2009 ROY HALLADAY TRIPLE THREADS ALL STAR TRIPLE PATCHES 1/9 BONUS &
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You are purchasing an amazing short-printed All-StarJersey PATCH card of Superstar Pitcher & All-Star Roy "Doc" Halladay! This is the 2009Topps Triple Threads All-Star Patches #TTASP-53 serial numbered 1/9! This isconsidered one of the premium serial numbers for collectors often referred toas a 1 of 1 on ebay! The premium numbers are the 1st (01/10) and last numbers(10/10) and if in the serial number range the jersey number! This sweet patchis very special compared to his other Tri...ple Threads cards. The first and lastserial numbered cards in this set were one continuous patch piece as opposed tothree separate swatches!! As an added bonus we will also include eight (8) different Roy Halladay cards! A definite MUST HAVE for any Halladay, BlueJays or Philliesfan/collector/investor!Harry Leroy Halladay III (born May 14, 1977), nicknamed "Doc", is an American former professional baseball player who pitched in Major LeagueBaseball for the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies between 1998 and2013. His nickname, coined by Toronto Blue Jays announcer Tom Cheek, is areference to Wild West gunslinger "Doc" Holliday.He was the Blue Jays' first draft selectionin the 1995 Major League Baseball Draft, the 17th pick overall, and played forthe team from 1998 through 2009, after which he was traded to Philadelphia.Halladay is known for his ability to pitch deep into games effectively, and heis currently the active major league leader in complete games with 66, including 20 shutouts.On May 29, 2010, Halladay pitched the 20thperfect game in MLB history, beating the Florida Marlins by a score of 1–0. OnOctober 6, 2010, in his first post-season start, Halladay threw the secondno-hitter in MLB postseason history (Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956World Series being the first) against the Cincinnati Reds in Game 1 of the 2010NLDS. It was his second no-hitter of the year (following the May 29 perfectgame), making Halladay the fifth pitcher in major league history (and the firstsince Nolan Ryan in 1973) to throw multiple no-hitters in the same season.Halladay has won two Cy Young Awards, in 2003 and 2010.Born in Denver, Colorado, he grew up in thesuburb of Arvada; his father was a pilot for a food-processing company, whilehis mother was a homemaker. From an early age, Halladay loved baseball, tryingevery position on the field until, by age 14, his success on the pitcher’smound attracted the attention of major league scouts. By the age of 13, he hadbegun training with legendary Colorado baseball guru Bus Campbell, who hadhelped almost every promising pitcher from the Denver area, including GooseGossage and Brad Lidge.In 1995, after graduating from Arvada WestHigh School, he was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the amateur draft, inthe first round, as the 17th overall pick. He was promoted to the major-leagueclub as a September call-up in 1998.In his second career start, against theDetroit Tigers on September 27, 1998, Halladay had what would have been thethird no-hitter ever pitched on the final day of a regular season broken upwith two outs in the ninth. The feat would have joined the combined no-hitterby four Oakland Athletics pitchers (Vida Blue, Glenn Abbott, Paul Lindblad andRollie Fingers) in 1975 and Mike Witt's perfect game in 1984. The bid wasbroken up by a Bobby Higginson solo home run. The home run was the only hitHalladay would allow in a 2–1 Blue Jays victory, as he recorded his first majorleague win. The game was completed in 1 hour 45 minutes.Instead of throwing over the top, he chose touse a three-quarters delivery (the middle point between throwing overhand andsidearm). Originally a fastball pitcher, he became reliant on keeping hispitches low across the plate, regardless of the type of pitch thrown. Theadjustments proved successful. After a month and a half, he was promoted toclass AA Tennessee, and a month later, to class AAA Syracuse. By mid-season, hewas back in the Blue Jays’ rotation. He posted a 5–3 win–loss record with a3.19 ERA for the Blue Jays in 16 starts in 2001.In 2002, Halladay had a breakout season, finishing with a 19–7 record, while posting a 2.93 ERA with 168 strikeouts in239.1 innings. Halladay was named to the American League All-Star team. His 19wins were the most by a Blue