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

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.

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 ...

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Billy Wagner is here to compete with eight relievers including Goose Gossage, Mariano Rivera, Hoyt Wilhelm, Trevor Hoffman, Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers, Bruce Sutter, and Lee Smith. One of the ...

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 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 ...

Players eligible for the Hall of Fame must appear on 75-plus percent of ballots to secure induction, a bar that eluded Wagner in recent years. But the seven-time All-Star continues to make ...

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.