In fact, Ichiro picked up his 3,000th career hit (in the majors) with the Marlins back in 2016. One of the best all-around players in baseball history, Ichiro spent 28 years as a professional player ...

BBWAA voters are a small group with a very big responsibility. We should be willing to talk about it. Or write about it. It’s ...

Ichiro Suzuki came up one vote shy of becoming the second player to be unanimously voted into the Hall of Fame, prompting a social media uproar.

But when he made his debut, Ichiro was more a curiosity than a shoo-in for Cooperstown. He’d won seven straight batting titles in Japan, but he was small with unusual mechanics, and his tendency ...

It was Ichiro at his purest. The one-of-a-kind right fielder, now the first Japanese player headed to Cooperstown, was an athlet ...

Chuck Solomon/Sports Illustrated Ichiro Suzuki liked to say he enjoyed hitting leadoff because the batter’s box was still pristine at first pitch. The imagery, like the manicured nature of the ...

Ichiro developed his unique swing very early, lifting his right leg and almost running to first base before hitting the ball. Repeatedly told in Japan to change it, he declined. His given name ...

Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner were all elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame Tuesday. Ichiro is the first ...

Willie McGee won the National League MVP or the 1985 season, in which he hit just 10 home runs. McGee also batted .353. Vince ...

Ichiro broke Sisler’s single-season hit record in 2004 with 262, his third season after signing a three-year contract with the Mariners worth $14 million at age 27. By then, Ichiro had already ...

(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File) Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki smiles as he visits with players and coaches before batting practice before the team’s baseball game against the Los ...