Aren’t all relief pitchers just failed starters? In Billy Wagner’s case, the answer is a definite no. The power-packed left-hander never started a game in his major league career (though he ...

Billy Wagner, a legendary MLB pitcher associated with teams like Houston Astros and New York Mets, is in his final chance to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. With a remarkable career ...

Wagner, who spent four seasons with the Mets, attained 73.8 percent of the vote last year. It left him within five votes of reaching the 75 percent threshold needed for induction. If Wagner isn ...

Billy Wagner can make a double dose of history Tuesday. The new class of the National Baseball Hall of Fame will be announced Tuesday, and the former Ferrum College pitcher is expected to be a ...

Now, in his 10th inning on the Hall of Fame ballot, Billy Wagner is alone on the mound without the ball. And oh, is it awful. “You’re sitting here and you can’t control it,” Wagner said by ...

Billy Wagner can make a double dose of history Tuesday. The new class of the National Baseball Hall of Fame will be announced Tuesday, and the former Ferrum College pitcher is expected to be a ...

Billy Wagner fell short of election to the Baseball Hall of Fame last year in agonizing fashion. Five votes separated the former Houston Astros closer from securing a place in Cooperstown in his ...

Over the past 105 years, Billy Wagner is one of the best pitchers at the most elemental definition of the craft—while pitching mostly with the game on the line. Folks, that is a Hall of Famer.

The Baseball Hall of Fame told Billy Wagner last January to watch TV and stay near a phone when the election results were announced. It finally seemed time for Wagner, the former Phillies closer ...