Ichiro is set to be the first Japanese-born player in the Hall of Fame. AP. He would join Rivera, who did it when he made the Hall of Fame in 2019 in his first year on the ballot.

Ichiro Suzuki could have been immortalized as a first-ballot Hall of Famer nearly a decade ago. He was last a full-time starter in 2012, at 38. He logged his 3,000th hit in 2016, when he was 42 ...

Untold stories of Ichiro: Wrestling with Griffey, All-Star speeches and ‘Ichi wings’ Mike Sweeney, Royals first baseman and Mariners teammate: In 2000, I was part of the MLB All-Star team that ...

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 ...

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.

The 51-year-old Ichiro retired in 2019 with 3,089 career hits, in MLB, with a .311 batting average.He led the majors in hits seven times and his impact on the game, globally, couldn't be summed up ...

If you didn’t vote for Ichiro Suzuki please stand up. The Japanese baseball superstar who was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame earlier this week had a message for the Baseball Writers ...

There was no surprise when it was announced that Ichiro Suzuki would enter the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. What was a surprise, though, was that one baseball writer ...