Ichiro
Suzuki
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 160
 
Born: October 22, 1973 in Japan, , KASUGAI
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Rookie Of The Year 2001   
All-Star Selections 2002    2003    2004   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2001 27 CAR NL 162 691 107 239 44 12 7 70 42 8 25 45 .346 .383 .475 .858 115.0 21.5
2002 28 CAR NL 156 657 131 238 29 13 11 76 43 16 34 39 .362 .408 .496 .904 122.4 25.7
2003 29 CAR NL 153 624 113 221 39 9 5 74 49 13 40 36 .354 .401 .470 .870 111.2 19.3
2004 30 CAR NL 154 648 116 220 41 10 6 72 39 13 45 37 .340 .396 .461 .857 112.2 19.9
2005 31 CAR NL 158 681 118 219 26 3 11 77 35 13 36 57 .322 .367 .417 .785 100.6 16.4
5 Years Sim 783 3301 585 1137 179 47 40 369 208 63 180 214 .344 .391 .463 .854 561.4 102.7
162 Game Average 682 121 235 37 9 8 76 43 13 37 44 .344 .391 .463 .854 116.1  
Career Highs 162 691 131 239 44 13 11 77 49 16 45 57 .362 .408 .496 .904 122.4  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2001 27 CAR NL RF 159 153 1381.3 263 10 0 4 1.000 1.78 0 0 .000 0 4.5
    C 1 0 5.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2002 28 CAR NL RF 155 151 1336.0 239 10 0 2 1.000 1.68 0 0 .000 0 3.9
2003 29 CAR NL RF 149 141 1288.3 227 13 0 6 1.000 1.68 0 0 .000 0 5.8
2004 30 CAR NL RF 152 147 1310.0 216 7 1 1 .996 1.53 0 0 .000 0 4.4
2005 31 CAR NL RF 158 155 1402.0 232 13 1 0 .996 1.57 0 0 .000 0 7.1
  RF 773 747 6717.7 1177 53 2 13 .998 1.65 0 0 .000 0 25.8
  C 1 0 5.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   774 747 6722.7 1182 53 2 13 .998 1.65 0 0 .000 0 25.8
Career Highs   160 155 1402.0 268 13 1 6 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2002 28 CAR NL 17 83 14 36 6 1 0 6 14 1 3 1 .434 .466 .530 .996
2003 29 CAR NL 13 55 11 17 2 0 1 7 4 3 3 6 .309 .356 .400 .756
2004 30 CAR NL 10 45 15 19 2 0 1 7 6 0 4 5 .422 .480 .533 1.013
2005 31 CAR NL 5 24 8 13 3 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 .542 .542 1.000 1.542
Career Post-Season Batting 45 207 48 85 13 2 4 23 25 4 10 12 .411 .448 .551 .999
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2001-2-.346
2002-1-.362
2003-1-.354
2004-4-.340
2005-7-.322
CAR-1-.344
On-Base Pct
CAR-24-.391
Games
2001-1-162
At-Bats
2001-1-691
2002-4-657
2003-4-624
2004-5-648
2005-2-681
Runs
2002-7-131
Hits
2001-1-239
2002-1-238
2003-2-221
2004-1-220
2005-1-219
Singles
2001-1-176
2002-1-185
2003-1-168
2004-1-163
2005-1-179
Triples
2001-2-12
2002-3-13
2003-10-9
2004-7-10
Stolen Bases
2001-3-42
2002-4-43
2003-2-49
2004-3-39
2005-3-35
Caught Stealing
2001-7-8
2002-4-16
2003-4-13
2004-3-13
2005-4-13
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 58    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  1. Juan Pierre (926)
  2. Mickey Rivers (877)
  3. Adrian Brown (855)
  4. Randy Winn (854)
  5. Kenny Lofton (853)
  6. Tony Scott (847)
  7. Derrick May (846)
  8. Carl Crawford (846)
  9. Carl Everett (845)
  10. Chris Gwynn (844)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Carolina in 2001
Had first career hit (triple) on 4/1/2001, off Chuck Smith (LV)
Hit first career homerun on 4/22/2001, off B.j. Ryan (MON)
Won Rookie Of The Year in 2001, hitting .346 with 7 HR, 70 RBI
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against San Francisco on 6/17/2002
Won Player of the Week award on 6/24/2002, hitting .654 with 0 HR, 3 RBI
Was selected to the 2002 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Pittsburgh on 7/18/2002
Was selected to the 2003 Allstar game
1/31/2004: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,542,857 through salary arbitration
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 7/4/2004
Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Chicago (N) on 9/3/2004
1/31/2005: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,542,857 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (N) on 7/8/2005