Wagner would reach the 400-mark easily, as he put together one more dominant season for Atlanta, amassing 37 saves, posting a 1.43 ERA and earning his final All-Star selection while burnishing his Cooperstown credentials.

Jan 21, 2025 · Wagner, who finished five votes shy of election, became the eighth player to be elected in his final year on the ballot by garnering 82.5 percent of the votes revealed Tuesday by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

Jan 21, 2025 · Multiple times, Wagner has said he’s never regretted retiring after an age-38 season that saw him produce a 1.43 ERA, even while acknowledging that a few more saves, a few more strikeouts, might have made him a shoo-in Hall of Famer.

12 hours ago · CC Sabathia will have a New York Yankees logo on the cap of his Hall of Fame plaque and Bill Wagner will have the symbol of the Houston Astros. ... Newly elected Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Ichiro Suzuki, left, Billy Wagner, center, and CC Sabathia pose for photo during a news conference Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Cooperstown, N.Y. (AP ...

Jan 23, 2025 · From left, Ichiro, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner took their first tour as members of the Hall of Fame on Jan. 23. (Milo Stewart Jr./National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) Prior to taking questions from the media, Ichiro, Sabathia and Wagner donned the jersey and cap of their final team, the greatest team ever assembled, the Hall of Fame team.

Jan 21, 2025 · 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 …

After the 1992 season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL), was named the league's outstanding pro prospect, and is a member of the CCBL Hall of Fame class of 2022.

Jan 21, 2025 · Billy Wagner spent much of his youth hurling baseballs at the wall of an outbuilding at his aunt and uncle’s farm in Tazewell County. His target as a 5-foot-5, 14-year-old was the simulated strike zone painted on cinder blocks.

Jan 21, 2025 · Wagner, the former Houston Astros closer, was elected Tuesday to the Baseball Hall of Fame, the honor arriving in his 10th and final year of eligibility on the writers’ ballot and ending an...

Jan 19, 2024 · Billy Wagner, a flame-throwing left-hander and one of baseball's elite closers during his era, now awaits his turn to join the exclusive club. Despite his 5-foot-10 frame, Wagner...