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Birth Date	10-22-1973
Height	5' 11"
Weight	175 lbs

Age	50 years, 5 months, 27 days
Bats	L
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2001	SEA	27	157	738	242	34	8	8	30	53	8	56	14	.350	.381	.457	110	12.7	9.0	9.0	4.4
2002	SEA	28	157	728	208	27	8	8	68	62	5	31	15	.321	.388	.425	108	10.1	3.1	7.4	3.4
2003	SEA	29	159	725	212	29	8	13	36	69	6	34	8	.312	.352	.436	101	3.1	5.3	11.0	3.1
2004	SEA	30	161	762	262	24	5	8	49	63	4	36	11	.372	.414	.455	127	27.1	5.3	7.8	5.3
2005	SEA	31	162	739	206	21	12	15	48	66	4	33	8	.303	.350	.436	106	6.2	7.4	13.9	4.1
2006	SEA	32	161	752	224	20	9	9	49	71	5	45	2	.322	.370	.416	106	9.0	5.3	7.6	3.8
2007	SEA	33	161	736	238	22	7	6	49	77	3	37	8	.351	.396	.431	111	13.0	0.9	16.2	5.2
2008	SEA	34	162	749	213	20	7	6	51	65	5	43	4	.310	.361	.386	97	-0.7	10.6	12.0	4.0
2009	SEA	35	146	678	225	31	4	11	32	71	4	26	9	.352	.386	.465	118	16.5	2.7	-0.6	3.1
2010	SEA	36	162	732	214	30	3	6	45	86	3	42	9	.315	.359	.394	103	3.8	2.2	-1.8	1.8
2011	SEA	37	161	721	184	22	3	5	39	69	0	40	7	.272	.310	.335	85	-11.4	8.9	-11.3	-0.2
2012	NYA	38	67	240	73	13	1	5	5	21	2	14	5	.322	.340	.454	90	-2.6	-1.3	-4.1	-0.3
2012	SEA	38	95	423	105	15	5	4	17	40	0	15	2	.261	.288	.353	90	-4.5	1.8	8.5	1.4
2013	NYA	39	150	555	136	15	3	7	26	63	1	20	4	.262	.297	.342	80	-11.4	4.1	-4.8	-0.2
2014	NYA	40	143	385	102	13	2	1	21	68	1	15	3	.284	.324	.340	84	-6.7	2.6	-4.9	-0.3
2015	MIA	41	153	438	91	5	6	1	31	51	0	11	5	.229	.282	.279	63	-17.2	3.5	7.4	0.2
2016	MIA	42	143	365	95	15	5	1	30	42	3	10	2	.291	.354	.376	91	-3.3	-1.7	0.3	0.3
2017	MIA	43	136	215	50	6	0	3	17	35	1	1	1	.255	.318	.332	78	-5.4	-2.7	1.0	-0.1
2018	SEA	44	15	47	9	0	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	.205	.255	.205	77	-1.2	0.9	-0.2	0.0
2019	SEA	45	2	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	87	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career			2653	10734	3089	362	96	117	647	1080	55	509	117	.311	.355	.402	100	37.2	67.8	74.4	39.0

