That run started in 2001, when the Mariners won more regular-season games than any team in baseball history, 116. Ichiro is the first Japanese-born player to enter the Hall of Fame. He was a ...
Suzuki's perhaps the best contact hitter in baseball history, with 1,278 hits in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball and 3,089 in MLB. His combined total of 4,367 is higher than Pete Rose's MLB ...
Ichiro racked up 3,089 hits in MLB after already having played nine years in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league. Combining his hits from both leagues, he had 4,367 hits across his ...