Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner. With players this accomplished and an institution so steeped in history, there are plenty of fun facts to dig through about the newest Hall of Fame class.

A leadoff hitter, an ace starter and a lockdown closer walk into a Hall … It’s no joke. The National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 is complete after Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner

Ichiro Suzuki could join Mariano Rivera as the only unanimous picks for baseball’s Hall of Fame and CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner and Carlos Beltrán also could be elected when results

That was one of the best debut seasons ever. Ichiro was an All-Star and won a Silver Slugger and Gold Glove award in right field. He not only coasted to the Rookie of the Year award but narrowly surpassed Jason Giambi to win the MVP. He joined Fred Lynn as the only rookies to be named the Most Valuable Player.

Ichiro Suzuki has become the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, voted in along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.

Ichiro Suzuki's unforgettable career has the ending it deserves, as the Japanese icon has been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner will join Ichiro in the Class of 2025.

Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame, with Suzuki becoming the first Japanese player chosen for the Hall, falling one vote shy of unanimous.

Ichiro Suzuki, a veritable hits machine on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, became the first Japanese player to gain entry into the National Baseball Hall of Fame when he was

Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected Tuesday along with

Suzuki received 393 of 394 votes from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Sabathia was on 342 ballots and Wagner on 325, which was 29 more than the 296 needed for the required 75%.

CC Sabathia! Dustin Pedroia ... to win an MVP and a Rookie of the Year award in the same season (the other: Fred Lynn) and … sorry, I can’t ignore this … the man who got more hits than ...