Hideki Matsui, nicknamed "Godzilla", is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter. He played in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels of Ana
Matsui with the New York Yankees in 2007
Hideki Matsui batting for the Yankees
Hideki Matsui rounding the bases
Matsui during the 2009 World Series championship parade
Ichiro Suzuki, also known mononymously as Ichiro, is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder who played for 28 seasons. He played the first nine years of his career with the Orix BlueWave o
Hideki Matsui
…him on their ballots due to his age. Yankees owner George Steinbrenner responded by pointing out this had not prevented either writer from voting for Ichiro Suzuki or Kazuhiro Sasaki, both of whom had previously played in the NPB for several years and were the two oldest players to have received the award, and…
Suzuki with the Seattle Mariners in 2011
Suzuki in right field in 2002
The display of Ichiro Suzuki, located on the third floor of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, which shows the Ichi-meter, record for hits in a season for Ichiro Suzuki in 2004