Billy Wagner came through ... to get to the Hall of Fame,” Wagner said. “And it wasn’t going to be easy when you got the greatest reliever, closer [in Mariano Rivera] across town.

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.

Former Phillies closer Billy Wagner elected to Hall of Fame ... ranking alongside Mariano Rivera and Trevor Hoffman in every closer category between 1996 to 2010. He was ahead of his time.

Billy Wagner is approaching the peak in his climb ... Trevor Hoffman in 2018 and Mariano Rivera the following year. Although his career might not stack up with Mo’s, he and Hoffman could be ...

New Hall of Famer Billy Wagner appeared in 15 games for ... even with the advances in recent years. Mariano Rivera remains the only unanimous selection as one voter left Suzuki off the ballot.

In Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner, the Baseball Writers Association ... who missed by one vote of equaling Mariano Rivera’s perfection in 2017. He’s expected to draw record ...

For Billy Wagner, once more ... received 99.7%of the vote, preserving Mariano Rivera as the Hall’s only unanimous selection. Sabathia, the enduring left-handed pitcher who totaled 251 wins ...

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Not the 82.5% of HOF voters who decided that Billy Wagner deserves a spot amongst ... ranking alongside Mariano Rivera and Trevor Hoffman in every closer category between 1996 to 2010.