Ichiro Suzuki / ˈ iː tʃ ɪ r oʊ s uː ˈ z uː k i / (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.

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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.

Jan 20, 2025 · Ichiro topped that interest level, wrote Robert Whiting in his book “The Samurai Way of Baseball.” “Ichiro was the first to appear front and center ever single day — a slender Japanese among pumped up musclemen, sparking big American teammates to victory — and the public could simply not get enough of this delectable sight,” he wrote.

Ichiro spent 14 of his 19 MLB seasons here in Seattle, where he leads the franchise in hits, batting average, triples and stolen bases. He’ll join Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez and Dave Niehaus as Mariners representatives in Cooperstown. Across his professional career in the United States and Japan, Ichiro tallied a remarkable 4,367 hits ...

Ichiro earned a reputation as an exceptional leadoff hitter (with a .311 career batting average) and as a formidable right fielder who, even at 5-foot-9, was known to scale outfield walls to rob ...

6 days ago · 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.

Ichiro collected his 200th hit of the season against Kansas City on Sept. 16. He swiped 39 consecutive bases without being caught -- a new club record and an American League single-season record. Ichiro, who had 224 hits, led the American League in …

On Oct. 1, 2004, Ichiro broke Sisler’s record with his 258th hit – and he finished with 262, proving sometimes what seems impossible in baseball is not. He sparked the imagination, especially ...

Mar 21, 2019 · But Ichiro Suzuki might have come as close as possible to finding the right exit to a brilliant career when he announced Thursday that he's retiring from the game after playing one last time with the Mariners in a 5-4, 12-inning win vs. the A's in his home country of Japan.