Major League Baseball’s all-time stolen base leader Rickey Henderson died at the age of 65, according to his family, per the Athletics. Henderson passed away on Friday, according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Juan Soto headlines this year's MLB free agent class, expected to fetch a record-setting deal.

Rickey Henderson, a prolific lead-off hitter for the Oakland Athletics in the 1980s and 90s who became baseball's all-time stolen bases leader, dies at 65.

Henderson was one to watch immediately upon entering the league in 1979, becoming an all-star in 1980, which is the same year his lore for stealing bases began.