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Ichiro Suzuki

1973 - Today

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Ichiro Suzuki (鈴木 一朗, Suzuki Ichirō; born 22 October 1973), also known mononymously as Ichiro (イチロー, Ichirō), is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder who played for 28 seasons. He played the first nine years of his career with the Orix BlueWave of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), and the next 12 years with the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). Suzuki then played two and a half seasons with the New York Yankees and three with the Miami Marlins before returning to the Mariners for his final two seasons. He won two World Baseball Classic titles as part of the Japanese national team. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ichiro Suzuki is the 10th most popular baseball player (up from 12th in 2019), the 936th most popular biography from Japan (down from 906th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Baseball Player.

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Ichiro Suzuki ranks 10 out of 91Before him are Lou Gehrig, Sadaharu Oh, Cy Young, Hank Aaron, Alexander Cartwright, and Ty Cobb. After him are Willie Mays, Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, Barry Bonds, Yogi Berra, and Roberto Clemente.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Ichiro Suzuki ranks 85Before him are Pharrell Williams, Stacey Abrams, Yorgos Lanthimos, Stephenie Meyer, Xavier Bettel, and Tim Kang. After him are Airat Ichmouratov, Al-Saadi Gaddafi, Luis Lacalle Pou, Gabry Ponte, ATB, and Grey DeLisle.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ichiro Suzuki ranks 936 out of 6,245Before him are Kaneto Shindo (1912), Takehiko Inoue (1967), Osachi Hamaguchi (1870), Yamamoto Kansuke (1493), Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570), and Fumiko Enchi (1905). After him are Tetsuo Sugamata (1957), Masujiro Nishida (1899), Kyuichi Tokuda (1894), Yasuhiko Okudera (1952), Arima Harunobu (1567), and Tomoji Tanabe (1895).

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In Japan

Among baseball players born in Japan, Ichiro Suzuki ranks 2Before him are Sadaharu Oh (1940). After him are Hideo Nomo (1968), Shohei Ohtani (1994), Hideki Matsui (1974), Yu Darvish (1986), Daisuke Matsuzaka (1980), Koji Uehara (1975), Kenta Maeda (1988), Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1998), and Jung-hoo Lee (1998).