3 days ago · The Hall of Fame voter who declined to select Ichiro Suzuki remains a mystery. All 321 voters who allowed their ballots to be made public Tuesday by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America selected the Japanese star. ... Three-time Cy Young winner Max Scherzer and Blue Jays finalize $15.5 million, 1-year contract. Astros will retire ...

Jan 21, 2025 · What was a surprise -- at least to Ichiro himself -- was when a fellow Mariners legend and inner-circle Hall of Famer interrupted Ichiro’s interview on MLB Network to congratulate the first Japanese-born player to enter the Hall. You know him as Ken Griffey Jr., and you can see the shock on Ichiro’s face when “The Kid” pops onto the screen.

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Jan 21, 2025 · Former Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki tips his batting helmet to fans. AP Photo. NEW YORK (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling...

Jan 21, 2025 · Ichiro Suzuki became a Hall of Famer when the Baseball Writers' Association of America revealed its ballots Tuesday night.

Jan 27, 2025 · 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 …

Jan 17, 2025 · In a paneled interview with MLB.com, Heid, Jim Colborn -- a pitching coach in the early 1990s for Suzuki’s Orix Blue Wave team in Japan before becoming a Mariners scout -- and Chuck Armstrong, the Mariners’ team president for 28 years, offered insights on recruiting and eventually signing Suzuki.

Jan 21, 2025 · His major-league seasons matched precisely with Ichiro Suzuki’s, from 2001 through 2019. ... an infielder for Toronto — and ended with just 903 career innings, the fewest of any Hall of Famer ...

Jan 22, 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.

Ichiro Suzuki / ˈ iː tʃ ɪ r oʊ s uː ˈ z uː k i / (鈴木 一朗, Suzuki Ichirō, born 22 October 1973), also known mononymously as Ichiro (イチロー, Ichirō), is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder who played for 28 seasons. He played the first nine years of his career with the Orix BlueWave of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), and the next 12 years with the ...