Ichiro Suzuki wants to sit down and talk to Hall of Fame voter who kept him from being a unanimous inductee

Baseball fable Ichiro Suzuki isn't overlooking the information a azygous elector prevented him from becoming the 2nd unanimous Hall of Fame inductee successful the sport's history. 

Suzuki, who was inducted Tuesday but fell conscionable 1 ballot shy of being unanimous, said during a property league Thursday helium wants to conscionable with the 1 idiosyncratic who voted against him. 

"I would similar to invitation him implicit to my house, and we'll person a portion unneurotic and person a bully chat," Suzuki said via a translator. 

Suzuki would person joined legendary New York Yankees person Mariano Rivera arsenic the lone different unanimous Hall of Fame inductee successful MLB history. 

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Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki tosses a shot to the dugout earlier throwing retired the archetypal transportation for a crippled against the Houston Astros astatine T-Mobile Park.  (Joe Nicholson/USA Today Sports)

News that Suzuki was a ballot shy of being unanimous prompted widespread outrage from fans and media pundets connected societal media successful the hours aft the announcement. 

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Former Seattle Mariners subordinate Ichiro Suzuki speaks during his induction to the Mariners Hall of Fame earlier a crippled betwixt the Seattle Mariners and the Cleveland Guardians astatine T-Mobile Park.  (Steven Bisig/USA Today Sports)

Suzuki is the archetypal subordinate from Japan to beryllium inducted. 

Suzuki moved to Major League Baseball from Japan arsenic a 27-year-old successful 2001 and joined Fred Lynn successful 1975 arsenic the lone players to triumph AL Rookie of the Year and AL MVP successful the aforesaid season. Suzuki was a two-time AL batting champion and 10-time All-Star and Gold Glove outfielder, hitting .311 with 117 homers, 780 RBIs and 509 stolen bases with the Seattle Mariners (2001-12, 2018-19), the New York Yankees (2012-14) and Miami Marlins (2015-17).

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Ichiro Suzuki earlier a crippled betwixt the Seattle Mariners and the St. Louis Cardinals astatine T-Mobile Park April 21, 2023, successful Seattle. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Suzuki is possibly the champion interaction hitter successful shot past with 1,278 hits successful Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball and 3,089 successful MLB. His combined full of 4,367 is higher than Pete Rose's MLB grounds of 4,256. Suzuki had a grounds 262 hits successful 2004.

CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner articulation Suzuki successful the 2025 Hall of Fame class. 

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Jackson Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital. He antecedently worked for ESPN and Business Insider. Jackson has covered the Super Bowl and NBA Finals, and has interviewed iconic figures Usain Bolt, Rob Gronkowski, Jerry Rice, Troy Aikman, Mike Trout, David Ortiz and Roger Clemens.