Why Famous:Nicknamed "The Man of Steal", he is widely regarded as the sport's greatest leadoff hitter and baserunner. He holds the major league records for career stolen bases, runs scored, unintentional walks and leadoff home runs.
1979-06-24 Rickey Henderson debuts for Oakland & steals his 1st base
1980-09-30 Oakland outfielder Rickey Henderson sets AL stolen base record with his 97th in A's 5-1 win over Chicago White Sox; breaks Ty Cobb's mark of 96 set in 1915
1982-06-01 Oakland A's left fielder Rickey Henderson steals 2 bases in 3-2 win over Boston Red Sox to become fastest to reach 50 stolen bases in a MLB season
1982-08-02 Oakland outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 100th MLB base of the season in 6-5 win v Seattle, first to steal 100 twice in modern era
1982-08-27 Rickey Henderson steals 119th base of season breaks Lou Brock's mark
1983-09-13 Oakland's Rickey Henderson 3rd straight 100 steals for season
1984-12-05 A's trade Rickey Henderson to Yankees for Jay Howell & Jose Rijo
1985-09-25 Rickey Henderson steals Yankee record 75th base of season
1988-06-04 Rickey Henderson steals 2 bases for record 249 as a NY Yankee
1989-04-09 Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in NY's 4-3 loss to Clev
1989-06-21 Yankees trade Rickey Henderson to A's for Plunk, Cadaret & Polonia
1989-08-03 Future Baseball Hall of Fame left fielder Rickey Henderson sets AL mark of 50 stolen bases in 9 of his first 11 seasons in MLB
1991-05-01 A's outfielder Rickey Henderson steals all time MLB record 939th base in 7-4 win vs New York Yankees in Oakland
1992-05-01 Oakland outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th MLB career base in A's 7-6 win at Detroit
1993-07-05 As' outfielder Rickey Henderson leads off both games of Oakland's doubleheader vs Cleveland with homers (first time since 1913)
1993-07-31 Toronto Blue Jays obtain future Baseball Hall of Fame OF Rickey Henderson from Oakland in exchange for minor leaguers Steve Karsay and Jose Herrera
1993-08-13 Blue Jay Rickey Henderson pays Turner Ward $25,000 for his #24
1994-06-07 A's outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 1,100th career base
1997-08-13 San Diego Padres trade Rickey Henderson to Anaheim Angels
1998-01-22 Rickey Henderson, rejoins Oakland A's for 4th time
2001-10-03 San Diego outfielder Rickey Henderson scores a run in the 3rd inning of the Padres' 12-5 loss to LA Dodgers to tie the MLB record of 2,245 runs scored held by the legendary Ty Cobb
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