Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner Elected Into Hall Of Fame
16 seconds agoOutfielder Ichiro Suzuki, left-handed starter CC Sabathia, and left-handed reliever Billy Wagner were elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame class of 2025 by the Baseball Writers' Association of America on Tuesday. Suzuki is a Seattle Mariners legend who becomes the first Japanese-born player voted into the HOF. He received 99.7% of the vote in his first year on the ballot after recording 3,089 hits in MLB and another 1,278 in Japan. Like Suzuki, Sabathia gets in as a first-time eligible player, while Wagner makes it in on his last chance. Sabathia becomes the first pitcher named to the HOF on his first ballot since Mariano Rivera and Roy Halladay in 2019. He was a true workhorse of his generation with 251 wins in 3,577 1/3 innings. Wagner is the ninth closer elected to the HOF. He holds the highest strikeout rate (33.2%) of any pitcher in history with at least 900 innings thrown.
Source: MLB.com - Anthony Castrovince
Source: MLB.com - Anthony Castrovince