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Bookmark or Share- Will ichiro be a first ballot hall of famer in your opinion?I take prime Ichiro on my team every time, not to mention he joined MLB after. In terms of players before, Ichiro was really the first position player from Asia, and the pitchers that came before, while good (not to sleep on guys like Hideo Nomo, Chan-Ho Park, and Byung-Hyun Kim), were nowhere near Ichiro’s output even at their peak
- Was Ichiro Suzuki the only MLB player to have their first name on the ...Yeah also a specific reason I had heard he used Ichiro was because Suzuki is a widely used family name across Japan, far more used than you find in America but I'd think a close comparison may be an American player named Sanders or James.
- Why does Ichiro Suzuki always get his 1st name on his jersey?Suzuki is a very common last name in Japan. Early on in his career a manager in Japan told him to put his first name on the back of his jersey so he could stand out from the crowd. Ichiro didnt like the idea at first but he grew to like it.
- Ichiro is eligible for the HoF in 2 years. It's a foregone ... - RedditImagine if Ichiro came to the league sooner. Also, glad he chose to focus on contact swinging and getting base hits, rather than power swinging like he did in Japan. I think that is what really set him apart, his ability to turn a switch and knock homers like it was nothing. Many people don't realize the power Ichiro had stored away.
- What's the deal with baseball player Ichiro Suzuki?Answer: Ichiro Suzuki is notable for his accomplishments as a player in the Major Leagues, but also because he was one of the first position players to move to Major League Baseball from the Nippon Profesisonal Baseball (NPB) League in Japan (all other players to move to MLB from Japan before him were pitchers).
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