Rickey Henderson was voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame the first time he was eligible after appearing on 94.8 percent of ballots cast by sportswriters, third-highest total for a first-time nominee ever.
After breaking in with Oakland in 1979, Henderson went on to set MLB records with 2,295 runs and 1.405 stolen bases over his career, including a single-season mark of 140 in 1982. He also led off games with a home run a record 81 times, and had 3,055 hits after his last big league game in 2003. He was the American League’s Most Valuable Player in 1990, a ten-time pick to the All-Star Game, and played for pennant winners in Oakland and Toronto.
Also selected to Cooperstown was former Boston outfielder Jim Rice, who will be inducted along with Henderson and former Indians and Yankees second baseman Joe Gordon in June.
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