Phillies legends Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins hope to follow Billy Wagner’s path to Cooperstown, N.Y. The former Phillies closer learned on Tuesday night that he has been voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame,
Chase Utley was one of the biggest risers in this year’s Hall of Fame voting. Is he trending toward eventual enshrinement?
Former Phillies closer Billy Wagner, who fell five votes shy in 2024, has been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, named on 82.3% of ballots in this year’s voting. Here are the 3 players added to the class of 2025: Ichiro Suzuki: 99.
It's likely that Chase Utley will make the Baseball Hall of Fame in the next ... but recent slow-burn inductees – namely Todd Helton and Scott Rolen (with Billy Wagner and Andruw Jones soon to come) – have paved a clearer path for a player like Utley.
Billy Wagner is finally heading to Cooperstown. The Miller School baseball coach is part of the new class of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, which was announced Tuesday night. This was the former reliever's 10th and final time on the Baseball Writers' Association of America ballot.
The Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 will be honored in the annual induction ceremony July 27 in Cooperstown, New York.
Note: All WAR figures from Baseball-Reference unless otherwise noted. Jump to: Andruw Jones I Chase Utley I Billy Wagner Position: CF Years: 1998-2017 Teams: Royals, Astros, Mets, Giants ...
Ichiro Suzuki, C.C. Sabathia and Billy Wagner were elected as the newest members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the museum announced.
Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous.
From no-doubt first-ballot stars to close calls, here's who should be preparing their Cooperstown speeches for each of the next five years.
The Cooperstown candidacies of Carlos Beltran and Andruw Jones might benefit by the lack of slam-dunk newcomers to the 2026 Hall of Fame ballot.