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Five of Rickey Henderson’s finest on-field moments

By Jennifer Rainwater

Mar 15, 2016; Salt River Pima-Maricopa, AZ, USA; Oakland Athletics special instructor Rickey Henderson talks with fans prior to the game against the Colorado Rockies at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. Mandatory Credit: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 15, 2016; Salt River Pima-Maricopa, AZ, USA; Oakland Athletics special instructor Rickey Henderson talks with fans prior to the game against the Colorado Rockies at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. Mandatory Credit: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports /
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May 19, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; The traditional Hall of Fame Race at the end of the sixth inning, featuring runners in the costumes of former A’s legends Dennis Eckersley (L), Rickey Henderson (C) and Rollie Fingers (R), during the baseball game between the New York Yankees and Oakland Athletics at Oakland Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Kenny Karst-USA TODAY Sports /

Twenty-five years later

Twenty five years after Rickey Henderson first stepped foot on a Major League field for the first time as a member of his hometown Oakland Athletics, he’d played with nine different teams, during which he’d played four separate stints with the Athletics.

Those teams included the New York Yankees, the Toronto Blue Jays (with whom he collected his second World Championship ring in 1993), the San Diego Padres, the Anaheim Angels, the New York Mets, the Boston Red Sox, the Seattle Mariners and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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He retired after 25 seasons at the age of 44 years old. By that time, Rickey Henderson had amassed a total of 3,055 hits, 510 doubles, 66 triples, 297 home runs and 1,115 RBI.

He still leads all of baseball to this day in runs scored with 2,295 and stolen bases. His final total of bags swiped? 1,406.

It is a number that will likely never be touched or even come close to by another player again.

Of course, along with that stolen base total came another all-time MLB record.

Henderson had been caught stealing more times than anyone in history, but if he hadn’t tried and been caught, he wouldn’t have tried enough to hold what is seen as an untouchable record.

Rickey Henderson had one of the longest and most storied careers in baseball both on and off the field.

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He had style, the likes of which had never been seen in the majors before, and he had the substance to back up that swagger. Still, Rickey Henderson was always just, “Rickey being Rickey.”