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{{short description|American baseball player (born 1962)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Ray Chadwick
|image=Ray Chadwick - Birmingham Barons - 1988.jpg
|team=Thompson Rivers WolfPack
|caption=Chadwick in 1988
|position=[[Starting pitcher]] / Coach
|bats=Switch
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1962|11|17}}
|birth_place=[[Durham, North Carolina]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=July 29
|debutyear=1986
|debutteam=California Angels
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 30
|finalyear=1986
|finalteam=California Angels
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
|stat1value=0–5
|stat2label=[[Strikeout]]s
|stat2value=9
|stat3label=[[Earned run average]]
|stat3value=7.24
|teams=
* [[California Angels]] ({{mlby|1986}})
}}

'''Ray Charles Chadwick''' (born November 17, 1962) is an American former professional [[baseball]] player who played one season for the [[California Angels]] of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB).

Chadwick attended [[Durham High School (North Carolina)|Durham High School]] in [[Durham, North Carolina]] and [[Winston-Salem State University]] where he played [[college football]] for the [[Winston-Salem State Rams|Rams]]. In the offseasons, he played semi-professional baseball where he caught the attention of a [[California Angels]] scout who signed him to a contract.<ref name="life">{{cite news |last1=Godwin |first1=John |title=Chadwick Near Life As An Angel |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113195269/chadwick-near-life-as-an-angel/ |access-date=17 November 2022 |work=[[The Herald-Sun]] |date=9 March 1986 |page=10B}}</ref>

On February 12, 1989, Chadwick was driving his car when he was hit head-on by a drunk driver. He was left with two broken [[vertebrae]] in his neck, two broken ribs, a cracked [[sternum]] and a broken non-throwing arm or wrist.<ref name="trail">{{cite news |last1=Spector |first1=Mark |title=Ex-Trap on a tough trail |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113206755/ex-trap-on-a-tough-trail/ |access-date=17 November 2022 |work=[[Edmonton Journal]] |date=30 July 1989 |page=D2}}</ref><ref name="life1">{{cite news |last1=Grant |first1=Rubin E. |title=Chadwick vows to make the most out of trade, life |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113206945/chadwick-vows-to-make-the-most-out-of/ |access-date=17 November 2022 |work=[[Birmingham Post-Herald]] |date=2 August 1989 |page=C1}}</ref> His friend who was a passenger in the car suffered a cracked skull.<ref name="life1" /> He spent six weeks in a hospital bed and was told by doctors that he would probably not pitch that year<ref name="life2">{{cite news |last1=Grant |first1=Rubin E. |title=Chadwick vows to make the most out of trade, life |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113207162/chadwick-injury/ |access-date=17 November 2022 |work=[[Birmingham Post-Herald]] |date=2 August 1989 |page=C3}}</ref> but was back to pitching in the minors by July 1989.<ref name="trail" />

After retirement from active play, Ray was the pitching coach for the [[UBC Thunderbirds|University of British Columbia Thunderbirds]] from 1998 to 2000.

Ray now resides in [[Kamloops]], [[British Columbia]], Canada where he is coaching the [[Thompson Rivers WolfPack|Thompson Rivers University]] baseball team from 2003–present. Ray has won the Canadian College Baseball Conference Championship in both 2005 and 2007. During the summer Ray also coaches the Kamloops Sun Devils baseball team for junior aged players (19–21).

Ray is the father of professional soccer player [[Sydney Leroux]].

==References==
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==External links==
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Ray Chadwick - Revision history

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