#Roy May 14

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For today’s 30-Day Baseball Coach4aday Challenge post I am reporting on ROY Halladay.

Roy’s full name was Harry Leroy Halladay and he was born on May 14, 1977, in Denver. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2019.

The right-hander was a workhorse for the Blue Jays and Phillies, winning a pair of Cy Young Awards and being selected to eight All-Star teams. Halladay won the AL Cy for Toronto in 2003 and the NL Cy in 2010 for Philadelphia, becoming the fifth pitcher to win the award in both leagues.  He retired in 2013.

FAQ’s about Roy Halladay

1. He played in the MLB for 16 seasons (1998-2013)
2. Halladay was the 20th pitcher in MLB history to throw a perfect game, achieving the feat on May 29, 2010, while playing for the Philadelphia Phillies against the Florida Marlins. He followed that up with a no-hitter in the postseason later that year.
3. Roy was a six-time All-Star and won the Cy Young Award in both the American and National Leagues, becoming only the fifth pitcher in history to accomplish that feat.
4. He also finished in the top five in Cy Young voting six times.
5. Halladay was a pilot and owned his own plane. Unfortunately, he died in a plane crash on November 7, 2017, while flying his plane off the coast of Florida. He was posthumously elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2019.