Stats, facts, and more about Billy Wagner, owner of the second best career ERA+ and best BAA in baseball history. Tweets are by
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Hall of Famer Trevor Hoffman had a career ERA+ of 141.
Billy Wagner threw at least 40 IP in 13 different seasons. His lowest ERA+ of those seasons was 141.
Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera could return to baseball and toss 209 perfect innings and he would still have a higher career Batting Average Against (BAA) than Billy Wagner
Pitchers in the Live Ball Era that have faced less than four batters per inning pitched in their career (min. 800 IP):
Clayton Kershaw (3.938 BF/IP)
Jacob deGrom (3.946)
Mariano Rivera (3.975)
Billy Wagner (3.987)
Hall of Famer Trevor Hoffman had a career ERA+ of 141.
Billy Wagner threw at least 40 IP in 13 different seasons. His lowest ERA+ of those seasons was 141.
Pitchers with 1,000+ career strikeouts, sorted by highest K%:
Billy Wagner • 33.2 K%
Chris Sale • 30.7%
Yu Darvish • 29.9%
Jacob deGrom • 29.2%
Max Scherzer • 29.1%
Stephen Strasburg • 29.0%
Highest career K% (min. 800 IP):
Billy Wagner - 33.2%
Chris Sale - 30.2%
Yu Darvish - 29.5%
Stephen Strasburg - 29.0%
Randy Johnson - 28.6%
Max Scherzer - 28.5%
Francisco Rodríguez - 28.5%
Octavio Dotel - 28.4%
Jacob deGrom - 27.9%
Pedro Martínez - 27.7%
#Wagner4HOF
Most seasons with 30+ saves & 75+ strikeouts:
9 • BILLY WAGNER
8 • Aroldis Chapman
8 • Kenley Jansen
8 • Craig Kimbrel
7 • Robb Nen
7 • Jonathan Papelbon
6 • Joe Nathan
5 • Lee Smith
Need to send a huge shoutout to all of the “Billy Wagner for Hall of Fame” supporters out there. You’ve been spreading the word on why Billy the Kid belongs in Cooperstown and the voters have been listening. Thank you all!!
LHP’s with three or more seasons of 100+ K’s & ≤ 2.00 ERA in the Live Ball Era:
Clayton Kershaw - 2013, 2014, 2016
Aroldis Chapman - 2012, 2014, 2015
BILLY WAGNER - 1999, 2003, 2010
Sandy Koufax - 1963, 1964, 1966
Thank you to all of our followers! Your spreading of the word for Billy Wagner’s Hall of Fame case has made a huge impact and will continue to do so in the future. Have a great 2020!
Pitchers in the Integration Era that have faced less than four batters per inning pitched in their career (min. 800 IP):
Jacob deGrom (3.934 BF/IP)
Clayton Kershaw (3.936)
Mariano Rivera (3.975)
Billy Wagner (3.987)
We’d like to thank everyone for all of their support. You’ve continually spread the word about Billy Wagner’s strong Hall of Fame case & have done so in a respectful manner. It shows! The needle is moving in the right direction & we’ll be here with y’all until that needle stops.
2016: 46 of 440 ballots (10.5%)
2017: 45 of 442 ballots (10.2%)
2018: 47 of 422 ballots (11.1%)
2019: 71 of 425 ballots (16.7%)
2020: 126 of 397 ballots (31.7%)
2021: 186 of 401 ballots (46.4%)
2022: 201 of 394 ballots (51.0%)
2023: 127 of first 173 public ballots (73.4%)
BBWAA Hall of Fame voting % for Billy Wagner:
2016) 10.5% (46 of 440 votes)
2017) 10.2% (45 of 442 votes)
2018) 11.1% (47 of 422 votes)
2019) 16.7% (71 of 425 votes)
2020) 31.7% (126 of 397 votes)
Hall of Famer Trevor Hoffman had a career ERA+ of 141.
Billy Wagner threw at least 40 IP in 13 different seasons. His lowest ERA+ of those seasons was 141.
