Josh Sharpless
Joshua David Sharpless
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 234 lb.

Born: January 26, 1981 in Beaver, PA
High School: Freedom (Freedom, PA)
School: Allegheny College
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 24th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 1, 2006
Final Game: June 10, 2007
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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 25 PIT NL 0 0 1.50 14 0 3 0 0 0 12.0 7 2 2 0 11 1 7 0 0 2 53 297 1.500 5.3 0.0 8.3 5.3 0.64
2007 26 PIT NL 0 1 .000 12.46 6 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 7 6 6 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 21 35 1.846 14.5 6.2 2.1 2.1 1.00
2 Seasons 0 1 .000 4.41 20 0 5 0 0 0 16.1 14 8 8 3 12 1 8 0 0 2 74 100 1.592 7.7 1.7 6.6 4.4 0.67
162 Game Avg. 0 3 .000 4.41 68 0 17 0 0 0 55 48 27 27 10 41 3 27 0 0 7 252 100 1.592 7.7 1.7 6.6 4.4 0.67

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 25 PIT NL 14 53 40 2 7 1 0 0 5 1 11 7 .175 .346 .200 .546 .206 8 0 0 1 1 1
2007 26 PIT NL 6 21 19 6 7 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 .368 .400 1.000 1.400 .267 19 0 0 1 0 0
2 Seasons 20 74 59 8 14 4 0 3 5 1 12 8 .237 .361 .458 .819 .224 27 0 0 2 1 1
162 Game Avg. 68 252 201 27 48 14 0 10 17 3 41 27 .237 .361 .458 .819 .224 92 0 0 7 3 3
MLB Averages

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 25 PIT NL 14 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11 3 27% 6 0.965 5 3 5 3 4 7 7 7 2 6 2 3 2.6 15
2007 26 PIT NL 6 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 8 0.435 2 0 4 1 1 4 2 4 0 3 0 1 2.2 12
2 Seasons 20 20 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 14 6 43% 0.815 7 3 9 4 5 11 9 11 2 9 2 4 2.5 14

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 25 PIT NL 53 25% 0.0% 13.2% 20.8% 1.9% 14% 0.55 0.65 64% 11% 0.0% 23% 8 0 0%
2007 26 PIT NL 21 48% 14.3% 4.8% 4.8% 28.6% 86% 0.29 0.50 71% 11% 23.1% 7% 1 0 0%
2 Seasons 74 31% 4.1% 10.8% 16.2% 9.5% 50% 0.44 0.60 66% 11% 10.0% 17% 9 0 0%
MLB Averages

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 25 PIT NL 53 207 3.91 109 53% 25% 15% 28% 32% 75% 4% 40% 80% 51% 13% 7 2 32% 17 11 0 0% 3 4 0 0 0
2007 26 PIT NL 21 69 3.29 43 62% 21% 12% 23% 44% 79% 0% 49% 85% 57% 0% 0 0 10% 2 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 74 276 3.73 152 55% 24% 14% 27% 36% 76% 3% 42% 82% 53% 9% 7 2 26% 19 11 0 0% 3 4 0 0 0
MLB Averages

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 25 PIT NL 53 7 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 25% 0 2 0 27 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2007 26 PIT NL 21 7 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 74 14 1 0 3 0 3 3 0 2 1 5 2 1 40% 0 2 0 33 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
MLB Averages

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 25 0 0 1.50 14 0 3 0 0 0 12.0 7 2 2 0 11 1 7 0 0 2 53 297 1.500 5.3 0.0 8.3 5.3 0.64 297
2007 26 0 1 .000 4.41 20 0 5 0 0 0 16.1 14 8 8 3 12 1 8 0 0 2 74 100 1.592 7.7 1.7 6.6 4.4 0.67 100

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2006 25 1 0 1.000 1.38 13.0 6 2 2 0 9 8 0 1.154 4.2 6.2 5.5 0.89 0.0 14
2007 26 0 0 13.50 4.0 7 7 6 3 1 1 0 2.000 15.8 2.3 2.3 1.00 6.8 6
2 Seasons 1 0 1.000 4.24 17.0 13 9 8 3 10 9 0 1.353 6.9 4.8 0.90 1.6 20

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