Batter's Box Interactive Magazine - The Doctor is In-terviewed

Thanks to Steve Z for this entertaining interview of Roy Halladay by Denver Post sportswriter Adam Schefter. Among the highlights:

AS: Single most memorable moment from this past baseball season?

RH: It wasn't one moment. It was three from the last week of the season. We had Vernon Wells set a hits record for the franchise, Carlos Delgado had a four-home run game and I was able to get my 22nd win the day after that. Those three days were unbelievable.

AS: Why do you suppose the murder rate in Canada is so low?

RH: Probably because they're all drunk and in fistfights. They go for hockey fights instead of for the violence that we see. That'd be my guess.

The first quote reinforces what an amazing team player this guy is; the second demonstrates that there's a pretty funny young man lurking behind that polite, polished exterior we see in post-game interviews. Halladay would probably be a great guy to go drinking with.

Posted by Jordan on Sunday, November 16 2003 @ 05:20 AM EST.

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_A - Sunday, November 16 2003 @ 05:46 PM EST (#14502) #

I wasn't drunk...and you could hardly call that a fight, I was down after the first punch ;-)

_Jonny German - Sunday, November 16 2003 @ 09:18 PM EST (#14503) #

In the interview Roy says Alex Rodriguez is the toughest hitter he faces. Turns out, not so much: .296/.321/.407 lifetime in 27 ABs, 1 BB and 8 Ks.

Like me, you're now wondering who really has been his biggest nemesis. Here are the Top 10 by OPS, 15 or more ABs:


		AB	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Garret	Andersn	15	2	1	3	0.467	0.444	1.000	1.444
Carlos	Lee	16	2	2	1	0.375	0.444	0.813	1.257
Edgar	Martinz	18	1	1	5	0.444	0.474	0.722	1.196
Carlos	Beltran	16	1	3	4	0.438	0.526	0.625	1.151
Bernie	Will'ms	39	2	2	5	0.410	0.429	0.667	1.095
Todd	Zeile	16	1	2	3	0.313	0.389	0.688	1.076
Carl	Everett	21	3	2	1	0.286	0.333	0.714	1.048
Juan	Gonzalz	18	1	1	4	0.333	0.368	0.667	1.035
Jacque	Jones	18	0	2	0	0.444	0.500	0.500	1.000
Terrnc.	Long	15	1	0	2	0.333	0.333	0.667	1.000
Ben	Grieve	16	2	3	2	0.250	0.368	0.625	0.993

And here are Roy's favourites by OPS:


		AB	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Magglio	Ordonez	15	0	3	3	0.133	0.278	0.200	0.478
Shea	Hillnbd	20	0	0	2	0.200	0.200	0.250	0.450
Bret	Boone	15	0	1	4	0.200	0.250	0.200	0.450
Mike	Sweeney	18	0	1	4	0.167	0.211	0.222	0.433
Carl	Crawfrd	15	0	0	3	0.200	0.200	0.200	0.400
Roberto	Alomar	15	0	2	2	0.133	0.235	0.133	0.369
Torii	Hunter	17	0	1	4	0.118	0.167	0.176	0.343
Tony	Batista	21	1	0	1	0.095	0.095	0.238	0.333
Jeff	Conine	21	0	0	1	0.143	0.143	0.143	0.286
Jose	Offermn	15	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

The 3 home runs by Carl Everett are the most Roy has given up to any batter. Derek Jeter has worked him for the most walks, 7, but has also struck out 12 times in 39 ABs. You could say the other half of the Yankee DP combo has struggled a little: Soriano leads the pack with 17 strikeouts in 42 ABs and... let's see here... nope! No walks at all.

Source: Bigleaguers.com

_Iain - Sunday, November 16 2003 @ 10:45 PM EST (#14504) #

Just out of curiousity, can anyone pull up info on pitches per AB against Halladay? Who out there costs Roy the extra inning of work?

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