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Ichiro Suzuki

[edit] Career Statistics

[edit] NPB

Year	Age	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GDP
1992	18	Orix	PL	40	95	9	24	5	0	0	5	3	2	3	11	.253	.284	.305	.589	29	1	0	0	0	0
1993	19	Orix	PL	43	64	4	12	2	0	1	3	0	2	2	7	.188	.212	.266	.478	17	1	0	0	0	2
1994	20	Orix	PL	130	546	111	210	41	5	13	54	29	7	51	53	.385	.445	.549	.994	300	7	2	8	10	3
1995	21	Orix	PL	130	524	104	179	23	4	25	80	49	9	68	52	.342	.432	.544	.976	285	0	3	17	18	7
1996	22	Orix	PL	130	542	104	193	24	4	16	84	35	3	56	57	.356	.422	.504	.926	273	0	4	13	9	8
1997	23	Orix	PL	135	536	94	185	31	4	17	91	39	4	62	36	.345	.414	.519	.933	275	0	5	14	4	10
1998	24	Orix	PL	135	506	79	181	36	3	13	71	11	4	43	35	.358	.414	.518	.932	262	0	2	15	7	21
1999	25	Orix	PL	103	411	80	141	27	2	21	68	12	1	45	46	.343	.412	.572	.984	235	0	5	15	7	5
2000	26	Orix	PL	105	395	73	153	22	1	12	73	21	1	54	36	.387	.460	.539	.999	213	0	6	16	4	3
Totals:				951	3,619	658	1,278	211	23	118	429	199	33	384	333	.353	.421	.522	.943	1,889	9	27	98	59	59

[edit] Major League

Year	Age	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GDP
2001	27	Seattle	AL	157	692	127	242	34	8	8	69	56	14	30	53	.350	.381	.457	.838	316	4	4	10	8	3
2002	28	Seattle	AL	157	647	111	208	27	8	8	51	31	15	68	62	.321	.388	.425	.813	275	3	5	27	5	8
2003	29	Seattle	AL	159	679	111	212	29	8	13	62	34	8	36	69	.312	.352	.436	.788	296	3	1	7	6	3
2004	30	Seattle	AL	161	704	101	262	24	5	8	60	36	11	49	63	.372	.414	.455	.869	320	2	3	19	4	6
2005	31	Seattle	AL	162	679	111	206	21	12	15	68	33	8	48	66	.303	.350	.436	.786	296	2	6	23	4	5
2006	32	Seattle	AL	161	695	110	224	20	9	9	49	45	2	49	71	.322	.370	.416	.786	289	1	2	16	5	2
2007	33	Seattle	AL	161	678	111	238	22	7	6	68	37	8	49	77	.351	.396	.431	.827	292	4	2	13	3	7
2008	34	Seattle	AL	162	686	103	213	20	7	6	42	43	4	51	65	.310	.361	.386	.747	265	3	4	12	5	8
Totals:				1,280	5,460	885	1,805	197	64	73	469	315	70	380	526	.331	.377	.430	.807	2,349	22	27	127	40	42

Roll over stat abbreviations for definitions. Stats through September 28, 2008.^[20]

[edit] Batting style

• Ichiro is well-known for his prolific ability to collect infield hits. He had 59 infield hits during the 2004 season, which topped all major league players.
• In addition to his speed, another factor that helps Ichiro get so many infield hits is his batting style. When Ichiro was young he decided to bat left-handed (even though he is right-handed) just so he could be closer to first base. He also takes his first step towards first base during his swing, allowing him to get an extra step head start down the first base line.
• Ichiro's trademark batting stance is arguably one of the most recognizable in baseball (see his "pre-swing pose" picture at the top of this article). He points his right arm straight at the pitcher holding the bat standing straight up, and then tugs his right sleeve with his free left hand. He repeats this routine prior to standing in to face every single pitch.
• Although Ichiro boasts a career major league batting average of .331 (as of August 16, 2008), he usually gets off to a slower start during the first month of the season. His career average for April is .294.
• A writer for the New York Times considered the fact that Ichiro prefers hitting singles--which increases the number of at-bats, to drawing walks, and concluded that he is more likely to break DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak than to register a .400 batting average.^[21]

