Ichiro Suzuki fell one vote short of becoming the second player ever elected into the Hall of Fame unanimously. Whether he deserved that honor is debatable, but his greatness is not. To mark the ...

Ichiro Suzuki has become the first Japanese player to make it to baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is likely to be the next.

Mariners’ Ichiro Suzuki glances toward home plate as he steals second base during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox Sunday, Sept. 24, 2006. AP.

Ichiro, 51, played 19 big league seasons from 2001-19, most with the Mariners. He retired as a career .311/.355/.402 hitter with 3,089 hits and 509 stolen bases.

Ichiro Suzuki said he wants to meet with the one person who voted against his induction into the Hall of Fame after he fell one vote shy of being unanimous.

Ichiro reached 200 hits and 100 runs eight times, tying Keeler and Lou Gehrig for the most such seasons. He posted 10 straight 200-hit seasons, breaking the record of eight by Keeler. On and on it ...

However, Ichiro ultimately finished one vote shy of the distinction, placing on 393 of 394 ballots; his voting percentage of 99.7% is tied with Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter (another former ...

Mariano Rivera may soon have some company. As of Monday, Ichiro Suzuki had received votes on all ballots made public by voting-tracker Ryan Thibodaux (@NotMrTibbs on Bluesky). If that remains the ...