What can the Phillies expect from Roy Halladay?
by Scott Butler 2/22/10
Now that Roy Halladay has arrived to spring training with the Phillies and had his chance to speak to the Philadelphia media, we thought it was time to find just how good Roy Halladay really is.
We took a look at Halladay's career numbers and figured out what an "average" season looks like for Roy Halladay. 2009 was Halladay's 12th season in the majors, all of them spent with the Toronto Blue Jays. We ignored Halladay's first season in which he only pitched 2 games (one of them was a complete game, naturally), divided the rest of his numbers over 11 seasons, and rounded them off. Here is a "typical" Roy Halladay season:
28 games
13-7 record
3.43 ERA
4 complete games
185 innings
181 hits
41 walks/134 K's
1.198 WHIP (walks + hits per inning pitched)
In reviewing Halladay's numbers, you will find that he is remarkably consistent throughout the season, with an ERA of 3.61 in the first half of the season and a 3.18 ERA in the second half. It's also interesting that Halladay's worst ERA is in April (4.13) and his best is in Sep/Oct (2.36). Starts a tad slow and finishes strong...nice.
What makes Roy Halladay stand out even more is that he pitched a total of 78 games against the Red Sox and Yankees. He has a 14-14 record against Boston with a 4.28 ERA and 6 complete games, and an 18-6 record with a 2.84 ERA against the Yankees with 7 complete games.
Halladay's numbers get even better if you just take his last 5 seasons. Here are his overall numbers during that time:
81-37 record
148 games
3.29 ERA
34 complete games
.686 winning percentage
Here's what you get when you average those numbers over 5 seasons:
30 games
16-7 record
3.29 ERA
7 complete games
214 innings
202 hits
35 walks/131 K's
1.11 WHIP
Needless to say, those are pretty darn good numbers. What these numbers say is that Roy Halladay is a workhorse who barely averages over one base runner per inning and gives you a complete game 1 out of every 4 times he trots out there. AND THAT WAS IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE in the same division as the Sox and Yankees. Try cutting close to a run off his ERA in the National League, and WOW!
Not only does he have ridiculous numbers, but we hear from just about everyone that Halladay has one of the best work ethics of anyone. Roy Halladay could help us quickly forget that guy named Cliff who worked for us last year.
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