Roy Halladay by BruceM

Halladay was a first-round pick in the 1995 Major League Baseball draft. Which Angels outfielder (and previously Nebraska punter) was taken #1 overall?

On the last Sunday of the 1998 regular season, Doc almost no-hit the Detroit Tigers. Which Angels pitcher had thrown a perfect game at Texas on the final day of the 1984 regular season?

Two answers required. In addition to Halladay's near no-no, September 27, 1998, featured not only Mark McGwire's 70th home run but also losses by the two National League teams that would finish the 162-game schedule tied for the wild card. Name both those teams, which started Steve Trachsel and Mark Gardner in the tie-breaking game the next night.

After a disastrous 2000 season, Doc was optioned at the start of 2001 to Toronto's High A affiliate in which Florida city? The Florida State League team in this city has been a Blue Jays affiliate since 1987; meanwhile this city shares its name with one in New Zealand.

Halladay's first great season was 2002, in which he posted a 2.93 ERA and a 19-7 record, though he did not contend for the American League Cy Young Award. Which southpaw won the AL Cy Young that year, finishing ahead of a pair of Red Sox?

Doc would have started the 2005 All-Star game, except that a Kevin Mench line drive broke his bat and ended his season. Which southpaw did start the all-star game that year, a few weeks after throwing a complete game that took just 1 hour, 39 minutes to play?

The Blue Jays traded Halladay to Philadelphia in December 2009 for three prospects: former Athletic Michael Taylor (not to be confused with current National Michael Taylor), Kyle Drabek, and which future Mets catcher?

Doc was one of two MLB pitchers to throw a perfect game in May 2010. Which Stockton-raised southpaw was the other? This future Baseball Tonight panelist threw his on Mother's Day, a few days after making New York tabloids by demanding that Alex Rodriguez "get off my mound."

Halladay's playoff no-hitter against the Reds was not a perfect game, because of a walk drawn by which outfielder? He would later play for the Mets and Indians.

Three answers required. The 2011 Phillies' rotation featured Doc, three other aces, and Joe Blanton. They include a lefty who began his career with Cleveland, a homegrown lefty who would be traded to Texas a few years later, and a righty who came to Philadelphia after a decade as an Astro. Name all three of those non-Halladay, non-Blanton 2011 Phillies rotation mates.

Two answers required. Halladay was the cover athlete of Major League Baseball 2K11, the third-from-last game in the MLB 2K series. Name both of the final two MLB2K cover athletes. Normally starting pitchers, they both happened to pitch in relief in the same 2017 playoff series, though not in the same game.

Doc died in a November 2017 plane crash. Meanwhile, which former Yankee had died in an October 2006 crash when his plane flew into an Upper East Side condominium tower?