Yuri Karasawa

Jan 21, 2025 | worldbaseball.com | Yuri Karasawa |Ichiro Suzuki

About 4 minutes reading time. Following his induction to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame last week, Ichiro Suzuki is officially Cooperstown-bound. The legendary right fielder received 99.7 percent of votes by the Baseball Writers Association of America, falling just one vote shy of joining Mariano Rivera as the only other unanimous Hall of Famer. CC Sabathia, who played alongside Ichiro on the New York Yankees from 2012 to 2014, and Billy Wagner will join Ichiro in the 2025 class.