86 Facts About Roy Halladay

Harry Leroy "Roy" Halladay III was an American professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies between 1998 and 2013.

Roy Halladay's nickname, "Doc", was coined by Toronto Blue Jays announcer Tom Cheek, and was a reference to Wild West gunslinger Doc Holliday.

Roy Halladay led the league in strikeout-to-walk ratio five times and innings pitched four times.

Roy Halladay made his major league debut in 1998, nearly pitching a no-hitter in his second career start.

In 2002, Roy Halladay established himself as a durable, elite starting pitcher, earning his first All-Star selection.

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Roy Halladay was traded to the Phillies before the 2010 season, and that year, he pitched both the 20th perfect game and the second postseason no-hitter in major league history, led the majors in shutouts for the second consecutive year, and won the National League Cy Young Award.

In 2011, Roy Halladay had another dominant season, leading the NL in complete games, but he was plagued by injuries the next two years.

On November 7,2017, Roy Halladay died when he crashed his ICON A5 amphibious plane into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida.

Roy Halladay was announced as an inductee to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on January 22,2019; he was the first posthumously elected player since Deacon White in 2013 and the first elected by the BBWAA since Roberto Clemente in 1973.

From an early age, Roy Halladay loved baseball, trying every position on the field until, by age 14, his success on the pitcher's mound attracted the attention of major league scouts.

Roy Halladay attended Arvada West High School, where he led the school's baseball team to a 6A state championship in 1994.

Roy Halladay decided to forego his college baseball commitment to Arizona and sign with Toronto.

Roy Halladay was promoted to the major-league club as a September call-up in 1998.

Roy Halladay was raised a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, though he did not practice later in life.

At the beginning of the 2001 season, Roy Halladay was optioned to Class-A Dunedin to rebuild his delivery.

Roy Halladay worked with former Blue Jays pitching coach Mel Queen.

In 2001, after being demoted to the minor leagues, Roy Halladay immersed himself in the works of sports psychologist Harvey Dorfman.

Roy Halladay recorded 204 strikeouts and only 32 walks, good for a 6.

Roy Halladay pitched the first extra-inning shutout in the major leagues since Jack Morris in Game 7 of the 1991 World Series, leading the Blue Jays to victory over the Tigers on September 6.

Roy Halladay pitched 10 innings and had not allowed a hit until Kevin Witt doubled with two outs in the top of the eighth.

Roy Halladay won the American League Cy Young Award, while being named an All-Star and leading the Blue Jays to a surprising 86 victories.

Roy Halladay was named by his peers as the Players Choice Awards AL Outstanding Pitcher.

Roy Halladay was named the Sporting News AL Pitcher of the Year and the Baseball Prospectus Internet Baseball Awards AL Cy Young Award winner.

In 2004, Roy Halladay was placed on the disabled list twice due to right shoulder problems.

Roy Halladay walked 39 batters, seven more than he had walked in 2003 when he had pitched twice as many innings.

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Roy Halladay later revealed that he had been injured throughout the entire season with a "tired throwing arm", which he believed was from intense workouts in the preseason.

Roy Halladay was selected to his third All-Star team and was slated to be the starting pitcher for the American League at the All-Star Game in Detroit.

On March 16,2006, Roy Halladay signed a three-year, $40 million contract extension through 2010.

Roy Halladay went seven innings, giving up just six hits and allowing no runs on his way to his 100th career win.

In 2008, for the sixth consecutive year, Roy Halladay was Toronto's opening-day starter, improving his own club record.

Roy Halladay was able to walk back to the dugout, but was taken out of the game for safety concerns.

On July 11,2008, Roy Halladay pitched his seventh complete game and second shutout of the season against the New York Yankees, allowing no runs on two hits for his 11th career shutout.

Roy Halladay was named to the American League All-Star Team as a reserve.

Roy Halladay pitched in the fourth inning, yielding only one hit and striking out Lance Berkman.

Roy Halladay finished second in the American League Cy Young Award voting, behind Cliff Lee of Cleveland.

Roy Halladay led the AL with nine complete games, and struck out a career-high 206 batters as well as posting a 2.

Roy Halladay became just the fourth pitcher in major league history to post two seasons of 200 strikeouts and fewer than 40 walks.

Roy Halladay then won his next two starts, on the road against Cleveland and Minnesota.

Roy Halladay agreed to a contract extension worth US$60 million that included a US$20 million vesting option for a fourth season.

Three hours before Roy Halladay signed the contract extension, Amaro traded away Lee, to the surprise of Roy Halladay who thought that Lee would be his teammate.

On Opening Day, Roy Halladay pitched seven innings while giving up a run against the Washington Nationals in his first game with the Phillies.

Roy Halladay drove in his second career RBI and earned his first win of the season.

Roy Halladay pitched his first shutout in the National League, against the Atlanta Braves on April 21, becoming the first pitcher to reach four wins in the 2010 season.

On September 21, Roy Halladay became the first Phillies pitcher to win 20 games in a season since Steve Carlton accomplished it in 1982.

Roy Halladay was the first right-handed Phillies pitcher to accomplish the feat since Robin Roberts in 1955.

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Roy Halladay made his first postseason start in Game 1 of the National League Division Series, as the Phillies squared off against the Cincinnati Reds.

Roy Halladay's was only the second postseason no-hitter in Major League Baseball history, and the first since Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series.

