• When Roy came within one out of a no-hitter in 1998 against the Detroit Tigers, he lost it on a homerun by Bobby Higginson. The ball was caught in the Toronto bullpen by Dave Steib, the only Blue Jay to have ever thrown a no-hitter.
• Roy was the third Blue Jays pitcher to win the Cy Young, following Roger Clemens and Pat Hentgen.
• Roy was the only pitcher who received votes on every ballot for the 2003 Cy Young Award. Chicago White Sox Esteban Loaiza got the only other two first-place votes, and both were from Chicago writers.
• Roy has always done well in away games. In 2005, he had the league’s best road ERA at 2.09.
• Roy’s teammates nicknamed him “Doc,” after the Old West gunslinger.
• Roy is one of the most active players in baseball when it comes to working in the community. He runs Doc’s Box for Kids, inviting children and families from Toronto’s Hospital For Sick Children to the Rogers Centre. He’s also involved in the Blue Jays Field of Dreams and the Jays Care Foundation.
• Roy grew up in the Denver area, but makes his home today in Palm Harbor, Fla., just a few miles from the Blue Jays spring training home of Dunedin.
• Roy is married to Brandy and the couple has two children, Braden and Ryan.
• Roy was an avid card collector as a boy. His most treasure cards were Roger Clemens, Nolan Ryan, and Dale Murphy.
• During the off-season, Roy has full use of the Blue Jays spring training facilities where he runs between 60-90 minutes each morning.
• Roy’s best friend as a kid was his sister, Heather, who was four years younger. She now owns her brother every year on her fantasy baseball team.

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