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Josh Rupe

Joshua Matthew Rupe

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 18, 1982 in Portsmouth, VA
High School: Greenbrier Christian Academy (Chesapeake, VA)
School: Louisburg College (Louisburg, NC)
Drafted
by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 2005
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Royals/Orioles 2005-2011
Agents: Joe Kohm [*]
Final Game: May 5, 2011
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Standard Pitching

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
2005 22 TEX AL 1 0 1.000 2.79 4 1 1 0 0 0 9.2 7 4 3 0 4 0 6 2 0 1 39 170 1.138 6.5 0.0 3.7 5.6 1.50
2006 23 TEX AL 0 1 .000 3.41 16 0 3 0 0 0 29.0 33 11 11 2 9 0 14 1 0 2 126 137 1.448 10.2 0.6 2.8 4.3 1.56
2008 25 TEX AL 3 1 .750 5.14 46 0 10 0 0 0 89.1 93 52 51 8 46 3 53 10 0 3 392 87 1.556 9.4 0.8 4.6 5.3 1.15
2009 26 TEX AL 0 0 15.43 4 0 2 0 0 0 4.2 12 8 8 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 31 32 3.643 23.1 3.9 9.6 3.9 0.40
2010 27 KCR AL 1 1 .500 5.59 11 0 1 0 0 0 9.2 14 6 6 1 7 0 8 0 0 1 49 78 2.172 13.0 0.9 6.5 7.4 1.14
2011 28 BAL AL 0 0 5.65 9 0 5 0 0 0 14.1 16 9 9 5 6 0 7 2 0 1 66 76 1.535 10.0 3.1 3.8 4.4 1.17
6 Yrs 5 3 .625 5.06 90 1 22 0 0 0 156.2 175 90 88 18 77 3 90 15 0 8 703 89 1.609 10.1 1.0 4.4 5.2 1.17
162 Game Avg. 4 2 .625 5.06 67 1 16 0 0 0 117 131 67 66 13 58 2 67 11 0 6 525 89 1.609 10.1 1.0 4.4 5.2 1.17
TEX (4 yrs) 4 2 .667 4.95 70 1 16 0 0 0 132.2 145 75 73 12 64 3 75 13 0 6 588 92 1.575 9.8 0.8 4.3 5.1 1.17
KCR (1 yr) 1 1 .500 5.59 11 0 1 0 0 0 9.2 14 6 6 1 7 0 8 0 0 1 49 78 2.172 13.0 0.9 6.5 7.4 1.14
BAL (1 yr) 0 0 5.65 9 0 5 0 0 0 14.1 16 9 9 5 6 0 7 2 0 1 66 76 1.535 10.0 3.1 3.8 4.4 1.17

