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.

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1 day ago · Ichiro was the 11th player from Japan to join our big leagues and the first position player. His instant success as both AL Rookie of the Year and MVP inspired MLB clubs to more aggressively scout and sign players from Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

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. A legend in Japan before he ever appeared in the majors, Ichiro had a passion for baseball like few before or since.

Jan 22, 2025 · SEATTLE -- Throughout Ichiro Suzuki’s Major League career, the now-Hall of Fame outfielder cloaked himself in an aura of mysticism. Ichiro acted like he knew something everyone else didn’t, from the psychedelic, haute-couture street fashions he wore in and out of Safeco Field to the oft-cryptic platitudes he’d dispense through

Jan 21, 2025 · Ichiro Suzuki’s Hall of Fame induction is more than a baseball milestone for Japan—it’s a celebration of national pride. Once must-watch TV, Ichiro remains a symbol of Japan’s excellence on the global stage.

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.

Ichiro earned a reputation as an exceptional leadoff hitter (with a .311 career batting average) and as a formidable right fielder who, even at 5-foot-9, was known to scale outfield walls to rob ...

Ichiro spent 14 of his 19 MLB seasons here in Seattle, where he leads the franchise in hits, batting average, triples and stolen bases. He’ll join Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez and Dave Niehaus as Mariners representatives in Cooperstown. Across his professional career in the United States and Japan, Ichiro tallied a remarkable 4,367 hits ...

5 days ago · Ichiro Suzuki (born October 22, 1973, Kasugai, Japan) is a Japanese baseball player who amassed the most total hits across all professional baseball leagues in the history of the sport. He was notably also the first non-pitcher to shift from Japanese professional baseball to the American major leagues.