Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner. With players this accomplished and an institution so steeped in history, there are plenty of fun facts to dig through about the newest Hall of Fame class.
NEW YORK — (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki could become the first Japanese player in baseball's Hall of Fame, and CC Sabathia ... 27-year-old in 2001 and joined Fred Lynn in 1975 as the only players ...
Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for the Hall, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected along with CC Sabathia and ... who joined Fred Lynn in 1975 as the only ...
While Ichiro Suzuki was snubbed of just one vote in the prestigious MLB Hall of Fame voting, MLB insider is not happy with it.
It all led to Ichiro becoming the second player to win his league’s Rookie of the Year Award and MVP Award in the same year, joining Fred Lynn (1975 ... be elected to the Hall of Fame unanimously.