For the second time in history, which was canceled due to 'one rebellion vote...'99.75%' Ichiro is inducted into Asia's first MLB Hall of Fame
For the second time in history, which was canceled due to 'one rebellion vote...'99.75%' Ichiro is inducted into Asia's first MLB Hall of Fame
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It was just one vote. Suzuki Ichiro, 52, failed to make the second unanimous Hall of Fame induction for the second time in MLB history due to lack of just one vote. He failed to write a single history, but achieved another history of being the first Asian inductee.
The American Baseball Journalists Association (BBWAA), which selects the Hall of Fame inductee, announced the results of this year's vote on the 22nd (Korea time).메이저사이트
It was Ichiro who drew attention. Ichiro, who was nominated for the first time this year, garnered 393 votes out of 394 votes, garnered 99.75 percent of the vote, and succeeded in induction right away in the first year.
What drew Ichiro's attention was not whether he was inducted or not, but whether he was unanimous. With the donation certain early on, he remained unanimous until a day before the final vote was announced. The second unanimous donor in MLB history could come out after legendary closer Mariano Rivera (2019).
No one but Rivera has written a unanimous history. Derek Jeter (2020, vote rate of 99.75%), Ken Griffey Jr. (2016, vote rate of 99.32%), Tom Seaver (1992, vote rate of 98.84%), Nolan Ryan (1999-98.79%), Carl Ripken Jr. (2007, 98.53%), and Ty Cobb (1936 and 98.23%) all came up with "rebellion votes."
Except for Rivera, Jeter, the second-ranked player of all time, was only one vote short, and Ichiro also ended up with a one-vote insurrection vote, scuttling the unanimous challenge.
Although he failed to make a unanimous decision, he had no problem in making a contribution. As a result, Ichiro fully recognized his value of challenging MLB at a young age, which shocked the U.S. Major League Baseball. Ichiro, who played for the Orix Buffaloes in the Japanese professional baseball league, signed a contract with the Seattle Mariners in 2001 and started trying MLB.
Unlike his NPB days, Ichiro displayed extreme contact-type hits that abandoned long balls, and immediately recorded 242 hits in his first year in 2001, winning the American League Rookie of the Year and MVP award. Since then, he recorded the most hits (262) in a single MLB season in 2004, and recorded 200 hits, a batting average of 300, and a Gold Glove award for 10 consecutive years until 2010. He had 3,089 hits in MLB until his retirement in 2019, and left the ground with 4,257 hits in his U.S.-Japan career including the NPB record (1,278).