Roy Halladay

Roy Halladay is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. He's a former Cy Young Award winner in 2003. Halladay spent the majority of his career with the Toronto Blue Jays after the team originally drafted him in 1995. He would start 287 games with Toronto, winning 148 games with the club over a span of 12 seasons.http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/H/Phallr001.htm

Halladay was traded to the Phillies in the 2010 offseason for Kyle Drabek and a few prospects. He went on to win 21 games in his first season in Philadelphia, including throwing a perfect game in May against the Florida Marlins.http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/6134 In game one of the National League Division Series against the Cincinnati Reds, Halladay threw the second no-hitter in playoff history.http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20101017/SPORTS01/10170380/No-magic-for-Halladay-in-Game-1

The Blue Jays made Halladay the 17th overall section in the 1995 amateur draft. Halladay worked his way up to the majors in 1998. In 1999, Halladay played his first full year in the majors, and became a member of the Blue Jays' starting rotation. In 2000, Halladay struggled, posting a 4-7 record and a 10.64 ERA. Halladay would rejoin the Blue Jays at the end of the 2001 season.http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/H/Phallr001.htm

Halladay's numbers improved in the 2002 season. That year, Halladay posted a 19-7 record, and in 2003 he would win 22 games on his way to a Cy Young Award. Since then, Halladay has posted a .500 or better record in every year since 2001.http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/H/Phallr001.htm

Halladay was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2010 offseason, making him a member of the team's rotation. He would go 21-10 that season, with a 2.44 ERA and 219 strikeouts.http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/6134

Halladay had two no-hitters in the 2010 season alone, one in the regular season and another in the playoffs. On May 29, 2010, Halladay threw a perfect game, the first of his career and the first in Philadelphia Phillies' history since 1964, against the Florida Marlins. The Phillies won that game 1-0.

Halladay would repeat that feat on October 6, 2010 in game one of the National League Division Series against the Cincinnati Reds.http://www.retrosheet.org/nohit_chrono.htm Halladay allowed just one walk to Jay Bruce in the game as the Phillies went on to win 4-0.http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore;_ylt=AvpuZDGjFUpNrLKtmafDFIokPMsF?gid=301006122