The Seattle Mariners legend will be inducted into Cooperstown on July 27, and when he gets there, he'll become one of just 12 ...

The top sale thus far for any 2001 Bowman Chrome Ichiro card — an English version graded PSA 10 — is $43,200. The most ...

I told him that everything we talked about in spring training, just forget about it,” Molitor said as he prepares to welcome ...

Ichiro was named Rookie of the Year and MVP in 2001. Before coming to MLB, he played nine seasons with the Orix Buffaloes in Japan, and won seven straight batting titles from 1994-2000.

However, Ichiro didn’t let the talks affect him, and he proved himself in his rookie season. He was so good, he ended up getting AL MVP and Rookie of the Year in the same season. Let that sink in!

Ichiro went on to hit .350 with 242 hits, 127 runs (a career high) and 56 stolen bases (also a career high) and became the only first-year player to win the MVP and Rookie of the Year awards.

Iconic Cards: 2001 Topps Ichiro Suzuki Rookie #726. Story by Horacio Ruiz • 5d. I started collecting again when I got a job at a sports collectibles store in Miami.

The 23-year old Wilson enters Sunday, June 8 with an absurd .370 batting average. He has some pop, having hit eight home runs and 14 doubles. He also has 69 singles.

Orioles’ Colton Cowser making case for first Rookie of the Year, Gold Glove season since Ichiro “He’s put the work in,” manager Brandon Hyde said of former No. 5 draft pick ...

Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese ... to Major League Baseball from Japan as a 27-year-old in 2001 and joined Fred Lynn in 1975 as the only players to win AL Rookie of the Year and AL MVP in ...

The year before Ichiro arrived, MLB players hit 5,693 home runs, at the time the most ever in a single season. ... In April of 2001, that meant predicting Ichiro’s rookie season.