Billy Wagner Inducted to Baseball Hall of Fame

Billy Wagner Inducted to Baseball Hall of Fame

Crozet resident Billy Wagner was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, July 27. A seven-time All-Star with a 100-mile-per-hour fastball, he spent 16 seasons in the Major Leagues playing for the Astros, Phillies, Mets, Red Sox and Braves as a lefthanded relief pitcher. He pitched in 853 games, but never started, and recorded 422 saves, the second most by a lefthander, and he is just the fifth pitcher to reach t