Ichiro Suzuki was among the few Japanese players who transitioned well from Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball to Major League Baseball.
Mariano Rivera may soon have some company. As of Monday, Ichiro Suzuki had received votes on all ballots made public by ...
Suzuki would have joined legendary New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera as the only other unanimous Hall of Fame inductee in MLB history. Suzuki is the first player from Japan to be inducted.
Now stepping into the batter's box against Mariano Rivera: Ichiro Suzuki ... was a star with Seattle after coming over from Japan. He finished a 19-year big-league career with a ...
He recorded 1,278 in Japan's pro league and then 3,089 in ... but there is only one that was a unanimous selection — Mariano Rivera. All 425 ballots that were submitted in 2019 included the ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki could join Mariano Rivera as the only unanimous picks for baseball’s Hall of Fame and CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner and Carlos Beltrán also could be elected when ...
Suzuki could join Mariano Rivera as the only unanimous picks for ... Suzuki came to Major League Baseball from Japan as a 27-year-old in 2001 and joined Fred Lynn in 1975 as the only players ...