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
2001	SEA	MLB	AL	157	738	.271	.334	.437	.369	94	37.2	22.0	-8.2	110	9	9.0	9.0	12.7	4.4
2002	SEA	MLB	AL	157	728	.266	.333	.425	.344	94	27.2	21.0	-7.7	108	9	7.4	3.1	10.1	3.4
2003	SEA	MLB	AL	159	725	.266	.331	.425	.333	97	17	19.7	-7.9	101	8	11.0	5.3	3.1	3.1
2004	SEA	MLB	AL	161	762	.268	.332	.426	.399	102	36.3	22.7	-8.5	127	7	7.8	5.3	27.1	5.3
2005	SEA	MLB	AL	162	739	.264	.324	.415	.316	97	12.3	21.3	-8	106	6	13.9	7.4	6.2	4.1
2006	SEA	MLB	AL	161	752	.271	.332	.427	.348	101	11	22.6	-5.9	106	6	7.6	5.3	9.0	3.8
2007	SEA	MLB	AL	161	736	.268	.331	.418	.389	96	25.2	21.8	1.4	111	9	16.2	0.9	13.0	5.2
2008	SEA	MLB	AL	162	749	.265	.332	.414	.334	98	10.5	21.6	-3.9	97	7	12.0	10.6	-0.7	4.0
2009	SEA	MLB	AL	146	678	.264	.329	.420	.384	99	27.6	19.5	-7.3	118	6	-0.6	2.7	16.5	3.1
2010	SEA	MLB	AL	162	732	.257	.321	.403	.353	98	13.6	20.2	-7.5	103	7	-1.8	2.2	3.8	1.8
2011	SEA	MLB	AL	161	721	.255	.315	.400	.295	93	-13	19.4	-7.5	85	8	-11.3	8.9	-11.4	-0.2
2012	NYA	MLB	AL	67	240	.251	.318	.400	.337	103	4.7	6.6	-1.8	90	8	-4.1	-1.3	-2.6	-0.3
2012	SEA	MLB	AL	95	423	.255	.316	.410	.279	91	-10.8	11.6	-4.4	90	8	8.5	1.8	-4.5	1.4
2013	NYA	MLB	AL	150	555	.250	.313	.394	.285	101	-11.5	14.6	-4.8	80	7	-4.8	4.1	-11.4	-0.2
2014	NYA	MLB	AL	143	385	.249	.309	.384	.346	99	-2.4	9.9	-3.4	84	9	-4.9	2.6	-6.7	-0.3
2015	MIA	MLB	NL	153	438	.256	.313	.407	.257	90	-17.6	11.8	-3.4	63	6	7.4	3.5	-17.2	0.2
2016	MIA	MLB	NL	143	365	.254	.317	.414	.329	90	2.8	10.3	-2.3	91	10	0.3	-1.7	-3.3	0.3
2017	MIA	MLB	NL	136	215	.251	.322	.410	.297	94	-6	6.3	-0.7	78	11	1.0	-2.7	-5.4	-0.1
2018	SEA	MLB	AL	15	47	.247	.312	.411	.243	99	-4.5	1.3	-0.4	77	12	-0.2	0.9	-1.2	0.0
2019	SEA	MLB	AL	2	6	.239	.303	.450	.000	96	-1.1	0.2	-0.1	87	9	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
2001	SEA	MLB	AL	738	692	127	242	34	8	8	316	69	30	53	56	14	.350	.381	.457	.107	4	4
2002	SEA	MLB	AL	728	647	111	208	27	8	8	275	51	68	62	31	15	.321	.388	.425	.104	5	3
2003	SEA	MLB	AL	725	679	111	212	29	8	13	296	62	36	69	34	8	.312	.352	.436	.124	1	3
2004	SEA	MLB	AL	762	704	101	262	24	5	8	320	60	49	63	36	11	.372	.414	.455	.082	3	2
2005	SEA	MLB	AL	739	679	111	206	21	12	15	296	68	48	66	33	8	.303	.350	.436	.133	6	2
2006	SEA	MLB	AL	752	695	110	224	20	9	9	289	49	49	71	45	2	.322	.370	.416	.094	2	1
2007	SEA	MLB	AL	736	678	111	238	22	7	6	292	68	49	77	37	8	.351	.396	.431	.080	2	4
2008	SEA	MLB	AL	749	686	103	213	20	7	6	265	42	51	65	43	4	.310	.361	.386	.076	4	3
2009	SEA	MLB	AL	678	639	88	225	31	4	11	297	46	32	71	26	9	.352	.386	.465	.113	1	2
2010	SEA	MLB	AL	732	680	74	214	30	3	6	268	43	45	86	42	9	.315	.359	.394	.079	1	3
2011	SEA	MLB	AL	721	677	80	184	22	3	5	227	47	39	69	40	7	.272	.310	.335	.064	4	1
2012	NYA	MLB	AL	240	227	28	73	13	1	5	103	27	5	21	14	5	.322	.340	.454	.132	1	5
2012	SEA	MLB	AL	423	402	49	105	15	5	4	142	28	17	40	15	2	.261	.288	.353	.092	4	0
2013	NYA	MLB	AL	555	520	57	136	15	3	7	178	35	26	63	20	4	.262	.297	.342	.081	2	6
2014	NYA	MLB	AL	385	359	42	102	13	2	1	122	22	21	68	15	3	.284	.324	.340	.056	2
2015	MIA	MLB	NL	438	398	45	91	5	6	1	111	21	31	51	11	5	.229	.282	.279	.050	4	5
2016	MIA	MLB	NL	365	327	48	95	15	5	1	123	22	30	42	10	2	.291	.354	.376	.086	2	3
2017	MIA	MLB	NL	215	196	19	50	6	0	3	65	20	17	35	1	1	.255	.318	.332	.077	0	1
2018	SEA	MLB	AL	47	44	5	9	0	0	0	9	0	3	7	0	0	.205	.255	.205	.000	0	0
2019	SEA	MLB	AL	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.000	0	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2008	2517	0.4783	0.4489	0.9018	0.5963	0.3138	0.9331	0.8471	0.0982	0.0078
2009	2422	0.4905	0.4798	0.8795	0.6019	0.3622	0.9091	0.8322	0.1205	-0.0047
2010	2678	0.4765	0.4877	0.8798	0.6105	0.3759	0.9243	0.8140	0.1202	0.0028
2011	2436	0.4778	0.4856	0.8952	0.6194	0.3632	0.9348	0.8333	0.1048	0.0039
2012	2259	0.4998	0.4838	0.8957	0.6174	0.3504	0.9340	0.8283	0.1043	-0.0035
2013	2036	0.4995	0.4951	0.8532	0.6087	0.3817	0.8934	0.7892	0.1468	-0.0002
2014	1498	0.5100	0.4579	0.8265	0.5982	0.3120	0.8862	0.7074	0.1735	-0.0037
2015	1628	0.4932	0.4269	0.8964	0.5729	0.2848	0.9283	0.8340	0.1036	-0.0008
2016	1444	0.4882	0.4301	0.8390	0.5801	0.2869	0.8802	0.7594	0.1610	0.0000
2017	862	0.4988	0.4490	0.8191	0.5721	0.3264	0.8902	0.6950	0.1809	0.0000
2018	160	0.5375	0.4688	0.8267	0.6512	0.2568	0.8571	0.7368	0.1733	0.0000
Career	19940	0.4898	0.4687	0.8749	0.6018	0.3408	0.9150	0.8057	0.1251	0.0005

