Question 1

True or false: Rickey Henderson once referred to himself in the third person during a postgame interview.

Accepted Answer

True. He famously said, 'I'm Rickey Henderson, and I'm the greatest of all time,' cementing his legendary third-person persona.

Question 2

True or false: Rickey Henderson won an Olympic gold medal in baseball before playing in the majors.

Accepted Answer

False. Henderson never played in the Olympics. He was drafted in 1976 and debuted for the A's in 1979, long before baseball became an Olympic sport.

Question 3

True or false: Rickey Henderson was named the AL MVP in 1990 despite hitting only 28 home runs.

Accepted Answer

True. He won MVP in 1990 with a .325 average, 28 homers, 65 steals, and a league-leading 1.016 OPS—proving power wasn't everything.

Question 4

True or false: Rickey Henderson once stole 66 bases after turning 39 years old, a record for players over 39.

Accepted Answer

True. In 1998, at age 39, he stole 66 bases for the A's—the most ever by a player 39 or older, proving age was just a number.

Question 5

True or false: Rickey Henderson once stole 130 bases in a single season, a record that still stands today.

Accepted Answer

True. He swiped 130 bags in 1982 for the Oakland A's—an MLB single-season record that no one has come close to breaking since.

Question 6

True or false: Rickey Henderson played for nine different MLB teams over his 25-year career.

Accepted Answer

False. He actually played for 9 teams? No—he played for 9 different franchises, including the A's, Yankees, Blue Jays, Padres, and others, but the count is 9.

Question 7

True or false: Rickey Henderson was the first player to hit a leadoff home run in a World Series game.

Accepted Answer

False. Don Buford (1969) and others beat him to it. Henderson did hit leadoff homers in the postseason, but not the first in World Series history.

Question 8

True or false: Rickey Henderson was the first player to reach 1,000 stolen bases in MLB history.

Accepted Answer

False. He was the first to reach 1,000, but the record actually belongs to Ty Cobb? No—Henderson was indeed the first (and still only) to 1,000+ steals.

Rickey Henderson Trivia Questions