Global baseball's hit king Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese-born player elected to Major League baseball's Hall of ...

Ichiro debuted in Major League Baseball in 2001 ... expressed in the saying “deru kugi wa utareru.” Roughly in English: “The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.” ...

Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player ... who was not asked about the one vote in a brief, English-portion of a news conference following the announcement, said through an interpreter.

Ichiro Suzuki made his name in Japan and his mark in Seattle. Now, the 51-year old finds a new home: Cooperstown. The longtime Mariners supernova - who also played for the Yankees and Marlins ...

Ichiro concluded his career with 3,089 MLB hits, adding to the 1,278 he accumulated over nine seasons in Japan. His combined total of 4,367 hits is the most in professional baseball history ...