The National Baseball Hall of Fame has three new members: Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.

With players this accomplished and an institution so steeped in history, there are plenty of fun facts to dig through about the newest Hall of Fame class. Here¡¯s a look at 11 of them.

HOF history

? With Suzuki and Sabathia, this is the second straight year we¡¯ve had multiple players get in on their first ballots, after Adrian Beltr¨¦ and Joe Mauer in ¡®24. This is the first time that¡¯s happened in consecutive years since 2018 (Chipper Jones and Jim Thome) and 2019 (Mariano Rivera and Roy Halladay). There have now been 62 first-ballot Hall of Famers.

? Suzuki is the first Japanese-born Cooperstown electee.

? Wagner is the eighth player to earn induction on the BBWAA ballot in his final year of eligibility. He joins 2020 Larry Walker, 2019 Edgar Martinez, 2017 Tim Raines, 2009 Jim Rice, 1975 Ralph Kiner, 1968 Joe Medwick and 1967 Red Ruffing.

? Wagner received 10.5% of the vote in his first year on the ballot, the second-lowest percentage in a player's debut year who eventually got in on the writers' ballot (since voting returned to being annual in 1966). Scott Rolen got 10.2% of the vote in his first year in 2018 and was elected in 2023.

• The wild story of how Billy Wagner went from righty to lefty

? With Wagner and Sabathia, this is the fourth Hall of Fame class with multiple left-handed pitchers, joining 1972 (Sandy Koufax, Lefty Gomez), 1947 (Lefty Grove, Carl Hubbell) and 1946 (Eddie Plank, Rube Waddell). Only 2025 and 1947 had both elected on the BBWAA ballot.

How they got here

? Suzuki won a Gold Glove in each of his first 10 MLB seasons. That set the record for the most consecutive seasons to begin a career, later tied by Nolan Arenado. Suzuki is also one of just two players to win Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same year, along with Fred Lynn in 1975.

? Suzuki racked up at least 200 hits in 10 seasons, tied with Pete Rose for the most in MLB history. With 3,089 hits and 10 Gold Glove awards, Suzuki is one of four players in the 3,000-hit club to win at least 10 of the vaunted defensive awards. The others are Roberto Clemente, Al Kaline and Willie Mays.

? Sabathia notched 3,093 strikeouts in his career. He is one of three left-handed pitchers in the 3,000-strikeout club, along with Randy Johnson (4,875 strikeouts) and Steve Carlton (4,136). From 2006-11, Sabathia had 1,256 strikeouts, 48 more than anyone else in baseball.

? Sabathia won the AL Cy Young Award in 2007, then finished fifth in ¡®08, fourth in ¡®09, third in ¡®10 and fourth in ¡®11. He¡¯s one of six pitchers to finish top-five in Cy Young voting for at least five straight years, including at least one win, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The other pitchers are Max Scherzer (2013-19: three wins), Clayton Kershaw (2011-17: three wins), Roy Halladay (2006-11: one win), Johan Santana (2004-08: two wins) and Greg Maddux (1992-98: four wins).

? Wagner struck out 33.2% of the batters he faced in his career. That¡¯s the highest strikeout rate in MLB history among pitchers to throw at least 900 innings. He¡¯s ahead of Jacob deGrom (31.0%), Chris Sale (30.6%), Blake Snell (30.2%) and Max Scherzer (29.3%) on that list ¨C in other words, he was striking out batters at almost the same rate as the elite strikeout pitchers in today¡¯s game, but doing so years earlier.

? Wagner allowed an opponent batting average of .184 in his career, the lowest of any pitcher to throw at least 900 innings. The next two pitchers on the list are Nolan Ryan (.200) and Sandy Koufax (.202). Wagner is also one of eight members of the 400-save club, with 422.