White Sox sign RHP Raymond “Cope” Copenhaver (Citadel senior)

Citadel Sports:

Charleston, S.C. – Former Bulldog pitcher Raymond Copenhaver has signed a free agent contract with the Chicago White Sox.

Copenhaver (Apopka, Fla.) went 3-1 with an ERA of 3.25 in 33 appearances in 2010. He also had one save in 36.0 innings pitched to go along with 28 strikeouts.

Copenhaver becomes the third Bulldog to sign a deal in the past month as he joins former teammates Asher Wojciechowski and Bryan Altman who both signed contracts after being drafted in early June.

For his Bulldog career, “Cope” had 135 appearances, the most of any pitcher in Southern Conference history. The previous career high at The Citadel was Tom Martin with 112 appearances. He averaged over 33 appearances in his four seasons and threw 160.1 total innings with 97 strikeouts to go with a career ERA of 4.21.

The right-hander has been assigned to the Great Falls Voyagers of the Pioneer League in Great Falls, Mont., the rookie affiliate of the White Sox.

Stats:

Height:   6-5
Weight:   220
Born:     Nov. 22, 1987

Year	era	w-l	app-gs	cg	sho	sv	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	2b	3b	hr	ab	b/avg	wp	hbp	bk	sfa	sha
2010	3.25	3-1	33-0	0	0/1	1	36.0	34	18	13	15	28	4	2	1	131	.260	2	5	0	1	3
2009	4.75	2-3	30-0	0	0/1	2	30.1	33	18	16	13	15	6	0	0	116	.284	1	6	0	1	2
2008	5.16	1-3	36-0	0	0/2	0	45.1	53	31	26	16	28	11	0	4	177	.299	4	6	2	1	3
2007	3.70	1-1	36-0	0	0/1	1	48.2	58	23	20	19	26	5	2	3	192	.302	2	7	0	0	5

and from the baseball cube:

Year	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP
2007	19	1	1	3.70	36	0	0	0	1	48.2	58	23	20	3	19	26	2	10.7	0.6	3.5	4.8	1.58
2008	20	1	3	5.16	36	0	0	0	0	45.1	53	31	26	4	16	28	4	10.5	0.8	3.2	5.6	1.52
2009	21	2	3	4.75	30	0	0	0	2	30.1	33	18	16	0	13	15	1	9.8	0.0	3.9	4.5	1.52