Ichiro Suzuki

Ichiro Suzuki Net Worth

Ichiro Suzuki Net Worth and salary: Ichiro Suzuki is a Japanese professional baseball player who has a net worth of $180 million. Born in Kasugai, Aichi, Japan, in 1973, Ichiro Suzuki began playing baseball when he was seven years old and debuted in Japan's Pacific League at the age of 18. He spent several years working through the farm system trying to improve on his strange-looking swing before landing a lead-off spot with the Blue Wave in 1994. Ichiro quickly became the first person to record more than 200 hits in a single season in Japanese baseball history and he went on to win three consecutive MVP awards. In November of 2000, he signed a contract with the Seattle Mariners to move to the United States to play in Major League Baseball. He played his first season with the Mariners in 2001, becoming the first position player from Japan to make his MLB debut. Ichiro rocked the big leagues during his inaugural season. He was named to the All-Star team, won the American League batting title, was the American League Stolen Base champion, earned the honors of American League MVP and American League Rookie of the Year, and won both a Silver Slugger and Gold Glove Award. Ichiro stayed with the Mariners until 2012 when he signed with the New York Yankees. He is a ten-time MLB All-Star, a two-time American League Batting Champion, three-time Silver Slugger Award winner and ten-time Gold Glove Award winner. He holds two MLB records: single-season hits with 262 and single-season singles with 225. Ichiro is the first MLB player to ever be inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. He is wildly popular in Japan, where he appears in several different TV commercials. Ichiro and his wife, Yumiko Fukushima, have been married since 1999 and have no children. During his MLB career, Ichiro Suzuki earned $170 million in salary alone.