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Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.

CC Sabathia’s career ended abruptly. Yes, the longtime Yankees left-hander had announced months earlier his plans to retire after the 2019 season, but his final appearance did not go as ceremoniously as Derek Jeter’s or Mariano Rivera’s.

The five newcomers, including Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on July 27, 2025, in Cooperstown, New York.

Welcome to the Hall of Fame, Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner ... Suzuki -- let's just call him Ichiro -- grew up in Japan, of course, and was a star in the Japan Pacific League ...

NEW YORK — Ichiro Suzuki is all but guaranteed to become the first Japanese player in baseball's Hall of Fame, and CC Sabathia ... Major League Baseball from Japan as a 27-year-old in 2001 ...

Yankees legend Hideki Matsui played seven seasons for the Yankees. It wasn’t until his final one, in 2009, with the addition of lefty ace CC Sabathia, that he managed to get that elusive World Series ring.

The Yankees will have a pair of new representatives in the Baseball Hall of Fame in CC Sabathia and Ichiro Suzuki after the 2025 voting results.

Ichiro Suzuki is the first Japanese-born player voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He'll be joined by CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner in the Class of 2025.

CC Sabathia’s career ended abruptly ... The slap-hitting Suzuki was already a baseball hero in his native Japan when he joined the Seattle Mariners in 2001, but a Japanese position player ...

Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, New York Yankees starting pitcher CC Sabathia and Houston Astros ... the Mariners and Suzuki's team in Japan, the Orix BlueWave. Suzuki didn't official ...

Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia were elected to Baseball’s Hall of Fame on Tuesday night, Suzuki in overwhelming fashion, while Billy Wagner made the most of his 10th and final appearance on the ballot, clearing the 75% barrier to inclusion by earning 325 of 394 votes.