It was a long time coming, but Billy Wagner finally closed it out. And he couldn't keep the emotions from flowing. The seven-time All-Star, in his final year of eligibility, was elected into the ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Billy Wagner’s baseball lives converged Friday at the spring ballpark of his past club. A high school tournament had Wagner in south Florida with the Miller School of ...

Billy Wagner is undeniably one of the greatest closers in baseball history. Wagner, who began his career with the Houston Astros, was informed of his induction into Baseball's Hall of Fame earlier ...

In Billy Wagner’s case, the answer is a definite no. The power-packed left-hander never started a game in his major league career (though he did almost exclusively in the minors).

Billy Wagner, faced with his last chance at earning enshrinement to baseball’s hall of immortals in Cooperstown, N.Y., finally vaulted the 75% mark to punch his ticket to athletic immortality, ...

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.

Billy Wagner has had a year to think about his proximity to the Baseball Hall of Fame. In his penultimate year on the ballot in 2024, the seven-time All-Star closer finished five votes shy of ...

Billy Wagner only spent one season of his MLB career with the Atlanta Braves.It was his final campaign in 2010. Ironically, the 16-year reliever pitcher getting inducted into the Baseball Hall of ...

It’s closing time for Billy Wagner’s Hall of Fame case — and he’s feeling the weight of the wait. By Tyler Kepner. Jan. 16, 2025 Updated Jan. 21, 2025. It used to be so much easier.

Wagner's No. 13 will be the 10th number retired by the Astros during a ceremony Aug. 16. He'll be inducted July 27 in Cooperstown with Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Dave Parker and Dick Allen ...

Billy Wagner has had a year to think about his proximity to the Baseball Hall of Fame. In his penultimate year on the ballot in 2024, the seven-time All-Star closer finished five votes shy of ...