By Matt Rappa, Sports Talk Philly editor 
The late, legendary Philadelphia Phillies right-hander — Roy Halladay — is a first-ballot Hall of Famer.
Roy Halladay has been elected to the @baseballhall.
We miss you, Doc. ❤️ #HOF2019 pic.twitter.com/OFsDPNbDEr
— MLB (@MLB) January 22, 2019
Tuesday evening on MLB Network, BBWAA ballot results for the 2019 Hall of Fame class were revealed; among the 35 eligible candidates, Halladay reached the necessary 75 percent mark to earn election into the prestigious Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, this summer. Mariano Rivera, Edgar Martinez, and Mike Mussina were also elected to the Hall by the BBWAA. Harold Baines and Lee Smith were previously elected this offseason through the Today’s Game Era Committee.
Rivera is the first-ever unanimous selection; Halladay received 85.4 percent (363) of overall 425 votes, 10.4 percent above the Hall of Fame-clinching threshold.
"It's very special."
Roy Halladay on what being inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame means to him ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/wSzN1O5dzi
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) June 24, 2017
Although Halladay was announced as a Hall of Famer, it has been known for awhile that he would likely receive the necessary votes to become a Hall of Famer. As of one month ago, December 22, Halladay had received 81 of 87 released public and anonymous votes (93.1 percent), well above the 75 percent threshold. Halladay was previously elected into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2017, along with Montreal Expos great, Vladimir Guerrero.
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The eight-time All-Star and two-time Cy Young Award winner pitched in 16 seasons from 1998 to 2013. Halladay spent one-fourth of his career donning red pinstripes. In 2010, he led Major League Baseball in wins (21), complete games (9), shutouts (4) and innings pitched (250 2/3) en route to a National League Cy Young Award. He also won the Cy Young Award in 2003 with the Toronto Blue Jays, whom he played 12 seasons for from 1998 to 2009.
Halladay passed away on Nov. 7, 2017, when his plane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast. He is the first first-ballot Hall of Famer inducted posthumously since Christy Mathewson in 1936, according to The Athletic's Jayson Stark. Halladay is most remembered in Philadelphia for his perfect game against the Florida Marlins and his NLDS no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds in 2010 — the first pitcher to accomplish such feat in the same season. During the latter game, Halladay also became the first starting pitcher in postseason history to get more hits than he allowed with his second-inning RBI single.
An MLB Network oral history: Roy Halladay's 2010 NLDS no-hitter for the @Phillies. #HOF2019 pic.twitter.com/daXtXdffJh
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) January 22, 2019
Halladay went 55-29 with a 3.25 ERA in 103 starts with the Phillies. He previously accumulated 148 victories with the Blue Jays — the club that drafted him 17th overall in the 1995 amateur draft out of Arvada West High School in Colorado. Despite playing his last game in September 2013, Halladay continues to lead the majors in complete games since 2003, 62.
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The late Halladay was inducted to the Phillies Wall of Fame this past August — along with fellow Baseball Hall of Famer, executive Pat Gillick — with his wife and two sons there in his honor. This summer, the Halladay Family again will represent Doc, this time at the annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Sunday, July 21.
