Billy Wagner came through in his final inning. In his 10th and last bid on the ballot, the former Mets closer earned what might as well have been his 423rd save, clearing the 75 percent threshold to ...
MLB players who are eligible to make the Baseball Hall of Fame receive 10 chances (as long as they don't dip below five percent of the vote) to get a plaque in Cooperstown. Many of those inducted are ...
His 422 saves is the most, by far, of a Virginia native – and more combined than the next 10 closers on the list. The top three in that category all played high school in Southwest Virginia: Virginia ...
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 being ...
Billy Wagner for the Braves (Copyright 2024 by WSLS 10 - All rights reserved.) COOPERSTOWN, NY – In his tenth and final year on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot ...
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Billy Wagner is the picture of a Hall of Fame relief pitcher and will have that likeness framed forever in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, on Sunday. His picture could be ...
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 Albemarle ...
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — At some point, Billy Wagner hopes to watch the highlights from a memorable Baseball Hall of Fame weekend. “I’m hoping somebody videoed it,” the former Houston Astros closer said ...
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 ...