Legendary former MLB outfielder Ichiro Suzuki fell one vote shy of being a unanimous first-ballot Hall of Famer, and the voter who denied him that

Seattle Mariners legend Ichiro Suzuki earned election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown by earning a whopping 99.7 percent of the

Seattle Mariners legend Ichiro Suzuki became the newest member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Ichiro was voted into Cooperstown in his first year of eligibility, and appeared on 393 of 394 ballots.

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Seattle Mariners legend Ichiro Suzuki earned election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. By getting 99.7 percent of the vote, Ichi

The singular BBWAA voter who snubbed Ichiro Suzuki for the Hall of Fame is still at large — and is likely to remain so after the organization's final release of ballots. Each Hall of Fame ballot comes with an option for the writer's vote to be publicly released after the results are announced,