Ichiro acknowledges the crowd at Tokyo Dome as he is pulled in the eighth inning of a game against the Oakland Athletics in the season-opening series on March 21, The year-old Suzuki has 3, major league hits after leaving Nippon Professional Baseball in with 1, Athletics skipper Bob Melvin, who managed Suzuki in Seattle in , said the veteran's career has been a special ride and noted the respect major leaguers have for Suzuki, demonstrated by his players standing and applauding when Ichiro came out of the game on Opening Day.
It's a special career for the only guy who's done it in the fashion he has on two continents. Suzuki took the United States by storm in , when he became a fan favorite on two continents with his unique batting style, speed and defense. On Wednesday, Suzuki started his 28th professional season and 19th in the majors, where he spent most of his career in Seattle and had stints with the New York Yankees and Miami Marlins.
Los Angeles Angels superstar Albert Pujols, who made his MLB debut the same day as Ichiro in and is also considered a sure thing to enter the National Baseball Hall of Fame on the first ballot, recently talked about Suzuki's impact.
Although an obvious batting star as an year-old, when he won the Western League batting title, Suzuki was shunned by Orix manager Shozo Doi because of a peculiar batting style that included a pendulum front-leg swing. When Orix hired Hall of Famer Akira Ogi to manage in , the iconoclastic skipper unleashed the young slugger's hidden genius.
Suzuki changed his registered name to "Ichiro" and won the first of three straight PL MVP awards and seven straight batting titles. What comes next for Suzuki is a good question. But John McLaren, who coached and managed Suzuki with the Mariners, spoke recently with him in Phoenix, Arizona, near the Mariners' spring training facility in Peoria and said it probably would not be managing.
Led the Majors in hits for the 5th consecutive season, and 7th time in his career , ', ', ', ', ', ' Recorded th hit Sept. Led the AL in hits , multi-hit games 69 , games , infield hits 59 , singles and at-bats Recorded at least one hit in of games Notched 10th consecutive season batting at least. Tied career-high with 4 stolen bases Aug. Recorded 4 double-digit hitting streaks, including season-high gamer June July Recorded his 10th consecutive hit season and named to his 10th consecutive All-Star Game 9th as starter.
Earned Fielding Bible Award as top fielding right fielder in baseball Set ML record with 5th season of at least hits Led the AL in hits , multi-hit games 73 , infield hits 59 , intentional walks 15 and day batting average.
Hit 11 home runs, 2nd-most of his career 15 in ' Has led the AL in hits in 6 of 9 seasons record is 8 by Ty Cobb Led the Majors in hits for the 6th time in his career , ', ', ' , ', ' Recorded hit in G 2 Set.
Pete Rose holds the all-time record with 10 hit seasons Tallied career hit 2, with leadoff double Sept. Club-record game hitting streak, May 6-June 3. Recorded game home hitting streak, June 6-Aug. Reynolds, 25 G, Held hitless in consecutive games Sept.
On the disabled list from March April 15 with severe fatigue stomach ulcer Missed 16 games during the season, after missing only 16 games in previous 8 seasons with the Mariners Ejected on Sept. Led the Majors in singles for the 8th time in his career ML record and 6th straight season Recorded a hit in 60 of 63 games, May 6-July Tied career-high with 7 consecutive multi-hit games 4th time , June Led Majors with 73 multi-hit games Belted career leadoff HR 30 Aug.
T10th all-time with Tony Phillips Hit 28th career leadoff home run in Mariners victory over the Rays on April Recorded 26 steals, fewest season total of his career Made season debut April 15 vs. Led the AL with 15 intentional walks Toronto, his 1,rd career hit came in 91st possible walk-off at-bat CWS 1B and Sept. NYY 2-run homer off M. Helped lead Japan to the World Baseball Classic title for the second time also Korea in the Championship.
Tied for the Major League lead with Dustin Pedroia with hits Led the Majors in hits for the fifth time in his career , ', ', ', ' Set the modern Major League record with his eighth consecutive hit season Tied Lou Gehrig's modern ML record by recording at least hits and runs in eight seasons in a career Ichiro and Willie Keeler are the only players to achieve this in consecutive seasons Made 8th consecutive trip to the All-Star game, starting in right field and batting leadoff AL won in 15 inn Tied for the AL lead in hits , and ranked 7th in batting average.
Hit HR 4 July 19 vs. Cleveland, snapping a string of 40 consecutive singles and plate appearances without an extra base hit Recorded his th career stolen base June 11 at Toronto Career SB on May 18 vs. San Diego, breaking Julio Cruz's franchise record Recorded Major League hit 1, Sept. Led the Majors with singles Went 5-for-5 on June 29 at San Diego, tying a single-game career-high in hits Season-high game hitting streak, July Aug.
Ranked T5th in the AL with 11 outfield assists Hit leadoff home runs April 7 at Baltimore and Aug. OAK in total chances Ichiro collected his th hit of the season against Kansas City on Sept. He swiped 39 consecutive bases without being caught -- a new club record and an American League single-season record. Ichiro, who had hits, led the American League in hits for the third time in his career. First player in ML history to record at least hits in first five seasons One of six AL players including Raul Ibanez to play in all games Set new club record with 12 triples prev: H.
Reynolds, 11 in Collected career hit on June 14 vs. And 20 years later, memories of what he accomplished that night are a vivid reminder of his special place in pro baseball history.
When the Opening Day game entered the late innings, he gave a very Ichiro-esque introduction to his unique talents and helped the Seattle Mariners rally from four runs down to beat the Oakland Athletics, , at Safeco Field. Two batters later, Ichiro scored on an Edgar Martinez single to right field.
The Mariners added three more runs in the seventh to make it Ichiro delivered a textbook drag bunt down the first-base line. Rally time. With one out and the bases loaded, first baseman John Olerud hit a sacrifice fly to center to drive in the go-ahead run. We were just letting Ichiro get all the swings he could.
We knew he could bunt and now everyone else does, too. Ichiro, who started in right field, confessed he was pleased to have first official MLB game out of the way. I want to be here for a long time.
And a dramatic Opening Day triumph was a sign of things to come for the Mariners in their magic-carpet ride during the regular season, which began with 20 wins in 25 April games. In March , Ichiro experienced a small taste of MLB competition two games in three days at spring training as a guest player for the Mariners in Arizona before returning to Japan to join the Orix BlueWave.
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