Ichiro Suzuki will donate his personal collection to the Hall of Fame

Ichiro Suzuki plans to donate his entire personal collection to the museum in Cooperstown, New York, after entering the Hall of Fame.

Ichiro Suzuki plans to do more than simply be included in the Hall of Fame This July. He also intends to donate his entire personal collection to the museum in Cooperstown, New York.

The former president of the Hall of Fame and National Baseball Museum, Jeff Idelson, announced the news by sharing a previous conversation with Suzuki in a recent podcast “refuse to lose”.

“Everything culminated with him wanting to follow the steps of Hank Aaron and Tom Seover, two players who donated all his collections to Cooperstown,” Idelson said. “Ichiro said: ‘I want to be the third much later in my life.'”

Idelson, 60, served as president of the Hall of Fame from 2008 to 2019. He returned as an interim president in 2021 after Tim Mead resigned.

Idelson and Suzuki, 51, have shared a relationship that continued beyond the latter’s baseball career.

Suzuki obtained an amazing 99.9% of the votes last month to become the first induced born in Japan. Will enter the Hall of Fame next to CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner, Dave Parker and Dick Allen When induced on July 27.

Suzuki hit .311 with 3,089 hits, 509 stolen bases and 10 gold gloves despite debuting at age 27 in 2001, when he won the rookie prizes of the American League Year and more valuable player for the Seattle Mariners.

After more than 11 years with Seattle, Suzuki was transferred to the New York in 2012 and played three years with the Miami Marlins 2015-17 before finishing your career with cameos the next two seasons for your original club.