Former Astros closer, Billy Wagner, in many ways was the best reliever in baseball not named Mariano Rivera. Unfortunately, “The Kid” didn’t always receive the national attention he deserved throughout his playing career.
That lack of national attention though doesn’t take away from his incredible career that spanned from Houston to Philadelphia to New York to Boston to Atlanta. It is arguably a journey worthy of Hall of Fame enshrinement.
While many will argue for and against his candidacy for the Hall with a wide array of reasons, I would like to present five statistics that demonstrates the kind of pitcher Wagner was in his career.