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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 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
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 1.290 10.6 1.3 1.0 3.7 3.63
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 1.720 13.8 3.6 1.6 4.3 2.60
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 1.150 9.4 2.1 1.0 5.9 6.00
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 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 1.275 10.2 1.0 1.3 4.8 3.86
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 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 1.411 10.9 1.5 1.9 6.4 3.45
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 1.313 10.1 0.0 1.7 3.4 2.00
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 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 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 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 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 1.313 10.1 0.0 1.7 3.4 2.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2001 24 BAL AL 140.1 24 20 74 4.75 4.92 -0.09 0.15 95.9 4.95 2 0.2 1.5 -0.1 1.4 21 .510 .501 $
2002 25 BAL AL 27.1 5 3 24 7.90 5.45 0.32 0.02 98.1 5.05 -9 -0.8 .4 0.0 -0.5 -5 .350 .495 $245,000
2003 26 TOR AL 64.1 14 8 34 4.76 4.68 -0.24 0.08 103.8 5.20 3 0.3 1.1 -0.1 0.9 11 .523 .502 $
2004 27 TOR AL 116.1 21 21 70 5.42 5.05 0.33 0.19 101.1 4.97 -7 -0.6 -0.1 0.3 9 .469 .496 $340,000
2005 28 TOR AL 208.2 33 33 101 4.36 4.78 0.42 0.18 102.1 4.64 5 0.5 -0.1 2.2 32 .515 .503 $358,000
2006 29 TOR AL 62.0 15 12 62 9.00 4.97 0.46 0.12 103.0 4.78 -30 -2.5 1.0 -0.0 -1.9 -21 .336 .485 $2,300,000
2007 30 TOR AL 107.0 25 15 73 6.14 5.05 0.61 0.08 98.8 4.46 -21 -1.9 .6 -0.0 -1.0 -7 .423 .488 $2,900,000
2009 32 NYY AL 5.1 2 0 3 5.06 4.84 -0.19 -0.36 101.2 4.74 -0 -0.0 .2 -0.0 0.0 0 .489 .500 $
8 Seasons 731.1 139 112 441 5.43 4.92 0.27 0.14 100.3 4.80 -56 -4.8 .8 -0.4 1.4 40 .466 .496 $6,143,000
TOR (5 yrs) 558.1 108 89 340 5.48 4.90 0.36 0.14 101.5 4.75 -49 -4.2 .8 -0.3 0.5 24 .461 .495 $5,898,000
BAL (2 yrs) 167.2 29 23 98 5.26 5.00 -0.02 0.13 96.3 4.96 -6 -0.5 1.1 -0.0 0.9 15 .482 .498 $245,000
NYY (1 yr) 5.1 2 0 3 5.06 4.84 -0.19 -0.36 101.2 4.74 -0 -0.0 .2 -0.0 0.0 0 .489 .500 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
2001 24 BAL AL 24 586 556 74 165 35 3 21 10 6 16 58 .297 .321 .484 .805 .299 269 16 6 3 4 0 7
2002 25 BAL AL 5 124 116 24 42 5 0 11 3 1 5 13 .362 .382 .690 1.072 .330 80 2 0 1 2 0 0
2003 26 TOR AL 14 265 252 34 67 8 5 15 3 3 7 42 .266 .294 .516 .810 .264 130 4 4 0 2 1 3
2004 27 TOR AL 21 518 477 70 148 32 1 16 10 3 26 51 .310 .355 .482 .837 .319 230 13 9 2 4 4 6
2005 28 TOR AL 33 876 831 101 237 44 2 24 14 5 29 112 .285 .312 .430 .741 .303 357 19 6 3 7 2 15
2006 29 TOR AL 15 295 271 62 93 14 1 17 12 2 17 35 .343 .384 .590 .975 .342 160 5 3 1 3 3 2
