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.

On January 21, 2025, all-time great closer Billy Wagner was elected to the Hall of Fame. A version of this story originally ran in December 2020.

Flamethrowing left-hander Billy Wagner earned his spot in the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday night, officially getting elected on his 10th and final time on t

There was no doubt about Ichiro and little doubt about CC Sabathia, but one-time Phillies closer Billy Wagner still had to sweat it out in his 10th and final year on the Baseball Hall of Fame ...

Philadelphia Phillies closer Billy Wagner (13) works the ninth inning of a 5-0 shutout of the Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday, July 6, 2005 in Pittsburgh.(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Billy Wagner was

The road to National Baseball Hall of Fame induction wasn't an easy one for Billy Wagner ... was snapped when closing games for the Philadelphia Phillies.

The stalwarts of the last great era of Philadelphia Phillies baseball ... Writers' Association of America voted in former Phillies closer Billy Wagner in his 10th and final year of eligibility.

The trio of players inducted into Cooperstown in 2025 are a more than deserving group of men, with one spending part of his career with the Philadelphia Phillie

The distance from Ferrum, Virginia to Cooperstown, New York is a road far longer than just the miles between the two small towns.For Billy Wagner, it's a journe

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Last week, longtime closer Billy Wagner earned election into the Baseball Hall of Fame. His son, Will, plays for the Toronto Blue Jays.

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