Jay since David Wells won 20 in 2000.Halladay continued his success in the 2003season, posting a 22–7 record with a 3.25 ERA in 266 innings. He also recorded204 strikeouts and only 32 walks, good for a 6.38 strikeouts-per-walk ratio.Halladay pitched the first extra-inning shutout in the major leagues since JackMorris in Game 7 of the 1991 World Series, leading the Blue Jays to victoryover the Tigers on September 6. He pitched 10 innings and had not allowed a hituntil Kevin Witt doubled with two outs in the top of the eighth. Halladay wonthe American League Cy Young Award, while being once again named an All-Starand leading the Blue Jays to a surprising 86 victories. He was named by hispeers as the Players Choice Awards AL Outstanding Pitcher. He was alsonamed the Sporting News AL Pitcher of the Year and the BaseballProspectus Internet Baseball Awards AL Cy Young award winner.In 2004, Halladay was placed on the disabledlist twice due to right shoulder problems. In just 133.0 innings, he went 8–8with a 4.20 ERA. He walked 39 batters, seven more than he had walked in 2003when he had pitched twice as many innings. He later revealed that he had beeninjured throughout the entire season with a "tired throwing arm", which he believed was from intense workouts in preseason.The 2005 season began successfully forHalladay, as he posted a 12–4 record with a 2.41 ERA in 19 starts. He wasselected to his third All-Star team and was slated to be the starting pitcherfor the American League at the All-Star Game in Detroit. On March 16, 2006, Halladay signed a US$40million, three year contract extension that would last through 2010. Duringthat year, Halladay finished near the top of the MLB in wins with 16. He wasnamed to the American League All-Star Team on July 3, along with four of hisBlue Jays teammates. It marked the second-most appearances in club history, andHalladay's fourth as an All-Star. Although Halladay's strikeout total was lowerin 2006 than in previous seasons, his groundball-to-flyball ratio, complete games, and innings pitched were all among the American League leaders.Halladay was the American League pitcher ofthe month in April 2007, going 4–0, highlighted by a 10-inning complete gamewin over the Detroit Tigers. May 31 against the Chicago White Sox, Halladaywent 7 innings, giving up just six hits and allowing no runs on his way to his100th career win. 2007 also saw Halladay hit his first career RBI. Against theLA Dodgers on June 10, his ground ball single to center field allowed John McDonaldto score. He shut out the Seattle Mariners on July 22, allowing only threehits.In 2008, for the sixth consecutive year, Halladay was Toronto's opening-day starter, improving his own club record. Helost 3–2 in a pitcher's duel with New York's Chien-Ming Wang. His first win ofthe season came in his next start against Boston, when he outpitched JoshBeckett in his season debut. In his third start, Halladay pitched a completegame against the Texas Rangers, in a 4–1 win. Three of his nine complete gameefforts resulted in losses due to Toronto's underachieving offense early in theseason. In fact, those three complete game losses came in three consecutivestarts. Halladay pitched his 10th career shutout against the Seattle Marinerson June 30. He limited them to four hits in his sixth complete game of theseason. The shutout tied him with the Cardinals' Mark Mulder for 10th amongactive pitchers. On July 11, 2008, Halladay pitched his 7th complete game andsecond shutout of the season against the New York Yankees, allowing 0 runs on 2hits for his 38th career complete game. Halladay was named to the AmericanLeague All-Star Team. He pitched in the fourth inning, yielding only one hitand striking out Lance Berkman. In his last start of the season, he fittinglypitched a complete game against the Yankees to win his 20th game of the year.In so doing, he became the first pitcher to win five games against the Yankeesin a single season since Luis Tiant in 1974. In addition, he led the AL with a1.05 WHIP. Halladay finished second in the 2008 American League Cy Young Awardvoting, behind Cliff Lee of the Indians. He also led the AL with 9 completegames, and struck out a career-high 206 batters (two more than his 2003 season)as well as posted a 2.78 ERA (the second-best of his career) that was secondonly to Cliff Lee's 2.54 ERA. Halladay also became just the fourth pitcher inmajor league history to post