To me, the most impressive thing about Rickey Henderson is the walks. Whereas pitches walked Bonds because they were trying to avoid giving him anything to hit, pitchers actively tried NOT to walk Henderson because of his stolen base acumen, but he walked anyway. A Rickey walk involved him working the count and fouling off a bunch of pitches, he truly earned his way on base.
His whole batting stance was just absolutely built for walks. It's in the rules if that's your normal batting stance they will give you that small strike zone. The real miracle is how this man was able to hit so well in that hunched over stance lmao truly one of the GOATs for me .400 OBP in the days before anyone cared about OBP 🤣
@@derryvickery6896 This is why I question the whole concept of robot umpires. While they can call inside and outside pitches accurately because those are fixed points, high and low is variable. The only way I see that working is if the batters are forced to wear nipple rings with computer chips.
my all time favorite player to watch. I had every baseball card of his, would cut out his box scores and bought all his magazines. Never a dull moment watching him play!
The best Ricky quote ever was when he got on the Padres bus for the first time. Steve Finley got out of the front seat when Ricky got on the bus and said, “The front seat is yours Ricky. You have tenure.” Ricky refused the seat and said, “Tenure??? Naw! Ricky got at least Fitteenyear!”, and kept walking to the back of the bus. 😂
Agree!!! Born '68, Mr. Henderson brought pure love, athleticism, production and swagger to the game. Say what you will about him, but you cannot deny that he was a human specimen his entire career. He worked so hard to be prepared. I idolize Mr. Henderson. The game would have been more bland without him. I marvel at his career. Smartest man on the field, most fit man on the field. He is pure legend!
Supposedly on the Mets team bus, Rickey got in an engaging conversation with Willie Randolph and at one point said “Rickey likes you, what’s your name?” to which Randolph responded “I’m Willie Randolph, we played together in New York for several seasons.”
Along with Cal Ripken Jr's consecutive game record, I seriously think Rickey's SB records are the only other ones that will never be broken without vast changes to the game
I’m a Giants fan but, living in the Bay Area, I got to watch a ton of Ricky on the local A’s affiliate. I hated the A’s but would watch their games just to see him in his prime. His numbers, as crazy as they are, don’t even do him justice. If you didn’t get to watch prime Ricky, I’ll put it to you this way: I’ve been watching baseball for 40+ years, and the only player I have ever seen play that was more disruptive to the other team’s pitching staff and manager than Ricky was Barry Bonds. End of story. The man was an absolute menace and so distracting if he was on base that he probably added 30 points to the batting averages of the 3 players batting behind him. Barry did that for the 2 guys hitting in front of him and the 2 guys hitting behind him. The fear of walking Ricky was such that pitchers frequently preferred serving up BP in 3 ball counts rather than walk him and he could do damage with those. If he walked he had total control of the game. The pitcher probably couldn’t remember who was even at the plate most of the time. It was insane to watch. I’ve never seen anything like it since. Ricky is one of one.
Grew up watching him play in the 90's and early 2000's and when it was all said and done I thought he belonged in a select club of player who deserves 100% of the HOF vote. Ricky is the man!
Remember in 84 or something, Yankees stadium, the Yanks just got creamed by the Brewers and the fans gathered outside for autographs. Rickey was the only star player that sat there in the rain and signed the fan's stuff. Lost the ball in one of my moves, but I always got the memory.
As a kid, I would go to the games and in Oakland and sit in the bleacher seats watching these great players. Rickey was on another level. Rickey played well into his 50s in Mexican league and was fun to watch at that age too. Ricky be Ricky.
That's a super cool memory thank you for sharing! I'm a bit envious I never got to watch him play. 😅 Rickey took control of the game! If I had a time machine I would love to go see the 1989 ALCS.
his HR stats are pretty crazy for a guy who hit for .300 three times in his career lol he was like the 1st Adam Dunn. If you hung a curveball on him, that shxt might not ever be coming back down lol
Greetings from Puerto Rico... It would be great if you made videos about the following Puerto Rican players: Roberto Alomar Iván Rodríguez Bernie Williams Carlos Delgado Carlos Beltrán
I remember watching him play with the dodgers thinking how is this guy still playing lol he was a great player in my view … best lead off hitter of all time ….
Thank you for watching, I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it! It was without a doubt the most fun I've had putting together one of these videos. You're on the right track emulating your game after the Man of Steal. 😎
After Dale Murphy, once Baseball Tonight first aired on ESPN in 1990, Rickey Henderson became my favorite player after seeing him. He should have won the MVP in 1981, but they gave it to Rollie Fingers a closer where both teams made it to the playoffs during that strike season. If it were not for the 81 & 94/95 strike shortened seasons, he would have even better career numbers.
