His given name Ichiro — 'ichi'' means ''one'' in Japanese — started appearing on the back of his jersey in 1994 with the Orix BlueWave. Suzuki is a very common family name, and manager Akira ...

To watch Ichiro Suzuki hit ’em where they weren’t for all those years was to have a front-row seat at the intersection of athleticism and artistry. Ichiro was Greg Louganis on the springboard ...

Everyone had the same question after the Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2025 class was unveiled on Tuesday: Who was the lone person who didn’t vote for Ichiro Suzuki? The Japanese superstar more than ...

In addition to CC Sabathia getting the call to Cooperstown in his first year of eligibility, legendary Japanese outfielder Ichiro Suzuki will also be a first-ballot inductee. While primarily ...

Ichiro Suzuki fell one vote short of becoming the second player ever elected into the Hall of Fame unanimously. Whether he deserved that honor is debatable, but his greatness is not. To mark the ...

There was no surprise when it was announced that Ichiro Suzuki would enter the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. What was a surprise, though, was that one baseball writer ...

Yet, for one voter, Ichiro wasn’t deserving of Hall of Fame induction in 2025. On Tuesday, the former MVP, 10-time All-Star and two-time batting champion was named among the three-player class ...

The 2025 Major League Baseball Hall of Fame class has been announced, with three players earning induction into Cooperstown: CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner, and Ichiro Suzuki. Wagner earned the honor ...