Ichiro Suzuki vs Willie Mays

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Ichiro Suzuki and Willie Mays compared on their MLB careers: Ichiro Suzuki played 19 seasons, 2001 to 2019, Willie Mays 22 seasons, 1951 to 1973. Ichiro Suzuki has .311 batting average to Willie Mays's .302. Willie Mays won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Willie Mays leads in 7 of the 9 lines, Ichiro Suzuki in 2. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Ichiro Suzuki and Willie Mays career totals

2,653	GP	2,992
9,934	AB	10,881
1,420	R	2,062, better
3,089	H	3,283, better
117	HR	660, better
780	RBI	1,903, better
509, better	SB	338
0.3, better	AVG	0.3
0.4	OBP	0.4, better
0.4	SLG	0.6, better
0.8	OPS	0.9, better

How do they compare in the postseason?

Ichiro Suzuki and Willie Mays postseason

19	GP	25
78	AB	89
10	R	12, better
27, better	H	22
1	HR	1
8	RBI	10, better
4, better	SB	3
0.3, better	AVG	0.2
0.4, better	OBP	0.3
0.4, better	SLG	0.3
0.8, better	OPS	0.7

Where each stands all time

Ichiro Suzuki and Willie Mays all-time places

24th (3,089)	Hits	12th (3,283), better
34th (509), better	Stolen bases	122nd (338)
—	Home runs	6th (660), better
—	RBI	10th (1,903), better

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Ichiro Suzuki and Willie Mays titles and awards

—	Championships	1, better
—	NL Rookie of the Year	1, better
—	NL MVP	2, better
10, better	AL Gold Glove	1
—	NL Gold Glove	12, better
1, better	AL Rookie of the Year	—
3, better	AL Silver Slugger	—
1, better	AL MVP	—

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Ichiro Suzuki and Willie Mays season by season

1st	2001	.350, better	8	69, better	1951	.274	20, better	68
2nd	2002	.321, better	8, better	51, better	1952	.236	4	23
3rd	2003	.312	13	62	1954	.345, better	41, better	110, better
4th	2004	.372, better	8	60	1955	.319	51, better	127, better
5th	2005	.303, better	15	68	1956	.296	36, better	84, better
6th	2006	.322	9	49	1957	.333, better	35, better	97, better
7th	2007	.351, better	6	68	1958	.347	29, better	96, better
8th	2008	.310	6	42	1959	.313, better	34, better	104, better
9th	2009	.352, better	11	46	1960	.319	29, better	103, better
10th	2010	.315, better	6	43	1961	.308	40, better	123, better
11th	2011	.272	5	47	1962	.304, better	49, better	141, better
12th	2012	.283	9	55	1963	.314, better	38, better	103, better
13th	2013	.262	7	35	1964	.296, better	47, better	111, better
14th	2014	.284	1	22	1965	.317, better	52, better	112, better
15th	2015	.229	1	21	1966	.288, better	37, better	103, better
16th	2016	.291, better	1	22	1967	.263	22, better	70, better
17th	2017	.255	3	20	1968	.289, better	23, better	79, better
18th	2018	.205	0	0	1969	.283, better	13, better	58, better
19th	2019	.000	0	0	1970	.291, better	28, better	83, better
20th	—	—	—	—	1971	.271	18	61
21st	—	—	—	—	1972	.250	8	22
22nd	—	—	—	—	1973	.211	6	25

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI