The box score looked impossible—and it only gets stranger from there.
On July 29, 1989, Rickey Henderson produced one of baseball’s strangest lines, reaching base without an official at-bat and scoring four times in the A’s 14-6 loss to Seattle. He walked in every plate appearance and swiped a personal-best five bases, turning patience into relentless pressure. Even as the game slipped away, Henderson’s night defied logic.
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A’s pitchers issued walks at a historic pace
Blowout nearly forced stars into emergency pitching duty
Game unraveled far beyond one player’s bizarre stat line
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