J.R. Towles

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: February 11, 1984 in Crosby, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 32nd round of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Crosby HS (Crosby, TX), the Oakland Athletics in the 23rd round of the 2003 MLB June Amateur Draft from Collin College (Dallas, TX) and the Houston Astros in the 20th round of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from North Central Texas College (Gainesville, TX).

High School: Crosby HS (Crosby, TX)

Schools: Collin College (Dallas, TX), North Central Texas College (Gainesville, TX)

Debut: September 5, 2007 (Age 23-206d, 19,204th in major league history)
vs. MIL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 2011 (Age 27-228d)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2008 season

Agents: Burton Rocks

Full Name: Justin Richard Towles

Pronunciation: \TOLLS\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.1

428

.187

RBI

OBP

.267

SLG

.315

OPS

.583

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2008 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2008 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 31	HOU	@	SDP	L,0-4	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
2	2	Apr 1	HOU	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 2	HOU	@	SDP	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
4	4	Apr 3	HOU	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
5	5	Apr 4	HOU	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
6	7 (1)	Apr 6	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
7	8	Apr 7	HOU		STL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
8	9	Apr 8	HOU		STL	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
9	10	Apr 9	HOU		STL	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
10	11	Apr 11	HOU		FLA	L,6-10	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
11	13 (1)	Apr 13	HOU		FLA	W,5-1	GS	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
12	17 (3)	Apr 18	HOU		COL	L,5-11	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
13	18	Apr 19	HOU		COL	L,2-3	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
14	19	Apr 20	HOU		COL	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
15	21 (1)	Apr 22	HOU		SDP	W,11-7	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
16	22	Apr 23	HOU	@	CIN	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
17	23	Apr 24	HOU	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
18	24	Apr 25	HOU	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	26 (1)	Apr 27	HOU	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	27	Apr 28	HOU	@	ARI	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
21	28	Apr 29	HOU	@	ARI	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
22	29	Apr 30	HOU	@	ARI	L,7-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	31 (1)	May 3	HOU		MIL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
24	32	May 4	HOU		MIL	W,8-6	GS	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
25	33	May 6	HOU		WSN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
26	34	May 7	HOU		WSN	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
27	35	May 8	HOU		WSN	L,3-8	GS	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
28	37 (1)	May 10	HOU	@	LAD	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	38	May 11	HOU	@	LAD	W,8-5	GS	23	6.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
30	40 (1)	May 13	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
31	42 (1)	May 15	HOU	@	SFG	W,8-7	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
32	43	May 16	HOU	@	TEX	L,8-16	CG	51	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
33	45 (1)	May 18	HOU	@	TEX	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	C
34	47 (1)	May 20	HOU		CHC	W,4-2	GS	27	6.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	48	May 21	HOU		CHC	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
36	50 (1)	May 23	HOU		PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
37	52 (1)	May 25	HOU		PHI	L,6-15	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
38	53	May 27	HOU	@	STL	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
39	54	May 28	HOU	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
40	56 (1)	May 30	HOU	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	58 (1)	Jun 1	HOU	@	MIL	L,1-10	CG	44	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	85 (26)	Jul 2	HOU		LAD	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
43	86	Jul 3	HOU		LAD	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
44	87	Jul 4	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
45	89 (1)	Jul 6	HOU	@	ATL	L,6-7	GF	22	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
46	90	Jul 7	HOU	@	PIT	L,7-10	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	95 (4)	Jul 13	HOU	@	WSN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
48	96	Jul 18	HOU		CHC	W,2-1	GS	26	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
49	98 (1)	Jul 20	HOU		CHC	L,0-9	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	144 (45)	Sep 8	HOU		PIT	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
51	152 (7)	Sep 18	HOU	@	FLA	L,1-8	GS	38	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
52	158 (5)	Sep 25	HOU		CIN	W,8-6	GF	9	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
53	161 (2)	Sep 28	HOU		ATL	W,3-1	GF	16	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
							53gm		408.2	312	13	2	327	1