Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare decision to bypass Japanese professional baseball entirely and agreed to a ...

The Orioles plan to tap into new special adviser Adam Jones’ experience in Japan to help expand the ballclub’s reach.

The player finished his career with 3,089 hits in MLB -- on top of 1,278 he piled up in nine years in Japan. His 4,367 hits ...

We explain why the Boston Red Sox, New York Mets and Yankees are sure to battle it out for Japanese star Munetaka Murakami ...

Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he ...

His 4,367 professional hits, including from his nine years in Japan's domestic league, are the most of any player at baseball ...

Ichiro's election to the Hall of Fame makes him the first Japanese-born player elected to the Hall of Fame. Ichiro was also ...

Former Japanese star Ichiro Suzuki headlined inductees in the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame. He became famous as a Seattle Mariner, and his election comes as Japanese players are more popular than ever.

Congratulations to Ichiro on his induction to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame this week! He received 92.6% of the vote, becoming just the seventh player to enter the hall on their first ballot.

Longtime Seattle Mariners player and coach Ichiro Suzuki announced as first Japanese born player elected to Baseball Hall of ...

Ichiro Suzuki, whose uncanny hitting talent made him a Seattle Mariners icon after he'd established himself as a star in ...

Ichiro made his debut with the Mariners in 2001, becoming the first Japanese position player to join Major League Baseball. That season he won both the American League MVP and Rookie of the Year ...