NEW YORK (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki could become the first Japanese player in baseball's Hall of Fame, and CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner and Carlos Beltrán also could be elected Tuesday when results of the writers' voting are announced.

It won't be official until the voting is released, but Ichiro Suzuki is heading to the Hall of Fame. The Japanese outfielder is expected to be one of the names inducted into Cooperstown in the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame class.

Ichiro Suzuki was among the few Japanese players who transitioned well from Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball to Major League Baseball.

Ichiro will go into the Hall of Fame as professional baseball’s all-time leader in hits with 4,367 (3,089 in MLB and 1,278 in Japan) — more even than Pete Rose's 4,256. He broke George Sisler’s single-season hits mark of 257 in 2004. The new mark is 262.

There will be no wait for Suzuki, who will become the first Hall of Famer born in Japan and may become the first position player to earn unanimous election. New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, who received all 425 votes in 2019, is the only unanimous inductee.

NEW YORK (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki could join Mariano Rivera as the only unanimous picks for baseball’s Hall of Fame and CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner and Carlos Beltrán also could be elected when ...

“He healed the wounds in Japan’s national psyche,” Kiyoteru ... player chosen unanimously after New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera. Ichiro debuted in Major League Baseball in 2001 ...

“He healed the wounds in Japan’s national psyche,” Kiyoteru ... player chosen unanimously after New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera. Ichiro debuted in Major League Baseball in 2001 ...

Suzuki could join Mariano Rivera as the only unanimous picks for ... 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 ...

Suzuki could join Mariano Rivera as the only unanimous picks for ... 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 ...

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Former Japanese outfielder Ichiro Suzuki was on the brink of becoming the second player in history to be inducted into the Hall of Fame of MLB with a perfect score. This would have put him on par with Mariano Rivera,