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- Roy left quite a legacy at Holmes Community College. The tiny school now has one of the best baseball programs in the state.
- At Holmes, Roy was always looking for someone to play long-toss with. When no one was available, he would take a bucket of balls to the outfield and wing them into the backstop.
- Among Roy’s minor league teammates in 1999 were future big leaguers Johan Santana, Mike Gallo, Tim Redding and Aaron Miles.
- Roy twirled seven shutout inning against Korea in a 4-0 victory in the the 2000 Olympics.
- Roy’s 1.94 ERA in 2000 was the lowest mark in the Texas League in 10 years.
- Roy retired 14 of the first 15 batters he faced in his first major league start, beating the Dodgers 2-1.
- Roy was the third pitcher in history whose team won his first eight major league starts. The first was Fernando Valenzuela.
- Roy fanned a dozen Brewers in a September 2001 game to become the first Astro rookie since J.R. Richard to strikeout that many in a game.
- Roy led major league
rookies in ERA and winning percentage in 2001.
His 14 wins set the Houston record by a rookie. - Roy finished third in the 2004 Cy Young voting.
- Despite pitching in a notorious hitter’s park, Roy has the lowest home ERA (2.62) of any active starter with 500+ innings.
- In 2005, Roy became the first NL pitcher (since Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling in 2002) to register back-to-back 20-win seasons. The only other Astro to record this feat was Joe Niekro, in 1979 and 1980.
- Through 2005, Roy was unbeaten against the Reds in 14 career decisions.
- Roy’s willingness to pitch inside triggered two “feuds” in 2005, with Michael Barrett of the Cubs and Cliff Floyd of the Mets.
- At the close of the 2005 season, Roy owned the best winning percentage in Houston history.
- Roy and the Astros avoided arbitration after the 2004 season and came to terms on a two-year deal worth almost $17 million.
- Roy’s wife, Nicole, sang the National Anthem and God Bless America for Houston’s 18-inning clincher against the Braves in the 2005 Division Series.
- Roy and Nicole had their first child, Arlee, in September of 2004. They spend the off-season at his farm back home in Weir.
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