10 unbelievable stats from Ichiro's legendary career

Ichiro Suzuki passed Pete Rose for the most professional hits by a player in baseball history Wednesday when he doubled off San Diego Padres closer Fernando Rodney for the 4,257th knock of his career.

Over the course of the Japanese veteran's storied career, he's managed to make quite a name for himself with the bat, his legs, and some remarkable defense en route to an AL MVP award, two batting titles, 10 All-Star appearances, and 10 Gold Gloves.

With some help from numbers guru Ace of MLB Stats, here are some of the most interesting stats from the 42-year-old's historic run:

• Only 25 of the more than 37,000 pitches Ichiro has seen during his career came with his average sitting below .300

• His batting average hit .300 in his 10th career at-bat and it's never fallen below that mark since

• He'd have to go 0-for-444 in order for his career batting average to dip below .300

• His 242 hits with the Mariners in 2001 is the most in baseball history by a player in his first season

• Nearly a quarter of Ichiro's 2,979 MLB hits have been infield hits (694)

• He's the only player in MLB history with 10 seasons in which he reached 200 hits and 25 stolen bases

• He collected at least 200 hits in 10 consecutive seasons to begin his career. His 2,244 hits during that stretch are the most by any player over his first 10 years in major-league history.

• Ichiro had more seasons (2) with at least 7.5 WAR than Pete Rose (1)

• He's the first Japanese-born player to homer for both the Mariners and Marlins. The home runs came 5,136 days apart.

• He owns three of the top four hit totals over the past 30 years, including his single-season record of 262 in 2004.