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Chad Billingsley
American baseball player (born 1984)
Baseball player
Chad Ryan Billingsley (born July 29, 1984) is an American former professional baseball right-handed starting pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2006 through 2013 and Philadelphia Phillies in 2015. He was a National League (NL) All-Star in 2009.
Early life
[edit]Billingsley attended Defiance High School in Defiance, Ohio, and played for the school's baseball team. Billingsley was a high school teammate of Major League pitcher Jon Niese.[1] He was named to the Rawlings All-American first team in his junior year as a utility player and as a pitcher in his senior year. As a senior in 2003, Billinglsey posted a 1.21 earned-run average and 138 strikeouts in 69 innings. He also had a .383 batting average with 93 runs batted in and 24 home runs as a senior. Billingsley finished high school with a state-record 502 strikeouts.[2]
He also played American Legion Baseball in Ohio and was named the organization's Graduate of the Year for 2013.[3]
He pitched three games and went 3–0 with a 2.45 ERA for Team USA, which won the bronze medal in the 2002 World Junior Baseball Championship in Sherbrooke, Quebec.[citation needed • View More Videos • Time with Dodgers: 2006-2013 Stats: 81-61, 3.65 ERA, 219 G, 190 GS, 1,175 1⁄3 IP, 1,037 SO, 110 ERA+, 3.67 FIP, 1.361 WHIP Baseball Reference WAR: 17.3 FanGraphs WAR: 19.1 Combined WAR: 18.2 Chad Billingsley was drafted by the Dodgers with the 24th overall pick in the first round of the 2003 MLB Draft. He’d quickly shoot through the minors, making his debut during the 2006 campaign at the age of 21. The right-hander had an impressive rookie campaign. He made 16 starts, going 7-4 with a 3.80 ERA. For the most part, his time was spent mainly as a starter, as he only came out of the bullpen twice. The following year in 2007 was when Billingsley had more bullpen work. He appeared in 43 games, making only 20 starts. Still, his production was very good. In 2008, Billingsley transitioned back into a starter, and quickly cemented himself as the ace of the Dodgers’ starting rotation. He won 16 games and posted a 3.14 ERA. From 2007-2008, Billingsley went 28-15 while posting an earned run average of 3.21 in 78 games. In 347 innings, he struck out 342, while posting an ERA+ of 134 and a FIP of 3.63. Though his 2008 season was fantastic, his postseason was not. Billingsley picked up the win in his lone start of the NLDS, but he struggled grea Career Regular Season
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP 226 83-64 3.72 1212.1 1052 1.37 Career Regular Season
AB AVG HR RBI SB OPS 355 .138 3 21 0 .370 Chad Billingsley Bio
Year AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP OPS Career Regular Season 355 14 49 3 21 0 .138 .184 .370 Year W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP Career Regular Season 83 64 3.72 226 197 0 1212.1 1052 1.37 News
Awards
SOU Pitcher endowment the Week
Week Team League 08/21/2005 Jacksonville Suns SOU PCL Pitcher atlas the Week
Week Team League 04/23/2006 Las Vegas 51s PCL Chad Billingsley