Ichiro, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner to enter Baseball Hall of Fame

The Baseball Corridor of Fame has three new members.

Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wanger have been voted into the Corridor of Fame on Tuesday. Outfielder Carlos Beltran and Andruw Jones fell simply wanting immortality.

Ichiro was one vote shy of changing into the second unanimous choice for the Corridor of Fame. The Japanese outfielder was a direct sensation with the Mariners in 2001, profitable the AL Rookie of the Yr and MVP awards. A ten-time All-Star and Gold Glove winner, Ichiro set a serious league file with 262 hits in 2004. 

His 4,307 skilled hits are essentially the most of any participant in baseball historical past. He ended his main league  profession with 3,089 hits and 509 steals, his accomplishments serving to to pave the way in which for future Japanese place gamers.

Sabathia, who earned 86.8% of the vote, reinvented himself towards the tip of his profession. A strikeout artist in his youthful days, he relied on his command and guile as he aged, persevering with to search out methods to generate outs. The 2007 AL Cy Younger winner, Sabathia was a six-time All-Star and gained a World Collection with the Yankees in 2009. 

He was at his most dominant throughout a 17-game stint with the Brewers, placing the workforce on his again and dragging them to the postseason. His efficiency was ok to put sixth within the 2008 NL MVP vote. Sabathia posted a 251-161 file with a 3.74 ERA and a 1.26 WHiP, placing out 3,093 batters.

Wagner was lastly inducted in his closing yr on the poll, incomes 82.5% of the vote. A seven-time All-Star and the 1999 NL Rolaids Aid Award winner, he saved no less than 35 video games for 4 totally different franchises and ranks eighth in MLB historical past with 422 profession saves. He posted a 2.31 ERA and a 1.00 WHiP, placing out 1,196 batters. 

Wagner, together with his 903 innings, now has the fewest innings of any reliever elected to the Corridor by the BBWAA, dethroning Bruce Sutter (1042 innings).

Ichiro, Sabathia and Wagner will be a part of Dave Parker and Dick Allen, who have been each voted in on the Traditional Baseball Period poll in December, because the inducted 2025 Baseball Corridor of Fame class on July 27.