In his combined playing time in the NPB and MLB, Suzuki received 17 consecutive selections both as an All-Star and Gold Glove winner, won nine league batting titles, named most valuable player (MVP) four times and in 2025 was a first ballot Hall Of Famer being one vote off from being the second unanimous induction in Hall Of Fame history.

Ichiro Suzuki’s 3,089 hits, 509 stolen bases and 10 Gold Glove Awards tell only part of the story of a player who didn’t appear in a big league game until he was 27 years old. ... His remarkable career was celebrated throughout the world on those two days. In 2,653 MLB games, Ichiro batted .311 with a .355 on-base percentage. He had already ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner. ... was a six-time All-Star who won the 2007 AL Cy Young Award and a World Series title in 2009. He went 251-161 with a 3.74 ERA and 3,093 strikeouts, third among ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Ichiro Suzuki's career was full of hitting streaks, All-Star Games and Gold Glove awards. ... Mariano Rivera, the dominating Yankees closer who helped New York win five World Series from the mid ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Ichiro Suzuki's career was full of hitting streaks, All-Star Games and Gold Glove awards. ... Mariano Rivera, the dominating Yankees closer who helped New York win five World Series from the mid ...

3 days ago · When Ichiro arrived in MLB with the Mariners in 2001, it was an inflection point for the sport.\n\n“Baptism by fire,” is how he described it through an interpreter after his Hall election.\n\nIchiro was the 11th player from Japan to join our …

Ichiro Suzuki played for 3 teams; the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees and Miami Marlins. How many World Series has Ichiro Suzuki won? Ichiro Suzuki has never won a World Series.

6 days ago · The Hall of Fame introduced the newest members of its Class of 2025 -- Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner \-\- live from Cooperstown on Thursday. The trio all donned matching Hall of Fame jerseys and caps and shared their thoughts on being elected to the Hall. ... when he led them to their 27th World Series championship. In my Hall of ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Ichiro Suzuki is the first Japanese-born player voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. ... won a World Series title with the Yankees in 2009 and was a six-time All-Star selection over 19 ...

Jan 20, 2025 · Ichiro topped that interest level, wrote Robert Whiting in his book “The Samurai Way of Baseball.” “Ichiro was the first to appear front and center ever single day — a slender Japanese among pumped up musclemen, sparking big American teammates to victory — and the public could simply not get enough of this delectable sight,” he wrote.