Josh Sharpless

Joshua David Sharpless

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 234 lb.

Born: January 26, 1981 in Beaver, PA
High School: Freedom HS (Freedom, PA)
School: Allegheny College (Meadville, PA)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 24th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 1, 2006
Team: Pirates 2006-2007

Final Game: June 10, 2007
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2003	22	PIT-min	A-	1	1	.500	2.59	22	9	5	31.1	19	9	9	2	17	0	45	2	0	130		1.149	5.5	0.6	4.9	12.9	2.65	WPT · NYPL
2004	23	PIT-min	A	6	2	.750	3.03	44	21	5	74.1	42	28	25	4	55	2	109	3	8	323		1.305	5.1	0.5	6.7	13.2	1.98	HCK · SALL
2005	24	PIT-min	A+,AA	4	0	1.000	0.74	24	11	5	36.1	13	4	3	0	14	0	59	0	1	136		0.743	3.2	0.0	3.5	14.6	4.21	LBG,ATO · CARL,EL
2006	25	PIT-min	AAA,AA	3	1	.750	1.83	37	20	9	54.0	40	13	11	1	24	2	60	0	3	226		1.185	6.7	0.2	4.0	10.0	2.50	INA,ATO · IL,EL
2006	25	PIT	NL	0	0		1.50	14	3	0	12.0	7	2	2	0	11	1	7	0	2	53	305	1.500	5.3	0.0	8.3	5.3	0.64
2007	26	PIT-min	AAA	1	5	.167	4.34	43	17	3	64.1	61	36	31	10	39	2	69	0	9	288		1.554	8.5	1.4	5.5	9.7	1.77	INA · IL
2007	26	PIT	NL	0	1	.000	12.46	6	2	0	4.1	7	6	6	3	1	0	1	0	0	21	38	1.846	14.5	6.2	2.1	2.1	1.00
2008	27	SFG-min	AA	1	1	.500	3.51	24	8	0	33.1	23	17	13	3	29	2	30	1	4	151		1.560	6.2	0.8	7.8	8.1	1.03	NCH · EL
2 Yrs				0	1	.000	4.41	20	5	0	16.1	14	8	8	3	12	1	8	0	2	74	105	1.592	7.7	1.7	6.6	4.4	0.67
162 Game Avg.				0	3	.000	4.41	68	17	0	55	48	27	27	10	41	3	27	0	7	252	105	1.592	7.7	1.7	6.6	4.4	0.67

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2006	25	PIT	NL	12.0	14	2	1.50	4.67	-0.26	-0.34	102.0	4.67	4	0.4	.9	-0.0	0.5	5	.531	.503	$
2007	26	PIT	NL	4.1	6	6	12.46	4.90	-0.18	-0.35	96.9	4.58	-4	-0.4	.9	0.0	-0.3	-3	.440	.498	$
2 Seasons				16.1	20	8	4.41	4.73	-0.24	-0.34	100.6	4.65	0	0.1	.9	-0.0	0.2	2	.504	.500	$

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
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	0
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	0
2 Yrs				20	74	59	8	14	4	0	3	5	1	12	8	.237	.361	.458	.819	.224	27	0	0	2	1	1	0
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	0
MLB Averages																.269	.336	.427	.763	.302

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2006	25	PIT	NL	4.2	0.4	60	0.2	0.9	-0.7	.96	0.2	-0.1	5.1	0.5	0.96	3.1	5	3	5
2007	26	PIT	NL	-3.6	-0.3	21	-0.7	0.1	-0.7	.42	-0.5	-1.0	-5.3	-0.5	0.42	-4.9	2	0	3
2 Yrs				0.6	0.1	81	-0.5	0.9	-1.4	.82	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.82	-1.9	7	3	8

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	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	2	2	11	3	27%	6	.959	5	3	5	3	4	7	7	7	2	6	2	3	2.6	15
2007	26	PIT	NL	6	6	2	1	0	0	3	3	100%	8	.418	2	0	3	1	1	4	2	4	0	3	0	1	2.2	12
2 Yrs				20	20	5	1	2	2	14	6	43%		.805	7	3	8	4	5	11	9	11	2	9	2	4	2.5	14

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%
2006	25	PIT	NL	53	75%	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	52%	14.3%	4.8%	4.8%	28.6%	86%	0.29	0.50	71%	11%	23.1%	7%	1	0	0%
2 Yrs				74	69%	4.1%	10.8%	16.2%	9.5%	50%	0.44	0.60	66%	11%	10.0%	17%	9	0	0%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	17.0%	8.5%	8.1%	34%	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.7%	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
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 Yrs				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						3.76		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	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
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 Yrs				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																		53%							73%

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+
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	305	1.500	5.3	0.0	8.3	5.3	0.64	305
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	105	1.592	7.7	1.7	6.6	4.4	0.67	105

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2006	25	1	1.000	1.50	12.0	7	2	2	0	11	7	1.500	5.3	8.3	5.3	0.64	0.0	14
2007	26	0		13.50	4.0	7	7	6	3	1	1	2.000	15.8	2.3	2.3	1.00	6.8	6
2 Yrs		1	1.000	4.50	16.0	14	9	8	3	12	8	1.625	7.9		4.5	0.67	1.7	20

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