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In his 10th and final year on the ballot, former Astros closer Billy Wagner earned is place in Cooperstown, N.Y. in the ...

Ultimately, he didn’t play long enough to accumulate Hall of Fame statistics. He ended up with 1,805 hits. Some modern-day ...

No players were elected in 2013. However, Mike Piazza and Craig Biggio, who were also first eligible that year, subsequently made the Hall of Fame.

Chase Utley is well-positioned to someday reach the 75% mark for election, but Jimmy Rollins and Bobby Abreu are spinning ...

Billy Wagner will be the 12th former Astros player or manager to go into the Baseball Hall of Fame. There are more on the way ...

Billy Wagner, a flame-throwing left-hander who was one of the elite strikeout artists of his generation, will take his place ...