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  The Ageless Rickey Henderson   popular trivia quiz  
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This is about one of baseball's greats...Rickey Henderson. Have fun and good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, JuniorTheJaws, Nov 30 04
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  The Greatest Lead-Off Hitter    
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Here's a quiz about the greatest lead-off hitter of all time. It's not that difficult as long as you know your stuff.
Tough, 15 Qns, zildjianLS, Jun 27 03
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  Rickey Henderson    
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Baseball's greatest lead-off hitter ever has done some incredible things over his career. Let's see if you can remember some of them.
Tough, 10 Qns, BRosen24, May 29 06
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trivia question Quick Question
What year did Rickey Henderson win the MVP?

From Quiz "The Greatest Lead-Off Hitter"





Rickey Henderson Trivia Questions
1. With which team did Rickey first play in his Major League career?

From Quiz The Ageless Rickey Henderson

Answer: Oakland

Rickey started his career in 1979, where he stole 33 bases as a rookie. After 6 seasons with Oakland, he became a NY Yankee.

2. Who was Rickey's favorite manager?

From Quiz The Greatest Lead-Off Hitter

Answer: Billy Martin

Rickey's favorite manager was Billy Martin, who coached him at Oakland and in New York. Billy was hired and fired by New York on multiple occasions.

3. How many times has Rickey Henderson stolen 100 bases in a single season?

From Quiz Rickey Henderson

Answer: 3

1980, 1982, 1983.

4. In what year did Rickey first steal 100 bases in a season?

From Quiz The Ageless Rickey Henderson

Answer: 1980

In his 2nd season in baseball, Henderson reached the century mark in baseball, for being convicted of 100 thefts while playing for the Athletics.

5. At the end of the 2001 season Rickey was tied for 24th place for all time hits with 3000. Who also shared this spot with Henderson with 3000 lifetime hits?

From Quiz The Greatest Lead-Off Hitter

Answer: Roberto Clemente & Clemente

Clemente died in a tragic plane crash which ended his amazing career. He had exactly 3000 hits at the time.

6. What year did Rickey Henderson win the ALCS MVP award?

From Quiz Rickey Henderson

Answer: 1989

7. What year did Rickey Henderson win the MVP?

From Quiz The Greatest Lead-Off Hitter

Answer: 1990

Rickey won the MVP in 1990 beating out Detroit's Cecil Fielder, who hit 51 homeruns that season, 317 votes to 286.

8. By how many stolen bases did 'The Rick' beat Lou Brock's record by in 1982 when he stole 130 bases?

From Quiz Rickey Henderson

Answer: 12

130 to 118.

9. In what year was Rickey born?

From Quiz The Ageless Rickey Henderson

Answer: 1958

Rickey was born on Christmas Day in 1958, in Chicago. Twenty-one years later he made his Major League debut.

10. How many bases did Henderson steal in 1982 to break the single season mark previously held by Lou Brock?

From Quiz The Greatest Lead-Off Hitter

Answer: 130

Brock held the record at 118 stolen bases. Henderson stole 108 bases in 1980 and topped it with 130 in 1982. Only one other person has stolen 100 bases since, Vince Coleman (through to the end of the 1990s).

11. Which team has Rickey not played for?

From Quiz Rickey Henderson

Answer: Giants

12. In 1982, Rickey set a season stolen base record. Whose record did he break?

From Quiz The Ageless Rickey Henderson

Answer: Lou Brock & Brock

The immortal St.Louis Cardinal Lou Brock, broke Maury Wills' record of 104 stolen bases set in 1962. Brock set his own record by stealing 118 bases. Rickey shattered Brock by stealing 130 bases in 1982.

13. What future rap artist grew up with Rickey Henderson?

From Quiz The Greatest Lead-Off Hitter

Answer: MC Hammer

Stanley Burrell (MC Hammer), grew up with Rickey in Berkley Ca. He earned the nickname Hammer during pick-up baseball games because he looked like Hank Aaron 'Hammarin' Hank'.

