Roy Halladay Retires After 16 Seasons
Roy Halladay has announced his retirement from Major League Baseball after signing a 1-day contract with the Blue Jays. Halladay pitched for 16 seasons with the Blue Jays and Phillies. He will finish his career with a record of 203-105 and an ERA of 3.38 in 416 appearances (390 starts). Halladay was a 2-time Cy Young award winner (2003 with the Blue Jays and 2010 with the Phillies) and a 8-time All-Star over his career. Halladay amassed 20 plus wins in his 2 Cy Young award-winning seasons. During the 2010 season, Halladay threw a perfect game against the Marlins and tossed a no-hitter in his first career postseason start against the Reds.
The question now arises: is Halladay worthy of a spot in the Hall of Fame? Halladay’s career numbers rank: 106th in wins, 41st in pitching WAR, 345th in ERA, 17th in winning percentage, 97th in WHIP, 180th in innings pitched, 60th in strikeouts, 138th in starts, 636th in complete games and 244th in shutouts on the all-time list. BaseballReference.com has a measuring system that rates players chances of making the Hall of Fame based on Bill James’ saber metric formulas. The systems incorporates measures known as: the black ink scale, the gray ink scale, Hall of Fame scale and Hall of Fame monitor. Black ink scale is based upon how often a player lead the league in a vareity of important stats and the gray ink scale is the same except it counts appearances in the top ten of the league. The Hall Fame scale testes the player’s value as a pitcher or batter and the Hall of Fame monitor tests how deserving a player is of the Hall of Fame.
Halladay scored a 48 on the black ink scale, 180 on the gray ink scale, 126 on the Hall of Fame monitor and 45 on Hall of Fame standards. An average Hall of Famer scores a 40 on the black ink scale, 185 on the gray ink scale, 100 on Hall of Fame monitor and 50 on the Hall of Fame standards. With the combination of new and old schools stats it would seem that Halladay has a great chance of making the Hall of Fame after a great 16-year career.
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