![]() ![]() Parrish, the stalwart backstop for the Detroit Tigers, caught him 17 times in his career. Rickey’s memory was straight down the line. He had the numbers in front of him, to make sure he could test Henderson’s recollection.īryant asked Henderson who caught him most. A few weeks ago, he tweeted out a partial transcript of one of their interviews in which Bryant spouted off a list of opposing catchers. And pity the AL catchers who had to come up throwing.ĮSPN senior writer Howard Bryant, who covered the A’s for the San Jose Mercury News, is currently working on a Henderson book. But barely a day went by when he didn’t try - 172 attempts, when the last puff of infield dust settled. He stole 130 bases in 1982, which remains the highest total in major-league history. Henderson vowed to break it and keep running at full stride. Lou Brock held the major-league record with 118 steals in a season. When he arrived in A’s camp the following spring, he pronounced that he’d swipe a bag a game. He won a Gold Glove, a Silver Slugger, led the league in runs and stolen bases and finished second in the American League MVP balloting in the strike-shortened 1981 season. He stole 100 bases as a 21-year-old in his first full season in 1980. ![]()
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