Ichiro, a standout in both Japan's and the United States' major leagues, has become the first Japanese player elected to America's National Baseball Hall of Fame. In a sport dominated by powerful, ...

Global baseball’s hit king Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese-born player elected to Major League baseball’s Hall of Fame on Tuesday, just one vote shy of unanimous selection. The Seattle ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Used to leading off, Ichiro Suzuki got antsy when he had to wait. Considered a no-doubt pick for baseball's Hall of Fame and possibly the second unanimous selection, he waited by ...

Ichiro joins fellow Hall of Famers Ken Griffey Jr. (No. 24) and Edgar Martinez (No. 11), along with Jackie Robinson (No. 42) as the only players to have their number retired by the Mariners.

There has never been a player quite like Ichiro. He was part athlete, part artist, part wizard. He joined the Mariners in 2001 at age 27 and was greeted with skepticism about his ability to hit ...

"We take care of them well because these things are very important." Ichiro achieved 10 straight 200-hit seasons, the longest streak by any player in history, and also set the MLB mark for the ...