{"id":28930,"date":"2024-12-21T23:28:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T23:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/21\/rickey-henderson-baseballs-greatest-leadoff-hitter-and-man-of-steal-dies-aged-65\/"},"modified":"2024-12-21T23:28:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T23:28:48","slug":"rickey-henderson-baseballs-greatest-leadoff-hitter-and-man-of-steal-dies-aged-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/21\/rickey-henderson-baseballs-greatest-leadoff-hitter-and-man-of-steal-dies-aged-65\/","title":{"rendered":"Rickey Henderson, baseball\u2019s greatest leadoff hitter and \u2018Man of Steal\u2019, dies aged 65"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>A\u2019s icon played 24 years for nine teams from 1979 to 2003<\/li>\n<li>Henderson holds MLB records for stolen bases and runs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rickey Henderson, baseball\u2019s greatest leadoff hitter and the all-time stolen base king, died Friday in Oakland at the age of 65 after battling pneumonia, multiple sources confirmed on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Henderson\u2019s career was a testament to speed, power and charisma. Over 24 seasons, he racked up a record-breaking 1,406 stolen bases, 2,295 runs scored, and 81 leadoff home runs. A 10-time All-Star, two-time World Series champion, and 1990 American League MVP, Henderson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on the first ballot in 2009.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2024\/dec\/21\/rickey-henderson-death-baseball-stolen-base-king\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u2019s icon played 24 years for nine teams from 1979 to 2003 Henderson holds MLB records for stolen bases and runs Rickey Henderson, baseball\u2019s greatest leadoff hitter and the all-time stolen base king, died Friday in Oakland at the age of 65 after battling pneumonia, multiple sources confirmed on Saturday. Henderson\u2019s career was a testament &#8230; <a title=\"Rickey Henderson, baseball\u2019s greatest leadoff hitter and \u2018Man of Steal\u2019, dies aged 65\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/21\/rickey-henderson-baseballs-greatest-leadoff-hitter-and-man-of-steal-dies-aged-65\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Rickey Henderson, baseball\u2019s greatest leadoff hitter and \u2018Man of Steal\u2019, dies aged 65\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28930\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}