Ichiro Suzuki / ˈiːtʃɪroʊ suːˈzuːki / (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.

Jan 23, 2025 · 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.

Born: October 22, 1973 in Nishi Kasugai-gun, Japan. Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Ichiro Suzuki. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com.

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.

Owns 4,122 hits between career in Japan and Major League Baseball (1,278 in Japan, 2,844 with Mariners and Yankees)...Recorded 4,000th career hit on August 21, 2013 vs. Toronto, becoming third player to reach 4,000-hit plateau when considering hits from the highest levels in U.S. and Japan, joining Pete Rose (4,256) and Ty Cobb (4,191)...Has 50 ...

20 hours ago · Newly elected Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki spoke Friday of his excitement about Major League Baseball staging its season-opening series at Tokyo Dome on March 18-19 and returning to Japan for the first time since his retirement game at the same venue in 2019. ... After becoming the first position player to move from Japan in 2001, Ichiro won MLB ...

Jan 20, 2025 · TOKYO (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he’s much more than that in Japan. Back home, he’s a wellspring of national pride, much like Shohei Ohtani now. His triumphs across the Pacific buoyed the nation as Japan’s economy sputtered through the so-called lost decades of the 1990s and into the 2000s.

Jan 22, 2025 · Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.

Jan 23, 2025 · Ichiro Suzuki. U.S. Hall of Fame. Ichiro, a standout in both Japan's and the United States' major leagues, has become the first Japanese player elected into America's National Baseball Hall of Fame. Ichiro fell one vote short of being the hall's first unanimous selection for a position player. In a sport dominated by powerful, muscular athletes ...

Jan 16, 2025 · Ichiro Suzuki, who had a total of 4,367 hits between Japan and the United States, was announced as one of the newest members of the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame on Thursday.