The Hall of Fame has the final say on which logo appears on an inductee’s cap, but the case for Billy Wagner to be inducted ...

The Athletic's Jayson Stark took a deep dive into the Hall of Fame chances for a couple modern day closers with Billy Wagner receiving enshrinement this year.

One reason I choose not to vote for the Hall of Fame is that it gives me the freedom to critique the electorate as an objective outsider. I've explained ...

Billy Wagner only spent one season of his MLB career ... "The standard for Hall of Fame closers is basically: Column A) Mariano Rivera … and Column B) everybody else," wrote Stark.

In Billy Wagner’s case, the answer is a definite ... Hall members Hoffman (601) and Mariano Rivera (652) are far and away the all-time leaders, with Wagner considerably further behind in eighth ...

Not the 82.5% of HOF voters who decided that Billy Wagner deserves a spot amongst ... ranking alongside Mariano Rivera and Trevor Hoffman in every closer category between 1996 to 2010.

Billy Wagner has been elected to the National Baseball ... The slender, 5-foot-10 lefty was the best non-Mariano-Rivera reliever in baseball from 1997-03, a time in which Wagner posted a 2.55 ...

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

No. 8 in baseball history with 422 career saves, left-hander Billy Wagner looks poised to join a select group of relief pitchers in the Hall.

Suzuki is the first Japanese player elected, falling one vote shy of unanimous. The trio will be inducted on July 27 in Cooperstown, N.Y., along with classic era committee picks Dave Parker and ...