Josh Towers

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: February 26, 1977 in Port Hueneme, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 15th round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from Oxnard College (Oxnard, CA).

High School: Hueneme HS (Oxnard, CA)

School: Oxnard College (Oxnard, CA)

Debut: May 2, 2001 (Age 24-065d, 17,863rd in major league history)
vs. TBD 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 12, 2009 (Age 32-198d)
vs. BAL 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2001 season

Agents: Arm Tellem

Full Name: Joshua Eric Towers

Twitter: @nodontjosh

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.2

ERA

4.95

139

112

731.1

389

WHIP

1.381

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1996	19	BAL-min	Rk	4	1	.800	5.24	14	9	1	0	0	0	55.0	63	35	32	9	5	0	61	1	1	4	234			1.236	10.3	1.5	0.8	10.0	12.20	BLD APPY
1997	20	BAL-min	A+,A	6	2	.750	4.50	34	4	13	0	0	2	72.0	92	44	36	5	20	0	80	3	1	2	325			1.556	11.5	0.6	2.5	10.0	4.00	FDK,DEL CARL,SALL
1998	21	BAL-min	A+,AA	10	8	.556	3.36	30	22	4	3	0	1	163.1	157	67	61	12	13	0	129	13	2	6	663			1.041	8.7	0.7	0.7	7.1	9.92	FDK,BOW CARL,EL
1999	22	BAL-min	AA	12	7	.632	3.76	29	28	1	5	2	0	189.0	204	86	79	26	26	1	106	5	3	5	786			1.217	9.7	1.2	1.2	5.0	4.08	BOW EL
2000	23	BAL-min	AAA	8	6	.571	3.47	24	24	0	5	1	0	148.0	157	63	57	17	21	0	102	8	1	1	618			1.203	9.5	1.0	1.3	6.2	4.86	ROC IL
2001	24	BAL-min	AAA	3	1	.750	3.51	6	6	0	1	1	0	41.0	40	18	16	2	8	2	27	2	0	0	168			1.171	8.8	0.4	1.8	5.9	3.38	ROC IL
2001	24	BAL	AL	8	10	.444	4.49	24	20	2	1	1	0	140.1	165	74	70	21	16	0	58	6	0	1	586	96	4.64	1.290	10.6	1.3	1.0	3.7	3.63
2002	25	BAL-min	AAA	0	9	.000	7.57	15	13	1	1	0	0	69.0	109	65	58	16	14	0	43	2	0	1	329			1.783	14.2	2.1	1.8	5.6	3.07	ROC IL
2002	25	BAL	AL	0	3	.000	7.90	5	3	1	0	0	0	27.1	42	24	24	11	5	0	13	0	0	1	124	55	7.79	1.720	13.8	3.6	1.6	4.3	2.60
2003	26	TOR-min	AAA	5	7	.417	3.32	21	20	0	1	1	0	132.2	133	55	49	10	20	1	76	2	0	3	545			1.153	9.0	0.7	1.4	5.2	3.80	SYR IL
2003	26	TOR	AL	8	1	.889	4.48	14	8	2	1	0	1	64.1	67	34	32	15	7	1	42	4	0	1	265	106	5.27	1.150	9.4	2.1	1.0	5.9	6.00
2004	27	TOR-min	AAA	3	1	.750	2.50	6	5	0	0	0	0	36.0	33	11	10	5	7	0	25	0	0	2	139			1.111	8.3	1.3	1.8	6.3	3.57	SYR IL
2004	27	TOR	AL	9	9	.500	5.11	21	21	0	0	0	0	116.1	148	70	66	16	26	4	51	9	1	0	518	95	4.86	1.496	11.4	1.2	2.0	3.9	1.96
2005	28	TOR	AL	13	12	.520	3.71	33	33	0	2	1	0	208.2	237	101	86	24	29	2	112	6	1	1	876	120	3.94	1.275	10.2	1.0	1.3	4.8	3.86
2006	29	TOR-min	AAA	5	5	.500	4.00	15	15	0	0	0	0	101.1	121	53	45	12	11	1	76	6	0	2	426			1.303	10.7	1.1	1.0	6.8	6.91	SYR IL
2006	29	TOR	AL	2	10	.167	8.42	15	12	1	0	0	0	62.0	93	62	58	17	17	3	35	3	1	1	295	55	6.55	1.774	13.5	2.5	2.5	5.1	2.06
2007	30	TOR	AL	5	10	.333	5.38	25	15	6	0	0	0	107.0	129	73	64	18	22	2	76	6	0	1	469	83	4.79	1.411	10.9	1.5	1.9	6.4	3.45

2008	31	COL-min	AAA	6	7	.462	6.27	31	15	7	0	0	0	116.1	156	83	81	12	29	0	79	10	0	6	532			1.590	12.1	0.9	2.2	6.1	2.72	CSP PCL
2009	32	NYY-WSN-min	AAA	7	6	.538	3.05	20	18	0	0	0	0	103.1	95	36	35	13	24	0	55	4	0	1	415			1.152	8.3	1.1	2.1	4.8	2.29	SWB,SYR IL
2009	32	NYY	AL	0	0		3.38	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	6	3	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	25	145	3.47	1.313	10.1	0.0	1.7	3.4	2.00
2010	33	LAD-min	AAA	2	5	.286	8.05	8	8	0	0	0	0	38.0	62	42	34	9	6	0	18	1	0	1	190			1.789	14.7	2.1	1.4	4.3	3.00	ABQ PCL
8 Yrs				45	55	.450	4.95	139	112	14	4	2	1	731.1	887	441	402	122	123	13	389	35	3	6	3158	92	4.82	1.381	10.9	1.5	1.5	4.8	3.16
162 Game Avg.				12	15	.450	4.95	38	30	4	1	1	0	198	240	119	109	33	33	4	105	9	1	2	856	92	4.82	1.381	10.9	1.5	1.5	4.8	3.16

TOR (5 yrs)				37	42	.468	4.93	108	89	9	3	1	1	558.1	674	340	306	90	101	12	316	28	3	4	2423	93	4.74	1.388	10.9	1.5	1.6	5.1	3.13
BAL (2 yrs)				8	13	.381	5.05	29	23	3	1	1	0	167.2	207	98	94	32	21	0	71	6	0	2	710	86	5.15	1.360	11.1	1.7	1.1	3.8	3.38
NYY (1 yr)				0	0		3.38	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	6	3	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	25	145	3.47	1.313	10.1	0.0	1.7	3.4	2.00

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