Japan Hideki Matsui - Search News

Ichiro, Japan

Ichiro is about to get his Hall of Fame moment. For Japan, he's more than just a baseball star

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-season hits mark of 257 in 2004. The new mark is 262.

Hosted on MSN · 2d

Baseball: Jeter leads Ichiro praise after U.S. Hall of Fame election

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. National Baseball Hall of Fame.

The Herald Bulletin · 4d

Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he is much more than that at home in Japan

Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he is much more than that at home in Japan. Ichiro is a wellspring of national pride — like Shohei Ohtani now —

Yankees legend pays homage to latest Hall inductees CC Sabathia, Ichiro Suzuki

Yankees legend Hideki Matsui played seven seasons for the Yankees. It wasn’t until his final one, in 2009, with the addition ...

Yankees 'Would Love' to Sign Japanese Superstar Slugger in 2026

Despite pursuing the two biggest Japanese superstars to come over to MLB in the past two years (Yoshinobu Yamamoto last ...

ESPN8d

2-way player Shotaro Morii, 18, bypasses Japan baseball to sign with A's

Hideki Matsui, Yu Darvish and others in MLB helped him make his decision, Morii responded in English: "Yes, of course." Matsui, a three-time MVP of Japan's Central League, played for Oakland ...

The Associated Press on MSN8d

Top prospect Shotaro Morii bypasses Japanese baseball to sign with Athletics

Asked whether the success of Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Hideki Matsui, Yu Darvish and others in MLB helped him make his ...

Ex-Tiger Carlos Guillén talks Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia in Hall of Fame, plus Jim Leyland

The five newcomers, including Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on July 27, 2025, in ...

Results that may be inaccessible to you are currently showing.

Hide inaccessible results