Rickey Henderson, who played for 25 seasons and with nine teams (including four times with the Oakland A’s), was elected to the Hall of Fame Monday in his first year of eligibility.
Henderson will be joined in the Class of 2009 by former Boston Red Sox slugger Jim Rice, who got in on his 15th and final year of eligibility.
Henderson is the all-time leader in both stolen bases (1,406) and runs (2,295) and ranks second behind only Barry Bonds with 2,190 walks.
Here is how the final vote came out for 2009:
Rickey Henderson 511 (94.8 percent); Jim Rice 412 (76.4 percent); Andre Dawson 361 (67.0 percent); Bert Blyleven 338 (62.7 percent); Lee Smith 240 (44.5 percent); Jack Morris 237 (44.0 percent); Tommy John 171 (31.7 percent); Tim Raines 122 (22.6 percent); Mark McGwire 118 (21.9 percent); Alan Trammell 94 (17.4 percent); Dave Parker 81 (15.0 percent); Don Mattingly 64 (11.9 percent); Dale Murphy 62 (11.5 percent); Harold Baines 32 (5.9 percent); Mark Grace 22 (4.1 percent); David Cone 21 (3.9 percent); Matt Williams 7 (1.3 percent); Mo Vaughn 6 (1.1 percent); Jay Bell 2 (0.4 percent); Jesse Orosco 1 (0.2 percent); Ron Gant 0; Dan Plesac 0; Greg Vaughn 0.