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2005 22 TEX AL 9.2 4 1 4 3.72 4.63 -0.23 -0.08 104.4 4.99 1 0.1 .7 -0.0 0.2 3 .533 .501 $
2006 23 TEX AL 29.0 16 0 11 3.41 5.03 0.06 -0.37 99.9 4.60 4 0.4 .7 -0.1 0.5 7 .522 .502 $328,000
2008 25 TEX AL 89.1 46 0 52 5.24 4.72 -0.26 -0.35 102.7 4.76 -6 -0.6 .6 -0.1 0.1 6 .486 .496 $392,000
2009 26 TEX AL 4.2 4 0 8 15.43 4.68 0.05 -0.34 105.9 4.53 -6 -0.5 .2 0.2 -0.3 -5 .374 .497 $416,310
2010 27 KCR AL 9.2 11 0 6 5.59 4.99 -0.68 -0.38 101.1 5.35 -0 -0.0 1.5 -0.0 0.0 1 .497 .500 $
2011 28 BAL AL 14.1 9 0 9 5.65 4.78 -0.14 -0.36 98.8 4.50 -2 -0.2 .2 0.0 0.0 -0 .479 .499 $475,000
6 Seasons 156.2 90 1 90 5.17 4.79 -0.20 -0.34 101.9 4.75 -9 -0.9 .7 -0.1 0.5 12 .490 .499 $1,611,310
TEX (4 yrs) 132.2 70 1 75 5.09 4.78 -0.18 -0.33 102.3 4.73 -7 -0.7 .6 -0.1 0.5 11 .491 .499 $1,136,310
KCR (1 yr) 9.2 11 0 6 5.59 4.99 -0.68 -0.38 101.1 5.35 -0 -0.0 1.5 -0.0 0.0 1 .497 .500 $
BAL (1 yr) 14.1 9 0 9 5.65 4.78 -0.14 -0.36 98.8 4.50 -2 -0.2 .2 0.0 0.0 -0 .479 .499 $475,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
2005 22 TEX AL 4 39 32 4 7 1 0 0 1 1 4 6 .219 .342 .250 .592 .269 8 2 2 1 0 0 0
2006 23 TEX AL 16 126 115 11 33 4 0 2 1 0 9 14 .287 .344 .374 .718 .313 43 5 1 1 0 0 1
2008 25 TEX AL 46 392 327 52 93 20 3 8 0 1 46 53 .284 .382 .437 .819 .311 143 20 10 2 7 3 0
2009 26 TEX AL 4 31 26 8 12 2 1 2 1 0 5 2 .462 .548 .846 1.395 .455 22 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 27 KCR AL 11 49 41 6 14 3 0 1 0 0 7 8 .341 .438 .488 .925 .406 20 2 0 1 0 0 0
2011 28 BAL AL 9 66 58 9 16 2 0 5 0 0 6 7 .276 .364 .569 .933 .239 33 3 2 0 0 0 2
6 Yrs 90 703 599 90 175 32 4 18 3 2 77 90 .292 .383 .449 .832 .315 269 32 15 5 7 3 3
162 Game Avg. 67 525 448 67 131 24 3 13 2 1 58 67 .292 .383 .449 .832 .315 201 24 11 4 5 2 2
MLB Averages .263 .331 .416 .746 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2005 22 TEX AL 1.7 0.2 43 0.1 0.7 -0.6 .94 0.1 -0.0 1.1 0.1 0.94 1.3 0 2 1
2006 23 TEX AL 4.4 0.4 128 -0.3 1.3 -1.6 .69 0.3 -0.8 1.4 0.1 0.69 3.7 1 4 11
2008 25 TEX AL -5.1 -0.5 398 0.5 3.9 -3.4 .54 -0.2 1.1 0.5 0.1 0.54 -0.4 7 8 30
2009 26 TEX AL -4.9 -0.4 32 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .08 -0.1 0.5 -8.1 -0.7 0.08 -7.1 0 0 3
2010 27 KCR AL -1.1 -0.1 50 -0.1 1.2 -1.3 1.65 -0.3 0.3 -2.2 -0.2 1.65 -3.3 4 5 2
2011 28 BAL AL -1.9 -0.2 67 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .13 -0.8 -0.1 -7.0 -0.7 0.13 -8.6 0 0 8
6 Yrs -6.9 -0.6 718 0.1 7.2 -7.1 .61 -0.9 1.1 -14.2 -1.3 0.61 -14.3 12 19 55

Starting Pitching*

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
2005 22 TEX AL 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 49.0 49 49 2 1 0 1 5.6 9.0 5.0 96 0 1 0 0 96
1 Yr 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 49 49 49 2 1 0 1 5.6 9.0 5.0 96 0 1 0 0 96
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 100 -12 4.6 4.6 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

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
2005 22 TEX AL 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .943 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 4.7 24
2006 23 TEX AL 16 16 3 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 9 4 44% 4 .692 1 4 11 5 1 10 6 10 11 2 11 1 5.4 28
2008 25 TEX AL 46 46 10 3 1 2 0 2 0% 4 2 27 10 37% 7 .543 7 8 30 10 6 30 14 32 31 6 31 2 5.8 33
2009 26 TEX AL 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 7 .078 0 0 3 2 0 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 3.5 28
2010 27 KCR AL 11 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 5 10 4 40% 7 1.654 4 5 2 5 3 3 6 5 4 4 5 3 2.6 18
2011 28 BAL AL 9 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 4 .134 0 0 8 2 0 7 5 4 4 2 4 0 4.8 28
6 Yrs 90 89 22 4 3 3 0 3 0% 11 8 58 27 47% .610 12 19 55 25 10 54 34 55 54 15 55 7 5.1 29

