A legend in Japan before he ever appeared in the majors, Ichiro had a passion for baseball like few before or since. Born Oct. 22, 1973, in Nishi Kasugai-gun, Japan – a Nagoya suburb – Ichiro was a schoolboy legend but slipped to the fourth round of the 1991 NPB Draft due to his small stature (5-foot-9 and less than 130 pounds as a teenager).

3 days ago · Then, when the stately brick building housing the Hall officially opened in 1939, the concrete nameplate left of the entrance said something else: “National Baseball Museum.” And now, of course, we know that cherished institution in Cooperstown, N.Y., by its full, formal name: “The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.”

Jan 22, 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 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. ... Mobile Park displays a graphic for former Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki following his election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Tuesday, Jan ...

6 days ago · Only one man has ever been elected to the Hall of Fame who could shrink that journey: Ichiro Suzuki. But even he hasn’t fully grasped that fact yet. On Thursday, he strolled gracefully onstage...

Jan 20, 2025 · Ichiro will go into the Hall of Fame as professional baseball’s all-time leader in hits with 4,367 (3,089 in MLB and 1,278 in Japan) — more even than Pete Rose’s 4,256. He broke George Sisler’s single-season hits mark of 257 in 2004. The new mark is 262.

Jan 22, 2025 · Ichiro Suzuki looks on before a game between the Seattle Mariners and the St. Louis Cardinals on April 21, 2023 in Seattle, Wash. Suzuki was elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame Tuesday following ...

Dec 30, 2024 · A black bat used by Ichiro Suzuki in his 2001 debut season with the Seattle Mariners and now preserved at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, is shown by the hall's director of communications, Craig Muder, on Oct. 21, 2024.

6 days ago · Suzuki was the first position player from Japan, and went on to win both the American League MVP and Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Awards in the same season. He's the first Japanese-born player to enter the Baseball Hall of Fame. "It's still so new to me," 2025 National Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee Ichiro Suzuki said.

The first Japanese-born major leaguer to accomplish the feat, Ichiro matched Pete Rose by collecting hit #3,000 in just 16 big league seasons.