Chipper Jones vs Billy Wagner
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23 PA’s
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.174/.174/.304
Ballot
#17
is from Patrick Graham. Eight holdovers earn a vote here along with first-year candidates Beltré and Mauer. Five candidates are currently above 75%
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Ballot
#100
is from first-time voter Joe Lemire. Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Andruw Jones, Scott Rolen, and Billy Wagner are a perfect 5/5 with first-time voters.
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Most seasons with 30+ saves & 75+ strikeouts:
9 • BILLY WAGNER
8 • Aroldis Chapman
8 • Kenley Jansen
8 • Craig Kimbrel
7 • Robb Nen
7 • Jonathan Papelbon
6 • Joe Nathan
5 • Lee Smith
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2016: 46 of 440 ballots (10.5%)
2017: 45 of 442 (10.2%)
2018: 47 of 422 (11.1%)
2019: 71 of 425 (16.7%)
2020: 126 of 397 (31.7%)
2021: 186 of 401 (46.4%)
2022: 201 of 394 (51.0%)
2023: 265 of 389 (68.1%)
2024: 131 of first 165 ballots revealed (79.4%)
2016: 46 of 440 ballots (10.5%)
2017: 45 of 442 (10.2%)
2018: 47 of 422 (11.1%)
2019: 71 of 425 (16.7%)
2020: 126 of 397 (31.7%)
2021: 186 of 401 (46.4%)
2022: 201 of 394 (51.0%)
2023: 265 of 389 (68.1%)
2024: 74 of first 95 ballots revealed (77.9%)
#BillyWagner4HOF
2016: 46 of 440 ballots (10.5%)
2017: 45 of 442 (10.2%)
2018: 47 of 422 (11.1%)
2019: 71 of 425 (16.7%)
2020: 126 of 397 (31.7%)
2021: 186 of 401 (46.4%)
2022: 201 of 394 (51.0%)
2023: 265 of 389 (68.1%)
2024: 90 of first 111 ballots revealed (81.1%)
#BillyWagner4HOF
2016: 46 of 440 ballots (10.5%)
2017: 45 of 442 (10.2%)
2018: 47 of 422 (11.1%)
2019: 71 of 425 (16.7%)
2020: 126 of 397 (31.7%)
2021: 186 of 401 (46.4%)
2022: 201 of 394 (51.0%)
2023: 265 of 389 (68.1%)
2024: 163 of first 209 ballots revealed (78.0%)
Ballot
#30
is from Joe Haakenson. After getting squeezed off for space last year, Billy Wagner receives an added vote and moves to +3 so far. He has added 3/11 potential votes so far and will need an estimated 27 flips for election
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Four years ago, Billy Wagner received 71 votes out of 425 HOF ballots.
This year Billy Wagner has already received 71 votes out of the first 100 public HOF ballots.
Hey folks, I've just finished looking at all of the facts and I've decided I'm going to spend this HOF season campaigning very hard for Billy Wagner.
Thanks
Ballot
#120
is from a voter who wishes to remain anonymous. We aren't able to report on gained or lost votes, if any, on anonymous ballots.
This puts Wagner at 50% and Jones at 45% through 120 ballots, significant improvements over last year.
Tracker:
2016: 46 of 440 ballots (10.5%)
2017: 45 of 442 ballots (10.2%)
2018: 47 of 422 ballots (11.1%)
2019: 71 of 425 ballots (16.7%)
2020: 126 of 397 ballots (31.7%)
2021: 186 of 401 ballots (46.4%)
2022: 201 of 394 ballots (51.0%)
2023: 103 of first 141 public ballots (73.0%)
Ballot
#27
is from Art Davidson. Several new additions to Art’s ballot this year. Three first-timers earn a vote including David Wright, who has his third vote of the cycle. Todd Helton gains and moves to net +/-0, while Billy Wagner climbs to +2
Coming soon to the Tracker
Ballot
#84
is from Dan Hayes. Beltré, Mauer, and Utley join his five holdovers. Joe Mauer has been named on 5 out of every 6 ballots so far in his first year of eligibility.
