A Call to the Doc
"I've always tried to work hard. I'm not trying to show anybody up or do something spectacular for attention."
-Roy Halliday
Inducted this week into Baseball's Hall of Fame is right-hander Roy Halliday. "Doc" is the only pitcher in history besides Don Larsen to throw a no-hitter in the postseason, having done so during the 2010 Division Series. He pitched a perfect game earlier that year, thus becoming the first hurler to spin two no-hitters in a season since Nolan Ryan did it in 1973.
Halliday was an eight-time All;Star, led the league in wins twice, and won two Cy Young Awards. He also had five other top-five finishes in the Cy Young Award balloting and received MVP votes in two seasons.
With a career record of 203-105, Halliday is a posthumous Hall of Fame inductee. He lost his life in November 2017 in a tragic plane crash while piloting.
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