[Lefty Noob]

Ichiro Suzuki has recorded his 3,000th career hit as a professional baseball player.

According to the Associated Press, "The Seattle Mariners leadoff man hit a soft liner to left-center on the game’s first pitch from Luis Mendoza. Standing on first base, Suzuki received an ovation from the Texas crowd and tipped his helmet when his achievement was posted on the scoreboard... The 34-year-old Suzuki has 1,722 hits in 1,224 games during his eight seasons with the Mariners. He had 1,278 hits over 951 games in nine seasons with the Orix Blue Wave of Japan’s Pacific League." How noteworthy is this as an accomplishment?

Ichiro reaches 3,000 total hits in US, Japan - MLB - Yahoo! Sports

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Kei Igawa led the Japanese League in strikeouts before coming over here so that's all I need to know about Japanese baseball.

[Full Cougar]

Clearly it is an accomplishment. He is close to getting 2,000 MLB hits now. If I am correct there is a thing in Japan called the "Golden Players Club" for hitters with 3,000 or more hits and pitchers with 3,000 or more strikeouts, a mix of Japan league and MLB. So I believe he may be in that now too.