[edit] Awards in Japan

• 7-time Best Nine (1994-2000)
• 7-time Gold Glove (1994-2000)
• 3-time MVP (1994-1996)
• 2-time MLA (1994-1995)

[edit] Personal life

The Japanese name "Ichiro" is often written 一郎, meaning "first son". Ichiro's name, however, is written with a different character, 一朗, so that his name roughly means "brightest, most cheerful". He has an elder brother, Kazuyasu Suzuki, who is a fashion designer.

Ichiro married Yumiko Fukushima, a former TV announcer, on December 3, 1999 at a small church in Santa Monica, California. The couple has no children. They have a pet dog (Shiba Inu) named "Ikkyu", a combination of "Ichiro" and "Yumiko". A kanji letter, "yumi" is pronounced "kyu" as well.

Ichiro is also well known for always wearing high stocking baseball pants and has worn these type for every game since the 2006 season.

Ichiro's walk-up music for the 2008 Major League Baseball season is "The Sweet Escape" by Gwen Stefani along with "Lady Marmalade" performed by Christina Aguilera, P!nk, Lil Kim, and Mya.

In January 2006, Ichiro played himself in Furuhata Ninzaburō, a Japanese Columbo-like TV drama that he loves. In the drama, he kills a person and is arrested.

[edit] Photo gallery

Image:IchiroTDome.jpg|Ichiro in an advertisement at the Tokyo Dome in 2007	Ichiro walks back to the dugout after striking out	Ichiro on first base	Ichiro walks backs in from right field
Ichiro exercising a predefence practice	Ichiro at bat, 2002	Ichiro celebrating the team's victory with teammates

[edit] See also

• List of Major League Baseball players with a .325 batting average
• List of Major League Baseball batting champions
• List of Major League Baseball stolen base champions
• List of Major League Baseball Hit Records

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

• Allen, Jim. Ichiro Magic. New York: Kodansha America, 2001. ISBN 4770028717.
• Christopher, Matt, and Glenn Stout. At the Plate With... Ichiro. New York: Little, Brown, 2003. ISBN 0316136794.
• Dougherty, Terri. Ichiro Suzuki. ?: Checkerboard Books, 2003. ISBN 1591974836.

• Johnson, Daniel (2006). Japanese Baseball: A Statistical Handbook. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0786428414. 

• Komatsu, Narumi, and Philip Gabriel. Ichiro on Ichiro: Conversations with Narumi Komatsu. Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 2004. ISBN 1570614318.
• Leigh, David S. Ichiro Suzuki. Minneapolis: Twenty-First Century Books, 2004. ISBN 0822517922.
• Levin, Judith. Ichiro Suzuki. New York: Chelsea House Publications, 2007. ISBN 0791094405.
• Rappoport, Ken. Super Sports Star Ichiro Suzuki. Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Enslow Elementary, 2004. ISBN 0766021378.
• Rosenthal, Jim. Ichiro's Art of Playing Baseball: Learn How to Hit, Steal, and Field Like an All-Star. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2006. ISBN 0312358318.
• Savage, Jeff. Ichiro Suzuki. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 2003. ISBN 0822513447.
• Savage, Jeff. Ichiro Suzuki, revised ed. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 2007. ISBN 0822572664.
• Shields, David. "Baseball Is Just Baseball": The Understated Ichiro: An Unauthorized Collection Compiled by David Shields. Seattle: TNI Books, 2001. ISBN 0967870313.
• Stewart, Mark. Ichiro Suzuki: Best in the West. Minneapolis: Millbrook Press, 2002. ISBN 0761326162.
• Whiting, Robert. The Meaning of Ichiro: The New Wave from Japan and the Transformation of Our National Pastime. Warner Books, 2004; retitled for the 2005 paperback to The Samurai Way of Baseball: The New Wave from Japan and the Transformation of Our National Pastime. ISBN 0446531928, ISBN 0446694037.