2017 Ichiro Suzuki



ichiro marlins in 2017


on april 19, ichiro hit first home run against former team seattle mariners, 9th-inning drive off evan marshall. ichiro scored 1400th run in may 23 game against oakland s. on june 14, ichiro singled 365th interleague hit, passing derek jeter becoming all-time leader in inter-league hits.


on june 25, ichiro became oldest player start game in center field since @ least 1900, breaking record held rickey henderson. on june 29, ichiro became oldest active mlb player when bartolo colón designated assignment atlanta braves, albeit colon latched on minnesota twins few weeks later. on july 6, ichiro hit 2 singles against st. louis cardinals, bringing hits total 3,054 , surpassing panamanian-born rod carew all-time leader in mlb hits among foreign-born players.


on august 26, ichiro set marlins single-season franchise record pinch-hits 22nd pinch hit. on september 3, set major league record pinch-hit at-bats in season, 84, , 4 days later set major league record pinch-hit plate appearances in season, 95. on september 8, ichiro became sixth player all-time hit 2,500 career singles, 8th right fielder of all-time record on 4,000 putouts @ position. on october 1, ichiro flied out in last chance tie john vander wal s mlb record of 28 pinch hits in season, finishing 27.


for season, batted .255/.318/.332 1 stolen base (the first season in did not steal @ least 10 bases). ichiro free agent, after marlins declined $2 million club option 2018 season.








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