two seasons of 200 strikeouts and fewer than 40walks. He was presented the George Gross/Toronto Sun Sportsperson of the Yearaward.On April 6, 2009, Halladay made histeam-record seventh straight Opening Day start for Toronto, defeating theDetroit Tigers. Halladay then also won his next two starts, on the road againstthe Cleveland Indians and the Minnesota Twins. Halladay would lose his nextgame to the Rangers giving up 5 earned runs over 8 innings only to go on andwin his next 6 games to bring his record up to 8–1 with a 2.75 ERA. Withseason-ending injuries to planned 2009 Jays' starters Dustin McGowan and ShawnMarcum, and with #2 starter Jesse Litsch on the disabled list early in theseason, Halladay led a staff of young, mostly inexperienced starters. Halladaywas named the AL Player of the Week for the period ending May 17. Doc was 2–0with a 1.13 ERA over 16.0 innings in his two starts the week prior. In a gameagainst the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on June 2, Halladay struck out 14batters and threw 133 pitches, both career highs. On July 5, he was selected torepresent Toronto at the All-Star Game. On That year, he was named #7 on the SportingNews' list of the 50 greatest current players in baseball. A panel of 100baseball people, many of them members of the Baseball Hall of Fame and winnersof major baseball awards, was polled to arrive at the list.As of the conclusion of his start onSeptember 20, 2009, Halladay was tied for the second-longest streak in theAmerican League that season with a 24-inning scoreless streak. Halladayfinished the season with a 17–10 record, giving him a career win percentage of.660, good enough for 18th all-time. In December, Sports Illustratednamed Halladay as one of the five pitchers in the starting rotation of its MLBAll-Decade Team.On December 15, Halladay was traded from theBlue Jays to the Philadelphia Phillies for minor league prospects TravisD'Arnaud, Kyle Drabek, and Michael Taylor. He agreed to a contract extensionworth US$60 million that includes a US$20 million vesting option for a fourthseason.On Opening Day, Halladay pitched seveninnings while giving up a run against the Washington Nationals in his firstgame with the Phillies. He had nine strikeouts and allowed six hits. He alsodrove in his second career RBI and earned his first win of the season. He followedthis start with a complete game on April 11 against the Houston Astros, givingup one unearned run while striking out eight and not giving up any walks in thePhillies' 2–1 victory.Halladay pitched his first shutout in theNational League, against the Atlanta Braves on April 21, becoming the firstpitcher to reach four wins in the 2010 season. On May 1, Halladay pitched hissecond shutout of the season, limiting the New York Mets to three hits andstriking out six.On September 21, Halladay became the firstPhillies pitcher to win 20 games in a season since Steve Carlton accomplishedit in 1982. He was the first right-handed Phillies pitcher to accomplish thefeat since Robin Roberts in 1955. One week later, on September 27, he completedhis 21st victory, helping the Phillies clinch their fourth consecutive NationalLeague East title.Halladay was named by his peers as the PlayersChoice Awards NL Outstanding Pitcher. He was also unanimously chosen as therecipient of the 2010 National League Cy Young Award, becoming the firstPhillie to win the award since Steve Bedrosian in 1987 and only the fifthpitcher in MLB history to win the award in both leagues, joining Gaylord Perry, Pedro Martínez, Randy Johnson and Roger Clemens. He was likewise selected asthe Sporting News NL Pitcher of the Year, the USA Today NL CyYoung, the Baseball Prospectus Internet Baseball Awards NL Cy Young, andthe winner of the NLBM Wilbur "Bullet" Rogan Legacy Award (NL Pitcherof the Year). He also was named the MLB "This Year in BaseballAwards" Starting Pitcher of the Year. Baseball America named himits Major League Player of the Year (including all positions in both leagues).MLB named him its "MLB Clutch Performer of the Year". He was giventhe Heart & Hustle Award by the Major League Baseball Players AlumniAssociation. He was also named Pro Athlete of the Year by both the SportingNews and the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association and Sportsperson ofthe Year by the Philadelphia Daily News. The Philadelphia chapter of theBaseball Writers Association of America presented