Global baseball's hit king Ichiro Suzuki became the ... Ichiro was 27 when he made his debut with the Mariners in 2001, becoming the first Japanese position player, as opposed to a pitcher ...

At first I thought, this is going to be like Ichiro, that's a tough player ... of the Japanese legend's longevity and sheer passion for the game. Suzuki's return to the Seattle Mariners in ...

Having a few minutes of downtime, I jump onto Facebook to get my daily updates from friend and family. After scrolling for a moment, I come across a post from Topps that I surely thought was a ...

Ichiro Suzuki ... was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. Suzuki, 51, and former pitcher Hitoki Iwase, 50, were added to the Player Division of ...

While they have had a lot of good players ... over to the MLB in 2001 from Japan, and immediately won Rookie of the Year and MVP as he led the M’s to an MLB-tying 116 wins. Ichiro racked ...

1929 — Cleveland’s Earl Averill became the first American League player to hit a home run in his first major league plate appearance. The Indians won the game 5-4 in 11 innings on Carl Lind ...

TOKYO (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is widely regarded as the best player in Major League Baseball, and Ichiro Suzuki enters ... About a dozen Japanese played in MLB last season, headlined by Ohtani ...

Los Angeles Angels pitcher Yusei Kikuchi named some generational talents on his All-time Japanese baseball team, which included Yu Darvish, Shohei Ohtani, Ichiro Suzuki, and Hideki Matsui, among other ...

In total, he drove in eight runs in a 9-6 victory over the Seattle Mariners. 1989 — Kelly Gruber becomes the first player ... 2009 — Ichiro Suzuki makes history as collects the 3,086th hit of his pro ...

1929 — Cleveland’s Earl Averill became the first American League player ... 2009 — Ichiro Suzuki makes history as collects the 3,086th hit of his pro career, breaking the Japanese record ...