Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, MLB’s all-time stolen base king, dies at 65

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Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, MLB’s all-time leader in stolen bases and runs scored, has died at 65, per multiple reports.

The New York Post, San Jose Mercury News, Newsweek and TMZ were among those to confirm the news.

Henderson, a 10-time All-Star and two-time World Series champion, stole 1,406 bases in his 24-year career — a record that remains intact to this day. In fact, that’s 468 more steals than Lou Brock, who is second all-time with 938.

He is also MLB’s all-time leader in runs scored, having touched home plate 2,295 times in his career. And he ranks second all-time in walks to Barry Bonds.

Henderson led the league in steals 12 times, in runs five times and in walks four times.

The 1990 American League MVP, Henderson also holds the MLB single-season record for stolen bases (130 in 1982). He’s the only player in AL history to steal 100 bases in a season, having done so three times.

Henderson, a Gold Glove Award recipient (1981) and three-time Silver Slugger Award winner, was part of nine different clubs, but was most widely known for his time spent with the Oakland Athletics (1979-84, 1989-93, 1994-95, 1998).

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