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.
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Wagner had a 1.98 earned run average and struck out 22 of the 56 batters he faced in his 15 games for the Red sox in 2009.
Japanese icon Ichiro Suzuki was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on January 22, 2025, becoming the first Japanese athlete and Asian to receive this honor. Securing 393 out of 394 votes,
Andrew Jones will have to wait at least one more year for baseball immorality. But a formerAtlanta Braves player will be part of the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame class. Ex-closer Billy Wagner ...
The results of the BBWAA portion of voting for the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame class were revealed on Tuesday night. Here at CBS Sports, we've spent the past two-plus months breaking it down, so let's put a bow on the 2025 ballot and look forward to what the results mean for 2026 and beyond.
Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner are the newest inductees to the National Baseball Hall of Fame as it revealed its Class of 2025.
Andruw Jones missed out on the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame class, falling about 10 percentage points shy of the 75 percent threshold needed for entry. Ichiro Suzuki, Billy Wagner and CC Sabathia ...
Ichiro Suzuki falling one vote short of unanimous election raised eyebrows, but it’s far from the biggest flub in Hall of Fame voting history.
Voting for the Hall of Fame is an incredible honor, and it’s something I and the others who have those votes spend a great deal of time on. I don’t think a day goes by when I don’t spend at least a few minutes thinking about next year’s vote.
A dive into Ryan Lewis' 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot and a discussion on the cases of Omar Vizquel, CC Sabathia and Manny Ramirez.