Chad Ryan Billingsley is a Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers. As a senior at Defiance High School in 2003, Billingsley pitched in 11 games and was 6–1 with a 1.49 ERA, striking out 113 and walking only 16 in 56.0 innings. He pitched three games and went 3–0 with a 2.45 ERA for Team USA, which won the bronze medal in the 2002 IBAF World Junior Championships in Sherbrooke, Quebec and would have attended the University of South Carolina had he not signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was signed by Dodger scout Marty Lamb. Billingsley... was a high school teammate of New York Mets pitcher Jon Niese. Billingsley was the first round pick of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft and had a signing bonus of $1,375,000. Billingsley pitched in 2003 for Ogden of the Rookie Leagues, compiling a record of 5–4 with a 2.83 ERA. He went 7–4 with a 2.35 ERA for the Vero Beach Dodgers in 2004 before being promoted to the Double-A Jacksonville Suns where he pitched through 2005. He was 13–6 with a 3.51 ERA for Jacksonville in 2005.
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| Birthdate: | July 29, 1984 |
| Birthplace: | Defiance, Ohio |
| Age: | 27 |
| All Positions Played: | Pitcher |