Ratio Pitching*

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%
2005 22 TEX AL 39 41% 0.0% 15.4% 10.3% 2.6% 14% 1.50 2.67 67% 19% 0.0% 40% 9 2 22%
2006 23 TEX AL 126 64% 1.6% 11.1% 7.1% 4.8% 18% 2.06 3.56 79% 12% 6.5% 6% 28 5 18%
2008 25 TEX AL 392 52% 2.0% 13.5% 11.7% 7.9% 33% 0.94 1.29 70% 20% 6.1% 10% 101 20 20%
2009 26 TEX AL 31 61% 6.5% 6.5% 16.1% 16.1% 42% 0.85 1.00 71% 25% 15.4% 0% 7 0 0%
2010 27 KCR AL 49 59% 2.0% 16.3% 14.3% 8.2% 29% 1.00 2.50 65% 24% 6.3% 0% 11 2 18%
2011 28 BAL AL 66 55% 7.6% 10.6% 9.1% 10.6% 44% 1.68 3.00 70% 12% 31.3% 16% 14 3 21%
6 Yrs 703 55% 2.6% 12.8% 11.0% 7.7% 31% 1.18 1.77 71% 18% 8.5% 10% 170 32 19%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 12% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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
2005 22 TEX AL 39 168 4.31 98 58% 29% 16% 28% 28% 71% 0% 42% 77% 46% 5% 2 1 23% 9 4 0 33% 0 1 0 0 0
2006 23 TEX AL 126 452 3.59 285 63% 27% 12% 25% 36% 73% 0% 46% 83% 51% 7% 9 5 17% 21 13 2 21% 1 4 0 0 0
2008 25 TEX AL 392 1504 3.84 868 58% 27% 16% 25% 33% 73% 1% 42% 78% 49% 8% 32 17 17% 68 38 4 30% 7 12 0 0 0
2009 26 TEX AL 31 110 3.55 64 58% 23% 9% 30% 38% 77% 0% 45% 88% 48% 6% 2 0 10% 3 2 0 0% 0 2 0 0 0
2010 27 KCR AL 49 193 3.94 107 55% 27% 15% 26% 32% 73% 0% 40% 79% 53% 8% 4 1 12% 6 4 1 38% 0 3 0 0 0
2011 28 BAL AL 66 256 3.88 154 60% 23% 13% 31% 33% 77% 0% 46% 83% 50% 5% 3 2 14% 9 5 0 29% 1 1 0 0 0
6 Yrs 703 2683 3.82 1576 59% 26% 15% 26% 33% 74% 1% 43% 80% 50% 7% 52 26 17% 116 66 7 29% 9 23 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
2005 22 TEX AL 39 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 0 1 0 12 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 23 TEX AL 126 33 2 0 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 8 4 1 50% 1 2 0 51 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2008 25 TEX AL 392 93 9 0 8 0 20 5 3 4 4 29 18 1 62% 0 3 1 164 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2009 26 TEX AL 31 12 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 20 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 27 KCR AL 49 14 1 1 1 0 8 1 0 0 1 4 2 1 50% 0 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2011 28 BAL AL 66 16 0 0 5 1 2 3 2 4 1 2 2 0 100% 2 1 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 Yrs 703 175 15 1 18 1 36 11 7 11 7 47 29 3 62% 3 8 1 288 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
2005 22 1 0 1.000 2.79 4 1 1 0 0 0 9.2 7 4 3 0 4 0 6 2 0 1 39 170 1.138 6.5 0.0 3.7 5.6 1.50 170
2006 23 1 1 .500 3.26 20 1 4 0 0 0 38.2 40 15 14 2 13 0 20 3 0 3 165 144 1.371 9.3 0.5 3.0 4.7 1.54 144
2007 24 1 1 .500 3.26 20 1 4 0 0 0 38.2 40 15 14 2 13 0 20 3 0 3 165 144 1.371 9.3 0.5 3.0 4.7 1.54 144
2008 25 4 2 .667 4.57 66 1 14 0 0 0 128.0 133 67 65 10 59 3 73 13 0 6 557 99 1.500 9.4 0.7 4.1 5.1 1.24 99
2009 26 4 2 .667 4.95 70 1 16 0 0 0 132.2 145 75 73 12 64 3 75 13 0 6 588 92 1.575 9.8 0.8 4.3 5.1 1.17 92
2010 27 5 3 .625 5.00 81 1 17 0 0 0 142.1 159 81 79 13 71 3 83 13 0 7 637 91 1.616 10.1 0.8 4.5 5.2 1.17 91
2011 28 5 3 .625 5.06 90 1 22 0 0 0 156.2 175 90 88 18 77 3 90 15 0 8 703 89 1.609 10.1 1.0 4.4 5.2 1.17 89

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
2005 22 0 0 3.00 9.0 7 3 3 0 4 5 2 1.222 7.0 4.0 5.0 1.25 0.0 4
2006 23 2 1 .667 3.21 28.0 32 11 10 2 9 14 1 1.464 10.3 2.9 4.5 1.56 0.6 16
2008 25 3 6 .333 5.44 81.0 92 54 49 8 46 48 10 1.704 10.2 5.1 5.3 1.04 0.9 46
2009 26 0 0 14.40 5.0 12 9 8 2 5 2 0 3.400 21.6 9.0 3.6 0.40 3.6 4
2010 27 0 1 .000 6.00 9.0 14 7 6 1 7 8 0 2.333 14.0 7.0 8.0 1.14 1.0 11
2011 28 0 1 .000 6.43 14.0 16 11 10 5 6 7 2 1.571 10.3 3.9 4.5 1.17 3.2 9
6 Yrs 5 9 .357 5.30 146.0 173 95 86 18 77 84 15 1.712 10.7 5.2 1.09 1.1 90

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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