NEW YORK — Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese ... He’s perhaps the best contact hitter ever, with 1,278 hits in Nippon Professional Baseball and 3,089 in MLB, including a season-record ...

Shigeo Nagashima, who was known in Japan as “Mr. Pro Baseball" and had both a lengthy playing and managerial career in NPB, ...

Ichiro Suzuki, the dominant contact hitter whose ... in MLB after already having played nine years in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league. Combining his hits from both leagues, he ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Used to leading off, Ichiro Suzuki got antsy when ... with 1,278 hits in Nippon Professional Baseball and ...

The Mariners' all-time hits and batting average leader Ichiro Suzuki (No. 51 ... 2001 after nine seasons with Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. After Suzuki's rookie season, where he hit ...

Former Seattle Mariner star Ichiro Suzuki is ... up 4,367 hits while playing professional baseball, 3089 in the Major League, and 1,278 while in Japan in the Nippon Professional Baseball league.

Ichiro Suzuki is heading to the Hall of Fame ... Between his time in the Nippon Professional Baseball League and MLB, he has the most combined hits of all-time out of a batter.

Suzuki is on pace to smash his personal-highs of 21 homers and 74 RBI in a season. The right-hander played in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball league from 2013-21, earning five All-Star ...

Although he is a first-year pitcher in Major League Baseball, he's not a rookie in a traditional sense.The 35-year-old ...