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-05-12	2014-05-16	DTD	4	4	-	Low Back	Soreness		-	-
2009-08-24	2009-09-01	DTD	8	8	Left	Lower Leg	Strain	Calf	-
2009-03-31	2009-04-15	15-DL	15	8		General Medical	Illness	GI - Ulcer	-
2008-07-10	2008-07-10	DTD	0	0	Right	Thigh	Soreness	Hamstring	-
2007-07-15	2007-07-15	DTD	0	0	Right	Knee	Contusion	HBP	-
2006-09-17	2006-09-17	DTD	0	0	Right	Lower Leg	Contusion	HBP	-
2005-09-18	2005-09-18	DTD	0	0	Right	Elbow	Contusion	HBP	-
2005-09-17	2005-09-17	DTD	0	0	Right	Foot	Contusion	HBP	-
2004-08-19	2004-08-20	DTD	1	0		Head	Concussion	HBP	-
2004-04-14	2004-04-14	DTD	0	0	Right	Foot	Contusion	Foul Ball	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2019	SEA	$8,064
2018	SEA	$750,000
2017	MIA	$2,000,000
2016	MIA	$2,000,000
2015	MIA	$2,000,000
2014	NYA	$6,500,000
2013	NYA	$6,500,000
2012	SEA	$18,000,000
2011	SEA	$18,000,000
2010	SEA	$18,000,000
2009	SEA	$18,000,000
2008	SEA	$17,000,000
2007	SEA	$12,500,000
2006	SEA	$12,500,000
2005	SEA	$12,500,000
2004	SEA	$6,500,000
2003	SEA	$4,666,667
2002	SEA	$3,696,000
2001	SEA	$5,666,667

Years	Description	Salary
19 yr	Previous	$166,787,398
19 yr	Total	$166,787,398

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
17 y 36 d	John Boggs	1 year/$0.75M (2019)

