by Cary Osborne
Rickey Henderson, baseball’s all-time stolen base leader who finished his incomparable 25-year Major League career in 2003 with the Dodgers, passed away on Friday — five days before what would have been his 66th birthday.
The Hall of Famer played for nine Major League teams, most notably the Oakland Athletics where he spent 15 seasons and has his №24 retired. The Hall of Famer signed with the Dodgers as a free agent on July 14, 2003, at the age of 44.
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Henderson had been playing for independent Newark Bears at the time of the signing.
He appeared in 30 games for the Dodgers, going 15-for-72 at the plate with a slash line of .208/.321/.306/.627 with two home runs and three stolen bases.
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Henderson stole a Major League record 1,406 bases in his career and set the single-season MLB record with 130 in 1982 with the Athletics. Henderson is also considered arguably the greatest leadoff hitter in baseball history. His 81 leadoff home runs are an MLB record.
He had 3,055 hits, 297 home runs, batted .279/.401/.419/.820 and ranks first in MLB history with 2,295 runs scored and second with 2,190 career walks.
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