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Billy Wagner finished the 1999 season with 124 strikeouts & a 1.57 ERA.
Here’s every LHP season with more K’s & a lower ERA than Wagner’s 1999 season:
Rube Waddell (1905) - 287/1.48
Jack Pfiester (1906) - 153/1.51
Harry Krause (1909) - 139/1.39
Dutch Leonard (1914) - 176/0.96
BILLY WAGNER - 2024 HOF VOTING:
11 ✅ on 15 ballots so far
• 73.3% (need ≥75%)
10 ✅ on 12 ballots for return voters
• 83.3%
• no adds
• no drops
1 ✅ on 1 ballot for new voters
• 100%
0 ✅ on 2 ballots for anonymous voters
• 👎🏼👎🏼
Ballot
#15
is from Peter Botte. Beltrán gains a vote and is now net +1. Three first-year candidates also receive Botte's vote. Utley reaches 60%, Mauer is at 80%, and Beltré remains unanimous.
In the Tracker:
Ballot
#105
is from Richard Griffin. José Bautista is on the board with his first Hall of Fame vote. Beltrán (+9), Buehrle (-4), and Pettitte (-4) drop. Billy Wagner gains and moves to (+5) and for the first time since Ballot
#1
, has reached 80% overall
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Pitchers with more Strikeouts than Base Runners allowed (min. 1,000 K’s):
Max Scherzer • 2,449 K / 2,447 BR
Clayton Kershaw • 2,275 / 2,214
Chris Sale • 1,789 / 1,647
Stephen Strasburg • 1,444 / 1,436
BILLY WAGNER • 1,196 / 968
Ballot
#148
is from Kirk Wessler. Vizquel loses a vote (+/-0) while Beltrán (+13) and Wagner (+6) gain. After a bit of cold spell, Wagner increases his flip rate back to 25.8%
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BBWAA Hall of Fame voting % for Billy Wagner:
2016) 10.5% (46 of 440 votes)
2017) 10.2% (45 of 442 votes)
2018) 11.1% (47 of 422 votes)
2019) 16.7% (71 of 425 votes)
2020) 35.1% (74 of 211 votes**)
** roughly 51.2% of the expected total vote count (per
@NotMrTibbs
HoF tracker)
Ballot
#214
is from Glen Crevier. Beltrán has his 29th add and is net +22 overall. Billy Wagner adds another critical +1 and sits at 78.5% and net +8
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Hall of Famer Lee Smith could return to baseball and toss 426 hitless innings and he would still have a higher career Batting Average Against (BAA) than Billy Wagner
Ballot
#124
is from Felix DeJesús. Adrián Beltré joins a group of nine holdovers. No adds or drops for returning candidates. Billy Wagner becomes the fourth candidate to reach 100 votes
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Ballot
#117
is from Brendan Prunty. Seven holdovers receive a checkmark along with Carlos Beltrán (56.4%), Andruw Jones (+20), and Billy Wagner (+17)
In the Tracker:
Congratulations to Derek Jeter & Larry Walker (
@Cdnmooselips33
) on their inductions to Cooperstown! The Baseball Hall of Fame has become a much better place today!
Ballot
#152
is from Dan McGrath. The three leading vote-getters maintain strong overall support. Wagner adds another and moves to net (+24)
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Ballot
#101
is from Brian Lewis. Several changes here as Ramírez (+0) and Rodríguez (-1) lose a vote while Beltrán (+10), Jones (-1) and Wagner (+4) all gain. Todd Helton has pulled even with Joe Mauer at 82.2%
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Ballot
#127
is from Garry D. Howard. His four holdovers are joined by Beltrán, Helton (now +21) and Wagner (+17). Howard is one of Gary Sheffield's most vocal supporters and his vote brings Sheffield up to 67.7%.
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