Ichiro Suzuki is a first-ballot ... and Freddie Freeman are among the many Los Angeles sports figures donating to help those affected by the Los Angeles Fires. Jan. 17, 2025 Last season Ohtani replaced Suzuki in the MLB record books as the Japanese-born ...

Shohei Ohtani instantly became a force to be reckoned with during his 2018 rookie season in the MLB. He played in 104 games that season, hitting .285/.361/.564 with 22 home runs and 61 runs batted in.

Ichiro Suzuki wants to raise a glass with the voter who chose not to check off his name on the Hall of Fame ballot. “There’s one writer that I wasn’t able to get a vote from,” he said ...

Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he is much more than that at home in Japan. Ichiro is a wellspring of national pride — like Shohei Ohtani now — and his fame across the Pacific was therapeutic as the national economy sputtered through the so-called lost decades.

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.

LOS ANGELES — Ichiro Suzuki is a first-ballot Hall of Famer ... At age 30, the former Angels two-way player also made the playoffs for the first time and became a World Series champion after ...

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With Ichiro Suzuki somehow not getting inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame unanimously on the first ballot, all signs point to this next icon of the game potentially being able to do what one voter decided should not be Suzuki's destiny.

Global baseball's hit king Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese-born player elected to the Major League Baseball's (MLB) Hall of Fame on Tuesday (Jan 21), just one vote shy of unanimous selection.

FILE - Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki, of Japan, hits a solo home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Sunday, May 31, 2009, in Anaheim, Calif.

Seattle Mariners’ Ichiro Suzuki tips his batting helmet to fans after hitting a single against the Los Angeles Angels in the fourth inning during a baseball game, April 16, 2009, in Seattle.

The Washington Nationals signed Japanese pitcher Shinnosuke Ogasawara despite his losing record. General Manager Mike Rizzo believes the lefty is “big league ready.”