BASEBALL PLAYER

Ichiro Suzuki

1973 - Today

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Ichiro Suzuki (鈴木 一朗, Suzuki Ichirō, born 22 October 1973), also known mononymously as Ichiro (イチロー, Ichirō), is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder who played professionally for 28 seasons. He played the first nine years of his career with the Orix BlueWave of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), and the next 12 years with the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). Suzuki then played two and a half seasons with the New York Yankees and three with the Miami Marlins before returning to the Mariners for his final two seasons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ichiro Suzuki has received more than 7,684,975 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. Ichiro Suzuki is the 12th most popular baseball player (up from 15th in 2019), the 906th most popular biography from Japan (up from 950th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.7M

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  • 52.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Ichiro Suzuki ranks 12 out of 91Before him are Hank Aaron, Cy Young, Reggie Jackson, Alexander Cartwright, Ty Cobb, and Ted Williams. After him are Roberto Clemente, Mickey Mantle, Barry Bonds, Willie Mays, Yogi Berra, and Sandy Koufax.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Ichiro Suzuki ranks 78Before him are Sami Hyypiä, Christian Panucci, Fatih Akin, Matías Almeyda, Al-Saadi Gaddafi, and Jay Cutler. After him are Neve Campbell, Luis Lacalle Pou, Jan Ullrich, Verka Serduchka, Shota Arveladze, and James Marsden.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ichiro Suzuki ranks 906 out of 6,245Before him are Kusumoto Ine (1827), Masaki Yokotani (1952), Tetsurō Tamba (1922), Kirin Kiki (1943), Aritatsu Ogi (1942), and Ken Shimura (1950). After him are Hideo Shinojima (1910), Konoe Sakihisa (1536), Naomi Osaka (1997), Haruomi Hosono (1947), Saigō Jūdō (1843), and Shigeru Takahashi (null).

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In Japan

Among baseball players born in Japan, Ichiro Suzuki ranks 2Before him are Sadaharu Oh (1940). After him are Hideo Nomo (1968), Shohei Ohtani (1994), Hideki Matsui (1974), Yu Darvish (1986), Daisuke Matsuzaka (1980), Koji Uehara (1975), Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1998), and Kenta Maeda (1988).