• 1982-07-27
  California catches A's Rickey Henderson stealing 3 times
• 1982-08-02
  Oakland's Rickey Henderson steals his 100th base of the season
• 1982-08-27
  Rickey Henderson steals 119th base of season breaks Lou Brock's mark
• 1983-09-13
  Oakland's Rickey Henderson 3rd straight 100 steals for season
• 1984-12-05
  A's trade Rickey Henderson to Yankees for Jay Howell & Jose Rijo
• 1985-09-25
  Rickey Henderson steals Yankee record 75th base of season
• 1988-06-04
  Rickey Henderson steals 2 bases for record 249 as a NY Yankee
• 1989-04-09
  Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in NY's 4-3 loss to Clev
• 1989-06-21
  Yankees trade Rickey Henderson to A's for Plunk, Cadaret & Polonia
• 1989-08-03
  Rickey Henderson sets AL mark of 50 steals in 9 seasons
• 1989-10-07
  Rickey Henderson steals a record 8 bases in a play off (5 games)
• 1989-11-28
  Rickey Henderson signs record $3,000,000 per year Oak A's contract
• 1990-05-29
  Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record
• 1990-06-12
  Oakland A's Rickey Henderson becomes 2nd to steal 900 bases
• 1990-11-20
  Oakland's Rickey Henderson wins AL MVP
• 1991-05-01
  A's Rickey Henderson steals an all time record 939th base vs Yanks
• 1991-05-01
  Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brocks record with his 939th steal
• 1992-05-01
  Rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th base
• 1993-07-05
  As' Rickey Henderson is 2nd to hit leadoff homers in doubleheader
• 1993-07-31
  A's trade Rickey Henderson to Blue Jays
• 1993-08-13
  Blue Jay Rickey Henderson pays Turner Ward $25,000 for his #24
• 1994-06-07
  A's outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 1,100th career base
• 1997-08-13
  SD Padres trade Rickey Henderson to Anaheim Angels
• 1998-01-22
  Rickey Henderson, rejoins Oakland A's for 4th time

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