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

Billy Wagner pitched for five organizations in his major-league career. The former closer made at least one All-Star team ...

Billy Wagner pitched for five organizations in ... Goose Gossage, Trevor Hoffman, Mariano Rivera, Lee Smith, Bruce Sutter and Hoyt Wilhelm. Wagner is the only left-hander in that group and will ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The Baseball Hall of Fame has announced the results of this year’s voting, with Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner ...

CC Sabathia and Ichiro Suzuki also are part of the Hall of Fame's 2025 class, with Suzuki becoming the first Japanese player ...

It’s such an honor,” now Hall of Famer, Billy Wagner said. This year’s Hall ... standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Mariano Rivera and Trevor Hoffman in every key closer statistic from ...

Former Houston Astros closer Billy Wagner's election to the Baseball Hall of Fame capped a climb with voters that few players have accomplished.