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Josh Towers

Joshua Eric Towers

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 26, 1977 in Port Hueneme, CA
High School: Hueneme HS (Oxnard, CA)
School: Oxnard College (Oxnard, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 15th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 20, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 2001
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Orioles/Yankees 2001-2009
Agents: Arm Tellem [*]
Final Game: September 12, 2009
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2001 24 BAL AL 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 25 BAL AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2003 26 TOR AL 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 27 TOR AL 21 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 2 0 0 1
2005 28 TOR AL 33 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 29 TOR AL 15 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 30 TOR AL 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 32 NYY AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
8 Yrs 139 18 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .063 .063 .063 .125 -67 1 1 0 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 21 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .063 .063 .063 .125 -67 1 1 0 2 0 0
TOR (5 yrs) 108 16 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .071 .071 .071 .143 -62 1 1 0 2 0 0
BAL (2 yrs) 29 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2001 24 BAL AL 24 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 1
2002 25 BAL AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $245,000 /1
2003 26 TOR AL 14 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 1
2004 27 TOR AL 21 3 -1 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $340,000 1
2005 28 TOR AL 33 6 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $358,000 1
2006 29 TOR AL 15 5 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $2,300,000 1
2007 30 TOR AL 25 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $2,900,000 1
2009 32 NYY AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
8 Seasons 139 18 -5 0 -0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .498 .500 -0.2 0.1 -2 $6,143,000
TOR (5 yrs) 108 16 -4 0 -0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .498 .500 -0.2 0.1 -1 $5,898,000
BAL (2 yrs) 29 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $245,000
NYY (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2001 24 BAL AL 2 2 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .262 .000 .328 .000 .420 .000 .747 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2003 26 TOR AL 1 1 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .272 .000 .339 .000 .436 .000 .775 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2004 27 TOR AL 3 4 0 0.0 113 .000 .000 .275 .000 .344 .000 .442 .000 .786 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2005 28 TOR AL 6 6 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .270 .000 .334 .000 .429 .000 .762 -100 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
2006 29 TOR AL 5 4 0 0.0 111 .250 .200 .275 .200 .340 .200 .438 .400 .778 4 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
2007 30 TOR AL 1 1 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .271 .000 .338 .000 .424 .000 .762 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
8 Yrs 18 18 0 0.0 108 .077 .063 .271 .063 .336 .063 .432 .125 .768 -67 .000 -4.0 -0.4 .063 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 21 21 0 0.0 108 .077 .063 .271 .063 .336 .063 .432 .125 .768 -67 .000 -4.0 -0.4 .063 .000 .000
TOR (5 yrs) 16 16 0 0.0 109 .091 .071 .273 .071 .337 .071 .433 .143 .771 -62 .000 -3.4 -0.3 .071 .000 .000
BAL (2 yrs) 2 2 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .262 .000 .328 .000 .420 .000 .747 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2001 24 BAL AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.00 1.00 100% 0% 100%
2003 26 TOR AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 0.00 100% 0% 100%
2004 27 TOR AL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 33% 0%
2005 28 TOR AL 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 3.00 3.00 67% 25% 0.0% 0%
2006 29 TOR AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 3.00 2.00 80% 25% 0.0% 0%
2007 30 TOR AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
8 Yrs 18 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.3 2.25 2.75 72% 13% 0.0% 50%
MLB Averages 2.8% 17.0% 8.6% 8.0% 34% 1.99 5.2 32.3 7.6 0.79 1.07 70% 20% 7.9% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2001 24 BAL AL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.19 -0.1 -0.0 -0.7 -0.1 0.93 -0.7 0
2002 25 BAL AL 0.0 0.0
2003 26 TOR AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .05 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.61 -0.3 0
2004 27 TOR AL -0.3 -0.0 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.36 -0.1 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 1.23 -0.7 0
2005 28 TOR AL -1.7 -0.2 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .90 -0.2 0.0 -1.1 -0.1 0.71 -1.6 0
2006 29 TOR AL -0.7 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.29 -0.1 -0.0 -1.3 -0.1 1.23 -0.8 0
2007 30 TOR AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .51 -0.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.62 -0.3 0
2009 32 NYY AL 0.0 0.0
8 Yrs -4.0 -0.4 18 -0.4 0.0 -0.5 1.05 -0.4 -0.0 -4.4 -0.4 0.96 -4.4 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2001 24 BAL AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 26 TOR AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 27 TOR AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 28 TOR AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 29 TOR AL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 30 TOR AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2001 24 BAL AL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
2003 26 TOR AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 27 TOR AL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 1 33% 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2005 28 TOR AL 6 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2006 29 TOR AL 5 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2007 30 TOR AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 18 22% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 4 1 25% 5 1 20% 11 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 54% 69% 11% 33% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2001 24 BAL AL 2 4 2.00 3 75% 0% 0% 33% 67% 100% 0% 75% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2003 26 TOR AL 1 1 1.00 1 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2004 27 TOR AL 3 7 2.33 5 71% 0% 40% 0% 60% 100% 0% 71% 60% 67% 0% 0 0 33% 1 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2005 28 TOR AL 6 16 2.67 14 88% 29% 29% 14% 29% 71% 0% 63% 60% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
2006 29 TOR AL 5 15 3.00 12 80% 17% 25% 25% 33% 83% 0% 67% 70% 60% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2007 30 TOR AL 1 1 1.00 1 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 18 44 2.44 36 82% 17% 25% 17% 42% 83% 0% 68% 70% 67% 0% 0 0 6% 1 1 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.76 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 28% 5% 15% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2001 24 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 25 29 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 26 43 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 27 64 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 2 0 0
2005 28 97 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 2 0 0
2006 29 112 17 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .067 .067 .067 .133 -65 1 1 0 2 0 0
2007 30 137 18 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .063 .063 .063 .125 -67 1 1 0 2 0 0
2008 31 137 18 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .063 .063 .063 .125 -67 1 1 0 2 0 0
2009 32 139 18 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .063 .063 .063 .125 -67 1 1 0 2 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2001 24 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 24
2003 26 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 14
2004 27 21 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 21
2005 28 33 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 33
2006 29 15 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 15
2007 30 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 25
6 Yrs 132 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 132
162 Game Avg. 162 22 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 132

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