After being elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday afternoon, Seattle Mariners legend Ichiro Suzuki got a surprise call from fellow Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr.

Ken Griffey Jr. played on the same Seattle team as Ichiro in 2009 and 2010, near the end of Junior's playing career.

Baseball Hall of Fame class will include five players. Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner will join Dick Allen and Dave Parker in Cooperstown this summer, the BB

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Suzuki will be joining fellow franchise greats Ken Griffey Jr. and Edgar Martinez in Cooperstown, N.Y. Suzuki will also be joining those two Seattle legends in another prestigious group.

He'll be enshrined in a ceremony on July 27 of this year, going in alongside Billy Wagner ... with an M's logo on his hat, joining Ken Griffey Jr. and Edgar Martinez. Ichiro earned 99.7 percent ...

Ken Griffey Jr. welcomed his former Seattle Mariners ... Ichiro is scheduled to be inducted Sunday, July 27, 2025, alongside CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner, Dick Allen and Cincinnati native and former ...

Ichiro is scheduled to be inducted Sunday, July 27, 2025, alongside CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner, Dick Allen and Cincinnati native and former Reds great Dave Parker. Ken Griffey Jr. welcomes Ichiro ...

Ichiro Suzuki is the first Japanese-born player voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He'll be joined by CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner in the Class of 2025.

In Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner, the Baseball Writers Association delivered quite an eclectic trifecta to Cooperstown on Tuesday. The first Japanese player ever elected to the Hall of Fame,

The bad news is that Andruw Jones will have to wait at least one more year. The good news is that he is on a path similar to the one traveled by former Braves closer Billy Wagner, one of the baseball’s new Hall of Famers.

Ichiro wasn't unanimous and Billy Wagner probably got in later than he should have, but all three are deserving of their place in Cooperstown.