Chase Utley was one of the biggest risers in this year’s Hall of Fame voting. Is he trending toward eventual enshrinement?

Once more, for baseball immortality, Billy Wagner closed it out. Wagner, the dominant closer who played a two-season sliver of his 16-year career with the Phillies, got elected Tuesday night to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in his 10th and final year on the ballot.

Suzuki's close call means New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera remains the only unanimous electee. Rivera received all 425 votes in 2019. Another longtime Yankees icon, shortstop Derek Jeter, came within one vote of unanimous election in 2020. Suzuki, Rivera and Jeter were teammates with New York from 2012-13.

The trio of stars, each of whom spent part of their career in New York, will be inducted in Cooperstown on July 27.

A leadoff hitter, an ace starter and a lockdown closer walk into a Hall … It’s no joke. The National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 is complete after Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner

Chase Utley made gains in the his second year on the Hall of Fame ballot. We look at how he and the seven other former Dodgers did on the 2025 ballot. Ichiro, CC Sabathia, and Billy Wagner were inducted to Cooperstown.

Baseball Hall of Fame voting results will be revealed Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET on MLB Network, and it is far from certain who will earn induction

Ichiro Suzuki, a veritable hits machine on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, became the first Japanese player to gain entry into the National Baseball Hall of Fame when he was

Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame, with Suzuki becoming the first Japanese player chosen for the Hall, falling one vote shy of unanimous.

Suzuki is the first Japanese player elected, falling one vote shy of unanimous. The trio will be inducted on July 27 in Cooperstown, N.Y., along with classic era committee picks Dave Parker and

The Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 will be honored in the annual induction ceremony July 27 in Cooperstown, New York.