Ichiro Suzuki

Ichiro Suzuki 鈴木 一朗
Ichiro with the Marlins in 2016
Miami Marlins – No. 51
Outfielder
Born: (1973-10-22) October 22, 1973 (age 43) Aichi, Japan
Bats: Left Throws: Right
Professional debut
NPB: July 11, 1992, for the Orix BlueWave
MLB: April 2, 2001, for the Seattle Mariners
NPB statistics
Batting average	.353
Hits	1,278
Home runs	118
Runs batted in	529
Runs	658
Stolen bases	199
MLB statistics (through 2016 season)
Batting average	.313
Hits	3,030
Home runs	114
Runs batted in	760
Runs	1,396
Stolen bases	508
Teams
Orix BlueWave (1992–2000) Seattle Mariners (2001–2012) New York Yankees (2012–2014) Miami Marlins (2015–present)
Career highlights and awards
NPB 7× All-Star (1994–2000) 3× PL MVP (1994–1996) 7× Golden Glove Award (1994–2000) 7× Best Nine Award (1994–2000) 3× Matsutaro Shoriki Award (1994–1995, 2004) 3× Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize (1994–1995, 2001) 7× PL batting champion (1994–2000) 5× PL safe hit leader (1994–1998) 5× PL on-base leader (1994–1996, 1999–2000) 1995 PL stolen base leader 1995 PL RBI leader Japan Series champion (1996) MLB 10× All-Star (2001–2010) 10× Gold Glove Award (2001–2010) 3× Fielding Bible Award (2006, 2009, 2010) 3× Silver Slugger Award (2001, 2007, 2009) 2× MLB batting champion (2001, 2004) MLB stolen base leader (2001) AL MVP (2001) AL Rookie of the Year (2001) MLB records 262 hits in a single season 225 singles in a single season Ten consecutive 200-hit seasons (also hit .300+ in each season) Baseball achievements 3,000 hits in MLB 4,300 hits combined between MLB and NPB 3,390 singles combined between MLB and NPB

Ichiro Suzuki

Medal record
Men's baseball
Representing  Japan
World Baseball Classic
	2006 San Diego	Team
World Baseball Classic
	2009 Los Angeles	Team

NPB

MLB

MLB records

Baseball achievements

Ichiro Suzuki (鈴木 一朗, Suzuki Ichirō^?, born October 22, 1973), often referred to mononymously as Ichiro (イチロー, Ichirō^?), is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has spent the bulk of his career with two teams: the Orix Blue Wave of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in Japan, where he began his professional career, and the Seattle Mariners of MLB in the United States. After playing for the Mariners, he played two and a half seasons in MLB with the New York Yankees. Ichiro has established a number of batting records, including MLB's single-season record for hits with 262. He had 10 consecutive 200-hit seasons, the longest streak by any player in history. Between his major league career in both Japan and the United States, Ichiro has the most hits by any player in top tier professional leagues.

In his combined playing time in NPB and MLB, Ichiro received 17 consecutive selections both as an All-Star and Gold Glove winner, won nine league batting titles and been named Most Valuable Player (MVP) four times. While playing in NPB, he won seven consecutive batting titles and three consecutive Pacific League MVP Awards. In 2001, Ichiro became the first Japanese-born position player to be posted and signed to an MLB club. He led the American League (AL) in batting average and stolen bases en route to being named AL Rookie of the Year and AL MVP.