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At seven years old, Wagner's right arm was broken when, while playing football with some neighborhood kids, one of them accidentally fell on it. Shortly after having the cast removed, he broke the arm again. To avoid long-term damage to the arm, Wagner, a natural right-hander, began throwing a baseball left-handed. [2]
Wagner's No. 13 will be the 10th number retired by the Astros during a ceremony Aug. 16. Wagner, a three-time All-Star, saved 225 games for the Astros from 1995-2003.
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,
No. 8 in baseball history with 422 career saves, left-hander Billy Wagner looks poised to join a select group of relief pitchers in the Hall.
A seven-time All-Star, Wagner was 47-40 with a 2.31 ERA and 422 saves for Houston (1995-2003), Philadelphia (2004-05), the New York Mets (2006-09), Boston (2009) and Atlanta (2010). His 11.9 strikeouts per nine innings are the most among pitchers with at least 900 innings, though his 903 career innings are the fewest among Hall of Famers.
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Wagner, whose 422 saves are eighth-most all-time, opened his career by spending nine seasons with the Houston Astros before splitting his final eight years with the Philadelphia Phillies, New York ...