Billy Wagner is one of baseball's newest Hall of Famers, and he received another honor this week. The Houston Astros will retire his No. 13 this summer, the team announced Tuesday. The ceremony ...

For Billy Wagner, once more, prestige lay in the final frame. Wagner, the former Houston Astros closer, was elected Tuesday to the Baseball Hall of Fame, the honor arriving in his 10th and final ...

Persistence paid off for Billy Wagner, the former lefty ... He has said that the baseball cap he will wear upon induction is that of the Astros. It's a remarkable achievement and yet another ...

It will be a busy summer for former left-handed closer Billy ... the Houston Astros before an Aug. 16 home game. The news comes two weeks after Wagner, 53, was elected to the Baseball Hall of ...

A trade also ended Billy Wagner’s tenure with the Astros, who dealt him to the Phillies ... He also worked at The Sacramento Bee and primarily covered baseball, writing about the A’s and ...

Nine times Wagner recorded at least 30 saves in a career that spanned 16 seasons and five teams (Astros ... “Congratulations to Billy Wagner on baseball’s highest honor,” Mets owners ...

HOUSTON — One of the most dominant closers in Astros history is now headed to Cooperstown. On his 10th and final year to be on the ballot, Billy Wagner was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame ...

Billy Wagner came through in his ... as entrants into Cooperstown. Wagner received 82.5 percent of the tally from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, which allowed an exhale ...

The National Baseball Hall of Fame elected ... and CC Sabathia got in on their first ballots, Billy Wagner had a longer wait. The longtime Astros closer spent the last 10 years on the ballot ...