Philadelphia Phillies Billy Wagner

Wagner, Phillies and Hall of Fame

Former Phillies closer Billy Wagner elected to Hall of Fame, joining Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia

Once more, for baseball immortality, Billy Wagner closed it out. Wagner, the dominant closer who played a two-season sliver of his 16-year career with the Phillies, got elected Tuesday night to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in his 10th and final year on the ballot.

Philadelphia Baseball Review · 18h

Former Phillies reliever Billy Wagner sits on the edge of Hall of Fame immortality

Billy Wagner was this close to baseball immortality. Five votes. That’s all that separated the former Phillies closer from his ticket to C

Sports Illustrated on MSN · 6h

Billy Wagner Reduced to Tears After Receiving Hall of Fame Call on Last Year on Ballot

Wagner, one of the game's all-time great relievers, made the cut during the final year of his eligibility on the Baseball Writers Association of America ballot, receiving 82.5% of the vote. Wagner would've been removed from the ballot if he didn't meet the voting requirement in 2025, and it's clear just how much it meant to him to get the nod.

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Closer Wagner in HOF; will Phils' keystone combo join him?

Phillies legends Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins hope to follow Billy Wagner’s path to Cooperstown, N.Y. The former Phillies ...

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Ex-Phillies manager 'baffled' by Jimmy Rollins' Hall of Fame snub

Former Phillies manager Larry Bowa doesn't understand the lack of votes Jimmy Rollins received in the Hall of Fame voting on ...

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MLB: Tazewell High School grad Billy Wagner gets long-awaited call from Cooperstown

New York Mets catcher Paul Lo Duca, left, congratulates closer Billy Wagner by patting him on the cap after the Mets 4-3 win over the New York Yankees in 2006. Billy Wagner was unhittable as a pitcher ...

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The wild story of how Billy Wagner went from righty to lefty

On January 21, 2025, all-time great closer Billy Wagner was elected to the Hall of Fame. A version of this story originally ...

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‘Tearful’ Billy Wagner shares emotional reaction to HOF election

Former Houston Astros reliever Billy Wagner is headed to Cooperstown. Wagner managed to make the Hall of Fame on his 10th and ...

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Familiar foe | Sports Daily Newsletter

unCovering the Birds: Jeff McLane shines a spotlight on Jalen Carter, the newly minted first-time All-Pro and linchpin of the ...

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Where Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Famers played college baseball

DIII Ferrum College's Billy Wagner is the latest former college baseball player heading to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Here's where every Cooperstown great played in college.

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