Roy Halladay become the first pitcher in Major League history to throw a perfect game and another no-hitter in the same calendar year.

Roy Halladay started Games 1 and 5, which were one of the most touted postseason pitching match-ups in recent history as he faced another former Cy Young winner in both games, Tim Lincecum.

In Game 5, Roy Halladay pulled his groin after the first inning but continued for six more innings to help his team stave off elimination.

Roy Halladay was named by his peers as the Players Choice Awards NL Outstanding Pitcher.

Roy Halladay was unanimously chosen as the recipient of the 2010 National League Cy Young Award, becoming the first Phillie to win the award since Steve Bedrosian in 1987 and only the fifth pitcher in MLB history to win the award in both leagues, joining Gaylord Perry, Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson and Roger Clemens.

Roy Halladay was likewise selected as the Sporting News NL Pitcher of the Year, the USA Today NL Cy Young, the Baseball Prospectus Internet Baseball Awards NL Cy Young, and the winner of the NLBM Wilbur "Bullet" Rogan Legacy Award.

Roy Halladay was named the MLB "This Year in Baseball Awards" Starting Pitcher of the Year.

Roy Halladay was named Pro Athlete of the Year by both the Sporting News and the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association and Sportsperson of the Year by the Philadelphia Daily News.

Roy Halladay led the National League in wins, innings pitched, and complete games, including four shutouts.

Roy Halladay became just the seventh pitcher in the history of Major League baseball to pitch 250 or more innings with 30 or fewer walks, the first pitcher to do so since Grover Cleveland Alexander in 1923 with the Chicago Cubs.

On May 29,2010, Roy Halladay pitched the 20th perfect game in MLB history against the Florida Marlins in Miami, retiring all 27 batters and striking out 11, allowing no hits, runs, walks, or errors.

On October 6,2010, in his first postseason appearance, Roy Halladay pitched a no-hitter, against the Cincinnati Reds in the first game of the National League Division Series.

Roy Halladay became the second player to pitch a no-hitter in the postseason, joining Don Larsen of the New York Yankees, who pitched a perfect game in the 1956 World Series.

Roy Halladay became the first pitcher since Nolan Ryan in 1973 to throw two no-hitters in a season, as well as the seventh pitcher to hurl both a perfect game and a regular no-hitter in his career, joining Cy Young, Addie Joss, Jim Bunning, Sandy Koufax, Randy Johnson, and Mark Buehrle.

Roy Halladay allowed just one walk to right fielder Jay Bruce with two outs in the fifth inning, and faced just one batter above the minimum.

Roy Halladay took a two-hitter into the ninth before allowing three straight singles.

In May, Roy Halladay was named the 2011 winner of the John Wanamaker Athletic Award, by the Philadelphia Sports Congress, based on his 2010 season.

In June, Roy Halladay was presented the Best Major League Baseball Player ESPY Award for his performance since June 2010.

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Roy Halladay took home the Best Moment ESPY Award for his postseason no-hitter in October 2010.

Roy Halladay was named the starter for Games 1 and 5 during the National League Division Series against the St Louis Cardinals.

Roy Halladay finished second in the NL Cy Young voting to Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Roy Halladay was selected as one of the three starting pitchers on the MLB Insiders Club Magazine All-Postseason Team.

The next day, Roy Halladay was placed on the disabled list with a right shoulder injury.

On December 9,2013, Roy Halladay signed a ceremonial one-day contract with the Blue Jays and announced his retirement from baseball due to injury.

At his press conference, Roy Halladay listed a persistent back injury, as well as wanting to be more involved with his family, as his reasons for retiring.

Roy Halladay volunteered as a baseball coach at Calvary Christian High School in Clearwater, Florida where his oldest son played baseball.

Roy Halladay's distinctiveness was characterized by his ability to throw a hard two-seam sinking fastball ranging in the low 90s with pinpoint control.

Roy Halladay threw the hardest cutter among MLB starters in the 2011 season, at an average of 91.

The changeup was one pitch that Roy Halladay had problems commanding for many years, and which he used very rarely.

However, after joining the Phillies in 2010, Roy Halladay started throwing a changeup that was a variation of the split-finger fastball.

Roy Halladay often led the league in innings pitched and complete games, while ranking among the leaders in WHIP and ERA.

Roy Halladay had two children, Braden and Ryan, with his wife, Brandy.

Roy Halladay was the Blue Jays' nominee numerous times for the Roberto Clemente Award for his work with underprivileged children.

Roy Halladay was the cover athlete for Major League Baseball 2K11.

On November 7,2017, Roy Halladay died when the ICON A5 Founders Edition amphibious aircraft he was piloting crashed into the Gulf of Mexico.

An autopsy report by the Pinellas-Pasco Medical Examiner's Office released in January 2018 revealed that Roy Halladay's blood contained morphine, hydromorphone, amphetamine, fluoxetine, baclofen, and zolpidem.

Roy Halladay was elected to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2017 and the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum on January 22,2019 in his first year of eligibility, garnering 85.

However, Roy Halladay had said that, if given the choice, he would be inducted as a Blue Jay.

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On March 2,2019, Phillies free agent acquisition Bryce Harper, who wore uniform number 34 from his debut with the Washington Nationals in 2012, announced that he would not wear the number 34 as a member of the Phillies, stating that "Roy Halladay should be the last one to wear it" for the Phillies.