2007 30 TOR AL 25 469 434 73 129 20 6 18 13 2 22 76 .297 .337 .495 .832 .323 215 9 6 3 4 2 8
2009 32 NYY AL 2 25 22 3 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .273 .320 .409 .729 .286 9 0 1 0 1 1 1
8 Yrs 139 3158 2959 441 887 161 18 122 65 22 123 389 .300 .332 .490 .822 .309 1450 68 35 13 27 13 42
162 Game Avg. 38 856 802 119 240 44 5 33 18 6 33 105 .300 .332 .490 .822 .309 393 18 9 4 7 4 11
MLB Averages .265 .333 .422 .756 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2001 24 BAL AL -1.6 -0.2 602 -0.7 10.0 -10.7 .89 -0.2 -0.6 1.7 0.2 0.89 -2.2 1 3 0
2002 25 BAL AL -10.3 -0.9 130 -0.6 1.1 -1.7 .50 -0.6 -0.6 -9.6 -0.9 0.50 -10.4 0 0 2
2003 26 TOR AL 2.1 0.2 275 0.9 4.3 -3.4 .77 0.2 0.9 -0.0 -0.0 0.77 0.3 2 1 3
2004 27 TOR AL -2.7 -0.2 533 0.2 9.7 -9.5 1.04 -0.6 0.8 -4.4 -0.4 1.04 -8.3 0 0 0
2005 28 TOR AL 13.5 1.4 900 -0.2 15.0 -15.2 .94 0.6 -0.7 8.8 0.9 0.94 10.1 0 0 0
2006 29 TOR AL -26.0 -2.3 310 -2.4 4.4 -6.7 .92 -2.0 -0.5 -24.9 -2.2 0.92 -23.8 1 1 1
2007 30 TOR AL -12.6 -1.2 487 -1.7 7.6 -9.3 .94 -1.0 -0.8 -13.1 -1.2 0.94 -9.8 2 0 6
2009 32 NYY AL 0.5 0.0 25 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .05 0.0 -0.2 -0.4 -0.0 0.05 -0.2 0 0 2
8 Yrs -37.1 -3.2 3262 -4.5 52.0 -56.5 .91 -3.7 -1.3 -41.8 -3.7 0.91 -44.4 6 5 14

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2001 24 BAL AL 24 20 7 9 4 1 1 9 11 .450 0 3 1 1 9 45% 47.5 80 26 12 4 0 12 4.7 3.5 6.6 92 2 15 3 0 110
2002 25 BAL AL 5 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 1 33% 41.3 44 36 1 0 0 2 1.0 1.4 6.4 97 0 2 1 0 104
2003 26 TOR AL 14 8 6 1 1 2 0 7 1 .875 0 0 1 0 4 50% 55.1 74 36 4 0 0 3 7.1 7.9 6.6 92 2 5 1 0 107
2004 27 TOR AL 21 21 9 9 3 2 1 9 12 .429 2 1 0 0 9 43% 43.9 76 14 19 6 1 14 4.7 4.7 5.5 79 12 7 1 1 128
2005 28 TOR AL 33 33 13 12 8 1 5 15 18 .455 5 2 2 1 21 64% 50.3 77 16 15 3 0 15 5.0 5.1 6.3 89 4 22 7 0 108
2006 29 TOR AL 15 12 1 9 2 0 0 2 10 .167 1 1 0 0 1 8% 33.4 64 18 12 6 0 5 5.0 5.2 4.5 73 8 3 1 0 102
2007 30 TOR AL 25 15 4 9 2 1 0 6 9 .400 1 1 0 0 4 27% 44.6 80 20 18 9 0 9 3.6 3.6 5.7 89 2 11 2 0 106
7 Yrs 137 112 40 52 20 7 8 48 64 .429 9 8 4 2 49 44% 46 80 14 81 28 1 60 4.7 4.7 6.0 87 30 65 16 1 128
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 100 -12 4.8 4.8 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2001 24 BAL AL 24 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 5 .890 1 3 0 0 2 2 2 2 4 0 4 0 6.5 26
2002 25 BAL AL 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .502 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 12.0 68
2003 26 TOR AL 14 6 2 2 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 10 4 40% 6 .770 2 1 3 2 0 4 6 0 3 2 4 0 5.8 29
2006 29 TOR AL 15 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 .919 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 7.7 38
2007 30 TOR AL 25 10 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 6 .935 2 0 6 1 1 8 2 8 8 0 9 0 6.5 33
