Seattle Mariners’ Ichiro Suzuki tips his batting helmet to fans after hitting a single against the Los Angeles Angels in the fourth inning during a baseball game, April 16, 2009, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, file)
FILE – New York Yankees’ Ichiro Suzuki, right, celebrates with teammate Mariano Rivera (42) after a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Aug. 21, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, file)
FILE – New York Yankees’ Ichiro Suzuki pauses before answering a question at a news conference, July 23, 2012, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, file)
FILE – New York Yankees starting pitcher CC Sabathia reacts after striking out Texas Rangers’ Mitch Moreland to end the top of the sixth inning in Game 5 of baseball’s American League Championship Series, Oct. 20, 2010, in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, file)
FILE – New York Yankees’ CC Sabathia waves to fans as he is honored before a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Sept. 22, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Michael Owens, file)
FILE – New York Mets’ Billy Wagner reacts after the third out against the Los Angeles Dodgers to end Game 2 of Major League Baseball’s National League Division Series, Oct. 5, 2006, at Shea Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File)
FILE – New York Mets pitcher Billy Wagner throws a pitch in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field in New York, Aug. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul J. Bereswill, File)
FILE – New York Mets right fielder Carlos Beltran lunges for the ball during the third inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, April 22, 2011 at Citi Field in New York. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, file)
FILE – St. Louis Cardinals’ Carlos Beltran acknowledges the crowd during its standing ovation for his 2,000th career hit ,in the third inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, June 29, 2012 in St. Louis.(AP Photo/Tom Gannam, file)
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Seattle Mariners’ Ichiro Suzuki tips his batting helmet to fans after hitting a single against the Los Angeles Angels in the fourth inning during a baseball game, April 16, 2009, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, file)
Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected Tuesday along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.
