Question: japanese baseball players in mlb hall of fame
Answer: 98 September 11 , 2002 New York Mets ( 1998 -- 1999 ) Colorado Rockies ( 2000 ) Montreal Expos ( 2001 -- 2002 ) Retired -- Masao Kida April 5 , 1999 August 3 , 2005 Detroit Tigers ( 1999 -- 2000 ) Los Angeles Dodgers ( 2003 -- 2004 ) Seattle Mariners ( 2004 -- 2005 ) Retired -- Tomokazu Ohka July 19 , 1999 October 4 , 2009 Boston Red Sox ( 1999 -- 2001 ) Montreal Expos / Washington Nationals ( 2001 -- 2005 ) Milwaukee Brewers ( 2005 -- 2006 ) Toronto Blue Jays ( 2007 ) Cleveland Indians ( 2009 ) Retired -- Kazuhiro Sasaki April 5 , 2000 September 28 , 2003 Seattle Mariners ( 2000 -- 2003 ) Retired -- Ichiro Suzuki * OF April 2 , 2001 May 2 , 2018 Seattle Mariners ( 2001 -- 2012 ) New York Yankees ( 2012 -- 2014 ) Miami Marlins ( 2015 -- 2017 ) Seattle Mariners ( 2018 ) Special Assistant to the Chairman Seattle Mariners Tsuyoshi Shinjo OF April 3 , 2001 June 27 , 2003 New York Mets ( 2001 , 2003 ) San Francisco Giants ( 2002 ) Retired -- Takahito Nomura April 3 , 2002 May 15 , 2002 Milwaukee Brewers ( 2002 ) Retired -- Satoru