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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", was coined by Toronto Blue Jays announcer Tom Cheek, and 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 5,562,799 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Roy Halladay is the 59th most popular baseball player (down from 56th in 2019), the 14,993rd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,487th in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Baseball Player.

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  • 31.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Roy Halladay ranks 59 out of 74. Before him are Mike Trout, Hyun-jin Ryu, Johan Santana, Zack Greinke, José Altuve, and Kirby Puckett. After him are José Bautista, Adrián González, Johnny Damon, Melky Cabrera, Bryce Harper, and Giancarlo Stanton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Roy Halladay ranks 623. Before him are Jarome Iginla, Jon Heder, Juan Ignacio Sánchez, Noriko Baba, Alimi Ballard, and Bruno Berner. After him are Kristoffer Polaha, Ronny Ackermann, Joachim B. Olsen, Gustavo Nery, Giovanny Espinoza, and Paquillo Fernández. Among people deceased in 2017, Roy Halladay ranks 605. Before him are Cristina Adela Foișor, Serge Baguet, Simon Dickie, Pete Domenici, Dmytro Grabovskyy, and Joost van der Westhuizen. After him are Derek Ibbotson, Grant Hart, Jérôme Golmard, Helen Dunmore, Tommy Page, and Leo Peelen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy Halladay ranks 14,993 out of 18,182. Before him are Jenny Mollen (1979), Xavier McDaniel (1963), D'Angelo Russell (1996), Mackenzie Rosman (1989), Chad Hugo (1974), and James Jones (1980). After him are Kristoffer Polaha (1977), Ed Brubaker (1966), Rex J. Walheim (1962), Masta Killa (1969), Nick Berg (1978), and Armelia McQueen (1952).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Roy Halladay ranks 41. Before him are Cal Ripken Jr. (1960), Curt Schilling (1966), Justin Verlander (1983), Mike Trout (1991), Zack Greinke (1983), and Kirby Puckett (1960). After him are Adrián González (1982), Johnny Damon (1973), Bryce Harper (1992), Giancarlo Stanton (1989), Tim Lincecum (1984), and Ryan Howard (1979).

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