Inducted this past June into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and one of the best pitchers to ever wear a Jays uniform lost his life when he was killed in a plane crash in the Gulf of Mexico.

Roy Halladay, better known as “Doc” was a young 40 years old and in the prime of his life when the press release went out indicating that his ICON A5 went down around noon north of Tampa and it’s reported that there were no survivors.

Away from the diamond he was an Amateur pilot as well as an exceptional pitcher with the Jay’s organization from 1998 – 2009 and won 148 games and was also the Cy Young Award winner in 2003 as the American Leagues best pitcher.

He also won the National League Cy Young Award in 2010 after being traded to the Phillies in December of 2009.

Halliday was born in 1977 in Denver and was the Jay’s first-round pick (17th overall) in the 1995 Major League Amateur Draft and in only his second “big-league” start, he took a no-hitter into the bottom of the ninth and had two out’s when Tigers pinch-hitter Bobby Higginson hammered a homer, but the Jays went on to win giving him a one-hitter in the 2-1 win.

This past June he along with Delta’s Ray Carter, Doug Hudlin, Vladimir Guerrero, Team Canada 2015 and the Men’s Sr National Team.

Roy and his wife, Brandy sponsored what became known as Doc’s  Box at Rogers Centre which was a program that invited Children and Families from the Hospital for Sick Children to watch a game in the private box.

He also donated $100,000 a year to the Jay’s Care Foundation as part of his contract with the club and was named the Blue Jay’s nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award several occasions and the clubs nominee for the MLB Player’s Association Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award in 2008.

He had an impressive 16-year career in the majors, selected eight times as an All-Star, posting a .659 winning %, which currently ranks 19th all time while collecting 203 wins.

He called Toronto his home and it’s reported that his older Son still lives in Toronto.

Halladay is survived by his wife, Brandy, and two children.

Following his retirement from baseball after the 2013 season he went on to pursued his childhood dream of becoming a pilot.

He becameA only the third Blue Jay to capture the American League Cy Young Award (Pat Hentgen (1996), Roger Clemens (1997, 1998)).

RIP Roger!!!