Ichiro Suzuki is a baseball legend, and he will be remembered for a very long time for the 19 fantastic seasons he had in MLB.
In truth, he shall be remembered perpetually in Cooperstown, New York, the positioning of the baseball Corridor of Fame. Suzuki was voted into the Corridor in January, an honor that was a very long time coming.
That is fairly cool for baseball followers who grew up watching the phenom from Japan, nevertheless it will get even higher.
Former Nationwide Baseball Corridor of Fame and Museum president Jeff Idelson mentioned on the “Refuse to Lose” podcast that Suzuki will donate his total private assortment to Cooperstown. The information got here from a dialog he had with the baseball legend.
“It culminated with him desirous to comply with within the footsteps of Hank Aaron and Tom Seaver, two gamers who pledged their total collections to Cooperstown,” Idelson mentioned (h/t ESPN/Field Level Media).
These attending the Corridor of Fame will completely be handled to historical past when Suzuki’s assortment is displayed.
Suzuki batted .311 and notched 3,089 hits, 509 stolen bases and 10 Gold Gloves in his legendary MLB profession (which he began at 27-years-old).