Baseball bat, used by Rickey Henderson, Oakland A's

Object Details

Associated Name

Henderson, Rickey

Oakland Athletics

Louisville Slugger

Description

Black finished baseball bat used by outfielder Rickey Henderson as a member of the Oakland A's. Silver lettering on bat, including facsimile of Henderson's signature. Model T141.

Rickey Henderson (b.1958) played Major League Baseball for the Oakland Athletics (1979-1984, 1989-1993. 1994-1995, 1998,) New York Yankees (1985-1989,) Toronto Blue Jays (1993,) San Diego Padres (1996-1997,) Boston Red Sox (2002) and Los Angeles Dodgers (2003.) Henderson set Major League career records for stolen bases, 1,406 and runs, 2,295.

Batting right, but throwing left, Henderson primarily played left field and batted leadoff. He compiled a lifetime .279 batting average with 3,055 hits, 297 home runs and 1,115 runs batted in. A 10-time All-Star, Henderson won the American League most valuable player award in 1990. He was twice a World Series champion, in 1989 (Athletics) and 1993 (Blue Jays.)

Henderson was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007.

Location

Currently not on view

1990

ID Number

2017.0334.10

catalog number

2017.0334.10

accession number

2017.0334

Object Name

baseball bat

bat

bat, baseball

Physical Description

wood (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 34 in x 2 in; 86.36 cm x 5.08 cm

place made

United States: Kentucky, Louisville

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National Museum of American History

subject

African American

Baseball

Sports

Record ID

nmah_1864494

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-9f29-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa