Harry Leroy Halladay III (May 14, 1977 – November 7, 2017), known commonly as Roy Halladay and often nicknamed "Doc", was an American professional baseball player who pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies between 1998 and 2013. His nickname, coined by Toronto Blue Jays announcer Tom Cheek, was a reference to Wild West gunslinger Doc Holliday.
Halladay was the
Blue Jays' first draft selection in the 1995 MLB draft, the 17th pick overall,
and played for the team from 1998 through 2009, after which he was traded to
Philadelphia. Halladay was known for his ability to pitch deep into games
effectively and, at the time of his retirement, was the active major league
leader in complete games with 67, including 20 shutouts.
On May 29, 2010,
Halladay pitched the 20th perfect game in MLB history, beating the FloridaMarlins by a score of 1–0. On October 6, 2010, in his first postseason start,
Halladay threw the second no-hitter in MLB postseason history (Don Larsen's
perfect game in the 1956 World Series being the first) against the Cincinnati
Reds in Game 1 of the 2010 NLDS.
It was his second
no-hitter of the year (following the May 29 perfect game), making Halladay the
fifth pitcher in major league history (and the first since Nolan Ryan in 1973)
to throw multiple no-hitters in the same season. During the 2012 season, he
became the 67th pitcher to record 2,000 strikeouts. Halladay was also one of
six pitchers in MLB history to win the Cy Young Award in both the American and
National Leagues.
On November 7,
2017, Halladay died when his ICON A5 amphibious plane crashed into the Gulf of
Mexico off the coast of Florida.
EARLY LIFE
Born in Denver,
Colorado, Halladay grew up in the suburb of Arvada; his father, Roy II, was a
pilot for a food-processing company, while his mother, Linda, was a homemaker. From
an early age, 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. By the age of 13, he had begun training with Colorado
baseball guru Bus Campbell, who had helped almost every promising pitcher from
the Denver area, including Goose Gossage and Brad Lidge.
In 1995, after
graduating from Arvada West High School, he was selected by the Toronto Blue
Jays in the amateur draft, in the first round, as the 17th overall pick.
Halladay decided to forego his college baseball commitment to Arizona and sign
with Toronto. He was promoted to the major-league club as a September call-up
in 1998.
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