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Roy Halladayon Friday at 7 p.m. ET on TSN 1,3 and 4, here’s a look at 10 important moments that helped land the ace in Cooperstown.The Blue Jays laid eyes on Halladay for the first time about two months before the 1995 draft, one led by University of Nebraska two-sport star Darin Erstad, high school catcher Ben Davis, an outfielder Jays fans would come to know well in Jose Cruz Jr., and a prep right-hander named Kerry Wood.
Halladay did not disappoint, going 9-5 with the SkyChiefs and pitching to a 3.79 ERA across 21 starts as a 21-year-old, close to six years off the average age of the International League circuit that year. By the end of that season, the 24-year-old had worked his way back to being a reliable rotation option for the Blue Jays, but expectations were now tempered for the former top prospect.After six weeks of mostly up-and-down performance after he was summoned from the minors in July, Halladay allowed five earned runs in an Aug. 12 road start against the Anaheim Angels.
Coming out of the break, Halladay would go on a three-start run that saw him shut out the Boston Red Sox for eight innings, allow one run over eight to the Baltimore Orioles, and then hold the O’s to just one run over seven innings five days later.Halladay, 25, had arrived, finishing with a 19-7 record and a 2.93 ERA across an American League-high 239.1 innings.If you’re feeling the need to point out Halladay’s best season as a Blue Jay, 2003 is probably it, although ’02 and ’09 come close.
With contending teams calling on a regular basis about his availability and Halladay, himself, already knowing that it would be his Blue Jays swan song, Doc dazzled down the stretch. Not only did he post a pristine 2.44 ERA, win 21 games and add the National League Cy Young Award to his trophy case, he also garnered MVP votes for the first time in his career with the first place Phillies, something he never had the opportunity to do over a decade-plus in Toronto.
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