Seattle icon Ichiro Suzuki embarks on the next phase of his baseball life in the Mariners' front office, turning the page on an 18-year career that's spanned 10 All-Star appearances, 10 Gold Gloves, one batting title, as well as AL MVP and Rookie of the Year honors in 2001
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Dude started at age 27 and ended up with 3000+ hits. Unbelievable.
Yep, if he would've came over 5 years earlier, he would've set the all time hits record.
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He actually has the all-time hit record as a professional baseball player, he had 1227 hits in Japan before coming to the U.S.
@@jasonburkes5391 are you saying those should count towards his total?
@@austinluszcz1426 Why not, MLB is not the only professional baseball league in the world. Its like saying Cristiano Ronaldo should not score 777 goals because it come from different leagues, some weaker than the others.
Fact: When Ichiro was playing in Japan, the Japanese league played 30 fewer games per year than MLB. In fact, Ichiro has only hit over 200 once in his nine years in Japan, but he has hit over 200 in MLB ten times, including an insane record of 262. My opinion: If he had been in MLB since his professional debut, he would have surpassed Pete Rose in all time hit record with ease.
You’re going to do a video on Ichiro, and not include any of his throws? Not even the Terrence Long throw from right field?
Steven Giannoni career milestones. Not career highlights.
Nelson Sanchez so... the robbed home runs? you know....that fabled robbed home run record. the video says “the career of ichiro” lol
Steven Giannoni they were his “first” robbed HRs and his first “wall-climbing” HR. or idk, i didn’t make the video 🤷♀️
The thumbnail also shows the word 'Best'
I'm with you. It was literally dubbed "The throw" by Japanese media because it was so spectacular.
Ichiro. The man. The myth. The legend
Ruth Montesa Ichiro...Kratos
= The baseball hero
He should go to hall of fame just for making all those plays without his sunglasses falling off his head
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In an interview, Ichiro said it would be difficult to reach the record for the most hits of the year “262”,even if he went back to the past.
The greatest Japanese MLB player ever
A1 Video gamer Idk about greatest player ever but I will say he is the greatest hitter ever hands down...
He said Japanese
A1 Video gamer possibly the best hitter as well. Considering he waited like 9 years before going to mlb
Have you ever seen him play the outfield? He has a stack of gold gloves for a reason.
Yes, and one of the best ever to don a MLB uniform, PERIOD.
Imagine if he came over to the MLB when he was 20, he coulda been top 3 in all time hits
@Pen Island His averages were higher in Japan than in MLB (I just made that up but might be true).
I consider him the greatest hitter of all time. Japan may not be as strong as MLB but I bet 60% of his hits in Japan would have translated to MLB success.
If we take only his hits in the mlb, extract an average from his entire tenure in the mlb for per season hits (which isn’t fair to him obviously, given that he declined late into his career and we’ll say he played in the 2019 season even though he appeared only up until the end of March) and then we say he’d hit at 50% of that average for those theoretical 7 years because he was still building up his skills or something, we can estimate a very conservative 3658 hits. That’s good for 4th all time for hits in the mlb. Ichiro is, if we stack everything possible against him, the fourth best hitter in mlb history.
@@douglasmcfarland9040 In his first 10 seasons he had 200 hits or more lets say he will average 150 7 seasons before that, he would have like 4200 hits easily
@@douglasmcfarland9040 Tony Gwynn is the best imo but Ichiro is 1000% 2nd in modern baseball and that's without him playing his entire career in the states..which shows how unbelievable he was
One of THE MOST most humble, surprising, hard working and dedicated baseball players to ever play. As a braves fan, watching this man as a kid was amazing. Easily one of my top 3 players of all time.
Cookie_ ninja500 same here
Let's keep this at 51 "Likes"
gotasetoftwins17 that’s awesome. Let’s see if we can
@@cookie_ninja5004 Impossible, It's Ichiro!
Braves have a Babe Ruth in Roy Acuna Jr.
Who’s here after his retirement game?! He’s a true legend and GOAT Hall of Fame for sure
Alunski Jacky I am, he is GOAT
He has many more incredible plays that are not shown in this video. But a good video none-the-less.
he's legendary
Alunski Jacky Hall of Fame is a no brainer. Ichiro would be in the list even if there was a more prestigious award than the HoF.