2009 32 NYY AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 5 .048 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 8.0 35
6 Yrs 85 27 14 5 3 1 1 0 100% 1 0 25 7 28% .850 6 5 14 3 5 19 12 15 22 2 24 0 7.0 34

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2001 24 BAL AL 586 53% 3.6% 9.9% 2.7% 10.1% 36% 0.54 0.65 82% 26% 8.2% 17% 99 16 16%
2002 25 BAL AL 124 49% 8.9% 10.5% 4.0% 12.9% 38% 0.58 0.81 76% 25% 22.9% 19% 22 2 9%
2003 26 TOR AL 265 48% 5.7% 15.9% 2.6% 10.6% 42% 0.74 0.91 74% 16% 13.6% 10% 41 4 10%
2004 27 TOR AL 518 42% 3.1% 9.9% 5.0% 9.5% 33% 0.83 1.12 80% 18% 7.7% 10% 92 13 14%
2005 28 TOR AL 876 50% 2.7% 12.8% 3.3% 8.0% 30% 0.78 1.03 80% 20% 6.6% 10% 161 19 12%
2006 29 TOR AL 295 58% 5.8% 11.9% 5.8% 10.9% 34% 0.66 0.88 75% 19% 12.9% 7% 62 5 8%
2007 30 TOR AL 469 50% 3.8% 16.2% 4.7% 9.4% 34% 0.79 1.22 73% 23% 9.9% 10% 80 9 11%
2009 32 NYY AL 25 48% 0.0% 8.0% 4.0% 12.0% 50% 0.31 0.27 84% 24% 0.0% 6% 5 0 0%
8 Yrs 3158 50% 3.9% 12.3% 3.9% 9.5% 34% 0.71 0.93 78% 21% 9.3% 11% 562 68 12%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 17.0% 8.6% 8.0% 34% 0.79 1.07 70% 20% 7.9% 12% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2001 24 BAL AL 587 1940 3.30 1355 70% 26% 9% 28% 37% 74% 0% 52% 87% 65% 2% 13 11 25% 148 84 13 41% 11 2 -1 0 0
2002 25 BAL AL 125 427 3.42 289 68% 27% 10% 26% 37% 73% 0% 49% 86% 65% 6% 7 6 25% 31 18 0 38% 3 1 -1 0 0
2003 26 TOR AL 268 909 3.39 626 69% 28% 13% 25% 34% 72% 1% 49% 82% 62% 1% 3 1 24% 63 38 7 21% 10 1 -3 0 0
2004 27 TOR AL 519 1659 3.20 1136 68% 27% 10% 25% 38% 73% 3% 50% 86% 64% 3% 16 7 21% 111 73 12 24% 10 5 -1 0 0
2005 28 TOR AL 879 2953 3.36 2024 69% 27% 11% 26% 36% 73% 1% 50% 85% 66% 3% 24 14 23% 205 109 13 37% 23 8 -3 0 0
2006 29 TOR AL 296 993 3.35 652 66% 30% 9% 24% 37% 70% 3% 46% 87% 64% 5% 15 10 18% 54 27 4 51% 2 2 -1 0 0
2007 30 TOR AL 470 1666 3.54 1117 67% 29% 12% 26% 33% 71% 1% 48% 83% 67% 3% 15 10 25% 119 61 6 36% 15 3 -1 0 0
2009 32 NYY AL 25 70 2.80 47 67% 32% 11% 13% 45% 68% 17% 46% 84% 64% 8% 2 1 24% 6 3 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 3169 10617 3.35 7246 68% 27% 11% 26% 36% 73% 1% 50% 85% 65% 3% 95 60 23% 737 413 57 35% 74 22 -11 0 0
MLB Averages 3.76 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 59% 5% 22% 26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2001 24 BAL AL 586 165 18 3 21 0 4 12 9 11 10 18 9 1 50% 7 1 0 214 10 6 63% 9 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 8 0
2002 25 BAL AL 124 42 1 1 11 0 0 4 7 2 9 4 4 0 100% 0 1 0 44 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
2003 26 TOR AL 265 67 4 0 15 1 3 9 6 10 5 16 10 2 63% 3 1 0 79 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2004 27 TOR AL 518 148 20 5 16 0 9 8 8 9 7 29 19 2 66% 6 0 1 184 10 3 77% 7 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
2005 28 TOR AL 876 237 25 5 24 1 18 16 8 15 9 41 24 3 59% 15 1 0 305 14 5 74% 14 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 0