him the "Steve CarltonMost Valuable Pitcher" and "Dallas Green Special Achievement"awards.In 250 2⁄3innings pitched, Halladay finished the 2010 regular season with a 21–10 recordand a 2.44 ERA, setting a career high with 219 strikeouts while issuing just 30walks. He led the National league in wins, innings pitched, and complete games(9), including 4 shutouts. He became just the seventh pitcher in the history ofMajor League baseball to pitch 250 or more innings with 30 or fewer walks, thefirst pitcher to do so since Grover Cleveland Alexander in 1923 with theChicago Cubs.PerfectgameOn May 29, Halladay pitched the 20th perfectgame in MLB history, against the Florida Marlins in Miami, retiring all 27batters and striking out 11, allowing no hits, runs, walks, or errors. This wasthe first time in the modern era that two pitchers (Dallas Braden of theOakland A's and Halladay) had thrown perfect games in the same month and thatmultiple perfect games had been achieved in the same season. When Halladay'sformer manager, Cito Gaston, called to congratulate him, Halladay was unable totake the call because he was busy with the post-game media frenzy. On August24, 2010, to commemorate his perfect game, Halladay presented around 60Swiss-made Baume and Mercier watches he had purchased to everyone in theclubhouse. The watches were presented in brown boxes that bore the inscription:"We did it together. Thanks, Roy Halladay." Additionally, the back ofeach watch was engraved with the date of the game, the line score, and theindividual recipient's name.Postseasonno-hitterOn October 6, 2010, in his first postseasonappearance, Halladay pitched a no-hitter (his second of the season), againstthe Cincinnati Reds in the first game of the National League Division Series(NLDS). He became the second player ever to pitch a no-hitter in thepostseason, joining Don Larsen of the 1956 New York Yankees, who pitched aperfect game in the World Series. He also became the first pitcher since NolanRyan in 1973 to throw two no-hitters in a season, as well as the seventhpitcher to hurl both a perfect game and a regular no-hitter in his career, joining Cy Young, Addie Joss, Jim Bunning, Sandy Koufax, Randy Johnson and MarkBuehrle. Halladay allowed just one walk to right fielder Jay Bruce with twoouts in the fifth inning, and faced just one batter above the minimum 27. Thisalso marked the first time in Major League history that a pitcher threw aperfect game and a no-hitter in the same season. The fans voted his no-hitteras the "This Year in Baseball Awards" Postseason Moment of the Year.After the NLDS, however, the Phillies lost the NLCS in 6 games to the SanFrancisco Giants, and Cody Ross, who hit 2 home runs off of Halladay in game 1.On April 24, 2011, Halladay struck out 14 andallowed just 5 hits in the game as his team swept the San Diego Padres in allfour games. Halladay took a two-hitter into the ninth before allowing threestraight singles. He allowed just one run and won, 3–1.In May, Halladay was named the 2011 winner ofthe John Wanamaker Athletic Award, by the Philadelphia Sports Congress, basedon his 2010 season.In June, Halladay was presented the BestMajor League Baseball Player ESPY Award, for his performance since June 2010.On July 12, Halladay was the NL startingpitcher in the All-Star Game.Halladay went 19-6 in 2011, with a 2.35 ERA, and pitched 8 complete games, second most in the Majors. Halladay was named thegame one and five starter as Philadelphia advanced to the NLDS to face the St.Louis Cardinals. They lost in five games. He finished second in the NL Cy Youngvoting to Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was selected as one ofthe three starting pitchers on the MLB Insiders Club MagazineAll-Postseason Team.In December, Halladay was named theSportsperson of the Year by the Philadelphia Daily News for the secondconsecutive year.On April 5, 2012, Halladay threw 8 innings ofshutout ball against the Pirates on Opening Day, giving up 2 hits whilestriking out 5. In a loss against the Atlanta Braves on July 29, Halladayrecorded his 2, 000th strikeout to become the 67th pitcher in MLB history toreach the milestone.After struggling in spring training, Halladaygave up five runs in his first start in the Phillies second game on April 3, 2013, striking out nine in 3 1⁄3innings pitched. After struggling in his prior starts, Halladay pitched eightinnings allowing just one run on April 