West Seattle resident and former major league outfielder Dave Henderson has died after suffering a massive heart attack. He was 57.

Henderson died early Sunday morning at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, according to a statement from the Mariners, one of five teams Henderson played for in his career.

Known as "Hendu" to his friends Henderson could often be seen on Alki Beach, often at Christo's restaurant. He had a kidney transplant one month ago and was recovering.

Henderson was best known for his home run in the 1986 AL Championship Series for Boston. With the Red Sox one strike from elimination in Game 5, Henderson hit a two-out, two-run homer in the top of the ninth against the California Angels to send the series back to Boston. The Red Sox won Games 6 and 7 to advance to the World Series.

Henderson began his career with the Seattle Mariners and later played for Oakland, San Francisco, Boston and Kansas City. He was an All-Star in 1991 while with the Oakland Athletics.

The owner of Shipwreck Honey a West Seattle company Dan Sullivan (also A Seafair Pirate) knew Henderson well and said,"He was a bastion in the Alki community, bigtime. Friendly as hell to everyone, he loved talking the game and its players. Much like the pirates though I think he loved it even more when conversation trended away from that from which he was known and more towards the personal, least that was always my experience and we would laugh about it regularly, he knew I didnt give a tinkers damn about baseball so I'd sometimes ask him something stupid like a starstruck fan might do.

He absolutely doted on and took care of his son Chase, thats where he became a giant among men in my eyes. That was no small gig, and he made sure Chase always came first."

Henderson is survived by his sons, Chase and Trent, his wife Nancy and his first wife Lori.

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