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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.

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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.

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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.

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Behind the Plate: Wagner makes Hall

Is ex-Phillie Billy Wagner a true Hall of Famer even though he is considered a Phillies’ villain? Is Chase Utley on Cooperstown’s doorstep? And how about the Mets’ John Franco? Is he a Hall of Famer?

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Derek Jeter ‘tired’ of this question as Hall of Famer calls for accountability

Derek Jeter sounds fed up with a lack of Hall of Fame voter accountability, and the Yankees legend — a Class of 2020 member ...

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Baseball: Ichiro jokes about one vote at Cooperstown press conference

Ichiro Suzuki, the first Japanese-born player elected to Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame, reacted humorously Thursday to the one vote that he did not secure. The voting results Tuesday showed ...

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The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Introduced It's Newest Class of Inductees Thursday Afternoon in Cooperstown

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown just got a little more crowded...literally and figuratively. Dozens of media, many of whom were from as ...

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Ichiro invites that 1 voter over for a drink ... and more from newest HOF class

The Hall of Fame introduced the newest members of its Class of 2025 -- Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner \-\- live from Cooperstown on Thursday. The trio all donned matching Hall of Fame ...

Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani May Be The Next Unanimous Hall Of Fame Entry

Only great Yankees All World reliever, Mariano Rivera, was unanimously elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. That’s it. Nobody else. Both Babe Ruth, and Honus Wagner received 95.13% of the vote when ...

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