pitched in part of nine seasons for the Chunichi Dragons of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. He threw 951 1/3 innings, allowing 3.62 earned runs per nine. He struck out 18.9% of batters ...

Ichiro Suzuki has made even more history. The all-time great hitter is heading to Cooperstown, with C.C. Sabathia and Billy Wagner joining him.

Ichiro Suzuki, the dominant contact hitter whose 19 years in the major leagues, mostly with the Seattle Mariners, became the ...

Nippon Ham Fighters manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo heads to a meeting of managers of the 12 Nippon Professional Baseball teams in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nippon Ham Fighters ...

the Chunichi Dragons of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. It’s a $4.2MM investment altogether. Fellow lefty Joe La Sorsa was designated for assignment in a corresponding move. Ogasawara ...

Ogasawara, 27, was a NPB All-Star in 2023 and pitched in nine seasons for the Chunichi Dragons of the the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization. The Nationals have signed Shinnosuke Ogasawara ...

Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he ...

Last year, righthander Yoshinobu Yamamoto signed with the Dodgers as one of the best pitchers to come over from Nippon Pro Baseball (NPB) in several years. He did not rank on the Baseball America ...

Ogasawara, 27, joins the Nationals after he pitched to a 3.12 ERA in 24 games in 2024 for the Chunichi Dragons of the the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization. He walked just 22 batters and ...

Ichiro is a wellspring of national pride — like Shohei Ohtani now — and his fame across the Pacific was therapeutic as ...

NEW YORK — Ichiro Suzuki is all but guaranteed to become the first Japanese player in baseball's Hall of Fame, and CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner and Carlos Beltrán also could be elected Tuesday ...