COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Former Yankees Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia joined former Met Billy Wagner on Thursday at a news conference about being elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Suzuki received 393 of 394 votes from the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Sabathia was on 342 ballots and Wagner on 325 (82.5%), which was 29 votes more than the 296 needed for the required 75%. While Suzuki and Sabathia were elected in their first ballot appearance, Wagner was voted in on his 10th and final try with the writers.
The trio will be inducted on July 27 along with Dave Parker and Dick Allen, voted in last month by the classic era committee.