Halliday is one of those rare pitchers who, if he gives up a couple of hits on bad pitches, can say to himself, "Ok, enough of that" and go on to shut the batters down. He's always said, "One pitch at a time." Halliday's stuff is NASTY....
IMO, two of the best pitchers in MLB are Halliday and Cliff Lee.
Here are Halliday's numbers since 2002.... aside from an injury-riddled 2004, the man has been a workhorse....a good ERA (especially in the American League), walks less than 2 per game, and fans close to a hitter an inning. And all this for a .500 team.
Year GS CG SO IP BB BB per 9 SO SO per 9 W L ERA
2002 34 2 1 239.1 62 2.33 168 6.32 19 7 2.93
2003 36 9 2 266 32 1.08 204 6.9 22 7 3.25
2004 21 1 1 133 39 2.64 95 6.43 8 8 4.2
2005 19 5 2 141.2 18 1.15 108 6.88 12 4 2.41
2006 32 4 0 220 34 1.39 132 5.4 16 5 3.19
2007 31 7 1 225.1 48 1.92 139 5.56 16 7 3.71
2008 34 9 2 246 39 1.43 206 7.54 20 11 2.78
2009 21 5 1 157 20 1.15 134 7.68 11 5 2.75