I don't remember the year, but in a playoff series between the A's and Blue Jays, Rickey got in Toronto's heads the entire time and completely dominated the series. I've never anything like that before or since.
Bro, please do Steve Garvey. The most overlooked and forgotten talent of all time in my opinion. Amassed over 2500 hits 270 homers, near .300 lifetime batting average, 1 MVP, 10 all star selections, 1300 RBI. Dude was a stud. Not talked about much.
the bases are bigger but the average pop time has increased by a lot, that's a wash and potentially worse today, but the pitch clock would have been nice yea.
Does war or ops factor in the number of times caught stealing or the success rate? I'm curious how Henderson stacks up against someone like Tim raines who had an ungodly high success rate on steal attempts
A single, walk, hit by pitch were all doubles for Ricky. He would steal 100 a yr in todays game. I think he would get thrown out a touch more. Catchers have cannons now. But he would be terror on the bases.
A 12 Year Old Me I Was There LIVE At That Doubleheader When Rickey Henderson Hit A Lead Off HR In Both Games. I Still Have The Baseball That Was Given Out To The Fans That Day. It Was A Baseball That Was Autographed By The 1989 World Series Champions Oakland A's. Fvck John Fisher
They were giving him a car for Rickey Henderson day and Rickey told them he wanted "that car" which was the owners car. The GM was like "you want a car like that" and Rickey said "no, I want his car."😂
Ricky is the real walks leader to me. Bonds was getting intentionally walked, Rickey earned them. If Bonds wasn't a juiced up monster, nobody walked him intentionally. Rickey ashamed.
before Bonds was juiced, he was an intentional walking machine already before 99 though, He'd probably be ahead of Rickey either way. he had 399 intentional walks post 99. so lets say he was not juiced and only got intentionally walked 100 times instead, he would still be ahead barely
@@kingdinodragonite3470 intentional walks came after he was juiced up, before that nobody feared Bonds. On the Pirates, he was awful when it counted. Steroids added the fear.
@@chazzx1018 again, he was already intentionally walked around 15x a season without steroids. With the same projection, he'd still be SLIGHTLY AHEAD of Rickey by around 50-80 walks and I'm using conservative estimates
@@kingdinodragonite3470 nope, false narrative. Nobody scared of old Bonds. Leave me alone with your lies. Bonds greatest power hitter ever, didn't walk like Rickey.
Is the interaction between him and John Olerud at first base true or a story? Supposedly, Rickey was on first and said something along the lines of, "I played with a guy who wore a batting helmet while playing first base." Olerud said that was him, they played together and Rickey kind of didn't believe him.
I'm glad you asked! During my research, I found out that it was debunked by Olerud himself back in 2018. Here's the clip if you're interested: www.mlb.com/mets/video/olerud-on-funny-henderson-story-c1873631783?partnerId=web_video-playback-page_video-share
To me, the most impressive thing about Rickey Henderson is the walks. Whereas pitches walked Bonds because they were trying to avoid giving him anything to hit, pitchers actively tried NOT to walk Henderson because of his stolen base acumen, but he walked anyway. A Rickey walk involved him working the count and fouling off a bunch of pitches, he truly earned his way on base.
Yeah he is literally the last guy on the history of baseball that pitchers want on base but he was still a master of getting on base.
Exactly! The LAST thing you wanted to do was put him on base unintentionally, yet that's the thing he did more than anyone else 🤯
@@big8dog887 A Ricky-walk = double.
His whole batting stance was just absolutely built for walks. It's in the rules if that's your normal batting stance they will give you that small strike zone. The real miracle is how this man was able to hit so well in that hunched over stance lmao truly one of the GOATs for me .400 OBP in the days before anyone cared about OBP 🤣
@@derryvickery6896 This is why I question the whole concept of robot umpires. While they can call inside and outside pitches accurately because those are fixed points, high and low is variable. The only way I see that working is if the batters are forced to wear nipple rings with computer chips.
my all time favorite player to watch. I had every baseball card of his, would cut out his box scores and bought all his magazines. Never a dull moment watching him play!
You got that right, Rickey was a certified entertainer!
The best Ricky quote ever was when he got on the Padres bus for the first time. Steve Finley got out of the front seat when Ricky got on the bus and said, “The front seat is yours Ricky. You have tenure.”