Details

1 year (2019). Re-signed by Seattle as a free agent 1/23/19 (minor-league contract). Salary of $0.75M in majors. Contract selected by Seattle 3/18/19. Retired 3/21/19.
1 year/$0.75M (2018). Signed by Seattle as a free agent 3/6/18. Performance bonuses: $0.1M each for 150, 200, 250, 300, 350 plate appearances. $0.25M each for 400 PA. Released by Seattle 5/3/18, with Suzuki serving as special assistant in front office for remainder of 2018 season.
1 year/$2M (2016), plus 2017, 2018 club options. Signed extension with Miami 10/6/15. 16:$2M, 17:$2M club option. Miami exercised 2017 option, added $2M option for 2018 10/5/16. Miami declined 2018 option 11/3/17.
1 year/$2M (2015). Signed by Miami as a free agent 1/15. Performance bonuses.
2 years/$13M (2013-14). Re-signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 12/13/12. 13:$6.5M, 14:$6.5M.
5 years/$90M (2008-12). Signed extension with Seattle 7/13/07. $5M signing bonus. 08-12: $17M annually. $25M ($5M annually) deferred at 5.5% interest, reducing deal's average annual value to $16.1M (deferred money to be paid in annual installments Jan. 30 beginning year after his retirement). Limited no-trade clause allowing Ichiro to specify 10 clubs to which he may not be traded without his consent. Performance and award bonuses, including $50,000 for All Star selection. Interpreter, trainer, transportation for Spring Training & regular season. 4 annual round-trip airline tickets from Seattle to Japan. Housing allowance: $32,000 in 2008, $33,000 in 2009, $34,000 in 2010, $35,000 in 2011, $36,000 in 2012. Acquired by NY Yankees in trade from Seattle 7/23/12.
4 years/$44M (2004-07). Signed extension with Seattle 12/03 (avoided arbitration). $6M signing bonus. 04:$5M, 05-07: $11M annually. # limited no-trade clause (may block deals to 10 clubs). Award bonuses: $50,000 each for Gold Glove, All Star selection. $1.25M in performance bonuses for plate appearances. $50,000 each for 400 PAs, 2004-06. $0.1M each for 500 & 600 PAs, 2004-06. $0.1M for 400 PAs, 2007. $0.2M each for 500 & 600 PAs, 2007. Housing allowance: $28,000 in 2004, $29,000 in 2005, $30,000 in 2006, $31,000 in 2007. Interpreter, trainer, transportation for spring & regular season. 4 annual round-trip airline tickets from Seattle to Japan
3 years/$14.088 (2001-03). $5M signing bonus. 01:$4M, 02:$2M, 03:$3M. $7M deferred with interest. $4M of bonus, $2M of 2001 salary, $1M of 2003 salary. Full no-trade clause. Performance bonuses: $0.4M each for 200, 250, 300, 350, 450 PAs in 2001. $0.6M each for 200, 250, 300, 350, 450 PAs in 2003. Award bonuses: $0.15M for MVP ($0.2M for 2nd award, $0.25M for 3rd). $0.1M for WS MVP. $75,000 for Rookie of the Year. $50,000 each for LCS MVP, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger. $75,000 for most All-Star votes. $50,000 for most All-Star votes in AL. $50,000 for All-Star start. $25,000 for All-Star reserve. $10,000 moving allowance, plus use of car, trainer, interpreter. 2001-03 housing allowances: $25,000, $26,000, $27,000. Four first-class, round-trip air tickets between Japan & Seattle, twice a year
Seattle paid $13.125M for negotiating rights with Ichiro (signed 11/00)
Orix of Japan Pacific League posted Ichiro after 2000 season

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	WARP
90^o	381	45	103	18	2	6	39	36	62	7	3	.305	.376	.423	107	15.3	1.6
80^o	362	41	93	16	2	5	35	33	60	7	2	.289	.358	.398	99	10.0	1.1
70^o	348	38	87	15	2	5	33	30	59	6	2	.280	.347	.389	94	6.5	0.7
60^o	336	36	81	14	2	4	31	29	58	6	2	.269	.337	.369	89	3.7	0.4
50^o	325	34	76	13	2	4	29	27	57	5	2	.260	.327	.360	85	1.2	0.1
40^o	314	32	72	12	2	4	28	25	56	5	2	.254	.319	.353	80	-1.1	-0.1
30^o	302	30	68	12	2	4	26	23	54	5	2	.249	.310	.352	75	-3.4	-0.4
20^o	288	27	61	11	1	3	24	21	53	4	2	.233	.293	.317	70	-5.8	-0.6
10^o	269	24	53	9	1	3	21	19	50	4	1	.216	.276	.298	62	-8.8	-0.9
Weighted Mean	329	34	78	14	2	4	30	27	57	5	2	.264	.330	.366	86	2.0	0.2

