BASEBALL PLAYER

Roy Halladay

1977 - 2017

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Harry Leroy "Roy" Halladay III (May 14, 1977 – November 7, 2017) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies between 1998 and 2013. His nickname, "Doc", coined by Toronto Blue Jays announcer Tom Cheek, was a reference to Wild West gunslinger Doc Holliday. An eight-time All-Star, Halladay was one of the most dominant pitchers of his era and is regarded as one of the greatest pitchers of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Halladay has received more than 5,798,506 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Roy Halladay is the 68th most popular baseball player (down from 59th in 2019), the 16,782nd most popular biography from United States (down from 14,952nd in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 32.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Roy Halladay ranks 68 out of 91. Before him are Johan Santana, Aaron Judge, Kirby Puckett, Giancarlo Stanton, Tim Lincecum, and Jim Thome. After him are José Bautista, Stephen Strasburg, Zack Greinke, Carlos Beltrán, Paul Goldschmidt, and Johnny Damon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Roy Halladay ranks 767. Before him are Jérémie Janot, Christoph Bieler, Mario Stecher, Gavin DeGraw, Tiago Jorge Honório, and Kuami Agboh. After him are Santiago Acasiete, Murad Umakhanov, Maider Unda, Erik Nevland, Anna Maxwell Martin, and Danny Murphy. Among people deceased in 2017, Roy Halladay ranks 677. Before him are Jérôme Golmard, Hiep Thi Le, Derek Ibbotson, Grant Hart, Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth, and Dmytro Grabovskyy. After him are Moïse Brou Apanga, Tommy Page, John Cygan, Abubakari Yakubu, Yukinori Miyabe, and Gillian Rolton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy Halladay ranks 16,782 out of 20,380. Before him are Darrell Armstrong (1968), Tim Pawlenty (1960), Rich the Kid (1992), Ian Brennan (1978), Nikolai Fraiture (1978), and Tim Alexander (1965). After him are Victor Williams (1970), Raúl Grijalva (1948), Jon Batiste (1986), Julius Randle (1994), Bennie Thompson (1948), and Zack Ryder (1985).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Roy Halladay ranks 46. Before him are Max Scherzer (1984), Aaron Judge (1992), Kirby Puckett (1960), Giancarlo Stanton (1989), Tim Lincecum (1984), and Jim Thome (1970). After him are Stephen Strasburg (1988), Zack Greinke (1983), Paul Goldschmidt (1987), Johnny Damon (1973), Ryan Howard (1979), and Mark Teixeira (1980).

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