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Baseball legend Ichiro Suzuki isn’t overlooking the fact a single voter prevented him from becoming the second unanimous Hall of Fame inductee in the sport’s history. Suzuki, who was inducted Tuesday but fell just one vote shy of being unanimous, said during a press conference Thursday he wants to meet with the one person who voted against him.
“I would like to invite him over to my house, and we’ll have a drink together and have a good chat,” Suzuki said via a translator.
Suzuki would have joined legendary New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera as the only other unanimous Hall of Fame inductee in MLB history.
News that Suzuki was a vote shy of being unanimous prompted widespread outrage from fans and media pundits on social media in the hours after the announcement.
Suzuki is the first player from Japan to be inducted and is considered one of the greatest contact hitters in baseball history. He holds a combined record 4,367 hits in Japan and MLB, surpassing Pete Rose’s MLB record of 4,256. He has a record 262 hits in a single season in 2004.
Suzuki was a two-time AL batting champion and 10-time All-Star and Gold Glove outfielder, hitting .311 with 117 homers, 780 RBIs, and 509 stolen bases with the Seattle Mariners (2001-12, 2018-19), the New York Yankees (2012-14), and Miami Marlins (2015-17).