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Josh Rupe

Age: 29
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 210 lb
Number: #59

Born: August 18, 1982 in Portsmouth, VA, United States
MLB debut: September 16, 2005

dbWAR: -.6
IP: 14.1
ERA: 5.65
FIP: 8.26
K/9: 4.4
FIP−: 209

Josh Rupe was a relief pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. In 2011 he struck out 7 batters over 14.1 innings across 9 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 5.65 was 43.3% higher than the league average of 3.94. Stripping out defence, his 8.26 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 16.8% of swings (7.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 10.6%. His -0.7 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2011 regular season.

FIP8.26

K/94.4

WHIP1.53

WAR-.7

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.


2011	BAL	9	0	14.1	0	0	16	9	7	6	5.65	8.26	1.53	4.4	3.8	143	209	-0.7
2010	KC	11	0	9.2	1	1	14	6	8	7	5.59	4.94	2.17	7.4	6.5	137	121	-0.0
2009	TEX	4	0	4.2	0	0	12	8	2	5	15.43	11.03	3.64	3.9	9.6	357	255	-0.3
2008	TEX	46	0	89.1	3	1	93	51	53	46	5.14	4.99	1.56	5.3	4.6	119	115	-0.1
2006	TEX	16	0	29.0	0	1	33	11	14	9	3.41	4.11	1.45	4.3	2.8	75	91	0.3
2005	TEX	4	1	9.2	1	0	7	3	6	4	2.79	3.64	1.14	5.6	3.7	65	85	0.1

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2011. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	30	27	7	2	3	5	.259	.333	.519	.376	16.7%
vs RHB	36	31	9	3	3	2	.290	.389	.613	.438	5.6%

Pitch sequencing

What Josh Rupe throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Sinker	64.8%	166	91.9	2,126	36.7%	11.1%	39	.308	1.053
Slider	15.2%	39	84.6	881	48.7%	14.3%	6	—	—
Four-Seam Fastball	9.0%	23	92.1	1,732	43.5%	18.2%	5	—	—
Changeup	5.9%	15	82.1	1,507	46.7%	57.1%	3	—	—
Curveball	5.1%	13	72.1	1,605	46.2%	50.0%	5	—	—

Josh Rupe's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.