Rickey Henderson Stats, Age, Position, Height, Weight, Fantasy & News (2024)

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How old was Rickey Henderson when he retired? ›

Even after his big league career was over, Rickey wasn't finished: He stole another 53 bases for the independent Newark Bears and San Diego Surf Dawgs before finally hanging up his spikes for good in 2005 at age 46.

Henderson holds the single-season record for stolen bases (130 in 1982) and is the only player in AL history to steal 100 bases in a season, having done so three times (in 1980, 1982, and 1983). His 1,406 career steals is 50% higher than the previous record of 938 by Lou Brock.

He spent most of his career in left field and won a Gold Glove Award in 1981. He finished with a . 279 batting average with 3,055 hits and 297 home runs. He electrified crowds with his flair and enthusiasm for the game.

Henderson officially retired from baseball in 2007. Two years later he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. His autobiography, Off Base: Confessions of a Thief, was published in 1992.

Rickey Henderson ranked 23rd-best MLB player on ESPN Top 100 list.

Rickey Henderson is the fastest baseball player ever. During his Hall of Fame career, Henderson set MLB records for stolen bases in a career (1,406) and the single-season stolen base record (130) in the Modern Era. In terms of his raw speed, Henderson reportedly clocked a 9.6-second time in the 100-yard dash.

Brock's 118 stolen bases in 1974 were by far his best single-season mark, followed by 74 in 1966 and 70 in 1963. Brock led the National League in steals eight times during his career. Six of those were also Major League-highs for that season. Brock retired at age 40 following the 1979 season.

Single-season stolen base leaders (100 or more)

In the modern era, Ty Cobb set a single-season mark of 96 stolen bases in 1915 that lasted until it was broken by Maury Wills with 104 in 1962. A new modern mark was set by Lou Brock with 118 in 1974, and again by Rickey Henderson with 130 in 1982.

366 by Ty Cobb (1905-1928). No professional player has done that over a career or even a season. Someone would hit . 500 if they had only a handful of at bats.

Did Rickey Henderson ever win the MVP? ›

He was already the single-season stolen base king and well on his way to the career record in thefts as well. But for Rickey Henderson, the pinnacle of his playing career may have come on Nov. 20, 1990, when he was named the American League's Most Valuable Player.

Paciorek is rare among Major League Baseball players in having a perfect batting average of 1.000. He is the only player to achieve this distinction with more than two at bats. His two brothers, Jim Paciorek and Tom Paciorek, also played in the major leagues.

Henderson was enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame, cementing his legacy as one of the greatest players in baseball.

Some noted basestealers were not known for stealing home. Lou Brock never once stole home, and Rickey Henderson did it only four times. But Babe Ruth reportedly did it 10 times. You look at old film of The Babe and he comes across as almost the last person you'd expect to see steal any base – second, third, or home.

But Rickey resigned from the Pirates at the end of the 1955 season, one year before Robinson's retirement, and never again had the power to hire him as the game's first Black manager, a wish his star player had expressed. By then he had embarked upon his next invention: sabermetrics.