Ichiro (ee-chee-row) Suzuki (soo-zoo-kee)... resides in Kobe, Japan, with wife, Yumiko... graduated from Aikoudai Meiden High School in March 1992... was the first Japanese position player to sign with a Major League club... was the third Japanese player to sign with the Mariners: RHP Kazuhiro Sasaki (12/18/99) and RHP Mac Suzuki (9/5/93)... helped lead Japan to back-to-back titles in the World Baseball Classic in 2006 and 2009...voted 2001 Seattle P-I Sports Star of the Year... won the Buck Leonard Legacy Award (2001, 2004), the James "Cool Papa" Bell Legacy Award (2001) and the Larry Doby Legend Award (2001) from the Negro League Baseball Museum... was voted Players' Choice AL Most Outstanding Player in 2004... was a finalist for the 2007 Hank Aaron Award... was Mariners nominee for 2008 Heart and Hustle Award... was named to the Sporting News All-Decade team (2000's)...won the Fielding Bible Award in 2006, 2009 and 2010.
Ichiro (ee-chee-row) Suzuki (soo-zoo-kee)... resides in Kobe, Japan, with wife, Yumiko... graduated from Aikoudai Meiden High School in March 1992... was the first Japanese position player to sign with a Major League club... was the third Japanese player to sign with the Mariners: RHP Kazuhiro Sasaki (12/18/99) and RHP Mac Suzuki (9/5/93)... helped lead Japan to back-to-back titles in the World Baseball Classic in 2006 and 2009...voted 2001 Seattle P-I Sports Star of the Year... won the Buck Leonard Legacy Award (2001, 2004), the James "Cool Papa" Bell Legacy Award (2001) and the Larry Doby Legend Award (2001) from the Negro League Baseball Museum... was voted Players' Choice AL Most Outstanding Player in 2004... was a finalist for the 2007 Hank Aaron Award... was Mariners nominee for 2008 Heart and Hustle Award... was named to the Sporting News All-Decade team (2000's)...won the Fielding Bible Award in 2006, 2009 and 2010.
Ichiro (ee-chee-row) Suzuki (soo-zoo-kee)... resides in Kobe, Japan, with wife, Yumiko... graduated from Aikoudai Meiden High School in March 1992... was the first Japanese position player to sign with a Major League club... was the third Japanese player to sign with the Mariners: RHP Kazuhiro Sasaki (12/18/99) and RHP Mac Suzuki (9/5/93)... helped lead Japan to back-to-back titles in the World Baseball Classic in 2006 and 2009...voted 2001 Seattle P-I Sports Star of the Year... won the Buck Leonard Legacy Award (2001, 2004), the James "Cool Papa" Bell Legacy Award (2001) and the Larry Doby Legend Award (2001) from the Negro League Baseball Museum... was voted Players' Choice AL Most Outstanding Player in 2004... was a finalist for the 2007 Hank Aaron Award... was Mariners nominee for 2008 Heart and Hustle Award... was named to the Sporting News All-Decade team (2000's)...won the Fielding Bible Award in 2006, 2009 and 2010.
Ichiro (ee-chee-row) Suzuki (soo-zoo-kee)... resides in Kobe, Japan, with wife, Yumiko... graduated from Aikoudai Meiden High School in March 1992... was the first Japanese position player to sign with a Major League club... was the third Japanese player to sign with the Mariners: RHP Kazuhiro Sasaki (12/18/99) and RHP Mac Suzuki (9/5/93)... helped lead Japan to back-to-back titles in the World Baseball Classic in 2006 and 2009...voted 2001 Seattle P-I Sports Star of the Year... won the Buck Leonard Legacy Award (2001, 2004), the James "Cool Papa" Bell Legacy Award (2001) and the Larry Doby Legend Award (2001) from the Negro League Baseball Museum... was voted Players' Choice AL Most Outstanding Player in 2004... was a finalist for the 2007 Hank Aaron Award... was Mariners nominee for 2008 Heart and Hustle Award... was named to the Sporting News All-Decade team (2000's)...won the Fielding Bible Award in 2006, 2009 and 2010.