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

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

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 ...

Billy Wagner came through ... to get to the Hall of Fame,” Wagner said. “And it wasn’t going to be easy when you got the greatest reliever, closer [in Mariano Rivera] across town.

The trio of stars, each of whom spent part of their career in New York, will be inducted in Cooperstown on July 27.

Now, in his 10th inning on the Hall of Fame ballot, Billy Wagner is alone on the mound ... He had a lower WHIP (0.998) than Mariano Rivera and Bruce Sutter — lower, in fact, than any pitcher ...

Now stepping into the batter's box against Mariano Rivera ... the only question is by how much. Billy Wagner saved 101 games in four seasons with the Mets. Credit: Newsday/Kathy Kmonicek ...

Ichiro Suzuki had already cemented a strong, and likely everlasting baseball card market long before Tuesday’s almost unanimous vote for his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, headlining the ...

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 ...

Suzuki, the first Japanese-born inductee, will be joined by longtime ace left-hander CC Sabathia and hard-throwing closer Billy Wagner ... Suzuki's close call means New York Yankees closer Mariano ...

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.