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.
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.
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.
Will Ichiro Suzuki join Mariano Rivera as only players to get 100% of Hall of Fame vote?
Other bits of intrigue ahead of Tuesday's 6 p.m. announcement: Will CC Sabathia be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, and is this the year Billy Wagner gets in?
Former Astros closer Billy Wagner joins Craig Biggio, Jeff Bagwell in Baseball Hall of Fame
In his 10th and final year on the ballot, former Astros closer Billy Wagner earned is place in Cooperstown, N.Y. in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bill Madden: Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner make up electric Hall of Fame trio
In Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner, the Baseball Writers Association delivered quite an eclectic trifecta to Cooperstown on Tuesday. The first Japanese player ever elected to the Hall of Fame,
Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2025
The trio of stars, each of whom spent part of their career in New York, will be inducted in Cooperstown on July 27.
See Billy Wagner's strong emotional reaction to news he was elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Billy Wagner fought back tears after learning he had been voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame's Class of 2025 along with Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia,
Yankees’ CC Sabathia elected to Hall of Fame; Ichiro Suzuki, Billy Wagner also make Class of 2025
The BBWAA recognized CC Sabathia’s prolonged excellence by voting the former Yankees left-hander into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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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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Baseball Hall of Fame elects Ichiro Suzuki, C.C. Sabathia, and Billy Wagner to Class of 2025
The Baseball Hall of Fame has announced the results of this year’s voting, with Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner ...
Yankees Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera, wife Clara accused of covering up child sex abuse
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