1 new york yankees (2012–2014)
1.1 rest of 2012: second postseason appearance
1.2 2013
1.3 2014
new york yankees (2012–2014)
rest of 2012: second postseason appearance
ichiro yankee, on deck in july 2012.
ichiro approached mariners ask trade @ midseason in 2012, felt guilty taking roster spot younger player while team in rebuilding process. first choice play new york yankees. mariners traded him yankees minor league pitchers d. j. mitchell , danny farquhar on july 23. seattle received cash in trade. ichiro left seattle hitting .261 .288 on-base percentage (obp), 4 home runs, 28 rbis , 15 stolen bases in 95 games. first game yankee played night of trade, @ safeco field against mariners. before trade consummated, ichiro agreed yankees conditions, stated play ichiro in left field, bat him @ bottom of lineup, , sit him against left-handed pitching. ichiro go on hit safely in first 12 games yankee, tying record set don slaught. wore #31 during tenure yankees, traditional #51 out of commission (later retired) yankees bernie williams.
ichiro hit first home run yankee, , 100th of career, on july 30 against baltimore orioles. week ending september 23, ichiro named al player of week after hitting .600 (15-for-25) 3 doubles, 2 home runs, 5 rbi, 7 runs scored, , 6 stolen bases in 6 games. led mlb players in batting average, hits, steals , obp (.630). in 67 games new york, ichiro batted .322 .340 obp, 28 runs, 5 home runs , 27 rbis. improved performance, yankees @ times batted him second , started him against left-handers.
ichiro performed in first playoff appearance since beginning of career. against baltimore orioles in 2012 alds, ichiro ran home on ball hit robinson canó. despite ball beating him plate, orioles catcher matt wieters had difficulty tagging ichiro, evaded multiple tag attempts jumping on , around wieters. in game 1 of 2012 alcs, ichiro hit first career postseason home run; however, yankees lost series detroit tigers in 4 games.
on december 19, 2012, ichiro finalized $13 million deal 2 years yankees.
2013
on june 25, 2013, ichiro hit walk-off home run against rangers pitcher tanner scheppers 2 outs in bottom of ninth inning. earlier in game, 3 of teammates had led off fourth, fifth, , sixth innings home runs, of yankees runs in game provided solo home runs.
on august 21, 2013, ichiro collected 4,000th professional career hit single off toronto blue jays pitcher r.a. dickey, becoming seventh player in professional baseball history known have reached mark after pete rose, ty cobb, julio franco, hank aaron, jigger statz, , stan musial. quite possible jake beckley , sam crawford may have produced 4,000 hits, data of minor league seasons missing.
2014
on july 10, 2014, ichiro collected 2,800th mlb hit off of cleveland indians pitcher scott atchison in top of eighth inning @ progressive field. on august 9, 2014, ichiro hit single in game, again against indians, pass george sisler on all-time hit list 2,811th hit. ichiro had broken sisler s single season hit record in 2004 season.
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