Baseball legend Ichiro Suzuki was announced as a baseball Hall of Famer on Tuesday, becoming the 62nd first-ballot Hall of Famer and the first Japanese baseball player to be elected to Cooperstown. There was no doubt that Ichiro, who played nine years in the Nippon Baseball League in Japan before 19 years in the MLB, was getting into the Hall.
An online site that tracks Baseball Hall of Fame voting doesn’t expect the lone voter who did not check Ichiro Suzuki on his ballot to ever come forward.
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Suzuki, a first-ballot Hall of Famer, was elected to the class of 2025 just one vote shy of being unanimous. The one voter who left Suzuki off the ballot has not come forward and the Hall does not release ballots unless the writer gives permission. Five years ago, Jeter too, came up one vote short. The voter who omitted Jeter never came forward.
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Countless people have called out the voter, including NJ Advance Media’s Bob Klapisch, who called the voter the “Clown of the Year.” Former Yankees closer Mariano Rivera remains the only unanimous player inducted into the Hall of Fame. Does that seem right?
Ichiro Suzuki made it into the Hall of Fame on Tuesday and Derek Jeter was one of the first people to congratulate him.
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Suzuki's close call means New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera remains the only unanimous electee. Rivera received all 425 votes in 2019. Another longtime Yankees icon, Derek Jeter, came within one vote of unanimous election in 2020. Suzuki, Rivera and ...
Only his former Yankees teammates, Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera, received a higher share of the vote. CC Sabathia #52 greets Ichiro Suzuki #31 of the New York Yankees celebrate after an inning ...