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Date	Question	Answer
2018-12-11 13:00:00 (link to chat)	DRC+ seems like a really good step toward understanding how much success hitters truly had, after accounting for a lot of circumstantial/environmental variables. Despite how impressive it is, what do you think its biggest shortcomings are? What, if any, improvements do you think would be a likely next step forward? (drewcorb from Owatonna, MN)	Jonathan Judge has an upcoming article that will address this in a much better way than I ever could, but I think there will be some refinements regarding high-average, high-BABIP, singles hitters. Like, say, Rod Carew, Ichiro Suzuki, and Tony Gwynn. Hitters like that - all-time greats, but with unique, extreme skill sets - are always tough to evaluate. We'll have more good stuff about DRC+ later this week. (Aaron Gleeman)
2011-11-30 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Keeping with a Japanese import theme, who are the 5 greatest Japanese MLBers of all time? (Paul from DC)	Ichiro Suzuki is the clear #1. For #2, I'd go Hideo Nomo, with Hideki Matsui #3. The falloff after that is steep; I'll argue for Hiroki Kuroda as #4 and Takashi Saito #5 based upon peak performance and for not disappointing relative to expectations. (Jay Jaffe)
2010-01-06 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Ichiro Suzuki, Hall Of Famer or not? (Ron from Vancouver)	I think he gets in when his time comes, though I'm a bit less sold on his JAWS merits with the latest round of numbers than I was this summer: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=9416 (Jay Jaffe)
2009-11-19 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Hi Joe, Thanks for the chat. Thinking about this questions today: what is the relationship between a high contact rate (90 plus) and walk rate? Is a high contact rate going to suppress walks? (lagronem from Newark, DE)	Absolutely. A high contact rate will limit the number of deep counts. The low walk rates of Ichiro Suzuki, Nomar Garciaparra, Don Mattingly...that's partly because when they swing they square the ball up. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-12-05 14:00:00 (link to chat)	What's your position on Ichiro Suzuki for the Hall of Fame? (oira61 from San Francisco)	I'm all for it, because his seven-year peak definitely holds up well next to the average HOFer and his shortened MLB career is a product of externalities that were not of his making. Plus I think he's been a tremendous ambassador for extending baseball's reach and creating new fans. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-10-06 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Prior to the Ryan Howard era, which players in baseball were most overrated? (Reed from Des Moines)	Ichiro Suzuki, Derek Jeter, Garret Anderson. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-02-29 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I know that way back when, Hamilton was throwing 95 mph. Is his outfield arm still 80 on the scouting scale? (Or from Dallas)	A throwing question right off the bat, excellent. In the essay "Expanding the Cannon" that you'll find in BP2K8 you'll see that among center fielders Josh Hamilton ranked 5th at +3.9 runs saved with his arm. That metric is composed of four components: hit advancement, throwing out runners stretching, fly ball advancement, and "other". Hamilton did well in both hit advancement and fly ball advancement (by virtue of just 4 of 35 runners advancing) although in 145 stretch opportunities he didn't nab anyone. Of course he did all of this in just 62 adjusted games. In the essay I also describe the rate statistic scaled to 550 opportunities and there he ended up at +8.9 behind a few other guys with limited playing time (for example Jason Lane and Jacque Jones who had 29 and 72 adjusted games in center respectively. Among centerfielders who played more Ichiro Suzuki came out on top at +6.0 in 149 adjusted games with Andruw Jones and Bill Hall next in line. By all accounts he does have a fine arm but of course in a smaller sample like this I would take these results with a grain of salt. It'll be interesting to see what he does with even more playing time in Texas in 2008. (Dan Fox)

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