OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, the brash speedster who shattered stolen base records and redefined baseball’s leadoff position, has died. He was 65. Henderson died on Friday. The Athletics said Saturday they were “shocked and heartbroken by his passing,” but did not specify a cause of death.

Rickey Henderson, a Major League Baseball Hall of Famer and the league's all-time stolen bases leader, has died at age 65, MLB announced Saturday. MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred confirmed Henderson's death in a statement, calling him "the gold standard of base stealing and leadoff hitting."

Rickey Henderson, the greatest base stealer in Major League Baseball history and one of the game’s most enduring players, has died, Major League Baseball confirmed Saturday.

Hall of Famer and Major League Baseball's career steals leader Rickey Henderson has died at the age of 65, according to multiple reports, and confirmed by the New York Post.

Widely regarded as the greatest leadoff hitter in baseball history, he was not just one of the game’s most exciting players but also one of its most eccentric.

The first issue of Baseball Weekly, now Sports Weekly, arrived in April 1991. Interviewing Rickey Henderson was crucial. It almost didn't happen.

Rickey Henderson, Major League Baseball's all-time leader in steals and runs scored, died at the age of 65, according to multiple reports. Henderson, who is widely considered to be one of the greatest leadoff hitters and base stealers in the history of the sport,

Baseball Hall of Famer and all-time stolen base king Rickey Henderson died at the age of 65, his family announced Saturday.

Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, the brash speedster who shattered stolen base records and redefined baseball's leadoff position, has died. He was 65. Henderson died on Friday. The Athletics said Saturday they were “shocked and heartbroken by his passing,

The night before the final day of Rickey Henderson’s professional baseball career, he concocted a makeshift drink that his team called “Championship Juice.” The moment didn’t come with the Oakland Athletics or with any of the other eight clubs the first-ballot Hall of Famer played for over his 25-year big league career.