Ichiro Suzuki breaks MLB record for hits by a foreign player
Friday 7 July 2017 11:56, UK
Ichiro Suzuki has broken the MLB record for most hits by a foreign-born player.
The 43-year-old Japanese right fielder reached the mark with two hits for the Miami Marlins against the Cardinals in St. Louis.
Ichiro now has 3,054 career hits, passing the previous record of 3,053 held by Panama-born Rod Carew.
"I think when I'm done playing and I look back, think of the good memories, maybe this is one of those. But that's tough to do now, still playing," Suzuki told the Miami Herald.
Ichiro is now 23rd on the all-time MLB hits list, Rickey Henderson is one place and one hit above him in 22nd, but he's still over 1,000 hits behind all time leader Pete Rose on 4,256.
Ichiro is in his 17th season in the major leagues with his third team after spells with the Seattle Mariners and New York Yankees.
He has played 2,572 regular-season games, and has had nearly 10,000 at-bats, for a career batting average of .312.
