Roy Halladay’s Tireless Arm Just Keeps Throwing Strikes

By Roy Halladay‘s standards, he was probably not too thrilled with his performance last night as he went seven innings, gave up four runs, all of them earned, and ended up with a no-decision.

However, even on a subpar night, Halladay was able to stay in the game through seven and throw over 100 pitches again. That is what is remarkable about Roy Halladay: his arm seems to just keep throwing darts.

In every game this season, Halladay has thrown over 100 pitches. He has not had an outing under six innings either. In his banner performance on April 24 when he struck out 14 San Diego Padres in 8.2 innings, he threw 130 pitches. He is 34 years old and is active leader in career complete games with 62.

The most important reason that he goes so deep into games was evident last night. Through 100 pitches, he had thrown 73 strikes. For the past three seasons and so far this season, he has led his league in his strikeouts to walk ratio. Currently this season, he has 114 strikeouts to 14 walks. Even though he does throw a lot of pitches, he throws a lot less than the average pitcher would facing the same number of batters because he does not waste pitches.

The 13-year veteran knows how to throw. It really is just that simple. He doesn’t waste pitches, and his 6’6″ frame is more than durable enough to handle the heavy load. It almost seems as if he is a throwback to another era and a world without a full bullpen.

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