ICHIRO SUZUKI

Ichiro is one of the most popular baseball players in Japan.
Now he belongs to Seattle Mariners, one of the American leages of Majour Leag Baseball teams in US (MLB).
He sets a new major league single-season hits record with 262 hits in 2004.
He broke it after an interval of 84 years set by George Sisler who hit 257 in 1920.

Ichiro Museum

<personal>

Born October 22, 1973, in Toyoyama-cho, Aichi Prefecture
180cm (5.9ft), 71kg (156.5 lb)
blood type: B
throws right, bats left.
position: right field (Mariners)
uniform number: 51
graduated: Aichi-Kohgyo Daigaku Meiden Kohko or Aikodai Meiden
(Meiden High School attached with Aichi Institute of Technology)

<transactions/career notes>

Selected by Orix Blue Wave in fourth round of 1991 Japanese free-agent draft.
Played for Orix (1992-2000).
Played for Seattle Mariners (November 2001- present)
Debut: April 2, 2001

<records>
in Japan
Holds Nippon Professional Baseball career record for most consecutive years leading league in batting average - 7.
Holds Nippon Professional Baseball single-season record for most hits - 210 (1994).
Holds Nippon Professional Baseball single-season record for most consecutive plate
appearances with no strikeouts - 216 (April 16-June 25, 1997)
Shares Nippon Professional Baseball career record for most years leading league in batting average - 7.
Shares Nippon Professional Baseball single-game record for most doubles - 4 (September 11, 1994).
Holds P.L. single-season record for highest batting average - .387 (2000).
Holds P.L. single-season record for most hit by pitches - 18 (1995).
(P.L. / Pacific Leage)

in US

hits more than 200 for 4 years (2001-2004)
Steal more than 30 bases (2001-2004)


<titles in Japan>

Won P.L. Batting Champion (1994-2000).
Won P.L. RBI Leader (1995).
Won P.L. Stolen Bases Leader (1995).
Won P.L. On-Base Percentage Leader (1994-96, 1999-2000).

<honors>
in Japan
Named P.L. Most Valuable Player (1994-96).
Named outfielder on P.L. All-Star team (1994-2000).
Won P.L. Gold Glove as outfielder (1994-2000)

in US
All-Star (4): (2001-2004)
American League Most Valuable Player (2001)
American League Rookie of the Year (2001)
Gold Glove (3): (2001-2003)


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