Retired MLB pitcher Billy Wagner couldn't contain his emotional when he got the call that he'd finally be entering the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The post MLB Legend Billy Wagner Bursts Into Tears After Being Inducted Into Hall of Fame in His Final Year of Eligibility first appeared on Mediaite.

FERRUM, Va. (WDBJ) - With more than 82% of the baseball writers’ vote, Southwest Virginia’s own Billy Wagner has been elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Ferrum College, where Wagner played baseball and football, held a private watch party Tuesday night to celebrate Wagner’s accomplishments and one of the biggest moments of his career.

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

Billy Wagner fought back tears after learning he had been voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame's Class of 2025 along with Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia,

Billy Wagner fell just five votes short of induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame last January, making 2025 his 10th and final eligible year on the ballot for enshrinement in Cooperstown. The former Houston Astros closer finally broke through Tuesday night.

Star Billy Wagner was one of the most feared and dominant closers in Major League history. Today, his dominance was rewarded as he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Wagner and the rest of this year’s newly-selected Hall of Famers will be officially inducted into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown,

Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.

Suzuki came in first in terms of voting with 393, making history as the first Japanese-born player elected to the Hall of Fame. He was close to making history again as he was nearly unanimous– and he would have been in some pretty weighty company to share with Yankee legends Mariano Rivera and Derek Jeter.

Great news for Tazewell native and former Ferrum College pitcher Billy Wagner as he cracks the National Baseball Hall of Fame in his 10th and final year on the ballot. Last year, Wagner was 5 votes away from getting into the hall.

Ichiro Suzuki, and CC Sabathia were voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown on their first years on the ballot, while Billy Wagner earned election in his

Over the past 105 years, Billy Wagner is one of the best pitchers ... Verducci is a member of the National Sports Media Hall of Fame, Baseball Writers Association of America (including past ...