Well, he's had 45 more at bats than Sisler so far.
I heard one of my friends talking the other day about Ichiro gets walked a lot more than Sisler to get around him getting a hit. Sisler had 46 walks and Ichiro has 48. So that pretty much nullifies that argument.
I dunno about the * deal, but I would say that the record will be controversial. That's just me though.