Learn more about the legends who are honored in the Hall of Fame Plaque Gallery. ... Ichiro had a passion for baseball like few before or since. Born Oct. 22, 1973, in Nishi Kasugai-gun, Japan – a Nagoya suburb – Ichiro was a schoolboy legend but slipped to the fourth round of the 1991 NPB Draft due to his small stature (5-foot-9 and less ...

Jan 23, 2025 · From left, Ichiro, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner took their first tour as members of the Hall of Fame on Jan. 23. (Milo Stewart Jr./National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) Prior to taking questions from the media, Ichiro, Sabathia and Wagner donned the jersey and cap of their final team, the greatest team ever assembled, the Hall of Fame team.

Ichiro will be welcomed into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on July 27! The Class of 2025 inductee began his storied MLB career with the Mariners in 2001 as the first Japanese position player to play in the Majors. He’ll now make history again as the first Japanese-born player to …

Jan 21, 2025 · The National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 is complete after Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner were voted in by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America in ballot results revealed Tuesday night on MLB Network.

Jan 21, 2025 · SEATTLE -- For Ichiro Suzuki, whose baseball career defied convention and shattered records, his induction into the Hall of Fame has long felt less like a crowning achievement and more like an inevitable conclusion to one of the sport’s most remarkable journeys. Indeed, Suzuki is officially headed to Cooperstown. Suzuki’s

Jan 21, 2025 · The Hall of Fame has 351 elected members, including 278 players, of whom 142 have come through the BBWAA ballot. The elections of Ichiro and Sabathia bring to 62 the total of players elected in their first year of eligibility by the BBWAA. This year marked the 11th time the BBWAA honored three players in an election and the second year in a row.

Jan 23, 2025 · Only one man has ever been elected to the Hall of Fame who could shrink that journey: Ichiro Suzuki. ... — National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⚾ (@baseballhall) January 23, 2025.

Jan 22, 2025 · Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.

Jan 21, 2025 · Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia were elected to Baseball’s Hall of Fame on Tuesday night, Suzuki in overwhelming fashion, while Billy Wagner made the most of his 10th and final appearance on...

Jan 22, 2025 · Former Seattle Mariners player Ichiro Suzuki reacts Tuesday as he is elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He received a near-unanimous vote on the 2025 Baseball Writers...