Bye Bye Rickey Henderson

[Hawk 34]

Rickey Henderson, Baseball's Career Steals Leader, Dies at 65

The Hall of Famer is widely considered to be one of the best baserunners in the history of the game.

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An all time legendary player and even more iconic personality.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

I read his book and it was a fantastic read. RIP to a true great. Was still stealing 40+ bases in his 40s (nabbed 66 at 39 years old! For context: Elly De La Cruz led MLB with 67 this year and was still thrown out 16 times)

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Rickey be was Rickey.

 

[alkeiper]

It gets lost that Rickey is the all time mlb leader in runs scored. That speaks louder than the stolen bases.

 

[snuffbox]

Our time (roughly 1980s-now or a couple few years ago) hasn't had a lot of Mickey, Hank, Willie types, but none of those other eras had a Rickey Henderson.

 

[strummer]

Ricky hit .315/.423/.466 for the .Mets in 1999 at age 40.

One of my favorite players as a kid. He helped define 1980s baseball and was so fun to watch.

I had remembered his birthday was on Christmas. He died 5 days before. Just awful

RIP

Oh yeah he was one of the most naturally cool players to ever play the game

 

[alkeiper]

Our time (roughly 1980s-now or a couple few years ago) hasn't had a lot of Mickey, Hank, Willie types, but none of those other eras had a Rickey Henderson.

I think most of us are familiar with similarity scores. Closer you are to 1000, the more similar the players. The most similar player to Rickey was Craig Biggio, 713.4. That's the fourth lowest similarity score in baseball history.