14, 2013, against the Miami Marlins whomthe Phillies defeated 2–1. Halladay recorded his 200th career win in the game.On May 5, Halladay gave up nine earned runsin just 2 1⁄3innings. The next day, Halladay was placed on the disabled list with a rightshoulder injury. On May 8, it was announced that he would have surgery on hisshoulder to have a bone spur removed. The surgery will also address fraying ofhis labrum, and rotator cuff. Though he was initially supposed to be making arehab start in Double-A for the Reading Fightin' Phils that day, an 18-inninggame the previous night caused the Phillies to have a shortage of pitchers andas such, Halladay returned to the major leagues on August 25 for a startagainst the Arizona Diamondbacks in which he threw six innings, allowing tworuns on four hits with two walks and two strikeouts.On December 9, 2013, Halladay signed a ceremonial one-day contract with the Blue Jays and announcedhis retirement from baseball due to injury. At his press conference, Halladaylisted a persistent back injury, as well as wanting to be more involved withhis family, as his reasons for retiring. Although retired as a player, Halladaycontinues to be a part of the game as a guest instructor for the PhiladelphiaPhillies and Toronto Blue JaysHalladay's uniqueness is characterized by hisability to throw a hard two-seam sinking fastball ranging in the low 90s withpinpoint control. In addition, he throws a 4-seam fastball in the low 90s(which is rarely seen), a 12–6 curveball in the high 70s, a cut fastball from90–92 mph which he had modified the grip for in 2007 at the suggestion offormer catcher Sal Fasano. The change-up is one pitch that Halladay had problemcommanding in the past, which he had used very rarely. But since joining thePhillies in 2010, Halladay started throwing a change-up pitch that is really aversion of the split-finger fastball (called a split-change) that he uses as astrikeout pitch with the help of pitching coach Rich Dubee.In spite of his reputation as a ground ballpitcher who works at an efficient pace, Halladay's strikeout totals haveincreased steadily in recent years as a result of his fastball velocity and hiswillingness to use his curveball and change-up in strikeout counts. Halladay'sefficiency and durability are reflected in his total innings pitched everyyear, also due to his ability to strike out hitters in addition to induceground ball outs to escape jams. He usually leads the league in innings pitchedand complete games, while ranking among the leaders in WHIP and ERA.Prior to and during each start, Halladay hasa distinct trademark in which he goes into a complete "isolationmode", immersing himself in complete concentration and in more or less hisown words: To plan every pitch he would pitch while on the mound. During thistime, he does not talk to anyone except the manager or the pitching coach. Hewill not even reply to a "hello" or wave from a teammate orspectator, nor talk to the media until he has been relieved or has completed agame.Halladay was announced by 2K Sports as the coverathlete for Major League Baseball 2K11. In January, game publisher 2KSports announced that they would continue a contest from the previous year.Players had a chance to win US$1, 000, 000 for pitching a perfect game on theXbox 360 or PS3 versions of the game. The contest began on April 1, 2011. BrianKingrey, a music teacher from Hammond, Louisiana, claimed the prize by throwinga perfect game with Roy Halladay within two hours of the start of the contest. Career highlights and awards 8× All-Star (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008–2011)2× Cy Young Award (2003, 2010)2× MLB wins leader (2003, 2010)Pitched a perfect game on May 29, 2010Pitched a postseason no-hitter on October 6, 2010 Purchase with confidence. SHIPPINGINSIDE THE US: FREE!!! SHIPPINGOUTSIDE THE US: Please add $14 (approximately) for First Class InternationalMail to most countries (we will check with our local post office forthe exact price to your address rounded up to the nearest dollar). Bubble mailer or sturdy box and carefulpackaging with all orders. We will ship out within two business days after yourpayment arrives. Check outour other weekly auctions and our eBay store (click on the red door icon next to our eBay ID). Ifyou win more than one of our weekly auctions, we will give you a discount onshipping. 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