Former Mets closer Billy Wagner had to wait until his 10th and final year on the ballot, but he was officially inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday afternoon.

Billy Wagner called his tenure with the Houston Astros "the best part" of his career in an emotional speech while accepting induction Sunday to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y .

Dave Parker, who died a month before he was to be inducted, and Dick Allen got into the Hall posthumously after being voted in by the classics committee.