Factbox: Miami Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki

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(Reuters) - Japanese outfielder Ichiro Suzuki became the 30th member of Major League Baseball's exclusive 3,000-hits club on Sunday. * Considered the greatest hitter in Japanese baseball history, Ichiro dominated the game in his homeland for nearly nine years during which he was a seven-times Pacific League batting champion and racked up 1,278 hits. * Became the first Japanese position player, or non-pitcher, to be signed by a U.S. team when he joined the Seattle Mariners in 2001 and became only the second player to win Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player awards in the same season.

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