Chad Billingsley
Chad Ryan Billingsley
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 244 lb.

Born: July 29, 1984 in Defiance, OH
High School: Defiance (Definance, OH)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 2006
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2006 21 LAD NL 7 4 .636 3.80 18 16 0 0 0 0 90.0 92 43 38 7 58 3 59 3 0 5 403 118 1.667 9.2 0.7 5.8 5.9 1.02
2007 22 LAD NL 12 5 .706 3.31 43 20 6 1 0 0 147.0 131 56 54 15 64 3 141 3 0 5 623 134 1.327 8.0 0.9 3.9 8.6 2.20
2008 23 LAD NL 16 10 .615 3.14 35 32 1 1 1 0 200.2 188 76 70 14 80 6 201 8 0 10 859 133 1.336 8.4 0.6 3.6 9.0 2.51
2009 24 LAD NL 12 11 .522 4.03 33 32 0 0 0 0 196.1 173 94 88 17 86 7 179 7 0 14 823 98 1.319 7.9 0.8 3.9 8.2 2.08 AS
4 Seasons 47 30 .610 3.55 129 100 7 2 1 0 634.0 584 269 250 53 288 19 580 21 0 34 2708 119 1.375 8.3 0.8 4.1 8.2 2.01
162 Game Avg. 14 9 .610 3.55 38 30 2 1 0 0 188 173 80 74 16 86 6 172 6 0 10 804 119 1.375 8.3 0.8 4.1 8.2 2.01

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2006 21 LAD NL NLDS L NYM 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
2008 23 LAD NL NLDS W CHC 1 0 1.000 1.35 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 5 1 1 0 1 0 7 0 0 1 25 0.900 6.8 0.0 1.4 9.5 7.00
2008 23 LAD NL NLCS L PHI 0 2 .000 18.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 5.0 12 11 10 1 7 2 9 0 0 1 33 3.800 21.6 1.8 12.6 16.2 1.29
2009 24 LAD NL NLCS L PHI 0 0 5.40 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 2 2 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 14 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 8.1 1.50
3 Seasons (4 Series) 1 2 .333 6.88 6 3 0 0 0 0 17.0 20 14 13 1 10 2 22 0 0 2 78 1.765 10.6 0.5 5.3 11.6 2.20
2 NLDS 1 0 1.000 1.04 3 1 0 0 0 0 8.2 6 1 1 0 1 0 10 0 0 1 31 0.808 6.2 0.0 1.0 10.4 10.00
2 NLCS 0 2 .000 12.96 3 2 0 0 0 0 8.1 14 13 12 1 9 2 12 0 0 1 47 2.760 15.1 1.1 9.7 13.0 1.33

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2009 LAD NL 24 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 21 LAD NL 18 403 338 43 92 15 1 7 5 5 58 59 .272 .383 .385 .768 .313 130 12 3 4 0 3
2007 22 LAD NL 43 623 544 56 131 24 3 15 5 6 64 141 .241 .322 .379 .701 .297 206 14 3 9 3 3
2008 23 LAD NL 35 859 758 76 188 33 6 14 8 4 80 201 .248 .324 .363 .687 .318 275 18 8 8 5 6
2009 24 LAD NL 33 823 710 94 173 37 3 17 7 9 86 179 .244 .327 .376 .703 .297 267 18 7 9 11 7
4 Seasons 129 2708 2350 269 584 109 13 53 25 24 288 580 .249 .333 .374 .707 .306 878 62 21 30 19 19
162 Game Avg. 38 804 698 80 173 32 4 16 7 7 86 172 .249 .333 .374 .707 .306 261 18 6 9 6 6
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2006 21 LAD NL 18 16 6 4 6 1 1 9 7 .563 1 1 0 0 6 38% 50 79 26 9 4 0 8 4.7 5.4 5.4 95 1 10 5 0 111
2007 22 LAD NL 43 20 8 5 7 1 1 12 8 .600 1 4 1 0 9 45% 54 80 24 16 2 0 4 4.8 4.2 5.6 95 3 10 7 0 116
2008 23 LAD NL 35 32 16 10 6 1 2 16 16 .500 2 4 1 1 20 63% 56 85 25 20 4 1 12 4.3 4.6 6.1 102 2 10 20 0 118
2009 24 LAD NL 33 32 12 11 9 2 6 17 15 .531 5 2 0 0 22 69% 54 75 13 17 4 0 9 4.4 4.4 6.1 100 4 11 16 1 123
4 Seasons 129 100 42 30 28 5 10 54 46 .540 9 11 2 1 57 57% 54 85 13 62 14 1 33 4.5 4.6 5.9 99 10 41 48 1 123
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2006 21 LAD NL 18 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.163 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 5.5 36
2007 22 LAD NL 43 23 6 4 0 1 0 1 0% 4 3 6 4 67% 7 1.015 6 8 9 7 5 11 3 20 14 2 14 3 4.6 27
2008 23 LAD NL 35 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 0 0 5 0.992 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 4.3 24
2009 24 LAD NL 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.089 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5.0 47
4 Seasons 129 29 7 5 0 2 0 2 0% 6 4 6 4 67% 1.052 7 11 11 11 6 12 3 26 18 3 18 3 4.6 28

