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Former Phillies closer Billy Wagner, who fell five votes shy in 2024, has been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, named on 82.3% of ballots in this year’s voting. Here are the 3 players added to the class of 2025: Ichiro Suzuki: 99.

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 elected Tuesday night to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in his 10th and final year on the ballot.