2021 MLB.com Defensive Player of the Year Award: Ichiro Suzuki, 2005 MLB.com Setup Man of the Year Award: Hideki Okajima, 2007 Best Male Athlete ESPY Award: Shohei Ohtani, 2022 Best Major League Baseball Player ESPY Award: Shohei Ohtani, twice, 2021, 2022 United States Sports Academy Athlete of the Month: Shohei Ohtani, June 2021 Time 100: Shohei Ohtani, 2021 Hitting Most hits in a single season: Ichiro Suzuki, 262 (2004) MLB Record Most career interleague hits: Ichiro Suzuki, 367 MLB Record Most consecutive seasons of 200 or more hits: Ichiro Suzuki, 10 (2001–2010) MLB Record Most seasons with 200 or more hits: Ichiro Suzuki, 10 (2001–2010) MLB Record (tie) Most games with five or more hits in a season: Ichiro Suzuki, 4 (2004) MLB Record (tie) Most pinch-hit plate appearances in a season: Ichiro Suzuki, 109 (2017) MLB Record Most pinch-hit at-bats in a season: Ichiro Suzuki, 100 (2017) MLB Record Batting titles: Ichiro Suzuki, 2001 (.350 Avg) and 2004 (.372 Avg) Only inside-the-park home run in All-Star game history: Ichiro Suzuki, July 10, 2007, AT&T Park, hitting leadoff for the American League Only MLB player to hit a home run in his first plate appearance of his first three seasons: Kazuo Matsui, 2004 (First pitch), 2005, 2006 (Inside-the-park home run) First Japanese player to play in the World Series: Tsuyoshi Shinjo, October 19, 2002, Giants vs. Angels, Edison Field, hitting 9th in the lineup as the Designated hitter First Japanese player to hit a home run: Hideo Nomo, April 28, 1998, Dodgers vs. Brewers, Dodger Stadium First Japanese player to hit a grand slam: Tsuyoshi Shinjo, May 17, 2002, Giants vs. Marlins, AT&T Park First Japanese player to hit a walk-off hit: Tsuyoshi Shinjo, May 20, 2001, Mets vs. Dodgers, Shea Stadium First Japanese player to hit a walk-off home run: Hideki Matsui, July 17, 2003, Yankees vs. Indians, Yankee Stadium First Japanese player to hit a home run in the postseason: Hideki Matsui, October 4, 2003, Yankees vs. Twins, Metrodome First Japanese player to hit a home run in the World Series: Hideki Matsui, October 19, 2003, Yankees vs. Marlins, Yankee Stadium First Japanese player to hit for the cycle: Shohei Ohtani, June 13, 2019, Angels vs. Rays, Tropicana Field (Home run (1st), Double (3rd), Triple (5th), Single (7th)) 3,000 hit club: Ichiro Suzuki; entered August 7, 2016 Most walks in a 3-game span: Shohei Ohtani, September 22–24, 2021