Baseball’s “Man of Steal,” Corridor of Famer Rickey Henderson is useless after a bout with pneumonia … TMZ has realized.
Sources with direct data inform us … Henderson handed away Friday within the Oakland space, and had been getting remedy at a hospital for a quick interval.
The MLB legend holds the document for stolen bases, and performed left subject for 9 groups from 1979 to 2003. Most of these years had been spent with the Oakland A’s, the place he debuted within the majors, however he additionally starred with the Yankees, Blue Jays, Mets, Padres and others … earlier than retiring with the Dodgers.
All through his profession, Rickey racked up greater than 3,055 hits and 297 residence runs with a .279 batting common. He additionally holds the all-time document for runs scored with 2,295.
As for his prowess at stealing bases — his all-time document is 1,406, and to provide you an concept how spectacular that’s … no different participant in historical past has reached 1,000 stolen bases!
Rickey was a 10-time All-Star participant and entered the Baseball Corridor of Fame in 2009.
The tales about him as a teammate are legendary, you will undoubtedly be seeing them throughout social media right this moment.
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Because the information of his loss of life broke, a number of baseball icons who performed with Rickey — together with Dave Winfield and Ozzie Guillen — shared their condolences.
Rickey was 65.
RIP
