Baseball-Ichiro retires from baseball aged 45 - Seattle Mariners

ByReuters

Published 21/03/2019 at 14:33 GMT

TOKYO, March 21 (Reuters) - Japanese baseball player Ichiro Suzuki, who accumulated the most hits ever in top tier professional baseball in 28 seasons across Japan and the United States, announced his retirement on Thursday.

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Suzuki, 45, made the announcement in a Seattle Mariners statement after playing for the team in the second game of their Major League Baseball opening series against the Oakland Athletics. (Reporting by Jack Tarrant Editing by Toby Davis)

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