Me
Growing up as a Mariners fan living in Seattle, my baseball friends and I idolized Ichiro as a beacon of what baseball is about. We would imitate his stance at the plate, popping his sleeve and extending the bat outwards, we tried mimicking his swing... we did it all! I'm so thankful to grow up in a time where he ruled my beloved city with a humble and hard-working glove! I am so thankful for the memories he produced for me and I'm so thankful for what he did for the game of baseball in Seattle! Ich, thank you for everything!
precious memories..!
His swing is the most fun to emulate when playing wiffle ball.
I'm a say this.. Some may disagree some may agree but he's the best hitter in baseball ever.. Considering he didn't play in the mlb till he was 28.. Dude hands down best hitter of all time.. And is a hall of famer
Hall of famer no doubt
I mean. You can think that, but there the objective data doesn't back you up on that.
i will say this, considering he kept himself healthy for a long as he did and extended his mlb career for as long as he could, the last 5 season kinda put a kink in his otherwise outstanding HoF career but IMO he still falls behind Tony Gwynn as the best pure hitter the game has seen since Ted Williams, and for sure the best hitter since TG retired .But If TG could have kept himself healthier throughout his career (he only avg 122 games played over his 20 yr career) he for sure wouldve eclipsed Pete Rose's all time mlb record.
Best "hitter" as in getting hits? Probably, yea.
No doubt. 200 hits for 10 consecutive years man no one has done that in the history
10 straight 200+ hits in a season to start his career. That's just ridiculous and will never be replicated. He had 262 hits one season 🥶
Where’s “The Throw?” The walk-off homer off Mo Rivera? The inside-the-park homer in the All-Star Game? The homer on his return to Seattle? The ninja move to escape the tag at home plate and score? You’re going to do a career Ichiro highlight video and leave those out?!
THANK YOU!
this is not a highlight video
buddy if they included all of ichiros plays this video would be three hours long.
He has too much great plays
I agree, too much content to show in under 15 min. You could do highlight reels all day long with Ichiro.
Ichiro’s 262 hits in one season won’t ever be touched especially with how baseball is played today
・17 consecutive year Golden glover ・17 consecutive year All star player ・17 consecutive year .300+ hitter between Japan and USA.
아! 마츠이, 이치로, 오타니...야구계의 보배다. 지금도 마츠이, 이치로의 경기가 그립다.
Ichiro had 4 of the 5 baseball tools. He absolutely had speed, arm strength, fielding, and batted for average, he just lacked power. However, Ichiro stated he could hit home runs if he wanted to but felt that was not how he could be most valuable to the team.
He had surprising power and routinely flashed it in BP.
He was known to smash HR’s in BP, he could have been a better power hitter if he wanted to but that wasn’t his style of play.
BEST BASEBALL PLAYER EVER!!
If Ichiro had played in Ty Cobb's era, he would have hit .500. 5 tool players like him are so rare and so talented and they need to be honored in an era where guys get contracts for hitting 30 HR's and having .200 batting averages. And the scary thing is, he didn't debut in the MLB till he was 27. Imagine if he was Miguel Cabrera debuting at 19. For the record, I am a Yankee fan and I am proud that Ichiro Suzuki wore the pinstripes
When he first started playing in MLB, he experienced a lot of discrimination and was often told to go back to Japan. That's why he heard that he made a tremendous effort to get back on track with his ability.
More hits than anyone who has ever played the game of baseball. Period.
3000安打500盗塁を27歳からやったんだから、普通にヤバいよ。 MLBの歴史でも、イチロー含めて7人しか居ない偉業。
Shocked by hearing this today. The Mariners and A's play a opening day series in Japan in 2019. Ichiro could play in it. His final sendoff. The possible reason why he is not officially retired.
polishtheturd mickelson ichiro took a front desk position earlier today for the Mariners. Unfortunate timing, as Shohei was expected to pitch against him next week. Would have been nice to see.
Right, I knew about his office job now. Smartest move the Mariners have made in years since drafting Felix Hernandez. Keeping Ichiro to coach and mentor players. Get his input on future drafts and signings.
Ichiro said he wants to play until he's 50
No stadium in Japan could hold all of the fans who would want to attend that game if Ichiro were to play.
polishtheturd mickelson damn he called it
10 straight seasons of 200+ hits, a gold glove and a sliver slugger. It will never happen again. He was the greatest all around baseball player of all time. Only person i would throw in there is Ken Griffey Jr.
He caught a homer right next to us once, he apologized profusely for needing to throw it back and tossed us a ball in the next inning
In the interview, Ichiro said it would be difficult to reach the record for the most hits of the year,even if he went back to the past.
