From Dusty Baker, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre to ex-teammates Jose Canseco, Carney Lansford, Dennis Eckersley, Dave Stewart ...

Former Milwaukee Brewers left-handed pitcher CC Sabathia was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame Monday, receiving 86.8% of ...

As noted by MLB.com in the wake of his ... the only relievers in the Hall of Fame were Hoyt Wilhelm, Goose Gossage, Rollie Fingers, Dennis Eckersley, and Bruce Sutter. The first four of them ...

by Ronald Blum | AP Baseball Writer TOPICS ... became the ninth pitcher in the Hall who was primarily a reliever after Hoyt Wilhelm, Rollie Fingers, Dennis Eckersley, Bruce Sutter, Goose Gossage ...

And Ichiro Suzuki was simply Ichiro – an international icon, a master of his craft, and a trailblazer who altered the game of baseball. Baseball’s Hall of Fame introduced those three men to ...

NEW YORK-- Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for ... ninth pitcher in the Hall who was primarily a reliever after Hoyt Wilhelm, Rollie Fingers, Dennis Eckersley, Bruce Sutter ...

Baseball may no longer be America ... as the sixth-best closer of all time with only Hall of Famers above him: Mariano Rivera (48.8), Dennis Eckersley (39.6), Hoyt Wilhelm (34.3), Goose Gossage ...

Baseball-Reference credits him with ... there are now eight closers in the Hall of Fame (counting Dennis Eckersley as a reliever, although he split his career between starting and relieving).

Year-by-year inductees to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame ... 2004 — BBWAA: Dennis Eckersley, Paul Molitor. 2003 — BBWAA: Gary Carter, Eddie Murray. 2002 — BBWAA: Ozzie Smith.

Rickey Henderson’s life will be celebrated Saturday at Oakland’s Oracle Arena, next door to where he forged one of the ...

Former Marlin Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for ... pitcher in the Hall who was primarily a reliever after Hoyt Wilhelm, Rollie Fingers, Dennis Eckersley, Bruce Sutter ...

The Baseball Hall of Fame selects new members through voting ... joining Mariano Rivera, Dennis Eckersley, Hoyt Wilhelm, Goose Gossage, Trevor Hoffman, Lee Smith, Rollie Fingers and Bruce Sutter.