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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.

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.

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'Tearful' Billy Wagner shares emotional reaction to HOF election

After 10 attempts, former Astros closer Billy Wagner finally reached the Hall of Fame, joining Ichiro and CC Sabathia in the class of 2025.

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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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Video: Ichiro Says He Wants to 'Have a Drink' with Writer Who Didn't Vote Him for HOF

While the rest of the baseball world shakes its fist at the one person who didn't include Ichiro on their Hall of Fame ballot, he is offering to host them ...

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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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