Ichiro Suzuki 4,000 Career Hits
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ICHIRO SUZUKI 4,000 Career Hits 1,278 in Japan and 2,722 in the Major Leagues (Updated through game on August 21, 2013) Special thanks to Kyodo News for cover photos from Orix and Seattle (mid-swing on his 3,000th career hit between Japan and US) **Unless otherwise noted, all stats within this packet are from Suzuki’s time in the Major Leagues with the Mariners and Yankees.** ICHIRO SUZUKI 4,000 CAREER HITS **updated through game on 8/21/13** SUZUKI’S MILESTONE HITS CAREER HITS TOTAL Hit No. Date/Opp. Ichiro has combined for 4,000 1 ......................................... 4/2/01 vs. Oakland, single (T.J. Mathews) hits in his Japanese (1,278) and 100 ............................. 6/12/01 at Colorado, single (Brian Bohanon) Major League (2,722) careers, 500 ..................... 5/16/03 at Detroit, double (Jeremy Bonderman) which ranks third all-time after 1,000 .......................... 6/14/05 vs. Philadelphia, single (Jon Lieber) adding the totals… 2,000 .............................. 9/6/09 at Oakland, double (Gio Gonzalez) 1. Pete Rose .......................... 4,256 2,500 ............................ 6/19/12 at Arizona, single (Daniel Hudson) 2. Ty Cobb ............................ 4,191 4,000** ............................. 8/21/13 vs. Toronto, single (R.A. Dickey) 3. ICHIRO SUZUKI ..........4,000 *all milestone hits from 1-2,500 came while Suzuki was with Seattle **4,000th hit between the Major Leagues and his career in Japan YEAR-BY-YEAR HIT TOTALS Year Club H 1992 ORIX ................................. 24 1993 ORIX ................................. 12 1994 ORIX .............................. 210 1995 ORIX .............................. 179 1996 ORIX .............................. 193 1997 ORIX .............................. 185 1998 ORIX ............................. 181 1999 ORIX .............................. 141 2000 ORIX .............................. 153 2001 SEATTLE* .................... 242 2002 SEATTLE ...................... 208 2003 SEATTLE ...................... 212 2004 SEATTLE* .................... 262 2005 SEATTLE ...................... 206 2006 SEATTLE* .................... 224 2007 SEATTLE* .................... 238 2008 SEATTLE* .................... 213 2009 SEATTLE* .................... 225 2010 SEATTLE* .................... 214 2011 SEATTLE ...................... 184 2012 SEATTLE ...................... 105 YANKEES ........................ 73 2013 YANKEES ..................... 116 Japan Totals ............... 1,278 Major League Totals .. 2,722 CAREER TOTAL ............ 4,000 *Led Majors HITS BY OPPONENT BY STADIUM BY MONTH Arizona ................................... 19 Angel Stadium..................................... 141 March..................................... 4 Atlanta .................................... 12 Busch Stadium ......................................... 5 April ................................... 384 Baltimore ............................. 172 Busch Stadium II ...................................... 3 May .................................... 502 Boston ................................... 145 Camden Yards ....................................... 89 June ................................... 474 Chicago-AL .......................... 135 Chase Field ................................................ 8 July .................................... 441 Chicago-NL ........................... 11 Cinergy Field ............................................. 1 August .............................. 459 Cincinnati ................................. 8 Citi Field ...................................................... 2 September ...................... 426 Cleveland ............................. 148 Comerica Park ....................................... 86 October ............................... 32 Colorado ................................ 22 Coors Field .............................................. 12 Detroit ................................... 150 Dodger Stadium ................................... 14 BREAKDOWN Florida ........................................ 8 Fenway Park ........................................... 57 vs. Left .............................. 844 Houston.................................. 23 Kauffman Stadium ............................... 89 vs. Right ........................ 1,878 Kansas City .......................... 152 Metrodome ............................................ 47 Los Angeles-AL .................. 275 Miller Park .................................................. 6 Home ............................. 1,337 Los Angeles-NL .................... 21 Minute Maid Park ................................. 15 Away .............................. 1,385 Milwaukee ................................ 6 Nationals Park ........................................... 