14. Against which team did Rickey steal his record breaking 939th base?

From Quiz Rickey Henderson

Answer: Yankees

15. Rickey won an American League MVP Award with which team?

From Quiz The Ageless Rickey Henderson

Answer: Athletics

Rickey won the award in 1990 as an Oakland A. This was 1 year after the Yankees gave Rickey back to the Athletics.

16. The same yeaer Rickey won the MVP, his fellow teammate also won the Cy Young. Who was this teammate?

From Quiz The Greatest Lead-Off Hitter

Answer: Bob Welch & Welch

In 1990 the American League MVP and CY Young were awarded to members of the Oakland A's. The National League MVP and CY Young also went to teammates on the Pittsburg Pirates, Barry Bonds and Doug Drebeck.

17. What is Rickey's career high for home runs in a single season?

From Quiz Rickey Henderson

Answer: 28

18. On what date (in consecutive years), did Rickey break the Major League stolen base record, and steal his 1,000th base?

From Quiz The Greatest Lead-Off Hitter

Answer: May 1st

On May 1st, 1991 Rickey stole his 939th base to pass Lou Brock. And on May 1st, 1992 he stole his 1000th base of his career, and still climbing.

19. Rickey won the AL MVP award in 1990. Who finished 2nd?

From Quiz Rickey Henderson

Answer: Cecil Fielder

20. What was Rickey's father's last name?

From Quiz The Greatest Lead-Off Hitter

Answer: Henley

Rickey was raised without his father, so he took his mother's last name, Henderson, as his own.

21. Rickey was the AL MVP runner up in the strike-shortened 1981 season. Who beat Rickey for MVP honors?

From Quiz Rickey Henderson

Answer: Rollie Fingers

22. With what team did Rickey play on during the 2002 season?

From Quiz The Ageless Rickey Henderson

Answer: Boston Red Sox

Rickey never played for the other teams listed. Henderson was shipped from the San Diego Padres after the 2001 season to the Boston Red Sox. From Boston, it was to Los Angeles in 2003 with the Dodgers.

23. What other sport was Rickey heavily scouted for?

From Quiz The Greatest Lead-Off Hitter

Answer: football

Rickey turned down nearly a dozen football scholarships to various colleges to be drafted by the Oakland A's in 1976. He went after a career in baseball because his mother was too frightend to watch him play football, and being a great son as he is, he took his mother's advice.

24. On the day Rickey Henderson stole his 939th base, what did Nolan Ryan do to steal Rickey's thunder?

From Quiz Rickey Henderson

Answer: Pitched a no-hitter

25. Who held the world record for steals with 1065 before Rickey broke it?

From Quiz The Greatest Lead-Off Hitter

Answer: Yutaka Fukumoto

Fukumoto played in the Japanesse Leagues as well as Oh. Sadaharu Oh holds the world record in homeruns.

26. Rickey Henderson is the All-Time Stolen Base King for the Oakland Athletics. He is also the all-time leader for what other organization?

From Quiz Rickey Henderson

Answer: New York Yankees

27. Rickey was drafted in 1976 by what major league franchise?

From Quiz The Greatest Lead-Off Hitter

Answer: Oakland Athletics

Rickey always wanted to play for the Yankees, but was drafted by the A's. He did get a stint with the Yankees later on in his career.

28. Rickey has led off a game with a homerun the most times in history. What year did he set this mark?

From Quiz The Greatest Lead-Off Hitter

Answer: 1989 & 89

In 1989 Rickey hit his 36th homerun to lead off a game. Bobby Bonds hit 35 in his amazing career, the same Bobby Bonds who is father to Barry of the San Fransico Giants.

29. Rickey led the American League in stolen bases 11 out of 12 years earlier in his career. What year did a player other then Rickey take this crown?

From Quiz The Greatest Lead-Off Hitter

Answer: 1987

In 1987 Henderson had a nagging hamstring injury and Harold Reynolds stole 60 bases for the Seattle Mariners to lead the league.

30. What legendary Tiger had the most all time runs before Rickey broke his mark of 2246 runs late in the 2001 season?

From Quiz The Greatest Lead-Off Hitter

Answer: Ty Cobb

By setting the major league record in runs Rickey now holds 3 of the 10 major batting records. Only Hank Aaron holds as many of these records as Henderson does, Aaron has 3 major records.

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