End Of The Road For One Of The Greatest Baseball Players Of All Time
Leaderboarding: Breaking down the Hall of Fame career of Ichiro Suzuki by the numbers
Matt Snyder 55 mins ago
We can't exactly call it a retirement just yet, but it sure seems like is done playing Major League Baseball. If you missed the news, . Ichiro is a Hall of Famer once he's eligible, and it's times like these when I like to fire up the ol' Leaderboarding machine. The MLB Stat of the Day Twitter account gets the ball rolling.
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Ichiro is the only player EVER to have 10 straight seasons with 200+ hits.
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Pete Rose is the only other player with 10 200-hit seasons, but his weren't consecutive. And we're off.
Most career hits, MLB
20. Alex Rodriguez, 3,115
21. Dave Winfield, 3,110
22. Ichiro, 3,089
23. , 3,075
24. Craig Biggio, 3,060
25. Rickey Henderson, 3,055
Most career hits, NPB+MLB
Ichiro, 4,367
Pete Rose, 4,256
Career stolen bases, MLB
33. Barry Bonds, 514
33. , 514
35. Ichiro, 509
35. Fred Clarke, 509
35. Harry Stovey, 509
38. Luis Aparicio, 506
39. Paul Molitor, 504
Players with at least 3,000 hits and 500 stolen bases
Rickey Henderson, Paul Molitor, Lou Brock, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Eddie Collins and Ichiro
Most career singles, MLB
Pete Rose, 3,215
Ty Cobb, 3.053
Eddie Collins, 2,643
Cap Anson, 2,614
Derek Jeter, 2,595
Ichiro, 2,514
Career intentional walks, MLB
22. Harold Baines, 187
23. Carlos Delgado, 186
Apr 22, 2018; Arlington, TX, USA; Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki (51) waits for the pitch during the fourth inning against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Park in Arlington.© Provided by CBS Interactive Inc. Apr 22, 2018; Arlington, TX, USA; Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki (51) waits for the pitch during the fourth inning against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Park in Arlington.
24. Todd Helton, 185
25. Billy Williams, 182
26. Ichiro, 181
Hits in a single season, MLB
Ichiro, 262, 2004
George Sisler, 257, 1920
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Ichiro was also 10th (242 in 2001) and tied for 18th (238 in 2007)
Most seasons with 220-plus hits
Remember, Ichiro is tied with Pete Rose for the record with 10 200-hit seasons, but he didn't stop there.
5 - Ichiro
4 - Rogers Hornsby, Jesse Burkett
3 - Stan Musial, Joe Medwick, Chuck Klein, Bill Terry, Lloyd Waner, George Sisler, Ty Cobb
Only 61 players in history have ever even had one 220-hit season. Ichiro did it five times. What if we go up to 230?
Most seasons with 230-plus hits
Yep.
3 - Ichiro
2 - Freddie Lindstrom, Rogers Horsnby, George Sisler
Only 31 others even did it once.
Batting average by a lefty against a lefty
We made the requirement at least 300 plate appearances here.
Ty Cobb, .375
Tris Speaker, .350
Ichiro, .329
Bill Terry, .327
Tony Gwynn, .325
Babe Ruth, .324
Players to win MVP and Rookie of the Year in the same year
Fred Lynn, 1975
Ichiro, 2001
Most Gold Gloves, outfielders
12 - Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays
10 - Ken Griffey Jr., Al Kaline, Ichiro
Ichiro led the majors in hits seven times, steals once and batting average once. He won his league batting title twice. He led the AL in intentional walks three times, an especially impressive feat for a non-power hitter. He won three Silver Sluggers in addition to all those Gold . He was a 10-time All-Star. He's a career .311 hitter.
And he will be a Hall of Famer whenever he hasn't played in MLB for five years.
The modern day Pete Rose, in terms of skills, with the addition that he hit for a better average than Pete and had a powerful throwing arm from the outfield.
Great player.
An outstanding player in every aspect of the game. I've had, over the years, seen him live a number of times.
I loved Pete Rose as a player, but I think you could make the argument that Ichiro was the same thing, only with slightly more skills.
I agree JR. Earlier this year he showed his fielding prowess when he robbed a guy of a home run.