1719 1 August 12, 2004^11:55am Reedster^1 Ichiro sets MLB record for most hits by a player in his first four seasons seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/mariners/2002003100_marinotes12.html Mariners [Other] 0 562 0 I suppose that there are asterisk naysayers out there, as this was hardly a "first four seasons" situation with Ichiro's baseball experience in Japan. Nonetheless, kudos to Ichiro for giving substantial (and deserving) credibility to the Japanese leagues. /looking forward to the "real" World Series some time in 2015