Ichiro Suzuki is an accomplished Japanese professional baseball outfielder who has made his mark in both the ‘Nippon Professional Baseball’ (NPB) in Japan and the ‘Major League Baseball’ (MLB) in the US. Presently a free agent, Ichiro made his ‘NPB’ debut in July 1992 for the ‘Orix BlueWave’ and played for the team for nine seasons. His ‘NPB’ career has witnessed many feats, such as seven consecutive ‘All-Star’ appearances, three ‘Most Valuable Player’ (MVP) awards, seven ‘Golden Glove’ awards, seven ‘Best Nine’ awards, three ‘Matsutaro Shoriki’ awards, and three ‘Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize’ wins. He made his ‘MLB’ debut in April 2001, for the ‘Seattle Mariners,’ and with this, he became the first ever Japanese-born position player signed with an ‘MLB’ team. He played for the ‘Seattle Mariners’ for twelve seasons and thereafter, joined the ‘New York Yankees’ for two and a half seasons. Following this, he joined the ‘Miami Marlins.’ This ace outfielder set several ‘MLB records,’ including 262 hits in a single season, ten consecutive 200-hit seasons, the most number of hits in interleague play, and the most number of hits by a foreign-born player. His ‘MLB’ accomplishments include ten consecutive ‘MLB All-Star’ appearances, the ‘Most Valuable Player (MVP) award, the ‘Rookie of the Year Award,’ ten consecutive ‘Gold Glove’ awards, and three ‘Silver Slugger’ awards among others. His combined major league career, including the ‘NPB’ and the ‘MLB’ has seen him accumulating the most hits that any player in any top-tier professional league has ever achieved in the history of the game.