The new statute was unveiled outdoors T-Mobile Park on Friday morning.
SEATTLE — Ichiro Suzuki’s statue outdoors T-Mobile Park was damaged because it was being unveiled Friday morning.
Following a countdown by voice of the Mariners Rick Rizzs, a tarp was pulled off the statue, bending the bat being held by the bronze Ichiro.
The end result was laughter from Ichiro and Ken Griffey Jr., two Mariners legends.
The group was fast to show it right into a light-hearted second on social media.
The bat was fastened shortly after.
The membership first introduced in August 2025 that Ichiro could be honored with a statue at T-Mobile Park.
Mariners Chairman and Managing Partner John Stanton stated on the time the statue would seize Ichiro’s iconic batting stance.
Ichiro turned the fourth particular person honored with a statue at T-Mobile Park, becoming a member of broadcaster Dave Niehaus, Griffey and Edgar Martinez.
The newest honor follows a number of others for Ichiro lately. His No. 51 was retired in a pregame ceremony earlier than a sellout crowd at T-Mobile Park in August 2025. That made him the fourth participant whose quantity has been retired by the Mariners, becoming a member of Griffey, Martinez and Jackie Robinson, whose quantity is retired throughout Major League Baseball.
Ichiro was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in July of final yr, turning into the third participant to symbolize the Mariners in Cooperstown alongside Griffey and Martinez. He beforehand was inducted into the Mariners Hall of Fame in 2022.
Ichiro stays some of the adorned gamers in franchise historical past. He was the American League MVP and Rookie of the Year in 2001, the identical season he helped the Mariners win a record-tying 116 video games.
He was a 10-time All-Star, a 10-time Gold Glove winner, a three-time Silver Slugger and a two-time batting champion.
He nonetheless holds the Major League file for hits in a season after gathering 262 in 2004.
Across 19 Major League seasons with the Mariners, Yankees and Marlins, Ichiro performed in 2,653 video games and picked up 3,089 hits. He completed with a .311 batting common.
In Mariners historical past, he ranks among the many membership’s prime gamers in almost each main offensive class and owns franchise data for at-bats, hits, triples, batting common and stolen bases.
Since retiring in 2019, Ichiro has continued with the group as particular assistant to the chairman, working with Mariners gamers and workers.
