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Miami (AFP) - Japan's Ichiro Suzuki will continue his quest for a 3,000th Major League Baseball hit in Miami next season after inking a new one-year deal with the Marlins on Tuesday.
The iconic outfielder, who will turn 42 on October 22, is just 65 hits shy of 3,000 after his 15th Major League season.
He is tied with Barry Bonds for 33rd on MLB's all-time hit list, and including his nine seasons in Japan has 4,213 hits as a professional -- a tally that surpasses the 4,191 career total of US legend Ty Cobb -- a Hall of Famer from a century ago who ranks second on the all-time major league career hit list to Pete Rose (4,256).