Former Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki ... Although players like Hideo Nomo and Hideki Matsui have been considered for the American Hall of Fame, Ichiro is the first Asian-born ...

Ichiro debuted in Major League Baseball in 2001 with the Seattle Mariners ... Right-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him, and Hideki Matsui came just after, both boosting the country's ...

Next stop: The Seattle Mariners. And sitting here ... Ichiro was MLB's first Japanese-born position player. Hideki Matsui wouldn’t arrive in the Bronx for another two years.

Wagner had a 1.98 earned run average and struck out 22 of the 56 batters he faced in his 15 games for the Red sox in 2009.

RELATED | Ichiro Suzuki elected to Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of vote Ichiro debuted in Major League Baseball in 2001 with the Seattle Mariners ... and Hideki Matsui came just after ...

Ichiro will go into the Hall of Fame as professional baseball’s all-time leader in hits with 4,367 (3,089 in MLB and 1,278 in Japan) — more even than Pete Rose’s 4,256. He broke George Sisler’s single ...

Derek Jeter, Sadaharu Oh and Hideki Matsui were among many to offer their praises Tuesday after former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki became the first Asian player elected to the U.S.