In electing Wagner, the BBWAA has defined the modern-day closer as its own entity, with candidates’ credentials measured not ...

Former Houston Astros closer Billy Wagner's election to the Baseball Hall of Fame capped a climb with voters that few players ...

Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball's Hall of Fame, voted in Tuesday along with CC Sabathia ...

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

Ichiro Suzuki missed unanimous election to the Baseball Hall of Fame by one vote Tuesday night when he headlined a ...

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 ...

Billy Wagner, a flame-throwing left-hander who was one of the elite strikeout artists of his generation, will take his place ...

The Baseball Hall of Fame has announced the results of this year’s voting, with Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner ...

Once more, for baseball immortality, Billy Wagner closed it out. Wagner, the dominant closer who played a two-season sliver ...

Billy Wagner has had a year to think about his proximity to the ... and his 2.31 ERA is the second-lowest for a player with at least 900 innings thrown behind only Mariano Rivera. He had nine seasons ...