ESPN: RIP, Another former Yankees All-Star and Hall of Famer passed away.

The Man of Steal was just under 66 years old, and no one will ever be able to match him.

Rickey Henderson is no longer with us. There is no denying that, in my twelve years of covering baseball, this is one of the most melancholy lines I have ever had to write. The New York Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, Negro Leagues Baseball Museum president Bob Kendrick, and Rickey’s old Yankees teammate and another Hall of Famer, Dave Winfield, have all verified his death, which was the subject of web rumors early on Saturday. Unfortunately, pneumonia appears to be the cause.

The title claims that Rickey was a Hall of Famer and an All-Star, but he was so incredibly talented, charismatic, and moxie that it almost does him a disservice to state so. During his incredible 25-year career from 1979 to 2003, he swung 1,406 bases, making him the best basestealer to ever play this game. Under the intermittent Yankees manager Billy Martin, who always let Rickey run and grew to adore him when managing him in Oakland in the early 1980s, he established a modern record with 130 thefts in 1982 while playing for the A’s.

In a December 1984 blockbuster, Rickey was acquired by the Yankees, who were fortunate to be his second team. He only played with the Yankees from 1985 to the first part of 1989, when he was sent back to Oakland by the free-falling Yanks. During that little period, he amassed 326 stolen bases, which made him the team’s all-time stolen base leader. Derek Jeter outperformed him decades later, but it was throughout a 20-year career in pinstripes as opposed to four and a half. We placed Rickey as the 40th-best player in franchise history for a reason.

Rickey had one of the finest seasons you’ll ever see from a non-MVP in 1985 and was an All-Star every season with the Yankees. In those days when the focus was on RBI, Don Mattingly was the winner, but according to Baseball Reference, Rickey hit.314/.419/.516 with 28 doubles, 24 home runs, 80 stolen bases, and 9.9 WAR. The Yankees won 97 games (bringing back his old friend Martin at the end of April) and he finished third for the accolades, but they missed the playoffs in those pre-Wild Card days because the Blue Jays won 99.

Those power figures show that Rickey was a complete ballplayer, but anyone can be quick. He’s capable of hitting some tanks! He hit about 300 home runs and more than 500 doubles during his career. With his amazing blend of talent and arrogance, Rickey could do it all and win over almost everyone he encountered. He was also incredibly giving, going so far as to (rightly) insist that all team members receive full playoff shares, if only to improve their lives.

Rickey has nothing to do with the Yankees’ lack of success. When he won it all for his local club in 1989—their final title before leaving for Sacramento this past year—he finally got to witness October triumph in Oakland. Although Cincinnati swept them, Rickey’s well-earned MVP award in 1990 sent the A’s back to the World Series. In 2017, the field at the Coliseum was duly designated in Rickey’s honor.