Baseball’s “Man of Steal”, Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson is dead after a bout of pneumonia… TMZ has learned.
Sources with direct knowledge tell us…Henderson died Friday in the Oakland area and had been receiving treatment at a hospital for a short period of time.
The MLB legend holds the record for stolen bases and played for nine teams in left field from 1979 to 2003. He spent most of those years with the Oakland A’s, where he made his debut in the Majors, but he also played with the Yankees, Blue Jays. , Mets, Padres and others… before retiring from the Dodgers.
During his career, Rickey had more than 3,055 hits and 297 home runs with a batting average of .279. He also holds the all-time record for points scored with 2,295.
As for his base stealing prowess, his all-time record is 1,406, and to give you an idea of how impressive that is… no other player in history has reached 1,000 stolen bases!
Rickey was a 10-time All-Star player and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.
The stories about him as a teammate are legendary and you’re sure to see them all over social media these days.
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When news of his death broke, several baseball icons who played with Rickey came out, including Dave Winfield And Ozzie Guillen – shared their condolences.
Rickey was 65.
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