On June 15, 2016, former Yankee and current Miami Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki had two hits, surpassing 4,256 career hits which is the mark left by the one and only "Hit King," Pete Rose. Despite Ichiro being three years younger, it has taken them the roughly the same amount of time (24 seasons) to reach the benchmark of 4,256 hits. There's just one thing to note: Ichiro has 2,979 hits in Major League Baseball (MLB), adding in 1,278 hits from his days in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), where all of Rose's 4,256 hits came as a player in the MLB. Ichiro began his career in 1992 at the age of 18 with the Orix Blue Wave of the NPB's Japanese Pacific League. He shined in his third season in which he racked up 210 hits over 130 games. Ichiro would continue tearing the cover off the ball for the Blue Wave for six seasons until he signed with the Seattle Mariners. Ichiro would immediately make his presence known in the MLB. In his first season with the Mariners, he led the league in four categories: plate appearances (738), at-bats (692), hits (242) and stolen bases (56). Over the course of his career, he has led the league in plate appearances four times, at-bats eight times, hits seven times, and stolen bases just the one season. He is currently in his 16th season in MLB (following nine in NPB), having played for the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, and Miami Marlins.