Rickey Henderson, MLB's all-time stolen base leader, dies at 65: reports

Rickey Henderson, the antheral who changed Major League Baseball with his blazing, unbeatable speed, has died, according to aggregate reports.

The all-time MLB person successful stolen bases and 1 of the games top leadoff hitters died successful Oakland connected Friday aft a bout with pneumonia, TMZ reports.

Best known for his clip with the Oakland Athletics, Henderson played for 9 teams betwixt 1979 and 2003, including little stints with the Anaheim Angels and Los Angeles Dodgers. He won the 1990 American League MVP grant and was a two-time World Series champion — with Oakland successful 1989 and the Toronto Blue Jays successful 1993.

FILE - Oakland Athletics' Rickey Henderson dives for 3rd basal to bargain his 939th vocation basal to acceptable the all-time stolen basal grounds during the 4th inning of a shot crippled against the New York Yankees, May 1, 1991, successful Oakland. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

"The Man of Steal" stole a record-shattering 1,406 bases successful his career, a grounds thought by galore to beryllium unbreakable. St. Louis Cardinals fable Lou Brock is simply a distant 2nd with 938.

Henderson was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame successful 2009 connected his archetypal quality connected the ballot.

He was 65 years old. As of Saturday morning, neither the MLB oregon the Athletics person confirmed his passing.