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 ...

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 ...

Aren’t all relief pitchers just failed starters? 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 ...

The National Baseball Hall of Fame has announced its inductees for the class of 2025. Three players are set to be enshrined in Cooperstown in this year's class: Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Bill Wagner is now officially a Hall of Famer. The longtime Astros closer was first to give his speech Sunday during the induction ceremony in Cooperstown. He thanked his former ...

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 ...

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 will ...