Ricky refused the seat and said, “Tenure??? Naw! Ricky got at least Fitteenyear!”, and kept walking to the back of the bus.
😂
Haha, I love this one! If I wanted to, I could have made this video an hour long chock-full of Rickey stories 🤣
That story about the million dollar check is so funny. The team was like “yeah we need you to cash that if you dont mind” lmao
Rickey loves this video.
Beat Rickey to it this time
Ricky be reading all these comments about himself, written by Ricky himself, and Ricky be lovin' it😊.
I’m a simple man, if I see a Ricky Henderson video, I click
Agree!!! Born '68, Mr. Henderson brought pure love, athleticism, production and swagger to the game. Say what you will about him, but you cannot deny that he was a human specimen his entire career. He worked so hard to be prepared. I idolize Mr. Henderson. The game would have been more bland without him. I marvel at his career. Smartest man on the field, most fit man on the field. He is pure legend!
Supposedly on the Mets team bus, Rickey got in an engaging conversation with Willie Randolph and at one point said “Rickey likes you, what’s your name?” to which Randolph responded “I’m Willie Randolph, we played together in New York for several seasons.”
Rickey stories are the best! Thank you for sharing this gem 😂
@@Cam23they are the best but not always true
@@olamilekanYT yeah, I wish the Olerud one was true 😂
Will Clark’s Rickey Henderson story was just the best!!!! 😆😭😂🤣🤣😆😭😂
best baseball player to ever live
I don’t agree but I can see why you or anyone would say or think that. He is definitely the greatest lead off hitter and that’s not even close.
Rickey was no joke. He was a lunatic but no joke. Love the confidence
He is my top 5 baseball legends
One of the GOATs for sure! Please do a video on Jesse Orosco.
The best player since Mays and Aaron. Love you Rickey
my favorite player ever ever ever
It's Rickey time!!
Along with Cal Ripken Jr's consecutive game record, I seriously think Rickey's SB records are the only other ones that will never be broken without vast changes to the game
Cy Youngs 511 wins will also never be touched.
I’m a Giants fan but, living in the Bay Area, I got to watch a ton of Ricky on the local A’s affiliate. I hated the A’s but would watch their games just to see him in his prime. His numbers, as crazy as they are, don’t even do him justice. If you didn’t get to watch prime Ricky, I’ll put it to you this way: I’ve been watching baseball for 40+ years, and the only player I have ever seen play that was more disruptive to the other team’s pitching staff and manager than Ricky was Barry Bonds. End of story. The man was an absolute menace and so distracting if he was on base that he probably added 30 points to the batting averages of the 3 players batting behind him. Barry did that for the 2 guys hitting in front of him and the 2 guys hitting behind him. The fear of walking Ricky was such that pitchers frequently preferred serving up BP in 3 ball counts rather than walk him and he could do damage with those. If he walked he had total control of the game. The pitcher probably couldn’t remember who was even at the plate most of the time. It was insane to watch. I’ve never seen anything like it since. Ricky is one of one.
He and Lou Gehrig were my idols all my playing days
"Man of steal" is the greatest nickname in sports.
It has a nice ring to it!
Grew up watching him play in the 90's and early 2000's and when it was all said and done I thought he belonged in a select club of player who deserves 100% of the HOF vote. Ricky is the man!
Hey Cam! Love your vids. Can you do one on either Yadier Molina or Adam Wainwright?
Go Cards!
Remember in 84 or something, Yankees stadium, the Yanks just got creamed by the Brewers and the fans gathered outside for autographs. Rickey was the only star player that sat there in the rain and signed the fan's stuff. Lost the ball in one of my moves, but I always got the memory.
Ricky really likes Ricky's video about Ricky.
Love you MAN OF STEAL!
(Yankee fan)
Cam is glad that Rickey liked Cam's video 😂
@@Cam23 😅 Tj really likes Tj's comment like on the video Tj watched, by TJ.
You the man TJ!
@@Cam23 Ricky put pitchers in insane asylums. The entire game changed drastically with him on the basepaths.
As a kid, I would go to the games and in Oakland and sit in the bleacher seats watching these great players. Rickey was on another level. Rickey played well into his 50s in Mexican league and was fun to watch at that age too. Ricky be Ricky.
That's a super cool memory thank you for sharing! I'm a bit envious I never got to watch him play. 😅 Rickey took control of the game! If I had a time machine I would love to go see the 1989 ALCS.
