Ichiro received 99.7 percent of the votes, meaning there was only one person who didn't vote for him.
Ichiro Suzuki
Ichiro, understandably, headlines the 2025 Hall of Fame class following an unmatched career. The phenom from Japan batted a career .311 average, wracking up 3,089 (25th all-time). Ichiro burst onto the MLB scene in 2001 when he led an All-Star season before being named AL Rookie of the Year and AL MVP while taking home his first of 10 Gold Gloves and first of three Silver Slugger Awards.
Ichiro, the first Japanese position player ever in the MLB, still holds the record for most hits in a single season (264), no player since has come close except one - also Ichiro three years later with 238 in 2007. The only modern player to even get relatively close was Jose Altuve in 2014 with 225 hits.
His 4,367 hits across his career in Japan and the MLB is the most of any baseball player in the history of the sport. But the craziest feat? Ichiro singled in his first at-bat in the third game of his career, lifting his batting average above .300. Since then, over the course of 2,650 games, his batting average never dipped below .300 ever again.
C.C. Sabathia
The six-time All-Star, Cy Young Award winner, World Series champion, and one of the classiest baseball players around, Sabathia finally joins other legends in the Hall of Fame where he rightfully belongs.
Sabathia racked up 251 wins throughout his 19-year career with a 3.74 ERA and became one of 19 members in MLB history to join the 3,000-strikeout club in his final season, marking one of the most successful careers by any starting pitcher in MLB history.
Billy Wagner
After 10 years on the ballot, in his final year of eligibility, Billy Wagner finally made it. He is now a Hall of Famer for the rest of human history. He missed election by five votes last year and finally got over the hump he deserved this year. Wagner threw a carer 2.31 ERA and racked up 422 saves (8th all-time) in 476 save opportunities.
Wagner posted 1,196 strikeouts (7th all-time among relievers) and only 300 walks in 903 innings pitched. Batters hit only .187 against Wagner in his 16-year career and never gave up more than 60 hits in a season.
The seven-time all-star, who spent nine years with the Houston Astros, four with the New York Mets, two with the Philadelphia Phillies, and one with each the Boston Red Sox and Atlanta Braves is now a Hall of Famer.