It was a long time coming, but Billy Wagner finally closed it out ... in a career that spanned 16 seasons and five teams (Astros, Phillies, Mets, Red Sox, Braves). Known for a high-powered ...

For the rest of his career, Billy Wagner was a capital-C Closer. Wagner was the closer for the Astros from 1997 until he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2003-04 offseason for ...

1921 — Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees became baseball’s career home run leader by hitting his 120th off Cleveland’s Jim Bagby in the third inning. The Indians took the game 8-6.

Kimbrel returned to the Braves, the club he spent his first five major-league seasons with, for Friday's game against the ...

1990 — Nolan Ryan pitched the sixth no-hitter of his career to extend his major league record, and the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 5-0. Ryan, 43, was the first to pitch no-hitters for ...

On Tuesday night at Petco Park, the Dodgers could have used one. In recent years, the club has punted on plenty of games in ...

1913 — James Rowe, who had won back-to-back Belmont Stake races in 1872-73 as a jockey, sets the record for the most number ...

California Dreamin.” It was a song by the Mamas and Papas in 1965, and peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. But do you remember watching those Phillies, Sixers and Flyers games from the West ...

Phillies closer Jordan Romano has an ERA over ... By 2005, Rivera, Hoffman, Billy Wagner, Joe Nathan, Tom Gordon, Jonathan Papelbon and Francisco Rodríguez were all active at the same time.

Some candidates cruise into Cooperstown on the first ballot, like Ichiro Suzuki and Mariano Rivera, while others, such as recent inductees Todd Helton and Billy Wagner, gradually climb to the ...

Phillies All-Star first baseman Bryce Harper ... The Houston Astros and Billy Wagner are taking no shortcuts celebrating his Hall of Fame induction ceremony this summer with friends and family.