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.

The Major League Baseball offseason has been filled with drama and excitement as many big-name players have changed teams ...

Over the past 105 years, Billy Wagner is one of the best pitchers ... It would be enormously cruel if he is short again. Wagner grew up right-handed but learned to throw left-handed after breaking ...

It will be a busy summer for former left-handed closer Billy Wagner, who will have his No. 13 retired by the Houston Astros ...

Miller School baseball coach Billy Wagner, known to the outside world as the best lefthanded closer in MLB history, is a ...

Billy Wagner’s wait for that one special call from the Baseball Hall of Fame was excruciating. After all, this was the fire-balling left-handed closer’s 10th and final year on the ballot. Tensions ...

Billy Wagner, a flame-throwing left-hander who was one of the elite strikeout artists of his generation, will take his place among the game’s greatest players of all time after being elected to the Na ...

And whether or not they testify or they don't testify," said Billy's attorney. "Right now we're going forward with a trial and Mr. Wagner has indicated that's what he wants so that's what we're ...

Wagner’s No. 13 will be the 10th number retired by the Astros during a ceremony Aug. 16. He’ll be inducted July 27 in Cooperstown with Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Dave Parker and Dick Allen.

The road to National Baseball Hall of Fame induction wasn't an easy one for Billy Wagner. Instead, it was long and frustrating.

For Billy Wagner, once more ... A natural right-hander, Wagner began to throw left-handed after breaking his right arm twice as a youth and developed into a fireballing southpaw.