That's really wholesome of him
10 yr of 200+ hits , is amazing . He’s first ballot hall of famer
I'm so proud he is Japanese player and same to I'm japanese. Ichiro give to us lot of dream to japanese people and MLB. He is COOL AWESOME I can't explain my word!!!! But I want to watch Shohei vs ichiro. This is one of my dream!!!!!!!!
Ichiro is a legend. I'm a big fan of Ichiro here in Venezuela.
I'm Japanese too
How can someone that has accomplished so much be so humble? Not a trace of arrogance in him. Can't help but appreciate this great man. He is John Stockton of baseball.
Its impossible to find someone who can honestly say they dislike Ichiro Suzuki. Ive grown up watching this legend and ive enjoyed every minute of it. Thank you Ichiro!!
That one heckler in Toronto who was a Blue Jay fan
Perhaps not “dislike”, but I gather that quite a lot of the heavy analytics folks enjoy saying he’s really overrated.
He was my idol, i stole his batting routine. Legend forever.
才能に溢れた選手は数多くいるけど、これほど努力を積み重ねれる選手は後にも先にも現れないと思う。 イチローが成し遂げてきた事はそれだけ偉大なことで、どんな状況でも天狗になることなく、準備を怠らずベストを尽くしてきた事は本当に尊敬しかない。
高校時代サボり魔でした
I have been watching Baseball for more than 60 years and I have seen some of the best ever, Mickey Mattel, Willie Mays, Johnny Bench, but Ichiro is the Best ever and this when Baseball has middle relievers, incredible close out pitchers, and some of the best starting pitchers ever ! It was a pleasure watching such a great player.
One of my top all universe players. Prime ichiro is one of my outfielders in every real life fantasy team. What a guy, so humble for having so much talent. Reminds me of Barry Sanders. Thank you for existing Ichiro
Ichiro came over with a lot of fanfare, and a lot of people were prepared to dislike him. But his tireless work ethic and his unquestioned skills won people over. Offensively and defensively, he always played hard and gave fans their money’s worth. He has paid honor to baseball through his career, and I hope that baseball returns the favor by making him a first ballot Hall of Famer.
I'll never forget the first time I saw him play, in the All-Star Game, when he outran that GROUNDER TO FIRST BASE.
That's nothing, he did that all the time. Infield hits were his middle name. He was a extremely fast base runner, that's how he got over four hundred stolen bases.
ringtones
One of the BEST ever in MLB history.
I personally believe that Ichiro is THE greatest player in the history of baseball. NO other player could or can do what he was able to do. The hit records, the amazing defensive plays, the speed, the reliabllity. He is the best all around player ever. No question. Take just about any player you want and Ichiro’s records beats them. I am so glad I was alive during his era
Beautiful form, perfect executing skills, deep penetrating-concentra- tion, quick responses, near perfect all-around natural athlete, in my opinion.
As a Seattle Mariner, I've been blessed to see a lot of good baseball players. But to enjoy the careers of Ken Griffey Jr. and Ichiro from the inception of their careers was a true joy, and those memories are great!
M's are a trash franchise. Over-hyped players and zero pennants to show for any of it. Kind of like that Paxton game, 16K's and no W.
GTOAviator But I got to see Griffey, Jr. and his dad play on the same team in the same season, and they hit back-to-back homeruns. That'll never happen again. And I got to see Ichiro become the single season greatest hitter(most hits) of all time. I got to see Griffey, Jr. hit a home run in 8 consecutive games. I got to watch the sweetest swing of all time every night! And more...BOOM!!!
GTOAviator sometimes you just got to find things to enjoy about the ride mang
A.A. Corbet Sounds like a fanbase that's willing to settle for mediocrity. Have fun not making the playoffs again.
GTOAviator First of all, Seattle fans are the best in all of professional sports. Second, the Mariners have lost only one series this year, and we have the best closer in baseball. Third, the Mariners will win the World Series this year, and the Seahawks will win the Superbowl again within the next 3 years, maybe this season. And 4th, Seattle is the greatest city in the world...BOOM!!!
First ballot no doubt. There's no controversy there. But I think he'll get over 90% of the vote aswell. Absolutely outstanding career. The best overall (excluding power) hitter/outfielder the mlb has ever seen. Yeah Tony Gwinn could be argued to be a better hitter, but Ichiro was a much better fielder with an absolute CANON of an arm. Better hitter than Rose. Better player than Gwinn. The fact that he was able to even stand out like he did in the steroid era and be a dominant leadoff hitter for 10 straight years, that's unreal.
