It could have ended it right there.' Billy Wagner never missed a beat after surviving scary smash by Stinnett in '98 ...

The Houston Astros will retire the number of former closer and new Baseball Hall of Fame electee Billy Wagner this season, the team announced Tuesday. The jersey retirement will be part of the ...

For Billy Wagner, once more, prestige lay in the final frame. Wagner, the former Houston Astros closer, was elected Tuesday to the Baseball Hall of Fame, the honor arriving in his 10th and final ...

Billy Wagner will be the 10th former Astro to have his number retired and the first since Craig Biggio's No. 7 was retired in 2008. ... Matt Kawahara covers the Astros for the Houston Chronicle.

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Astros all-time saves leader Billy Wagner will have his jersey number retired, an honor that coincides with his induction into the Hall of Fame, the team announced Tuesday.

It will be a busy summer for former left-handed closer Billy Wagner, who will have his No. 13 retired by the Houston Astros before an Aug. 16 home game.

HOUSTON, TEXAS - AUGUST 12: Former Houston Astros pitcher Billy Wagner during the Houston Astros Hall of Fame Weekend at Minute Maid Park on August 12, 2023 in Houston, Texas.

Billy Wagner is one of baseball's newest Hall of Famers, and he received another honor this week.The Houston Astros will retire his No. 13 this summer, the team announced Tuesday. The ceremony ...

Houston Astros closer Billy Wagner pitches against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the ninth inning, 26 June 2001, in Phoenix. MIKE FIALA/AFP via Getty Images.

Wagner, 53, joined the Astros in 1995 and played in Houston for nine seasons before moving on to the Phillies, Mets, Red Sox and Braves in a career that spanned 16 years. He got in by being on 82. ...

Wagner accrued 225 of his 422 career saves with the Astros, who chose him in the first round of the 1993 draft. Wagner had a 2.53 ERA across his nine seasons in Houston and three of his seven All ...