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The Halladay Corollary

Halladay's career ninth-inning performance is good.

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The Halladay Corollary

POSTED: Sunday, August 21, 2011, 12:00 AM
Bob Vetrone Jr.

When last we left Roy Halladay, he was suffering the first loss of his career in which he was pitching with a lead in the ninth inning. Shortly thereafter, Phillies nation was aghast at his 7.74 ERA in his 2011 ninth innings.

Now, because baseball-reference has it so easily available, we present his inning-by-inning career ERA and opponet's batting average. Note that his second and ninth innings have by far the best ERA:

Inning             ERA     Opp. BA
1st 3.67 .271
2nd 2.48 .227
3rd 3.80 .267
4th 3.11 .255
5th 3.10 .235
6th 3.15 .243
7th 3.74 .277
8th 3.38 .251
9th 2.52 .246
Extra 4.50 .333
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Comments  (5)
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:17 AM, 08/21/2011
    He will never have the career that David Herndon will have.
    — lonewolf100
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:19 AM, 08/21/2011
    Lonewolf, you are correct. Halladay will be in the Hall of Fame while Herndon won't even come close. Spot on analysis.
    — ESFjellin
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:54 PM, 08/21/2011
    ahh the lonewolfs, too funny
    — furio
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:54 PM, 08/21/2011
    ahh the lonewolfs, too funny
    — furio


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Boop – who goes by Bob Vetrone Jr. when he is undercover or paying bills – has been at the Daily News since 1982, after working for five years at the Philadelphia Bulletin up to its closing. Along with helping to build the sports scoreboards most nights, he has had great input into the papers’ special sports pullouts – March Madness, Broad Street Run, Record Breakers, Greatest Moments – as well as its day-to-day, award-winning event coverage.

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