4 Minnesota............................ 149 O.com Coliseum ................................. 163 Day .................................... 825 New York-AL ....................... 135 PETCO Park ............................................. 37 Night .............................. 1,897 New York-NL ........................ 19 PNC Park ..................................................... 3 Oakland ................................ 311 Progressive Field .................................. 82 Grass .............................. 2,512 Philadelphia .......................... 15 Qualcomm Stadium ............................ 18 Turf .................................... 210 Pittsburgh ................................. 8 Rangers Ballpark ................................. 147 San Diego ............................ 100 RFK Stadium .............................................. 2 With 0 Outs ................. 1,290 Seattle ........................................ 9 Rogers Centre ........................................ 83 With 1 Out ...................... 720 San Francisco ....................... 12 Safeco Field ...................................... 1,236 With 2 Outs .................... 712 St. Louis .................................. 14 Shea Stadium ............................................ 9 Tampa Bay ........................... 141 Sun Life Stadium ..................................... 3 BY TYPE Texas ...................................... 312 Target Field ............................................. 19 Singles ................... 2,208 Toronto ................................. 169 Tokyo Dome .............................................. 4 Doubles .................... 321 Washington .......................... 21 Tropicana Field...................................... 71 Triples .......................... 83 vs. NL ..................................... 314 Turner Field ............................................... 3 Home Runs ............. 110 vs. AL ................................. 2,408 U.S. Cellular Field .................................. 70 vs. AL East ............................ 762 Veterans Stadium .................................... 5 vs. AL Central ...................... 734 Wrigley Field ............................................. 5 BY POSITION vs. AL West .......................... 912 Yankee Stadium .................................. 127 As RF ................................... 2,228 vs. NL East .............................. 75 Original Yankee Stadium .................. 56 As CF ..................................... 392 As LF ......................................... 39 vs. NL Central ....................... 65 *only parks where Suzuki has As DH ....................................... 59 vs. NL West .......................... 174 recorded a hit are listed. As PH .......................................... 4 TEAM RECORD WHEN GAME ENDER: Ichiro Suzuki has five career “walk- off” hits: SUZUKI GETS A HIT 7/28/09 vs. Toronto* – ninth-inning RBI single off Scott Downs No hits ................................ 167-268 9/17/09 vs. Chicago-AL* – 14th-inning RBI single off Scott Linebrink At least 1H ........................ 828-767 9/18/09 vs. New York-AL* – ninth-inning two-run HR off Mariano Rivera At least 2H ......................... 474-350 6/2/10 vs. Minnesota* – 10th-inning RBI single off Jose Mijares At least 3H ........................... 160-86 6/25/13 vs. Texas+ – ninth-inning solo HR off Tanner Scheppers At least 4H .............................. 37-13 *w/ Seattle / +w/Yankees At least 5H ................................... 5-2 ICHI-ROLL : Suzuki owns 43 hitting streaks of at least 10 games in his Major League career, marking the sixth-most double-digit hitting streaks in the Majors since 1903 (Ty Cobb-66, Hank Aaron-48, Tris Speaker-47, Derek Jeter-46 and Al Simmons-44). 30 FOR 30: Ichiro Suzuki has collected at least one hit against all 30 current franchises in Major League Baseball. MOST HITS BY PITCHER FACED MOST TIMES FACING HIGHEST AVG. AGAINST Ichiro Suzuki has collected hits off 756 different (min. 20PA) ICHIRO SUZUKI pitchers, including at least 20H off each of the John Lackey .......... 114PA Aaron Sele ........... .632 (12-for-19) eight pitchers listed below: Ervin Santana ......... 99PA Gil Meche ............ .611 (11-for-18) Kevin Millwood .............................. 33H Kevin Millwood ..... 89PA Kevin Gregg ........ .542 (13-for-24) John Lackey ........................................ 31 Bartolo Colon ......... 88PA Wade Davis ......... .500 (11-for-22) Ervin Santana ..................................... 30 Barry Zito ................. 81PA Vicente Padilla ... .500 (21-for-42) Bartolo Colon ..................................... 26 Barry Zito ............................................. 26 Mark Buehrle