During a May segment on the ESPN program 'Pardon the Interruption,' hosts Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon, former Washington Post sportswriters, were asked to choose if Jackie Bradley Jr.'s 27-game hitting streak or the suddenly blazing form of 42-year-old Ichiro Suzuki, who at the time had reeled off 10 hits in three games, were more noteworthy
Both hosts chose Ichiro, and Kornheiser summed things up thusly, "The answer to every question about hitting is Ichiro."
The answer to the question of who has the most professional hits is now Ichiro. And even though a large number occurred in Japan, the milestone still matters.