Overview

• The Astros held a pregame tribute on August 16 at Daikin Park, featuring Wagner’s Cooperstown plaque alongside Hall of Famers Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio.
• Wagner’s No. 13 became the franchise’s 10th retired number, joining the likes of Bagwell and Biggio in the right-field rafters.
• Over a 16-year career, Wagner recorded 422 saves—including a club-record 225 in Houston—and posted a .187 opponent batting average, the lowest ever for a reliever.
• Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on July 27 with an Astros cap, Wagner was the first left-handed reliever ever elected.
• He first received No. 13 as a joke from his Division III Ferrum College coach and wore it throughout his major-league career.