During his interview with MLB Network, Ichiro gets surprised by Ken Griffey Jr., who congratulates his former teammate on being elected to Cooperstown

Watch: Ken Griffey Jr. Has Hilarious Interaction With Ichiro Suzuki After Hall of Fame News. This is hilarious! Griffey was congratulating Suzuki for getting into the Hall of Fame.

After being elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday afternoon, Seattle Mariners legend Ichiro Suzuki got a surprise call from fellow Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr.

Ichiro will join fellow Hall of Famers Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez, and Jackie Robinson as the only players to have their uniform number retired by the M's.

It was announced on Tuesday evening that Ichiro Suzuki was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame and will be one of three players enshrined forever in

Ichiro will join Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez and Jackie Robinson as the only jerseys retired by the Mariners.

For Ichiro Suzuki, whose baseball career defied convention and shattered records, his induction into the Hall of Fame has long felt less like a crowning achievement and more like an inevitable conclusion to one of the sport’s most remarkable journeys.

Anyone receiving the required 75% from the Baseball Writers' Association of America will be inducted into the Hall at Cooperstown on July 27 along with Dave Parker and Dick Allen, voted in last month by the classic era committee.

Ichiro Suzuki has made even more history. The all-time great hitter is heading to Cooperstown, with C.C. Sabathia and Billy Wagner joining him.

Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia are among the first-year eligible players who could join the Hall of Fame Class of 2025 today. Learn how you can watch the live announcement on MLB Network free today.

Ichiro Suzuki could become the first Japanese player in baseball’s Hall of Fame, and CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner and Carlos Beltrán also could be elected when results of the writers’ voting are announced.

Derek Jeter was picked on 395 of 396 in 2020 and Ken Griffey Jr. on 437 of 440 in 2016. Suzuki came to Major League Baseball from Japan as a 27-year-old in 2001 and joined Fred Lynn in 1975 as the ...