Josh Rupe

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Born: August 18, 1982 in Portsmouth, VA us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Louisburg College (Louisburg, NC).

High School: Greenbrier Christian Academy (Chesapeake, VA)

School: Louisburg College (Louisburg, NC)

Debut: September 16, 2005 (Age 23-029d, 18,793rd in major league history)
vs. SEA 5.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: May 5, 2011 (Age 28-260d)
vs. KCR 3.2 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2008 season

Agents: Joe Kohm

Full Name: Joshua Matthew Rupe

Twitter: @rupealoop

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.7

ERA

5.06

156.2

WHIP

1.609

Summary of 18 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 1 go ahead

3 Tms
TEX	12
BAL	5
KCR	1

Platoon
vs RHB	11
vs LHB	7

Home/Road
Home	11
Away	7

Outs
2	9
0	5
1	4

11 Opps
DET	3
BOS	2
NYY	2
SEA	2
BAL	2
CHW	2
KCR	1
MIN	1
OAK	1
TEX	1
LAA	1

17 Batters
Vladimir Guerrero	2
Kevin Youkilis	1
Yuniesky Betancourt	1
Dustin Pedroia	1
Nick Markakis	1
Mike Jacobs	1
Brett Gardner	1
Víctor Martínez	1
Adam Jones	1
Alex Rodriguez	1
Gary Sheffield	1
Miguel Cabrera	1
Brian Buscher	1
Raúl Ibañez	1
Paul Konerko	1
Chris Denorfia	1
Jim Thome	1

6 Parks
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	8
Camden Yards (BAL)	5
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	8
89	4
9	3
8	2
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
4	5
5	4
3	3
2	3
1	2
6	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	14
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
1--	5
---	5
12-	2
1-3	2
123	1
--3	1
-2-	1
-23	1

38 Runs
RISP	8
0 on	5
1 on	7
2 on	5
3 on	1
Any on	13

Inning
2	1
4	3
5	3
6	1
7	2
8	6
9	2

1-3	1
4-6	7
7-end	10

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	2
+2	2
+1	1
Tied	1
-4..	5

Ahead	12
Tied	1
Behind	5

Before event,
for batter

Count
2-1	4
3-1	3
0-0	2
1-1	2
0-1	2
3-2	1
1-2	1
1-0	1
2-2	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
DH	6
1B	3
CF	2
LF	2
3B	2
2B	1
RF	1
SS	1

OrderPos
4th	7
2nd	4
5th	2
6th	2
7th	1
9th	1
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	1
Medium Lev	2
Low Lev	15

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2006-08-06	Vladimir Guerrero	LAA		TEX	ahead 5-0	b 2	2	1-3	3,(1-1) BFX	3	4	DH	6%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Figgins Scores; O. Cabrera Scores
2	2	2	1	2006-08-11	Raúl Ibañez	SEA	@	TEX	behind 4-12	t 4	1	-23	1,(0-0) X	3	4	7	4%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); J. López Scores/unER; A. Beltré Scores
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	2008-04-18	Dustin Pedroia	BOS		TEX	ahead 7-1	b 4	1	--3	2,(0-1) CX	2	2	4	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Ellsbury Scores
4	4	2	1	2008-07-06	Nick Markakis	BAL		TEX	behind 5-11	b 8	1	12-	5,(3-1) BBBCX	3	2	9	4%	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); F. Bynum Scores; B. Roberts Scores
5	5	3	1	2008-07-11	Jim Thome	CHW	@	TEX	behind 1-7	t 7	2	---	6,(3-2) CBBBSX	1	5	DH	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
6	6	4	1	2008-07-19	Brian Buscher	MIN		TEX	ahead 12-2	b 7	0	1--	4,(2-1) BSBX	2	7	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Young Scores
7	7	5	1	2008-08-12	Kevin Youkilis	BOS		TEX	ahead 12-10	b 5	0	-2-	5,(2-2) FB*BCX	2	4	3	8%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); D. Ortiz Scores
8	8	6	1	2008-09-01	Yuniesky Betancourt	SEA	@	TEX	ahead 9-6	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	6	4%	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
9	9	7	1	2008-09-15	Gary Sheffield	DET	@	TEX	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	6	DH	18%	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); M. Cabrera Scores; M. Joyce Scores
10	10	8	1	2008-09-24	Chris Denorfia	OAK	@	TEX	behind 3-14	t 8	0	---	5,(3-1) .FBBBX	1	3	8	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	2009-04-15	Adam Jones	BAL	@	TEX	behind 4-19	t 9	2	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	2	8	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Andino Scores
12	12	2	1	2009-04-17	Mike Jacobs	KCR	@	TEX	ahead 9-0	t 8	0	12-	4,(2-1) BCBX	3	6	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Butler Scores; M. Teahen Scores
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	2010-05-06	Vladimir Guerrero	TEX		KCR	tied 9-9	b 6	2	1--	3,(1-1) .C1BX	2	4	DH	28%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Hamilton Scores
2011	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	2011-04-06	Miguel Cabrera	DET	@	BAL	ahead 4-2	t 5	2	---	4,(1-2) SFBX	1	4	3	9%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
15	15	2	2	2011-04-06	Víctor Martínez	DET	@	BAL	ahead 5-2	t 5	2	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	5	DH	7%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
16	16	3	1	2011-04-23	Alex Rodriguez	NYY	@	BAL	ahead 9-3	t 8	2	123	3,(2-0) .BBX	4	4	5	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Jeter Scores; C. Granderson Scores; M. Teixeira Scores
17	17	4	2	2011-04-23	Brett Gardner	NYY	@	BAL	ahead 13-3	t 9	2	1--	4,(2-1) C*BBX	2	9	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); R. Martin Scores
18	18	5	1	2011-05-02	Paul Konerko	CHW		BAL	ahead 4-0	b 8	2	1--	5,(3-1) .B*BBCX	2	4	3	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); A. Ramírez Scores