He should get all of the votes, if theres a writer that doesnt vote him in on their ballot they should never write about baseball ever again.
I am hardly a real baseball fan. Casual at best. But if Ichiro isn't a UNANIMOUS HOFer, I'm gonna get pissed.
Doesn’t matter what team he played for, you couldn’t stop respecting him
Ichiro is easily one of the best player to ever put on an MLB uniform right? Regardless of what Pete Rose trys to say, Ichiro is the hit king. I grew up from Seattle, so the mariners have always been my favorite team since birth. Ichiro is my 🐐
He's one of my favorite baseball players of all time.
It was painful to watch Ichiro as a Yankee, but I’m glad he got to continue him amazing career.
This man is the sole reason I have been an Aussie Mariners fan for over 20 years
Was an honor being able to see this man play the game
Ichiro is one of the greatest players in baseball history, not only MLB... in world's baseball history!
The best baseball hitter
Ted Williams and Babe Ruth and Henry Aaron and Willie Mays and a bunch of other guys were better hitters.
hahahahahahahahha......next time instead of guessing, read the averages
Ted Williams Babe Ruth Hank Aaron Willie Mays Barry Bonds Ty Cobb Lou Gehrig S.Musial Tris Speaker Hornsby Honus Wagner A-Rod Bench A.Pujols Ken Griffey Jr Foxx Mantle Schmidt Pete Rose DiMaggio Mathews Rickey Henderson Cal Ripken Frank Robinson Manny Mel Ott 還有太多人 都比他好
@@verbty2987 no Tony gwynn? If not for the strike he had .400.
jeffw1267 babe Ruth is overrated
Damn I'm old..I was a freshman in highschool when Ichiro started off with the Mariners..those were some good times..Griffey Jr., The Bone Jay Buhner, The Unit Randy Johnson.. sucks to see a legend retire.. he was the last of the Greatest Mariners Roster left to play
i love Ichiro and a person who like Ichiro.
He was the greatest hitter from Asia Great respect from Korea
Greatest hitter to ever play
one of the best ball players of all time
In 2001, Ichiro Suzuki is AL MVP, Mariners MVP, MLB Players Choice AL Outstanding Rookie, AL Rookie of the Year, AL Silver Slugger, Rawlings AL Gold Glove, Hits 1st in AL, Batting Average 1st in AL, Stolen Bases 1st in AL. You can use walk , sb, to create one run. In 26 years,you only have 2 chances in DL,and so on.
Ichiro one of the greatest baseball players of all time
Thanks Ichiro you were the best player in MLB
Loved watching this man play. Humble, professional, a Hall Of Famer. See you in Cooperstown Ichiro. It's been a privilege.
As a Seattle fan for a lifetime, I am happy other teams got to view him play on their teams. What an exciting player to watch and for young players, a wonderful role model. 1st round Ballot HOF...
From a die hard Astros fan....you are an amazing talent.....THANK YOU ICHIRO
Gotta love Ichiro. Always fun to watch, and great professional ethics
This is so cool
Unumstritten, best Baseballspieler.
He is a for sere a hall of famer amazing baseball player.
not first ballot tho
duelinthis definitely first ballot look in the description 10 gold gloves??
duelinthis Who the hell competes with him? He holds 3 mlb records, has 10 gold gloves and the only reason he isn't the all-time hit leader is because he debuted at 28. He averaged more hits per season than Pete.
イチロー最高‼️
He would have 1,000-1,500 more hits if he started in the MLB as a true rookie.
One the the best outfielders and hitters of all time!
200hits ten years in a low most hits in a year 262 10 time gold grover all time hits record on GUINNESS oh my…
I love Ichiro’ humanity and humility. An embodiment of japanese’ nature, culture and nurture
For me, greatest all around player in history
The fact that people think Ichiro is even the best player of his era kinda proves that people don't know shit about baseball
ichiro was terrific, but come on. mays, bonds, wagner, cobb, griffey, hornsby, a-rod, musial, dimaggio, ted williams...
i see u guys are going for the steriod slugger...
@@JonahLoeb steroid😂
I'll Take Ichiro from 26 - 36 years old over Rose 26 - 36 years old all day. One of the best to ever play.
Reacher
Honestly, he's my all time go to for a clutch walk off hit, it's either him or Edgar Martinez. Both guys have actual ice in their vines.
I'll take rose and all his rings...winner wherever he went
Just over 262 hits ! This record will be exist for a long time in MLB .And continuous ten times of over 200 hits is also the record in MLB. Ichiro was the most greatest player in MLB. I never see like this player as Ichiro, and he enjoyed to play baseball all the time in his career, I'm sure.
