Ichiro Suzuki had already cemented a strong, and likely everlasting baseball card market long before Tuesday’s almost unanimous vote for his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, headlining the class of 2025.

Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball's Hall of Fame, voted in Tuesday along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.

The bad news is that Andruw Jones will have to wait at least one more year. The good news is that he is on a path similar to the one traveled by former Braves closer Billy Wagner, one of the baseball’s new Hall of Famers.

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

Suzuki, the first Japanese-born inductee, will be joined by longtime ace left-hander CC Sabathia and hard-throwing closer Billy Wagner, each of whom cruised ... Adrian Beltre, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer were all inducted last July. Suzuki's close call ...

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Wagner received 284 votes and 73.8% in the 2024 balloting, five votes shy, when third baseman Adrian Beltré, catcher/first baseman Joe Mauer and first baseman Todd Helton were elected.

Former Houston Astros pitcher Billy Wagner, one of the best relief pitchers in the 1990s and 2000s, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Wagner received 284 votes and 73.8% in the 2024 balloting, five votes shy, when third baseman Adrian Beltré, catcher/first baseman Joe Mauer and first baseman Todd Helton were elected.

With another Hall of Fame election cycle in the rearview, Daniel Curren details the improvements BBWAA voters have made in recent years.

HOUSTON -- Perhaps it is only fitting that Billy Wagner’s Hall of Fame candidacy is going to ... The three players in the 2024 Hall of Fame class are Adrián Beltré (95.1 percent), Todd Helton (79.7 percent) and Joe Mauer (76.1 percent), who finished ...

Hannah, 20, was engaged to 20-year-old Frankie Rhoden. They were among eight members of the Rhoden family who were killed in a single night in Pike County in 2016. Jake and Angela Wagner confessed to their role in the massacre, which was prompted by a child custody dispute.