With his first year on the ballot, Ichiro Suzuki just became the first Asian player to be elected to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame. Capturing 393 of 394 (99.746%) votes from the Baseball Writers' Association of America, Ichiro’s election was nearly unanimous with only one voter who held out. Ichiro ties his former teammate, Derek Jeter, with the second highest vote share in history. 

The identity of the voter who chose not to vote for Ichiro may never be known since voters can withhold their identity from the ballot. 

"I think it (missing one vote) is a really good thing," Ichiro told a Seattle press conference. "In life, we are able to move forward because we are imperfect."

Ichiro made his debut with the Seattle Mariners in 2001 and famously won the American League MVP, Rookie of the Year Award, Gold Glove Award, and Silver Slugger Award in the same year.

"I don't think anybody in this whole world thought that I'd be a Hall of Famer," Suzuki said per ESPN. "As a baseball player, this is the highest honor you can achieve."

Swipe above to see how his former teams — the Seattle Mariners, the New York Yankees, and the Miami Marlins — celebrated him. 

Congrats on this historic achievement, Ichiro!