Roy Halladay's Hall of Fame plaque will not bear a Blue Jays or a Phillies logo, because of how much both franchises meant to him.
The late right-hander's wife, Brandy, explained the family's decision Wednesday after a news conference honoring the Hall's 2019 class. Halladay was elected as a first-ballot Hall of Famer on Tuesday with 85.4 percent of the vote.
Roy Halladay's Hall of Fame plaque will not bear a Blue Jays or a Phillies logo, because of how much both franchises meant to him.
The late right-hander's wife, Brandy, explained the family's decision Wednesday after a news conference honoring the Hall's 2019 class. Halladay was elected as a first-ballot Hall of Famer on Tuesday with 85.4 percent of the vote.
Halladay was drafted by and pitched his first 12 Major League seasons for the Blue Jays, making six All-Star teams and winning the American League Cy Young Award in 2003. He only pitched four years for the Phillies after being traded, but he had some of his most memorable moments with Philadelphia -- throwing a perfect game on May 29, 2010, and a no-hitter in his postseason debut later that year on Oct. 6, as well as winning his second Cy Young Award.
Halladay's playing career ended with the Phillies in 2013, but he also signed a ceremonial one-day contract to retire as a Blue Jay that December, so it seemed at the time that he might identify with Toronto.
One of Halladay's fellow 2019 Hall of Fame electees, Mike Mussina, has yet to decide what cap he will don on his Cooperstown plaque. Mussina split his 18-year career between the Orioles (10 seasons) and Yankees (eight seasons), and he could fittingly go in with either logo -- or neither, like Halladay.
David Adler is a reporter and researcher for MLB.com based in New York. Follow him on Twitter at @_dadler.
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