Baseball Corridor of Famer and stolen base king Rickey Henderson has handed away. He was 65. Henderson’s buddy and teammate Dave Winfield was amongst these to announce the tragic information, which was later confirmed by the New York Publish.
Henderson was born in Chicago on Christmas Day in 1958. Nevertheless, he spent a lot of his childhood in Oakland. The Athletics arrived within the metropolis not lengthy after Henderson, and as soon as he completed highschool, his hometown workforce referred to as his title within the fourth spherical of the 1976 MLB draft. Three years after that, he arrived on the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum to make his main league debut.
Following an underwhelming rookie season, Henderson broke out with a famous person efficiency in 1980. The 21-year-old confirmed off terrific bat-to-ball abilities and a pointy eye on the plate, rating third amongst certified batters in stroll charge and OBP. In fact, he put that OBP to good use, main the majors with 100 stolen bases. It was the primary of seven occasions he would lead the majors in steals. He additionally made his first of 10 All-Star groups that summer season and completed tenth in MVP voting that fall. On reflection, nonetheless, he deserved to complete a lot larger. In line with each FanGraphs and Baseball Reference, the one AL participant with the next WAR that season was MVP George Brett.
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