2007-07-02 06:01:45 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
probably close to that, hes a pure hit machine
2007-07-02 06:04:24 · answer #1 · answered by Henry_Tee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They're just celebrating it for Ichiro, seriously take it easy. So ichiro has been playing in Japan and he comes over to MLB and becomes a Rookie and so you guys don't want to name him a Rookie? Its basically like a team calling up a player from Triple A to come play in the MLB, his first time in the MLB, hes a rookie. Eventhough regardless of how many years hes played in Triple A hes still a rookie. Or look at Josh Hamilton, hes still considered a ROokie :)
2016-05-21 02:45:37 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if he stayed healthy and didn't leave Seattle like Griffey. Ichiro will be in the HOF if he continues what he is doing. For one because he is a successful Japanese player. But more because his stats will be on par with the greats even though he will have had a short career. The HOF is not just about compiled stats like most people seem to believe. A lot of players would be in that are not now if that was the case.
2007-07-02 06:10:07 · answer #3 · answered by Veritas et Aequitas () 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Possibly... He had 1354 hits through 2006. In Japan he had 1278, but there the season is shorter and he only played 130 games a season. If you average it out he would be about 200 hits shy going into this season. And I don't think there is any doubt that he will get 200 hits this year.
2007-07-02 06:09:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If not already, he'd be very close.
Ichiro's Japan stats: 1278 hits in 951 games. A full season in Japan is around 140 games, and he played 130 or more in five of them. Pro-rating his hit totals from those five seasons out to 160 games, and adding in his four short season totals, would put him at 1479 in Japan. Combine that with his 1473 with Seattle and he'd be at 2952 today.
It's just noodling with numbers, but likely, yes, he'd be very close.
2007-07-02 08:43:56 · answer #5 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most definately....he's gotten over 200 hits a season since he came to the US....and this is all after his prime baseball years (age 25-28)
2007-07-02 06:04:31 · answer #6 · answered by Jon 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if he can play for another 10-12 years in MLB somehow, he can reach that mark lol
2007-07-02 11:22:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe... maybe not... who knows
hell he may not have even made the Bigs when he started playing in Japan... (a strange point to consider)
at his current pace he's going though he could get his 3000th hit before his 40th Birthday...
2007-07-02 06:07:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
if he played to how old he is now then yea, he would eventually become the all time mlb leader
2007-07-02 09:07:22 · answer #9 · answered by That 70s Show Dude 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea if he hits 200 hits per year
2007-07-02 06:56:03 · answer #10 · answered by jhoyt#23 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