Will it be 100 percent again? Suzuki Ichiro, 51, the “best leadoff” who conquered both the Japanese professional baseball and Major League Baseball, will run for the Hall of Fame.
MLB.com , the official website of Major League Baseball, introduced candidates for the 2025 Hall of Fame to be announced in January 2025 on the 19th (Korea time).
The candidate who stands out the most is Ichiro. As soon as he made his Major League debut after conquering the Japanese pro baseball league, he swept the Rookie of the Year and MVP award.
In particular, attention is being paid to whether Ichiro, who has the highest star quality among Asian players before Shohei Ohtani (30), will be able to get another 100% of the votes at the Hall of Fame.
After dominating the Japanese pro baseball league, Ichiro entered the Major League in 2001 at the age of 28. He is still very late now.
However, Ichiro shocked the Major League by winning the American League Rookie of the Year and MVP right after his debut in 2001.
At the time, Ichiro became the best hitter with a batting average of 0.35 and 242 hits, and 56 steals. He made it clear that Japan’s best hitter is also the best in the Major League.
Ichiro then set a new record for the most hits in a single season with 262 hits in 2004, and won the All-Star selection and the Gold Glove Award for the 10th consecutive year from 2001 to 2010.
Dan Ichiro has seen his skills decline since 2011. As a result, he has never been named an All-Star since 2010. He has never won a Gold Glove award.
Since then, Ichiro has played until 2019, when he was 46 years old, and has a batting average of 0.311 with 117 home runs, 780 RBIs and 3089 hits in 2,653 games in the major leagues, and an on-base percentage of 0.355 OPS of 0.757.
It is surprising that the Japanese pro baseball player, who had its best season in the Japanese league, achieved 3,000 hits after entering the Major League at the age of late 20s.
As a result, Ichiro’s chances of joining the Hall of Fame are close to 100 percent. The question is whether he will get 100 percent of the vote. Mariano Rivera is the only one who got 100 percent of the vote in 2019.
In addition, the Major League 토토사이트 Secretariat predicted that CC Sabathia, who earned his first right to run with Ichiro, is also a likely player to join.
Sabathia pitched 3577 1/3 innings in 561 games (560 starts) in 19 years in the major leagues, with a 251-161 record and a 3.74 ERA of 3093.
In other words, he won 250 games, 3,500 innings and 3,000 strikeouts. He also won the American League Cy Young Award in 2007. He is highly likely to join the team at his first opportunity.
Billy Wagner of the last chance is also likely to join. Wagner won 73.8% of the 2024 Hall of Fame vote in January.
It is only 1.2 percent short of the 75 percent limit. Given that it is the last chance, chances are high that the poll will exceed 75 percent.
A Major League Hall of Fame player who has played for more than 10 seasons can have the right to run for election five years after retirement. He has a total of 10 chances. He has to win at least 5 percent of votes every year.
Journalists of the American Baseball Journalists Association (BBWAA), who have the right to vote, will finish voting by January 1. The results of the voting will then be announced on January 22, 2025.
In addition, the faces who became the heroes of the honor in this vote will have a Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Coopers Town, New York, on July 28.