Phillies legends Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins hope to follow Billy Wagner’s path to Cooperstown, N.Y. The former Phillies closer learned on Tuesday night that he has been voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame,
It's likely that Chase Utley will make the Baseball Hall of Fame in the next ... but recent slow-burn inductees – namely Todd Helton and Scott Rolen (with Billy Wagner and Andruw Jones soon to come) – have paved a clearer path for a player like Utley.
Billy Wagner is finally heading to Cooperstown. The Miller School baseball coach is part of the new class of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, which was announced Tuesday night. This was the former reliever's 10th and final time on the Baseball Writers' Association of America ballot.
Ichiro Suzuki missed unanimous election to the Baseball Hall of Fame by one vote Tuesday night when he headlined a three-player class selected by the 394 voting members of the Baseball Writers Association of America.
Note: All WAR figures from Baseball-Reference unless otherwise noted. Jump to: Andruw Jones I Chase Utley I Billy Wagner Position: CF Years: 1998-2017 Teams: Royals, Astros, Mets, Giants ...
The Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 will be honored in the annual induction ceremony July 27 in Cooperstown, New York.
Ichiro Suzuki, C.C. Sabathia and Billy Wagner were elected as the newest members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the museum announced.
Ten players fell off the ballot for 2026, but three players received significant bumps in support from BBWAA voters.
Sabathia and Suzuki were elected in their first appearance on the ballot, while Wagner made it on his 10th and final try. The trio will be inducted into the Hall at Cooperstown on July 27 along with Dave Parker and Dick Allen, voted in last month by the classic era committee.
On Tuesday, the BBWAA officially announced the Hall of Fame futures for three players. Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, and Billy Wagner all received the required 75
As revealed Tuesday night, the Baseball Writers' Association of America voted in former Phillies closer Billy Wagner in his 10th and final year of eligibility. Wagner's name needed to appear on 75% of ballots to make it in. It appeared on 82.5%.