Hey Cam another stellar video! Could you possibly do Jim Thome next? Imo one of the most underrated bats in the mid 90's and early 2000's.
his HR stats are pretty crazy for a guy who hit for .300 three times in his career lol he was like the 1st Adam Dunn. If you hung a curveball on him, that shxt might not ever be coming back down lol
Rickey say ‘Rickey approves this video’
also one of the only lefty throwing and righty hitting players ever
Greetings from Puerto Rico...
It would be great if you made videos about the following Puerto Rican players:
Roberto Alomar
Iván Rodríguez
Bernie Williams
Carlos Delgado
Carlos Beltrán
It was exciting seeing him play in Toronto. I'm sure fans said, "Ricky is a Blue Jay!"
We love Rick. Oakland legend
I remember watching him play with the dodgers thinking how is this guy still playing lol he was a great player in my view … best lead off hitter of all time ….
Thanks for this one finally. Now do George Brett or Ozzie Smith.
I hope Ricky gets to see this video about Ricky.
Greatest leadoff hitter of all time 🥊.
Ricky proved the OBP and stealing bases was more important then home runs
Your remarks make me think of Earl Weaver's rant about base stealers. Hilarious, Earl was. 😅
Rickey says is happy to be in the greatest video on the channel.
I feel like he’s still being underrated despite all this lol
Mickey mantle and I love your videos
Thank you!
Growing up I bat right and throw left because of Ricky
Best Oakland A EVER!
ricky, kenny lofton and carl crawford were my all time favs
It was so exciting when Rickey got on base! HD pitcher’s completely flustered - lol
400 career OBP and all time stolen base leader. Probably the best leadoff hitter of all time.
Lol probably...try easily
Loved this video, Rickey was Great, Bill James said that based on his career WAR Rickey could be split in half into two Hall Of Famers.
Thank you, I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it! I had a blast researching Rickey's career. And I believe that, he was something else 🤯
@@Cam23 Keep on doing them, Blessings from San Juan, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷.
This guys insane literally, arguably one of the greatest 5 tool players of all time
Such a great video and great player. I model my game after him everday
Thank you for watching, I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it! It was without a doubt the most fun I've had putting together one of these videos. You're on the right track emulating your game after the Man of Steal. 😎
@@Cam23 thank you so much
Ricky was one of my favorites I always liked the A's I'm a GA boy and the braves were my team but back then national and American League didn't play.
I saw Ricky Henderson play of the A's in 1990
After Dale Murphy, once Baseball Tonight first aired on ESPN in 1990, Rickey Henderson became my favorite player after seeing him. He should have won the MVP in 1981, but they gave it to Rollie Fingers a closer where both teams made it to the playoffs during that strike season. If it were not for the 81 & 94/95 strike shortened seasons, he would have even better career numbers.
It’s hard to say that Rickey Henderson is underrated, but in my opinion he’s a top 10 player of all time easily.
You should do Steve Carlton
"There will never be another Rickey Henderson," said Rickey.
I don't remember the year, but in a playoff series between the A's and Blue Jays, Rickey got in Toronto's heads the entire time and completely dominated the series. I've never anything like that before or since.
Covering the 1989 ALCS in this video definitely solidified my opinion that it was his most dominant series
If a ballplayer stole 50 bases every year, for 28 straight years...Rickey would still have more steals. Just chew on that for a second.
I know you mostly do players who have retired but can you spotlight the moment Ohtani ended Mike Trout's career?
Amazing.
“Rickey gotta go” words to live by.
Mets: "Rickey Henderson lacks hustle."
Everyone else: *baffled silence*
Bro, please do Steve Garvey. The most overlooked and forgotten talent of all time in my opinion. Amassed over 2500 hits 270 homers, near .300 lifetime batting average, 1 MVP, 10 all star selections, 1300 RBI. Dude was a stud. Not talked about much.
Don't forget to vote.
I always thought it'd be fun if Steve Garvey was a surprise guest host of family feud "Here's Steve Garvey"
Well, this is the peak. You can stop making videos now. The best, Rickey Henderson
hey will you make a video about Stan Musial? would love to see the man himself :]]]
I’m looking at some of these seasons and how the hell did Rickey not get a 10 war season in some of these years lmao
There will never ever NEVER be another Ricky and to those who never saw him, you have no idea the terror and embarrassment he cause pitchers.
Insane numbers even tho was injury prone during his prime
Mark Texeria or Carlos Beltran would make cool videos if you haven’t already made one on either of them
Imagine what Rickey could do with the pitch clock and bigger bases.
