Ichiro great player but not in the real 4000 hit club.

[irish1]

Ichiro is a hall of famer no doubt but we should not count any stats from japan when talking about his MLB career. Ten straight years he had over 200 hits and thats remarkable but only 2700 of those are in MLB. Thats all we should count. As far as any real baseball fans should be concerned he still needs 1300 more.

[irish1]

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Ichiro Suzuki (Wizard)
Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.
Born: October 22, 1973 in Nichi Kasugai-gun, Aichi, Japan (Age 39)
High School: Aikoudai Meiden (Nagoya, JP) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 2, 2001 (Age 27)
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Yankees 2001-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 2 yrs/$13M (13-14) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 12.000, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Tony Attanasio, previously: Tony Attanasio [*]
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1992	18	ORX	Fgn																										ORX · JPPL
1993	19	ORX	Fgn																										ORX · JPPL
1994	20	ORX	Fgn																										ORX · JPPL
1995	21	ORX	Fgn																										ORX · JPPL
1996	22	ORX	Fgn																										ORX · JPPL
1997	23	ORX	Fgn																										ORX · JPPL
1998	24	ORX	Fgn																										ORX · JPPL
1999	25	ORX	Fgn																										ORX · JPPL
2000	26	ORX	Fgn																										ORX · JPPL
2001	27	SEA	AL	157	738	692	127	242	34	8	8	69	56	14	30	53	.350	.381	.457	.838	126	316	3	8	4	4	10	*9/D	AS,MVP-1,RoY-1,GG,SS
2002	28	SEA	AL	157	728	647	111	208	27	8	8	51	31	15	68	62	.321	.388	.425	.813	120	275	8	5	3	5	27	*9/D8	AS,MVP-17,GG
2003	29	SEA	AL	159	725	679	111	212	29	8	13	62	34	8	36	69	.312	.352	.436	.788	112	296	3	6	3	1	7	*9	AS,MVP-23,GG
2004	30	SEA	AL	161	762	704	101	262	24	5	8	60	36	11	49	63	.372	.414	.455	.869	130	320	6	4	2	3	19	*9/D	AS,MVP-7,GG
2005	31	SEA	AL	162	739	679	111	206	21	12	15	68	33	8	48	66	.303	.350	.436	.786	113	296	5	4	2	6	23	*9/D	AS,GG
2006	32	SEA	AL	161	752	695	110	224	20	9	9	49	45	2	49	71	.322	.370	.416	.786	106	289	2	5	1	2	16	*98/D	AS,MVP-15,GG
2007	33	SEA	AL	161	736	678	111	238	22	7	6	68	37	8	49	77	.351	.396	.431	.827	122	292	7	3	4	2	13	*8/D	AS,MVP-8,GG,SS
2008	34	SEA	AL	162	749	686	103	213	20	7	6	42	43	4	51	65	.310	.361	.386	.747	102	265	8	5	3	4	12	*98/D	AS,MVP-20,GG
2009	35	SEA	AL	146	678	639	88	225	31	4	11	46	26	9	32	71	.352	.386	.465	.851	129	297	1	4	2	1	15	*9/D	AS,MVP-9,GG,SS
2010	36	SEA	AL	162	732	680	74	214	30	3	6	43	42	9	45	86	.315	.359	.394	.754	113	268	3	3	3	1	13	*9/D	AS,MVP-17,GG
2011	37	SEA	AL	161	721	677	80	184	22	3	5	47	40	7	39	69	.272	.310	.335	.645	86	227	11	0	1	4	13	*9D
2012	38	TOT	AL	162	663	629	77	178	28	6	9	55	29	7	22	61	.283	.307	.390	.696	94	245	12	2	5	5	5	*97/8D
2012	38	SEA	AL	95	423	402	49	105	15	5	4	28	15	2	17	40	.261	.288	.353	.642	83	142	10	0	0	4	4	9/D
2012	38	NYY	AL	67	240	227	28	73	13	1	5	27	14	5	5	21	.322	.340	.454	.794	114	103	2	2	5	1	1	97/8D
2013	39	NYY	AL	119	452	424	48	116	13	3	6	29	18	3	20	44	.274	.307	.361	.668	84	153	5	1	6	1	4	*98/7D
13 Yrs				2030	9175	8509	1252	2722	321	83	110	689	470	105	538	857	.320	.362	.416	.778	112	3539	74	50	39	39	177
162 Game Avg.				162	732	679	100	217	26	7	9	55	38	8	43	68	.320	.362	.416	.778	112	282	6	4	3	3	14
SEA (12 yrs)				1844	8483	7858	1176	2533	295	79	99	633	438	97	513	792	.322	.366	.418	.784	113	3283	67	47	28	37	172
NYY (2 yrs)				186	692	651	76	189	26	4	11	56	32	8	25	65	.290	.319	.393	.712	94	256	7	3	11	2	5

[thes0vereign]

Nice cut and paste. Doesn't matter. Nobody should doubt that if Ichiro played in the MLB for his whole career, he'd hit 4k.

[irish1]

So Ted Williams really hit more home runs than the BABE. Hey, we should count his time in the military lost in his prime.

[thes0vereign]

So Ted Williams really hit more home runs than the BABE. Hey, we should count his time in the military lost in his prime.

It really doesn't matter. At the end of the day, Ichiro is a first ballot HOFer. Why? 2700 hits in 14 seasons in the MLB, an average of 193 per year.

[irish1]

No doubt he is in the hall but the players that accomplished the 4000 hit feat deserve that title and "I" didn't do it here. Hey opinions are like ******** everybody's got one. Just thought I throw that out there.

[Bluedragon]

Like Sovereign said, if he was in the MLB his whole career, he would still have 4k. One of the classiest dudes to ever play the game, I don't take a single thing away from him in this situation...he deserves all the praise.

[innovation]

Ichiro is a hall of famer no doubt but we should not count any stats from japan when talking about his MLB career. Ten straight years he had over 200 hits and thats remarkable but only 2700 of those are in MLB. Thats all we should count. As far as any (discriminating) baseball fans should be concerned he still needs 1300 more.

FIXED IT.

I give the guy props. More hits than anyone in the league since 2001. Stand up guy who understand his abilities and has been able to translate that into success. It was great to see the whole YANKEE dugout come out onto the field and you want to bust this guys chops. Amazing.

[bigtymer56]

FIXED IT.

[/B]I give the guy props. More hits than anyone in the league since 2001. Stand up guy who understand his abilities and has been able to translate that into success. It was great to see the whole YANKEE dugout come out onto the field and you want to bust this guys chops. Amazing.

Agreed. Didn't think real baseball fans would be concerned with downplaying what he did in while he was in Japan.

[PaperTrail07]

It is what it is.....Clap a few times and move on....he is respected by the players and thats all that matters to him

[Jefferey13]

I'm with OP. Doesn't count. You're playing at a lower level. If you count Japan then you might as well count minor leagues too for other players. That's professional baseball also. If you're getting paid to play you're pro. But I understand why they are doing it, it's something to hype.

[Winning oasis]

i'm with op. Doesn't count. You're playing at a lower level. If you count japan then you might as well count minor leagues too for other players. That's professional baseball also. If you're getting paid to play you're pro. But i understand why they are doing it, it's something to hype.

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