The Baseball legend Ichiro Suzuki does not overlook the fact that a single voter prevented him from becoming the second unanimous member of the Hall of Fame in the history of sport.
Suzuki, who was admitted on Tuesday but stayed just a vote of being unanimous, said during a press conference on Thursday that he wants to meet with the only person who voted against him.
“I would like to invite you to my house, we will have a drink together and we will have a good talk,” Suzuki said through a translator.
Suzuki would have joined the legendary closing of the Yankees in New York, Mariano Rivera, as the only one unanimous member of the Hall of Fame in the history of the MLB.
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The former gardener of the Seattle sailors, Ichiro Suzuki, throws a ball into the dugout before making the first release for a game against the Houston stars in T-Mobile Park. (Joe Nicholson/USA Today Sports)
The news that Suzuki lacked a vote to be unanimous caused generalized indignation among fans and media experts on social networks in the hours after the announcement.
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The former Seattle Mariners player, Ichiro Suzuki, speaks during his entry to the sailor’s hall before a match between the Seattle sailors and the Cleveland guardians in T-Mobile Park. (Steven Bisig/USA Today Sports)
Suzuki is Japan’s first player to be included.
Suzuki moved to the big leagues from Japan when he was 27 in 2001 and joined Fred Lynn in 1975 as the only players to win the award to the rookie of the American League Year and the most valuable player of the American League in the same season. Suzuki was twice a batting champion of the American League and 10 times gardener All-Star and Golden Glove, hitting .311 with 117 homers, 780 ranges and 509 bases stolen with the Seattle sailors (2001-12, 2018-19 ), The new York Yankees (2012-14) and Marlins de Miami (2015-17).
Ichiro Suzuki before a match between the Seattle sailors and the San Luis cardinals in T-Mobile Park on April 21, 2023 in Seattle. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
Suzuki is perhaps the best contact batter in the history of baseball with 1,278 hits in the Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan and 3,089 in the MLB. Its combined total of 4,367 is higher than the Pete Rose record in the MLB of 4.256. Suzuki had a 262 hits record in 2004.
CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner join Suzuki in the class of the 2025 Hall.
