Wagner, Baseball Hall of Fame

Is Billy Wagner really a Hall of Famer? A few thoughts on this year’s BBWAA voting.
In electing Wagner, the BBWAA has defined the modern-day closer as its own entity, with candidates’ credentials measured not against the whole of the body but against this specific peer group.
Billy Wagner’s emotional Baseball Hall of Fame selection: ‘Felt like the clock stopped’
Billy Wagner received 82.5 percent of the tally from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, after he missed by just five votes last year.
Ferrum College baseball legend, Miller School coach Billy Wagner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Miller School baseball coach Billy Wagner, known to the outside world as the best lefthanded closer in MLB history, is a Baseball Hall of Famer.
Billy Wagner gets brutally honest on earning Hall of Fame selection
The path to the National Baseball Hall of Fame was far from easy for Billy Wagner. It was a grueling, decade-long wait filled with challenges, but ultimately, it became a triumph worth celebrating. Making history as the first left-handed reliever to earn induction,
Former Astros closer Billy Wagner joins Craig Biggio, Jeff Bagwell in Baseball Hall of Fame
In his 10th and final year on the ballot, former Astros closer Billy Wagner earned is place in Cooperstown, N.Y. in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Baseball Hall of Fame elects Ichiro Suzuki, C.C. Sabathia, and Billy Wagner to Class of 2025
The Baseball Hall of Fame has announced the results of this year’s voting, with Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner exceeding the necessary 75% threshold for induction into the Class of 2025.
Will Ichiro Suzuki join Mariano Rivera as only players to get 100% of Hall of Fame vote?
Other bits of intrigue ahead of Tuesday's 6 p.m. announcement: Will CC Sabathia be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, and is this the year Billy Wagner gets in?
How former Houston Astros great Billy Wagner made unlikely climb to reach Baseball Hall of Fame
To gain entry to the Baseball Hall of Fame, Billy Wagner completed a climb few candidates have managed. Wagner, the former Houston Astros closer, attained the 75% support from voters required for election in his final year of eligibility on the writers’ ballot.
Ichiro Suzuki, C.C. Sabathia, Billy Wagner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Ichiro Suzuki, C.C. Sabathia and Billy Wagner were elected as the newest members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the museum announced.
See Billy Wagner's strong emotional reaction to news he was elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Billy Wagner fought back tears after learning he had been voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame's Class of 2025 along with Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia,
Former Astros closer Billy Wagner has the career stats for Hall of Fame but is awaiting final votes
After falling five votes short of Baseball Hall of Fame last year, Billy Wagner is hopeful on his final year on ballot.
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Fenway made a big impression on Billy Wagner while he was on the road to Cooperstown
Wagner had a 1.98 earned run average and struck out 22 of the 56 batters he faced in his 15 games for the Red sox in 2009.
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