Ichiro Suzuki has made even more history. The all-time great became the first player from Japan to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as part of the 2025 class. The all-time great was just one ...
Ichiro made his debut with the Mariners in 2001, becoming the first Japanese position player to join Major League Baseball. That season he won both the American League MVP and Rookie of the Year ...
The 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame class ... One of the headliners in his first year on the ballot, "Ichiro" burst onto the scene in 2001 after arriving from Japan, winning not only Rookie of the Year but ...
He retired with a .311 average and 3,089 hits over 19 MLB seasons. That production, coupled with his 1,278 hits in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league, gave Suzuki 4,367 hits as a professional ...
That run started in 2001, when the Mariners won more regular-season games than any team in baseball history, 116. Ichiro is the first Japanese-born player to enter the Hall of Fame. He was a ...