What a hitting machine, fast runner, and dude had a canon too. One of baseball best and a great guy. Was fun to watch play. Real class act. Great video
Thank you Ichiro! Watching you play was an absolute honor. You played the game with such dedication and class. I will really miss seeing you on the field. Good luck to you buddy!
I was at the "Spider-Man Catch" game. Sitting in the left field bleachers right next to center field. I knew he was good. But I was in total shock and amazement. He jumped, planted his foot on the wall, turned around, and catch the ball just with his glove. Just wow.
No matter what the stats are, he is a legend and his legacy will live on. Undoubtably one of the players to play the game especially after being able to stay healthy for so long. I also have to say that many people don’t count his professional career in Japan. Whether they like it or not, it should count. He has achieved more milestones than any other player.
Ichiro has been so amazing to watch all these years, an incredible career for sure. Always get choked up hearing the legendary Dave Niehaus on the call as well.
One of the best to ever do it. Played with class and discipline rarely seen today in team sports. Never involved in any scandal or controversy on and off the field. Most importantly played the game how it should be played, with respect. Will never see another like him. I'm just glad I was able to see him play in my lifetime.
Awesome!!!
Who else is here after he officially retired?
Don't remind us - the pain is still too near.
@@tvu86 Ichiro might pull a Brett Favar and come back but unlike Favar be good
The look Ichiro had on his face in the welcome back to Seattle press conference when the list of his own accomplishments ran long was everything that awes me about this man. Legend amongst legends.
Baseball 4 life love u mlb
Brings tears to my eyes, favorite player growing up for sure!
I had the pleasure of seeing him live when I was on vacation in St. Petersburg, Florida with some friends. It was a Rays vs. Mariners game. One of the greatest offense and defense baseball players of all time.
Got to see Ichiro hit an inside the park home run at the 2007 all star game in San Francisco in person. Amazing player.
Can't believe they didn't put his walk-off homer against Mo on this...
im a yankee fan and i remember watching that live and being so mad but looking back that was so epic
Ivan Mena - Same here. Also a Yankees fan...having watched Mo for as long as I did is what made Ichiro's walk-off all the more impressive. Plus, Ichiro is just a difficult guy not to like.
Been a Yankee fan forever. Never saw anyone hit a Mariano cutter like that in my life. I remember my heart dropping as soon as he hit the ball cause there was no doubt where that ball was landing. Ichiro, What a legend!
Seriously. How could they not put it in there? And no highlight video is complete without his throw against Long. I mean come on. Personally there has been no other more iconic play than that in my lifetime. That was the most badass intro to anyone’s arm.
I was expecting that through the whole video. Oh well, it's better with Guile's theme anyway. kzhead.info/sun/ndylfsdseImAfmg/bejne.html
He was a joy to watch. An amazing talent realized.
Legend, easily one of the best hitters of the 2000’s, and honestly possibly of all time. Oh and he was pretty damn good in the field too.
I am so happy I got to watch him live. What a magnificent player to watch play. I miss him.
Ichi is my greatest of all time.
If Ichiro entered the MLB as a 21 year old today, he’d have a $500m contract by 26
イチローの捕球エリア、捕球技術、彼も二刀流です。
Ichiro and Matsui... my two favorite Japanese players.
Hearing Dave's voice! My Oh! My! this is a great video. Thanks for making it. Ichiro is a class act. Great player.
i remember as a kid me & my family were sitting in the diamond club & seeing ichiro come out to bat so close to us was incredible
How can you have an Ichiro Suzuki video without one throw? At the very least, the throw he made to nail Terrence Long at 3rd base of his rookie year, is a must
My God Ichiro was so good! Idk If anyone got the chance to watch him hit batting practice before a game, but he used to hit monster HRs like it was nothing!! He was amazing!
My favorite player of all time of any sport. I was in 5th grade/6th his rookie year and have loved him since
I’ve never even been that big of a baseball fan but I was so sad to hear him retiring. Best of luck for everything he tries after his amazing career
People tip toe around it; he is the best player the MLB has ever seen.
Something I've always admired about Ichiro was his humility. I don't think I've ever seen him showboat or do anything unnecessary. All he ever did was play the game. And play the game quite well he did. It was an honor to watch that man. Grew up watching him as a kid I would model my batters stance after him.
I don't understand how anyone can dislike. He played the game to the purest form and he is always humble.
What a legend! So much talent in one player!