RIP Rickey Henderson

[OrangeXtreme]

Rickey Henderson, Hall of Famer and MLB’s all-time stolen base leader, dead at 65

In a 25-year major league career, Henderson stole a record 1,406 bases and was selected to 10 All-Star teams.

nypost.com

 

[Marsh01]

Damn. Sad

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Rickey Henderson, Hall of Famer and MLB’s all-time stolen base leader, dead at 65

In a 25-year major league career, Henderson stole a record 1,406 bases and was selected to 10 All-Star teams.

nypost.com

Very sad. Especially since we are the same age. Nobody like him.

 

[Ghost]

Sad.

 

[Ghost]

 

[orangeinohio]

Howard Bryant wrote a really good bio of Rickey. Highly, highly recommend:

Rickey — The Life and Legend of an American Original — Howard Bryant

From the author of The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron comes the definitive biography of Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, baseball’s epic leadoff hitter and base-stealer who also stole America’s heart over nearly five electric decades in the game.

howardbryantbooks.com

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[JustPherU]

Wonder how much Rickey could of made in todays game?

 

[orangefog]

Could he EVER turn it up on a contract year. How many of us emulated his signature snatch catch in the outfield?

 

[cuseattle]

Aw, man
One of my favorite players of all time in any sport.
Remember how small his strike zone was for a while?

MLB Tonight on how small Rickey's strike zone was | 12/21/2016

MLB Tonight looks at how small Rickey Henderson's strike zone was and how he used it to his benefit to walk when pitchers tried to work him

www.google.com

 

[jncuse]

Wonder how much Rickey could of made in todays game?

He would be valued more greatly today, because of the higher value today's analytics place on OBP (vs Avg) vs the 1980's. Also with the rise of the stolen base since the rule changes, he would be getting lots of steals too.

 

[Newhouser]

As crazy as it sounds he may be underrated in terms of the game's All-Time greats. At least in my circles his name rarely comes up and it should. He was awesome.

 

[donniesyracuse]

As crazy as it sounds he may be underrated in terms of the game's All-Time greats. At least in my circles his name rarely comes up and it should. He was awesome.

His 106.3 career WAR ranks him 17th among positions players at FanGraphs, right between Mike Schmidt and Frank Robinson. That’s damn good company.

 

[donniesyracuse]

On a recent episode of the Effectively Wild podcast, they were saying, based on his other offensive numbers, he would have been a hall of famer even if he never stole one base.