Ichiro will go into the Hall of Fame as professional baseball’s all-time leader in hits with 4,367 (3,089 in MLB and 1,278 in ...
Mariano Rivera, as the only unanimous picks. He fell one vote short. Suzuki spent nine seasons in Japan's Nippon Professional ...
On Tuesday, he's expected to be the first Japanese player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, and possibly only the second player chosen unanimously after New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera.
Right-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him, and Hideki Matsui came just after, both boosting the country’s confidence in a period of national malaise. Tsutsui termed Ichiro a “great cultural ...
Players are elected to the Hall of Fame provided they are named on at least 75% of ballots cast by eligible voting members of ...