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The MLB world lost its all-time leader in stolen bases on Saturday with the death of Rickey Henderson, who was among baseball's brightest stars of the 1980s and '90s.. Henderson will always be ...
Under Rule 7.01 of Major League Baseball's (MLB) Official Rules, a runner acquires the right to an unoccupied base when he touches it before he is out. [1] Stolen bases were more common in baseball's dead-ball era, when teams relied more on stolen bases and hit and run plays than on home runs. [2]
1,406 stolen bases – most in MLB history. 2,295 runs – most in MLB history. 3,055 hits. 297 home runs (81 leadoff).401 on-base percentage. 10-time MLB All-Star. 1990 American League MVP with ...
Henderson, who died Friday at age 65, was a two-time World Series champion, 10-time All-Star and holds the MLB record for all-time stolen bases, racking up 1,406 swipes across his 25-year career ...
Henderson's record for the most postseason stolen bases was broken by Kenny Lofton's 34th career steal during the 2007 ALCS; [137] Henderson is the only American League player to steal more than 100 bases in a single season (having accomplished the feat three times), [100] and he is the all-time stolen base leader for the Oakland A's.
Rickey Henderson, shown here attempting to steal a base in 1983, is the MLB career leader in stolen bases. This article lists records for stolen bases within Major League Baseball (MLB). For individual players, leaders in stolen bases for a career, single season, and single game are provided, along with leaders in stolen base percentage for a ...
A 10-time All-Star, Henderson was the AL stolen base leader an unmatched 12 times and surpassed 100 steals in a single season on three occasions — one of only two players to accomplish the ...
[103] For a player to approach Henderson's milestone, he would have to average 70 stolen bases over 20 seasons just to get to 1,400. [50] Between 2000 and 2009, the Major League leader in stolen bases finished each year with an average of 64, and that number dropped to 57 in the 2010s—a decade in which no player stole 70 bases in a season.