The Baseball Writers' Association of America announced the 2025 Hall of Fame Class on Tuesday, with Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner, Dick Allen

The trio of players inducted into Cooperstown in 2025 are a more than deserving group of men, with one spending part of his career with the Philadelphia Phillie

Here's the best chance for a Hall of Famer from this group. The four-time All-Star won the NLCS MVP and World Series MVP in 2008, when the Phillies won their first World Series since 1980 and second overall.

The bad news is that Andruw Jones will have to wait at least one more year. The good news is that he is on a path similar to the one traveled by former Braves closer Billy Wagner, one of the baseball’s new Hall of Famers.

Billy Wagner: The toughest pitcher to hit among ... With Sabathia, Suzuki and Wagner off the ballot and Ryan Braun and Cole Hamels being the best first-year candidates next year, the two center ...

The Baseball Hall of Fame's 2025 class is official with Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner voted in ... Longtime left-handed pitcher Cole Hamels has the best career WAR (59) among ...

Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball's Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected Tuesday along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.

Sabathia was on 342 ballots and Wagner on 325, which was 29 more than ... Players joining the ballot in 2026 include Cole Hamels, Ryan Braun and Matt Kemp.

Seattle Mariners star Felix Hernandez didn't make the Baseball Hall of Fame this week, but he did enough to stay on the ballot for another year.

The Cooperstown candidacies of Carlos Beltran and Andruw Jones might benefit by the lack of slam-dunk newcomers to the 2026 Hall of Fame ballot.

Ichiro Suzuki has made history as the first Japanese player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, leading the 2024 class alongside CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.