Ichiro Suzuki

Ichiro Suzuki
Ichiro Suzuki
	Right Fielder
	Born: 22 October 1973 (aged 52); Toyoyama, Japan
Bats: Left	Throws: Right
debut
	April 2, 2001, for the Seattle Mariners
Career statistics ; (through 2012 season)
Batting average	.322
Home runs	104
Runs batted in	660
Hits	2,606
Teams
	Orix BlueWave (1992 - 2000); Seattle Mariners (2001 - 2012); New York Yankees (2012 - 2014); Miami Marlins (2015 - 2017); Seattle Mariners (2018 - 2019);
Incoming Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	2025
Vote	99.7% (first ballot)

Ichiro Suzuki (鈴木一朗, Suzuki Ichirō) (born October 22, 1973 in Toyoyama, Nishikasugai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan,^[1] is a retired Japanese player in Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball, respectively the top pro leagues in Japan and the United States. He is generally referred to by his given name; for most of his NPB career and all of his MLB career, his uniform used "Ichiro" instead of "Suzuki".

In this Japanese name, the family name is Suzuki.

He is the first MLB player to enter the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame and has won a Gold Glove award in each of his first ten years in the major leagues. He spent most of his carrier with the Seattle Mariners but also played for the New York Yankees and the Miami Marlins. In 2025, Ichiro became the first Japanese player to be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, falling one vote short of unanimous selection.

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Ichiro Suzuki of Seattle Mariners.
Suzuki in right field in 2002
The display of Ichiro Suzuki, located on the third floor of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, which shows the Ichi-meter, record for hits in a season for Ichiro Suzuki in 2004.
Ichiro on first base.
Suzuki rounding the bases on 22 September 2007
Ichiro Suzuki on June 10, 2009.
Suzuki meeting President Barack Obama before the 2009 All-Star Game on 14 July 2009
Ichiro Suzuki
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New York Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki (31) rounds second base during the exhibition baseball game between the Army Black Knights and the New York Yankees, March 30, at Johnson Stadium, West Point, New York. (U.S. Army photo by Tommy Gilligan/USMA PAO)

References

↑ "Ichiro Suzuki's official MLB profile". MLB. Retrieved 2009-10-28.

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[MLBbio-1] "Ichiro Suzuki's official MLB profile". MLB. Retrieved 2009-10-28.

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