When the Marlins pursued Ichiro in the 2014-2015 offseason, it was a Jeff Loria fueled idea, who probably saw an opportunity to give a legend his farewell tour (and the chance to make a couple bucks off of the pursuit of career hallmarks, chief of which was the 3,000 hit club).
Due to injuries (Giancarlo Stanton) and production issues (Marcell Ozuna), Ichiro would end up logging 438 plate appearances as the primary outfield back-up. While he acquitted himself well enough in the field, he was pretty bad up at the dish, slashing .