In electing Wagner, the BBWAA has defined the modern-day closer as its own entity, with candidates’ credentials measured not ...

In his 10th and final year on the ballot, former Astros closer Billy Wagner earned is place in Cooperstown, N.Y. in the ...

Former Houston Astros closer Billy Wagner's election to the Baseball Hall of Fame capped a climb with voters that few players ...

Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he ...

Ichiro Suzuki missed unanimous election to the Baseball Hall of Fame by one vote Tuesday night when he headlined a ...

In Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner, the Baseball Writers Association delivered quite an eclectic trifecta to ...

Billy Wagner came through ... to get to the Hall of Fame,” Wagner said. “And it wasn’t going to be easy when you got the greatest reliever, closer [in Mariano Rivera] across town.

It was as close to lights out as Mariano Rivera and I honestly believe that. Billy Wagner for me should have been in the Hall of Fame years ago.” Former MLB third baseman Sean Berry remembers ...

Billy Wagner was the embodiment of a firethrowing ... Only one player has been inducted unanimously – Mariano Rivera in 2019 – and no position player has ever earned the honor, with Derek ...

Now stepping into the batter's box against Mariano Rivera ... the only question is by how much. Billy Wagner saved 101 games in four seasons with the Mets. Credit: Newsday/Kathy Kmonicek ...