To gain entry to the Baseball Hall of Fame, Billy Wagner completed a climb few candidates have managed. Wagner, the former Houston Astros closer, attained the 75% support from voters required for ...

He has long been viewed as the cornerstone of their franchise. But Phillies third baseman Scott Rolen told ESPN.com on Friday that he informed the club this week he wants to test free agency when ...

Another Baseball Hall of Fame weekend has come and gone, with Scott Rolen and Fred McGriff taking their place in Cooperstown. Rolen frequently made life miserable for the Brewers, with an .896 OPS and ...

There are plenty of paths a player can take to Cooperstown, from being a first-ballot selection to narrowly making the cut in ...

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 ...

After electing only two players (David Ortiz and Scott Rolen) to the Baseball Hall of Fame from 2021 to 2023, the BBWAA course corrected last year, sending three players (Adrian Beltre ...

That puts Wagner in rare company. Since 1966, just one player, Scott Rolen, has been elected to the Hall via the writers’ ballot after receiving a lower share of the vote in his first year on ...