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Ichiro Suzuki will be the first Japanese player enshrined in Cooperstown. Ichiro was a seven-time All-star, seven-time Batting Champion, seven-time Gold Glove Award Winner with a RBI title and a Stolen Base title and three-time MVP and that was before he arrived to MLB. Once he arrived he immediately won Rookie of the Year and a Most Valuable Player Award as a rookie and began a streak of 10 more All-star appearances and 10 consecutive seasons of 200 or more hits. He led the league in Stolen Bases, won two more Batting Championships and ten more Gold Glove Awards as well as setting the all-time record of 262 hits in a single season. I am fortunate that my younger brother was living in Japan and sending me baseball cards when Ichiro began his career. I showed you my Japanese rookie card back in post #307 of this thread. As of this post I have 1504 different Beckett recognized cards of Ichiro. Here are nine from my collection that I hadn't shown you yet including some relics and some MLB rookie cards.

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2001 Topps #726 Ichiro Suzuki RC
2001 Upper Deck #271 Ichiro Suzuki SR RC
2001 Upper Deck MVP #60 Ichiro Suzuki RC

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2001 Upper Deck Rookie Update Ichiro Tribute Gold #37 Ichiro Suzuki SAL (Pulled from a dollar box.)
2005 Bowman Heritage Pieces of Greatness Relics #IS Ichiro Suzuki Jsy C
2009 Topps Allen and Ginter Relics #IS Ichiro Suzuki Jsy

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2012 Topps Mini Gold #119 Ichiro Suzuki/Joe Mauer/Vladimir Guerrereo LDR
2017 Topps Triple Threads Unity Jumbo Relics #SJRIS Ichiro
2018 Topps Tribute Triple Relics #TTRI Ichiro