Astros will retire Billy Wagner's No. 13

On January 21, 2025, all-time great closer Billy Wagner was elected to the Hall of Fame. A version of this story originally ran in December 2020.
There was no doubt about Ichiro and little doubt about CC Sabathia, but one-time Phillies closer Billy Wagner still had to sweat it out in his 10th and final year on the Baseball Hall of Fame ...
Philadelphia Phillies closer Billy Wagner (13) works the ninth inning of a 5-0 shutout of the Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday, July 6, 2005 in Pittsburgh.(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Billy Wagner was ...
Wagner pitched for the New York Mets between 2006–09, along with the Houston Astros (1995–2003), Philadelphia Phillies (2004 ... Over the past 105 years, Billy Wagner is one of the best ...
PHILADELPHIA — Once more, for baseball immortality, Billy Wagner closed it out. Wagner, the dominant closer who played a two-season sliver of his 16-year career with the Phillies, got ...
The stalwarts of the last great era of Philadelphia Phillies baseball ... Writers' Association of America voted in former Phillies closer Billy Wagner in his 10th and final year of ...