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 ...

Billy Wagner ranks eighth in major-league history with 422 career saves. ... You revert back to 5 and 6 years old, ... Davis did not want Wagner hurting his left arm.

FERRUM — Billy Wagner’s life is a bit different since he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The Miller School baseball coach and major league great usually sleeps on Ferrum ...

It was a long time coming, but Billy Wagner finally closed it out. And he couldn't keep the emotions from flowing. The seven-time All-Star, in his final year of eligibility, was elected into the ...

Former Ferrum pitcher Billy Wagner (right), who was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame last week, gives pitching tips to Ferrum pitcher Carter Liverman at practice Friday.

Terry Collins, Larry Dierker, Jimy Williams, Larry Bowa, Charlie Manuel, Willie Randolph, Jerry Manuel, Terry Francona and Bobby Cox were among the MLB managers to summon relief pitcher Billy ...

New York Mets closer Billy Wagner (13) celebrates with catcher Brian Schneider after closing out the Mets 3-1 victory over the New York Yankees on June 29, 2008.

Wagner pitched for the New York Mets between 2006–09, along with the Houston Astros (1995–2003), Philadelphia Phillies (2004–05), Boston Red Sox (2009) and Atlanta Braves (2010).

Billy Wagner, faced with his last chance at earning enshrinement to baseball’s hall of immortals in Cooperstown, N.Y., finally vaulted the 75% mark to punch his ticket to athletic immortality ...

A remarkable career had an unusual beginning as Wagner, a natural right-hander, had to learn to throw lefty as a child after breaking his arm not once, but twice when he was 7 years old.