6 days ago · Billy Wagner discusses the emotions of being elected to the Hall of Fame in his final year on the ballot, his time with the Astros and more

Jan 23, 2025 · Billy Wagner sits down with Brian Kenny to reflect on his illustrious career and journey to being elected to the 2025 Hall of Fame class

Jan 16, 2025 · Examining the illustrious career of Billy Wagner and how worthy it is for him to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame

Jan 21, 2025 · Wagner is the first left-handed reliever in the Hall of Fame, and Suzuki its first Japanese member. He played his first nine professional seasons in Japan and joined the Seattle Mariners at age 27 ...

Jan 23, 2025 · Two days after receiving the telephone call that brought them to Cooperstown, right fielder Ichiro Suzuki, starting pitcher CC Sabathia and closer Billy Wagner found themselves in an oak-walled Plaque Gallery surrounded by 348 bronze images. The trio of stars, contemporaries who blossomed in the first decade of the 20th century, combined for 23 All-Star Game selections, 28 postseason series ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for the Hall, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner. Quite the journey for a 27-year-old who left the Pacific League’s Orix BlueWave in November 2000 to sign with Seattle as the first Japanese position player in Major League Baseball.

Jan 21, 2025 · The Hall of Fame announced the results of this year’s Baseball Writers Association of America voting. Ichiro, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner topped the 75% threshold for induction.

Jan 21, 2025 · Ichiro Suzuki, a veritable hits machine on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, became the first Japanese player to gain entry into the National Baseball Hall of Fame when he was elected Tuesday to the Class of 2025 alongside pitchers CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America and tabulated by Ernst & Young.

5 days ago · Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for the Hall, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner. Quite the journey for a 27-year-old...

Jan 22, 2025 · FILE - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki, of Japan, makes a leaping catch at the wall to rob Cleveland Indians' Carlos Santana of a hit in the fourth inning of a baseball game Thursday ...