Editing Rickey Henderson (section)

===Return to San Diego (2001)===
[[File:Rickey Henderson crouching at first for the San Diego Padres (37575490516) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Henderson in his second stint with the [[San Diego Padres]] in 2001]]
A free agent in March 2001, Henderson returned to the Padres. During the 2001 season, he broke three major league career records and reached an additional major career milestone. He broke [[Babe Ruth]]'s record of 2,062 career walks,<ref name=dailytex/> [[Ty Cobb]]'s record of 2,245 career runs,<ref>{{cite news|title=Henderson Breaks Cobb's Record in Style|work=The New York Times|access-date=August 28, 2008 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/05/sports/national-league-roundup-henderson-breaks-cobb-s-record-in-style.html |date=October 5, 2001 |agency=The Associated Press}}</ref> and [[Zack Wheat]]'s record of 2,328 career games in left field, and on the final day of the season (October 7) collected his [[3,000-hit club|3,000th career hit]], a leadoff double off Rockies pitcher [[John Thomson (baseball)|John Thomson]] in San Diego.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/08/sports/baseball-henderson-it-s-an-even-3000-hits.html|title=Henderson: It's an Even 3,000 Hits|work=The New York Times|access-date=August 28, 2008|date=October 8, 2001 |agency=The Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-7-2001-colorado-rockies-14-san-diego-padres-5-at-qualcomm-stadium/|title = October 7, 2001: Rickey Henderson records 3,000th hit in Tony Gwynn's final game |work=Society for American Baseball Research |first1=Frederick C. |last1=Bush}}</ref> That final game was also [[Tony Gwynn]]'s last major league game, and Henderson had originally wanted to sit out so as not to detract from the occasion, but Gwynn insisted that Henderson play.<ref>{{cite news|first=Steve|last=Springer|title=Finishing Touches; Padres Combine Gwynn's Farewell With the 3,000th Hit by Henderson|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=October 8, 2001|page=D1}}</ref>