{"id":774080,"date":"2026-07-01T21:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T21:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/774080\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T21:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T21:14:11","slug":"cubs-seiya-suzuki-joins-shohei-ohtani-ichiro-suzuki-in-mlb-history-with-100th-hr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/774080\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki joins Shohei Ohtani, Ichiro Suzuki in MLB history with 100th HR"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Chicago Cubs<\/a> have had a bit of an up-and-down 2026 season, and it got bad enough that, for a moment, it looked as if the Cubs might be sellers at the trade deadline.<\/p>\n

Such rumors began because Seiya Suzuki was named as a potential trade chip, though that’s not likely to happen at all. Speaking of Suzuki, on July 1 during the 2026 season, he joined an exclusive club in MLB history.<\/p>\n

As the Cubs announced<\/a>, Suzuki hit the 100th home run of his MLB career, joining three other Japanese-born players with 100 homers in the Majors, all of whom are MLB legends in their own right.<\/p>\n

Seiya Suzuki becomes fourth Japanese-born player with 100 HRs in MLB<\/p>\n

“Seiya Suzuki becomes the fourth Japanese-born player in major league history to hit 100 career home runs,” the Cubs announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Suzuki hit his 13th home run of the season on Wednesday against the San Diego Padres<\/a>, becoming just the fourth Japanese-born player to hit 100 MLB home runs in his career.<\/p>\n

The all-time leaderboard has Shohei Ohtani, the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>‘ MVP and baseball legend, at 298 homers in his big league career, by far the most of any Japanese-born player.<\/p>\n

Second place is Hideki Matsui at 175 homers, who played for the New York Yankees<\/a>, winning the 2009 World Series MVP and being named to two All-Star teams during his 10-year MLB career.<\/p>\n

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Ichiro Suzuki is also above 100 homers, at 117 during his Hall of Fame career. He wasn’t a power-hitter, so the Cubs outfielder might be able to pass him within the next year on the all-time leaderboard.<\/p>\n

Suzuki might be joined fairly soon by another Japanese-born slugger, as Munetaka Murakami has 20 homers in his career already in just 200 at-bats, and if he can stay healthy and play for a few more seasons, he should get there shortly.<\/p>\n

But, for now, the Cubs outfielder has become just the fourth Japanese-born player in MLB history to hit 100 home runs, an impressive feat halfway through his fifth MLB season.<\/p>\n

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