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2006 21 LAD NL 403 53% 1.7% 14.6% 14.4% 5.7% 25% 0.95 1.25 67% 18% 5.4% 8% 104 12 12%
2007 22 LAD NL 623 47% 2.4% 22.6% 10.3% 6.7% 32% 0.71 1.01 63% 21% 7.2% 11% 115 14 12%
2008 23 LAD NL 859 47% 1.6% 23.4% 9.3% 6.2% 28% 0.98 1.42 64% 18% 5.4% 9% 166 18 11%
2009 24 LAD NL 823 53% 2.1% 21.8% 10.5% 6.9% 33% 0.85 1.16 64% 18% 6.8% 13% 136 18 13%
4 Seasons 2708 50% 2.0% 21.4% 10.6% 6.5% 30% 0.87 1.21 64% 19% 6.3% 11% 521 62 12%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2006 21 LAD NL 403 1598 3.97 915 57% 29% 12% 29% 31% 71% 2% 41% 84% 54% 8% 31 13 16% 63 32 3 32% 11 15 0 0 0
2007 22 LAD NL 623 2512 4.03 1504 60% 30% 16% 27% 28% 70% 1% 42% 77% 52% 5% 30 17 22% 138 71 5 30% 22 10 0 0 0
2008 23 LAD NL 859 3322 3.87 2088 63% 31% 18% 24% 27% 69% 2% 44% 74% 59% 5% 44 27 24% 206 106 14 25% 32 11 0 0 0
2009 24 LAD NL 823 3235 3.93 1999 62% 27% 19% 27% 28% 73% 1% 45% 75% 59% 5% 38 20 25% 202 103 8 21% 24 12 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2708 10667 3.94 6506 61% 29% 17% 26% 28% 71% 1% 43% 76% 57% 5% 143 77 22% 609 312 30 26% 89 48 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2006 21 LAD NL 403 92 9 1 7 0 12 5 2 6 1 23 6 6 26% 2 5 1 175 5 5 50% 4 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 8 0
2007 22 LAD NL 623 131 11 1 15 0 12 12 3 6 9 21 13 2 62% 5 5 1 227 5 6 45% 5 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 10 0
2008 23 LAD NL 859 188 17 1 14 1 22 9 5 6 8 47 21 5 45% 12 10 2 314 8 4 67% 8 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 22 0
2009 24 LAD NL 823 173 19 2 17 0 21 10 7 6 11 52 28 11 54% 6 14 2 257 7 9 44% 7 7 0 1 0 1 5 1 35 0
4 Seasons 2708 584 56 5 53 1 67 36 17 24 29 143 68 24 48% 25 34 6 973 25 24 51% 24 19 0 4 1 1 8 1 75 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2006 21 7 4 .636 3.80 18 16 0 0 0 0 90.0 92 43 38 7 58 3 59 3 0 5 403 118 1.667 9.2 0.7 5.8 5.9 1.02 118
2007 22 19 9 .679 3.49 61 36 6 1 0 0 237.0 223 99 92 22 122 6 200 6 0 10 1026 128 1.456 8.5 0.8 4.6 7.6 1.64 128
2008 23 35 19 .648 3.33 96 68 7 2 1 0 437.2 411 175 162 36 202 12 401 14 0 20 1885 130 1.401 8.5 0.7 4.2 8.2 1.99 130
2009 24 47 30 .610 3.55 129 100 7 2 1 0 634.0 584 269 250 53 288 19 580 21 0 34 2708 119 1.375 8.3 0.8 4.1 8.2 2.01 119

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2006 21 5 4 .556 3.66 86.0 87 39 35 7 55 56 3 1.651 9.1 5.8 5.9 1.02 0.7 18
2007 22 9 6 .600 3.19 144.0 127 57 51 15 62 138 3 1.313 7.9 3.9 8.6 2.23 0.9 43
2008 23 13 8 .619 3.25 194.0 189 78 70 14 80 194 8 1.387 8.8 3.7 9.0 2.43 0.6 35
2009 24 9 11 .450 4.31 186.0 173 99 89 17 86 170 7 1.392 8.4 4.2 8.2 1.98 0.8 33
4 Seasons 36 29 .554 3.61 610.0 576 273 245 53 283 558 21 1.408 8.5 8.2 1.97 0.8 129

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2009 *

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 NL  3.140 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
2008 NL  16 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2007 NL  .706 (5th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL  9.015 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2008 NL  201 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 NL  1 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2008 NL  80 (8th)
2009 NL  86 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL  .628 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2008 NL  10 (6th)
2009 NL  14 (1st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2008 NL  133 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
2006 NL  born 1984-07-29 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 16 (1184), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (925), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (484), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Mark Prior (968)
  3. Rich Harden (968)
  4. Jered Weaver (963)
  5. Carmen Hill (959)
  6. Cole Hamels (957)
  7. Roger Moret (956)
  8. Adam Wainwright (956)
  9. Bill Stafford (956)
  10. Connie Johnson (955)
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  1. Ray Culp (977)
  2. Pedro Martinez (975)
  3. Jake Peavy (973)
  4. Stan Williams (970)
  5. Sid Fernandez (966)
  6. Carlos Zambrano (965)
  7. Dennis Martinez (965)
  8. Scott Kazmir (963)
  9. Dave McNally (961)
  10. Ramon Martinez (959)
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  2. Ray Culp (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ray Culp (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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