The weight of the long wait was evident for Billy Wagner when he finally got the call from the Baseball Hall of Fame. Once he picked up the phone and heard the news, the ex-Mets reliever became ...

If there’s one word that best describes Billy Wagner, it’s overpowering. He was one of the best in baseball history at striking batters out and limiting hard contact. Among all pitchers with at least ...

Billy Wagner came through in his ... as entrants into Cooperstown. Wagner received 82.5 percent of the tally from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, which allowed an exhale ...

The Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 will be honored in the annual induction ceremony July 27 in Cooperstown, New York.

If there’s one word that best describes Billy Wagner, it’s overpowering. He was one of the best in baseball history at ... in BOTH strikeouts (11.9) and hits allowed (6.0) per inning.

Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner were elected to the Hall on Tuesday, and all three overcame notable physical ...

In Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner, the Baseball Writers Association delivered quite an eclectic trifecta to ...

Billy Wagner is finally heading to Cooperstown. The Miller School baseball coach is part of the ... His career walks-plus-hits-per-innings-pitched ratio (WHIP) of 0.998 is the lowest among all ...

An all-time international baseball icon will get his day in the Cooperstown sun this July, alongside pitchers CC Sabathia and ...

Before that, he collected 1,278 hits in the Nippon Professional Baseball league in Japan ... It's so inspiring." Billy Wagner had 422 saves -- eighth most in MLB history -- and his 11.9 strikeouts ...

Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia were elected to Baseball’s Hall of Fame on Tuesday night, Suzuki in overwhelming fashion, while Billy Wagner made the most of his 10th and final appearance on the ballot, ...

22 (UPI) --Ichiro Suzuki, C.C. Sabathia and Billy Wagner were elected ... He also is a member of the Japan Baseball Hall of Fame. Ichiro's 4,367 combined hits between MLB and his years in Japan ...