Fellow Hall of Famer Derek Jeter, named on all but one ballot back in 2020, knows a little about what Ichiro experienced this week.

After Ichiro Suzuki, like Derek Jeter, came one vote shy of unanimous selection into the Hall of Fame, Jeter says it's time for voters to be "accountable" for their votes.

Derek Jeter sounds fed up with a lack of Hall of Fame voter accountability, and the Yankees legend wants writers with ballots to be held accountable.

Baseball legend Ichiro Suzuki was announced as a baseball Hall of Famer on Tuesday, becoming the 62nd first-ballot Hall of Famer and the first Japanese baseball player to be elected to Cooperstown. There was no doubt that Ichiro, who played nine years in the Nippon Baseball League in Japan before 19 years in the MLB, was getting into the Hall.

The three inductees of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 205 were announced on January 21, with former New York Yankees superstars CC Sabathia and Ich

Former New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter reacted to his former teammate Ichiro Suzuki’s Hall of Fame induction.

Seattle Mariners legend Ichiro Suzukibecame the newest member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Ichiro was voted into Cooperstown in his first year of eligibility, and appeared on 393 of 394 ballots.

Suzuki, a first-ballot Hall of Famer, was elected to the class of 2025 just one vote shy of being unanimous. The one voter who left Suzuki off the ballot has not come forward and the Hall does not release ballots unless the writer gives permission. Five years ago, Jeter too, came up one vote short. The voter who omitted Jeter never came forward.

Derek Jeter, Sadaharu Oh and Hideki Matsui were among many to offer their praises Tuesday after former Seattle Mariners outfielder

Countless people have called out the voter, including NJ Advance Media’s Bob Klapisch, who called the voter the “Clown of the Year.” Former Yankees closer Mariano Rivera remains the only unanimous player inducted into the Hall of Fame. Does that seem right?

In the middle of the 2012 season, Derek Jeter found out he would be teammates with Ichiro Suzuki after the New York Yankees acquired him.

That was the case on Monday when Ichiro Suzuki was just one vote shy ... turned into anger on social media. Five years ago, Derek Jeter also fell one vote short of unanimity.