2006 29 TOR AL 295 93 8 1 17 0 2 8 9 7 10 17 11 1 65% 2 1 0 119 12 2 86% 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2007 30 TOR AL 469 129 13 2 18 0 5 8 10 8 10 26 13 9 50% 8 1 2 157 13 2 87% 12 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
2009 32 NYY AL 25 6 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Yrs 3158 887 90 17 122 2 44 65 57 62 60 153 91 18 59% 42 6 3 1113 65 22 75% 58 20 7 2 0 0 7 1 45 0
MLB Averages 53% 71%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2001 24 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 1.290 10.6 1.3 1.0 3.7 3.63 96
2002 25 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 1.360 11.1 1.7 1.1 3.8 3.38 86
2003 26 16 14 .533 4.89 43 31 5 2 1 1 232.0 274 132 126 47 28 1 113 10 0 3 975 91 1.302 10.6 1.8 1.1 4.4 4.04 91
2004 27 25 23 .521 4.96 64 52 5 2 1 1 348.1 422 202 192 63 54 5 164 19 1 3 1493 92 1.367 10.9 1.6 1.4 4.2 3.04 92
2005 28 38 35 .521 4.49 97 85 5 4 2 1 557.0 659 303 278 87 83 7 276 25 2 4 2369 101 1.332 10.6 1.4 1.3 4.5 3.33 101
2006 29 40 45 .471 4.89 112 97 6 4 2 1 619.0 752 365 336 104 100 10 311 28 3 5 2664 93 1.376 10.9 1.5 1.5 4.5 3.11 93
2007 30 45 55 .450 4.96 137 112 12 4 2 1 726.0 881 438 400 122 122 12 387 34 3 6 3133 91 1.382 10.9 1.5 1.5 4.8 3.17 91
2008 31 45 55 .450 4.96 137 112 12 4 2 1 726.0 881 438 400 122 122 12 387 34 3 6 3133 91 1.382 10.9 1.5 1.5 4.8 3.17 91
2009 32 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 1.381 10.9 1.5 1.5 4.8 3.16 92

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2001 24 6 8 .429 4.80 133.0 166 79 71 21 16 55 6 1.368 11.2 1.1 3.7 3.44 1.4 24
2002 25 0 2 .000 8.31 26.0 42 27 24 11 5 12 0 1.808 14.5 1.7 4.2 2.40 3.8 5
2003 26 3 4 .429 4.29 63.0 64 33 30 14 7 41 4 1.127 9.1 1.0 5.9 5.86 2.0 14
2004 27 5 7 .417 4.66 114.0 141 66 59 15 25 50 9 1.456 11.1 2.0 3.9 2.00 1.2 21
2005 28 12 10 .545 3.68 203.0 233 92 83 24 29 109 6 1.291 10.3 1.3 4.8 3.76 1.1 33
2006 29 1 5 .167 7.98 62.0 90 61 55 16 16 35 3 1.710 13.1 2.3 5.1 2.19 2.3 15
2007 30 4 7 .364 5.45 104.0 128 70 63 18 22 74 6 1.442 11.1 1.9 6.4 3.36 1.6 25
2009 32 0 0 3.00 6.0 5 2 2 0 1 2 1 1.000 7.5 1.5 3.0 2.00 0.0 2
8 Yrs 31 43 .419 4.90 711.0 869 430 387 119 121 378 35 1.392 11.0 4.8 3.12 1.5 139

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2005 AL  1.251 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
2005 AL  33 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2005 AL  2 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2001 AL  1 (10th)
2005 AL  1 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
2005 AL  237 (2nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2005 AL  3.862 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1687), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1020), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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