Roy Halladay, a standout Major League Baseball pitcher who ended his 16-season career less than four years ago, has died in a plane crash in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida. He was 40.
The Pasco County Sheriff's Department confirmed that a small single-engine aircraft piloted by Halladay was reported down in the Gulf of Mexico earlier Tuesday afternoon.
Halladay was a two-time winner of the Cy Young award and was an eight-time All-Star.
The right-hander nicknamed "Doc" went 203-105 with a 3.38 ERA career with the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies. In 2010, he pitched a perfect game in the regular season and threw a no-hitter in the postseason.
ESPN is reporting:
Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco said during a news conference that Halladay's ICON A5, a small single-engine aircraft, went down about noon Tuesday near Holiday, Florida.
The sheriff's office marine unit responded to the downed plane and found Halladay's body. No survivors were found. They said they couldn't confirm if there were additional passengers on the plane or say where it was headed.
Halladay recently received his pilot's license and tweeted photos last month of himself standing next to a new ICON A5 as part of the plane's marketing campaign.