A LEGEND Ends- Sayonra Ichiro....

[Mattingly23NY]

Sayonara honorable one. Next stop Cooperstown.

The all time hit King across the Pacific. Second greatest defensive right fielder I've ever seen behind Roberto Clementie ...


Ichiro owns a career batting average of .311 with 117 home runs, 780 RBI, 1,420 runs scored and 509 stolen bases. In addition to his 3,089 career hits in Major League Baseball, Suzuki had 1,278 hits in nine Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball league seasons, making him the most prolific hitter in major professional baseball history. His 4,367 career hits across MLB and NPB are 111 more than MLB hits king Pete Rose had during his career.

Thanks for the memories.
10 Gold Gloves
10 AStar appearances
1 MVP
2 Batting Titles
3 Silver Sluggers
7 Times Hits Leader
An Irin Workhorse games played per yr....
Hits hits and more hits
Numerous Titles/ Awards in Japan orior...

Gassho Ichiro
合掌

 

[Mattingly23NY]

And only the 2nd MLB Player to win the ROY & MVP in the same year...

Screw Freddy Lynn. Freddy who??? The guy who hit the 1st Grand Slam in an All Star game. 1983, the 50th Anniversary A.S. Game- BFD....

 

[Yankeefan5545]

Boy Wonder Othani couldn't shine Ichiros cleats.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

....^^^^

Ichiro is the bar to which all Asian/Nippon Players will be measured; as Clementie was to all Pan-American Players....

Ohtani's overhyped. I will never forgive him for stealing t/ROY from Andujar...

Left out perhaps the most important Ichiro owned record-
262 Hits in 2004
Breaking G. Sister's 85 yr old record of 257 Hits...