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- Ichiro is the first player in history to top 200 hits in each of his first four seasons.
- Ichiro eclipsed the record for hits by a rightfielder in 2004. It was previously held by Chuck Klein, who collected 250 for the Phillies in 1930.
- Between 2001 and 2004, Ichiro amassed more hits (922) than anyone in history over any four-year period. Bill Terry held the old record of 918.
- During one 56-game stretch in 2004, Ichiro batted over .450. During Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak, he batted .408.
- Ichiro batted over .400 against lefties in 2004.
- In 1994, from May 21 to August 26, Ichiro reached base at least once in each of the 69 games the Orix Blue Wave played.
- With reporters and photgraphers camped outside his house, Ichiro had to think of ways to leave without being seen. To make a date with Yumiko one evening, he had friends roll him up in a carpet and toss him in the back of a pickup truck.
- Ichrio’s contract with Seattle includes the following perks: English lessons for he and his wife, a personal trainer, an interpreter, an annual housing allowance between $25,000 and $27,000, four round-trip, first-class plane tickets from Japan to Seattle twice a year, and the use of a car during spring training and the regular season.
- Ichiro was initially hesistant when the Mariners issued him number 51. To avoid insulting its former owner, Randy Johnson, Ichiro forwarded a personal message to the Big Unit promising not to “bring shame” to the uniform.
Chuck
Klein, 1939 Playball
Randy Johnson, 1992
Bowman
Lloyd Waner, 1930s
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