Ichiro Suzuki, Hall of Fame

Ichiro is about to get his Hall of Fame moment. For Japan, he’s more than just a baseball star
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.
Who's the one Hall of Fame voter who didn't find Ichiro Suzuki worthy? It wasn't me!
In my business, that knee-jerk response comes in handy. Fending off blame is a survival skill. A columnist knows he can’t fight a tidal wave of angry emails and social-media posts and, at some point, gives up trying to argue he is not, in fact, a nitwit. From there, it’s a short hop to a renunciation of any personal responsibility.
Ichiro Suzuki headlines 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame class, receiving 99.7% of the vote
Suzuki, in his first year of eligibility, received 99.7% of the vote, one vote shy of it being unanimous. New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera is still the only player to be ele
Worthy: A hat tip to Ichiro Suzuki for getting to the Hall of Fame one base at a time
Willie McGee won the National League MVP or the 1985 season, in which he hit just 10 home runs. McGee also batted .353. Vince Coleman scored 107 runs that season, and he had more than three times as many stolen bases (110) as he had extra-base hits (31). The leading home run hitter on the team, Jack Clark, hit just 22 homers.
Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he is much more than that at home in Japan
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Ichiro Suzuki becomes first player from Japan to be inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame
Ichiro Suzuki has made even more history. The all-time great hitter is heading to Cooperstown, with C.C. Sabathia and Billy Wagner joining him.
Ichiro Suzuki wants to ‘have a drink’ with HOF voter who didn’t vote for him
Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki fell one vote short from becoming a unanimous inductee into the Hall of Fame and just wants to grab a drink with the writer.
Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
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.
Ichiro Suzuki wants to sit down and talk to Hall of Fame voter who kept him from being a unanimous inductee
Ichiro Suzuki said he wants to meet with the one person who voted against his induction into the Hall of Fame after he fell one vote shy of being unanimous.
Ichiro Suzuki wants to have a drink with writer who left him off Hall of Fame ballot
BBWAA secretary-treasurer Jack O’Connell recalled Suzuki was at the Hall in 2001 when he called to inform the Seattle star he had been voted AL Rookie of the Year. Suzuki received 27 of 28 first-place votes, all but one from an Ohio writer who selected Sabathia.
Ichiro joins elite club of Hall of Famers born outside the U.S.
When Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese-born player to be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, he became the 22nd player born outside the United States (including Puerto Rico, which, though it is a U.
Even At Age 51, Ichiro Suzuki Loves Putting On A Mariners’ Uniform
New Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki, now 51, still loves putting on the Seattle Mariners' uniform for pre-game workouts.
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Baseball world reacts to Ichiro Suzuki's near-unanimous Hall of Fame selection
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What Ichiro's HOF induction means for future (and past) Asian ballplayers
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The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Introduced Its Newest Class of Inductees Thursday Afternoon in Cooperstown
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown just got a little more crowded...literally and figuratively. Dozens of media, many of whom were from as ...
Seattle Mariners Star Put Together History-Making Career Like We've Never Seen Before
Seattle Mariners star Ichiro Suzuki earned election into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Ichiro earned 99.7 percent of the ...
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Ichiro Suzuki Lures the Person Who Ruined Unanimous HoF Admission to Reveal Their Identity With an Enticing Invitation
Let's welcome the newest member of Cooperstown. The post Ichiro Suzuki Lures the Person Who Ruined Unanimous HoF Admission to Reveal Their Identity With an Enticing Invitation appeared first on ...