<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2006 San Diego </Td> <Td> Team </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2009 Los Angeles </Td> <Td> Team </Td> </Tr> <P> Ichiro Suzuki / ˈiːtʃɪroʊ suːˈzuːki / (鈴木 一朗, Suzuki Ichirō, born October 22, 1973), often referred to mononymously as Ichiro (イチロー, Ichirō), is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder . With 27 seasons combined in top - level professional leagues, he spent the bulk of his career with two teams: nine seasons with the Orix Blue Wave of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in Japan, where he began his career, and 12 with the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States . After playing for the Mariners, he played two and a half seasons in MLB with the New York Yankees before signing with the Miami Marlins . Ichiro played three seasons with the Marlins before returning to the Mariners in 2018 . Ichiro established a number of batting records, including MLB's single - season record for hits with 262 . He achieved 10 consecutive 200 - hit seasons, the longest streak by any player in history . Between his major league career in both Japan and the United States, Ichiro has the most hits by any player in top - tier professional leagues . He also has recorded the most hits of all Japanese born players in MLB history . </P> <P> In his combined playing time in NPB and MLB, Ichiro received 17 consecutive selections both as an All - Star and Gold Glove winner, won nine league batting titles and was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) four times . While playing in NPB, he won seven consecutive batting titles and three consecutive Pacific League MVP Awards . In 2001, Ichiro became the first Japanese - born position player to be posted and signed to an MLB club . He led the American League (AL) in batting average and stolen bases en route to being named AL Rookie of the Year and AL MVP . </P>

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