Thursday, March 21, 2019

Sayonara, Ichiro Suzuki, most OVERRATED player of the millennium.

The Mariners just pulled 45 year old Ichiro Suzuki from the second and final 2019 regular season game in Japan. Before these two games he hadn't played since May 2, 2018.

I thought he'd never leave. They're all fawning over him, including the sycophantic announcers. Yuck.

Ichiro is the King of Singles (81% of hits). Few BB, 2B, 3B, HR. Career:

Singles:
RankPlayer (yrs, age)SinglesBats
1.Pete Rose (24)3215B
2.Ty Cobb+ (24)3053L
3.Eddie Collins+ (25)2643L
4.Cap Anson+ (27)2614R
5.Derek Jeter (20)2595R
6.Ichiro Suzuki (18, 44)2514L
7.Willie Keeler+ (19)2513L
8.Honus Wagner+ (21)2424R
9.Rod Carew+ (19)2404L
10.Tris Speaker+ (22)2383L

OPS+ 107. That's 7% above league average. Tied for number 814 all time.

OBP .355  Tied for number 562 all time.

SLG .402  Not listed among the top 999 batters.

Ichiro is number 23 in Hits: 3,089

Ichiro is number 31 in At Bats: 9,929

Ichiro is number 97 in BA: .311

WAR for position players: tied for number 126: 59.3

Ichiro, Beltre, Pujols: distribution of 1B, 2B, 3B, HR as percent of Hits and Total Bases. Friday, May 4, 2018

Pete Rose with minor league hits, still leads Ichiro Suzuki by 83 hits. Monday, September 11, 2017

Ichiro Susuki: 101 of 111 with 2,400 hits in ISO. Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Ichiro Suzuki: rank in stats among top 100 in plate appearances since 1901. Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Ichiro Suzuki: SIXTH pro with 4,000 hits. Wednesday, August 21, 2013

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Old man yells at cloud

Kenneth Matinale said...

Anonymous? And you write something that lame? It doesn't even mean anything. My post is all facts. Deal with them. You write here again, use your name and address the facts.