After parts of five-plus seasons with the New York Yankees and Miami Marlins, Ichiro Suzuki returned to where his career began and flourished – the Seattle Mariners. Ichiro spent his final two seasons with the Mariners in 2018 and for two games in 2019. Ichiro used this Mizuno Pro A model bat during the 2018 season. This bat displays outstanding game use and is un-cracked. There are many ball marks, stitch impressions, blue ink transfers and white leather scuff marks on the barrel. There is an impression of a weighted donut that is visible on the bat and Ichiro’s number “51” is stamped on the knob. There is a light coating of pine tar on the upper handle/lower barrel and Ichiro has signed his name in silver marker on the barrel inscribing “51”. This bat comes with a LOA from PSA/DNA (1B17657) for the game use and has been graded a perfect GU 10. Additionally, there is a LOA from Ichiro stating that he used this bat in 2018 and added his autograph.

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