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Josh Towers

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 165 lb.

Debut May 2, 2001
  vs. TBD 1.3 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Born February 26, 1977 in Port Hueneme, CA

Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 15th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 1996. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2001 24 BAL AL   8  10  24  20   1   1   2  0  140.3  165   74   70  21   16   58   6   1   586   0   0  4.49  4.30   96 1.290
 2002 25 BAL AL   0   3   5   3   0   0   1  0   27.3   42   24   24  11    5   13   0   1   124   0   0  7.90  4.29   54 1.720
 2003 26 TOR AL   8   1  14   8   1   0   2  1   64.3   67   34   32  15    7   42   4   1   265   1   0  4.48  4.71  105 1.150
 2004 27 TOR AL   9   9  21  21   0   0   0  0  116.3  148   70   66  16   26   51   9   0   518   4   1  5.11  4.82   94 1.496
 2005 28 TOR AL  13  12  33  33   2   1   0  0  208.7  237  101   86  24   29  112   6   1   876   2   1  3.71  4.45  120 1.275
 2006 29 TOR AL   2  10  15  12   0   0   1  0   62.0   93   62   58  17   17   35   3   1   295   3   1  8.42  4.56   54 1.774
 2007 30 TOR AL   5  10  25  15   0   0   6  0  107.0  129   73   64  18   22   76   6   1   469   2   0  5.38  4.47   83 1.411
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .450  45  55 137 112   4   2  12  1  726.0  881  438  400 122  122  387  34   6  3133  12   3  4.96  4.51   91 1.382
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  15  37  30   1   0   3  0  198.0  240  119  109  33   33  105   9   1   855   3   0  4.96  4.51   91 1.382
 Career High     13  12  33  33   2   1   6  1  208.7  237  101   86  24   29  112   9   1   876   4   1  3.71  4.82  120 1.150

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2001 24 BAL AL  24    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2003 26 TOR AL  14    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2004 27 TOR AL  21    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   2               1
 2005 28 TOR AL  33    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2006 29 TOR AL  15    5    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .200  .200  .200    4    1   0   0   0   0   0
 2007 30 TOR AL  25    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      137   16    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .063  .063  .063  -67    1   2   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         19    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .063  .063  .063  -67    1   2   0   0   0   1
 Career High     33    6    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2                           1   2   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2001 24 BAL AL    2    2    0   0.0   103| .000  .262| .000  .328| .000  .420| .000  .747|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2003 26 TOR AL    1    1    0   0.0   110| .000  .272| .000  .339| .000  .436| .000  .775|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2004 27 TOR AL    3    4    0   0.0   113| .000  .275| .000  .344| .000  .442| .000  .786|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2005 28 TOR AL    6    6    0   0.0   107| .000  .270| .000  .333| .000  .429| .000  .762|-100  .000  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 2006 29 TOR AL    5    4    0   0.0   111| .200  .275| .200  .340| .200  .438| .400  .778|   4  .000  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 2007 30 TOR AL    1    1    0   0.0   107| .000  .271| .000  .338| .000  .424| .000  .762|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons        18   18    0   0.0   108| .063  .271| .063  .336| .063  .432| .126  .768| -67  .000  -4.0  -0.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2001 24 BAL AL P 24 10 18 1 2 .966 .956 1.17 0.49 1.80 1.75 20 140.3 2002 25 BAL AL P 5 5 7 0 1 1.000 .960 2.40 0.48 3.96 1.68 3 27.3 2003 26 TOR AL P 14 9 10 1 0 .950 .955 1.36 0.49 2.66 1.74 8 64.3 2004 27 TOR AL P 21 9 13 2 1 .917 .948 1.05 0.45 1.70 1.66 21 116.3 2005 28 TOR AL P 33 29 31 0 4 1.000 .954 1.82 0.46 2.59 1.69 33 208.7 2006 29 TOR AL P 15 7 6 1 0 .929 .956 0.87 0.41 1.89 1.55 12 62.0 2007 30 TOR AL P 25 16 19 3 2 .921 .956 1.40 0.42 2.94 1.60 15 107.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2001 24 BAL AL P 24 10 18 1 2 .966 .956 1.17 0.49 1.80 1.75 20 140.3 2002 25 BAL AL P 5 5 7 0 1 1.000 .960 2.40 0.48 3.96 1.68 3 27.3 2003 26 TOR AL P 14 9 10 1 0 .950 .955 1.36 0.49 2.66 1.74 8 64.3 2004 27 TOR AL P 21 9 13 2 1 .917 .948 1.05 0.45 1.70 1.66 21 116.3 2005 28 TOR AL P 33 29 31 0 4 1.000 .954 1.82 0.46 2.59 1.69 33 208.7 2006 29 TOR AL P 15 7 6 1 0 .929 .956 0.87 0.41 1.89 1.55 12 62.0 2007 30 TOR AL P 25 16 19 3 2 .921 .956 1.40 0.42 2.94 1.60 15 107.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 137 85 104 8 10 .959 .955 1.38 0.46 2.34 1.68 112 726.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 137 85 104 8 10 .959 .955 1.38 0.46 2.34 1.68 112 726
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Bases on Balls/9IP
2005 AL-1.25-5

Games Started
2005 AL-33-8

Comp. Games
2005 AL-2-10

Shutouts
2001 AL-1-10
2005 AL-1-5

Hits Allowed
2005 AL-237-2

SO to Walk
2005 AL-3.86-6

Gray Ink: Pitching - 7 (1635) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 8.0 (981) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 4, 1996: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 15th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 1996.

October 15, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

November 24, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2002Baltimore Orioles$245,000
2004Toronto Blue Jays$340,000
2005Toronto Blue Jays$358,000
2006Toronto Blue Jays$2,300,000
2007Toronto Blue Jays$2,900,000
Career (may be incomplete)$6,143,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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