Rickey Henderson, Baseball Legend, Dies
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•Rickey Henderson was -- now and forever -- the greatest leadoff hitter ever
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Rickey Henderson was the Platonic ideal of a leadoff hitter.
He batted leadoff in 2,875 of his 2,890 big league games.
He was one of just 63 players to retire with a career on-base percentage over400.
Steals is the all-time leader in single-season steals ( 130 in 1982 ) and the career leader ( 1,406 ).
Bob Greene : For generations, Rickey Rickey represented childhood; he represents childhood.
Greene: No one will ever be more suited for a leadoff role on the field better than he was.
He says Rickey played so long that he was around to see perceptions of baseball value shift more than in any time in the sport's history.
The active leader -- the Dodgers ' Freddie Freeman -- is at 1,298 , nearly 1,000 shy of the mark.
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