Ichiro Suzuki / ˈiːtʃɪroʊ suːˈzuːki / (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.

16 hours ago · NEW YORK (AP) — 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. Suzuki appeared on 393 of 394 ballots when voting was announced on Jan. 21.

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. ... Ichiro returned for two games at the start of the 2019 season as the Mariners and the Athletics opened the season in Tokyo. His remarkable career was celebrated ...

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 20, 2025 · TOKYO (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he’s much more than that in Japan. Back home, he’s a wellspring of national pride, much like Shohei Ohtani now. His triumphs across the Pacific buoyed the nation as Japan’s economy sputtered through the so-called lost decades of the 1990s and into the 2000s.

Jan 20, 2025 · TOKYO — Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he’s much more than that in Japan. Back home, he’s a wellspring of national pride, much like Shohei Ohtani now.

Jan 24, 2025 · It is 6,596 miles from Tokyo to Cooperstown. That seems like a lot. Only one man has ever been elected to the Hall of Fame who could shrink that journey: Ichiro Suzuki.

Jan 21, 2025 · SEATTLE -- For Ichiro Suzuki, whose baseball career defied convention and shattered records, his induction into the Hall of Fame has long felt less like a crowning achievement and more like an inevitable conclusion to one of the sport’s most remarkable journeys. Indeed, Suzuki is officially headed to Cooperstown. Suzuki’s

Jan 16, 2025 · Ichiro Suzuki, who had a total of 4,367 hits between Japan and the United States, is announced as one of the newest members of the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.

Jan 20, 2025 · TOKYO — Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he’s much more than that in Japan. Back home, he’s a wellspring of national pride, much like Shohei Ohtani now.