Ichiro Suzuki was among the few Japanese players who transitioned ... It places him narrowly behind Derek Jeter (2020) and Mariano Rivera (2019) in Hall of Fame voting percentages.

New York Yankees legend Mariano Rivera and his wife are accused in a lawsuit of failing to protect a young girl who was sexually abused by an older child during a summer camp trip sponsored by their ...

The Japanese outfielder is one of three players ... but there is only one that was a unanimous selection - Mariano Rivera. All 425 ballots that were submitted in 2019 included the legendary ...

That has long been the assumption among baseball fans regarding the Japanese outfielder who played ... t join MLB’s all-time saves leader, Mariano Rivera, as the only unanimous picks.

making him the first-ever Japanese-born player to earn the honor, all while leaving him just one vote shy of being the second-ever unanimous Hall of Fame selection (Mariano Rivera, 2019).

Global baseball's hit king Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese-born player elected ... of America -- but Yankees pitching great Mariano Rivera remains the only unanimously elected Hall of ...

The singular BBWAA voter who snubbed Ichiro Suzuki for the Hall of Fame is still at large, and is likely to remain so after the organization's final release of ballots.

Mariano Rivera remained the only player to get 100% of the vote from ... Suzuki came to Major League Baseball from Japan as a 27-year-old in 2001 and joined Fred Lynn in 1975 as the only players to ...

There was no doubt that Ichiro, who played nine years in the Nippon Baseball League in Japan before 19 years ... following Yankees legendary closer Mariano Rivera's election in 2019.

When his name appeared on the ballot for the first time, the only question was whether the iconic, trailblazing Japanese outfielder ... York Yankees reliever Mariano Rivera became the first ...