Seattle Mariners will retire Ichiro Suzuki's number 51 in a pre-game ceremony at T-Mobile Park on August 9, 2025. Ichiro, a Hall of Famer and trailblazer for international players in MLB, will join Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez, and Jackie Robinson as the only players to have their uniform number retired by the Mariners. The announcement came ahead of Ichiro's induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on July 27, 2025.
An image of Ichiro Suzuki at a press conference that announced the retirement of his #51 jersey on the evening of January 21, 2025. Ichiro will join fellow Hall of Famers Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez, and Jackie Robinson as the only players to have their uniform number retired by the Mariners.
Ichiro is set to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, on July 27, according to the Mariners. After the news broke, Ichiro became the first Japanese player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Suzuki received 393 of 394 votes from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. The other Mariners great on the ballot, Félix Hernández, earned 20.6% of the vote and will return to the ballot next year.
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