The Houston Astros will retire the number of former closer and new Baseball Hall of Fame electee Billy Wagner this season, the team announced Tuesday. The jersey retirement will be part of the ...

Billy Wagner will be the 10th former Astro to have his number retired and the first since Craig Biggio's No. 7 was retired in 2008. ... Matt Kawahara covers the Astros for the Houston Chronicle.

Billy Wagner is one of baseball's newest Hall of Famers, and he received another honor this week.The Houston Astros will retire his No. 13 this summer, the team announced Tuesday. The ceremony ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Astros all-time saves leader Billy Wagner will have his jersey number retired, an honor that coincides with his induction into the Hall of Fame, the team announced Tuesday.

HOUSTON, TEXAS - AUGUST 12: Former Houston Astros pitcher Billy Wagner during the Houston Astros Hall of Fame Weekend at Minute Maid Park on August 12, 2023 in Houston, Texas.

For Billy Wagner, once more, prestige lay in the final frame. Wagner, the former Houston Astros closer, was elected Tuesday to the Baseball Hall of Fame, the honor arriving in his 10th and final ...

However, in 2003, at the height of Wagner's superpowers, the Astros traded him to the Philadelphia Phillies. The All-Star closer was dealt as part of a cost-cutting move by Astros leadership at the ...

Wagner, 53, joined the Astros in 1995 and played in Houston for nine seasons before moving on to the Phillies, Mets, Red Sox and Braves in a career that spanned 16 years. He got in by being on 82. ...

It will be a busy summer for former left-handed closer Billy Wagner, who will have his No. 13 retired by the Houston Astros before an Aug. 16 home game.

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Astros all-time saves leader Billy Wagner will have his jersey number retired, an honor that coincides with his induction into the Hall of Fame, the team announced Tuesday ...

Wagner accrued 225 of his 422 career saves with the Astros, who chose him in the first round of the 1993 draft. Wagner had a 2.53 ERA across his nine seasons in Houston and three of his seven All ...