Shock result! Ichiro Unanimity 55% → First interest of Hall of Fame in January next year
Dec 23, 2024
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MLB.com , the official website of Major League Baseball, released the results of the poll on the 23rd (Korea time), asking the question "Can Ichiro enter the Hall of Fame unanimously?" As many as 55% said it was not unanimous.
MLB.com has no doubt that Ichiro will be a Hall of Fame inductee in the first round of voting when the results are announced on January 21, 2025. However, there is an important question. Will Ichiro become the second unanimous inductee of all time?' was the subject of the conversation.
MLB.com said, `We cannot know for sure until the results of the National Baseball Journalists Association (BBWAA) vote are released, but we recently asked 55 experts for their opinions. The results were mixed,' he said.
The question of MLB.com was not 'Is Ichiro qualified to enter the Hall of Fame unanimously?' but 'Does Ichiro look like he will enter the Hall of Fame unanimously?' Therefore, it is believed that the answer of no was dominant. 'Yes' was higher with 25 people and 'No' was higher with 30.
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MLB.com says 'Ichiro certainly has reason to stand shoulder to shoulder with Rivera. He is a Seattle Mariners legend and one of the best hitters in baseball history. Despite making his major league debut at the age of 27, he hit 3,000 hits. He holds the record for the most hits in a single season with a career batting average of 311. If he adds 1,278 hits in the Japanese professional baseball league before coming to the Major League, his total number of professional hits reaches 4,367.
'Lovers in New York' jitter missed the unanimous vote by one vote. He won 396 of 397 votes in the 2009 vote. Ken Griffey Jr. took 437 of 440 votes in 2016, winning 99.3 percent of the vote. Tom Seaver received 425 votes out of 430 in 1992, recording 98.8%.
dhhan@sportschosun.com