And the more pitches per plate appearance due to strategy
the bases are bigger but the average pop time has increased by a lot, that's a wash and potentially worse today, but the pitch clock would have been nice yea.
It's hard to even ballpark the number he could have amassed today 🤯
The only disappointment in Ricky's career is that we all were deprived of a HoF speech in the 3rd person....
What a time for Rickey to break character. 😅😅
🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
@@joshuakramer9833 haha I'm glad someone pointed this out! 😂
"Rickey gets on!"
rollie fingers next? you mentioned him in this video, dont think people talk about how good he was
You need to do Hammerin' Hank Aaron
Rickey Henderson is my craeted character in MLB The Show 😂
12:39 what name is the music background
"I'll Never Die" (Instrumental Version) by Daniel Gunnarsson. One of my all-time favorites from Epidemic Sound!
@@Cam23thanks you 🗿🤌
can you do pedro martinez
Does war or ops factor in the number of times caught stealing or the success rate? I'm curious how Henderson stacks up against someone like Tim raines who had an ungodly high success rate on steal attempts
Dude Gary sheffield should def be exploited by your talent and love for the game
I appreciate that! I will definitely consider him for a future video 🤝
Gotta do Hank next
Rick be Ricky…
A single, walk, hit by pitch were all doubles for Ricky. He would steal 100 a yr in todays game. I think he would get thrown out a touch more. Catchers have cannons now. But he would be terror on the bases.
A 12 Year Old Me I Was There LIVE At That Doubleheader When Rickey Henderson Hit A Lead Off HR In Both Games.
I Still Have The Baseball That Was Given Out To The Fans That Day. It Was A Baseball That Was Autographed By The 1989 World Series Champions Oakland A's. Fvck John Fisher
Known San Diego Surfhound Rickey Henderson
Sadaharu Oh
Rickey Henderson is probably the closest thing I've seen to bo Jackson. These are athletes on a different level.
"Rickey's gotta go" 🤣 oh please let that be true
That’s My DAWG
His stint with Boston also led to Rickey becoming the oldest player (at least at the time) to ever play CF in a game at 43.
That's an awesome fun fact, thank you for sharing!
They were giving him a car for Rickey Henderson day and Rickey told them he wanted "that car" which was the owners car. The GM was like "you want a car like that" and Rickey said "no, I want his car."😂
I still want will Clark
'RICKEY IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME' - RICKEY HENDERSON
George Brett
Ricky is the real walks leader to me. Bonds was getting intentionally walked, Rickey earned them. If Bonds wasn't a juiced up monster, nobody walked him intentionally. Rickey ashamed.
BS. Bonds was a HoFer before he even legally took PEDs
before Bonds was juiced, he was an intentional walking machine already before 99 though, He'd probably be ahead of Rickey either way. he had 399 intentional walks post 99. so lets say he was not juiced and only got intentionally walked 100 times instead, he would still be ahead barely
@@kingdinodragonite3470 intentional walks came after he was juiced up, before that nobody feared Bonds. On the Pirates, he was awful when it counted. Steroids added the fear.
@@chazzx1018 again, he was already intentionally walked around 15x a season without steroids. With the same projection, he'd still be SLIGHTLY AHEAD of Rickey by around 50-80 walks and I'm using conservative estimates
@@kingdinodragonite3470 nope, false narrative. Nobody scared of old Bonds. Leave me alone with your lies. Bonds greatest power hitter ever, didn't walk like Rickey.
Could we see Bobby Cox
Is the interaction between him and John Olerud at first base true or a story? Supposedly, Rickey was on first and said something along the lines of, "I played with a guy who wore a batting helmet while playing first base." Olerud said that was him, they played together and Rickey kind of didn't believe him.
Rickey wasn't having it lol
I'm glad you asked! During my research, I found out that it was debunked by Olerud himself back in 2018. Here's the clip if you're interested: www.mlb.com/mets/video/olerud-on-funny-henderson-story-c1873631783?partnerId=web_video-playback-page_video-share
Robin Ventura made that story up and didn't realize it would become one of the most popular Rickeyisms.
Do Ryne Sandberg
Pedro Martinez next
Yo do Ozzie smith
Bob gibson!
I'm sorry but how the hell is Rickey only coming up 10th in some of these seasons for MVP voting???
Rickey says that this video is good
Cam says thank you to Rickey! 🤝
day 1 of asking for tom seaver
Rickey would steal 125 a year with the current rules
He was a jerk
His numbers speak volumes
It's not hot dogging if you can back it up