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SEATTLE, July 13 (UPI) -- Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki Friday signed a five-year contract extension with the team, a deal reportedly worth about $20 a season.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported Suzuki will get an estimated $100 million over the life of the deal, which runs through the 2012 season. He would be the highest-paid player in team history.
"While we did not publicly discuss negotiations, the one thing we have made clear since spring training was that it was our goal to have Ichiro play his entire career in Seattle, retire as a Mariner and go into the Hall of Fame in our cap," Executive Vice President and General Manager of Baseball Operations Bill Bavasi said on the team's Web site.
Ichiro was voted the most valuable player in Tuesday's All-Star Game after hitting the first inside-the-park home run in the game's history.
He is batting .355 for the season.
In 6 1/2 seasons with Seattle, Suzuki has 1,482 hits and a career batting average of .333. He was both the American League most valuable player and rookie of the year in 2001 and has been an all-star selection in each of his major league seasons.
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