MLB / Players

Josh Towers

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 1 in · 185 lb
BornFebruary 26, 1977 · Port Hueneme, CA, USA
MLB debutMay 2, 2001
Final gameSeptember 12, 2009
Seasons8 (2001–2009)

Baltimore Orioles 2001–2002; Toronto Blue Jays 2003–2007; New York Yankees 2009

Percentile snapshot

2005 season — qualified pitchers

G
33
48.9
GS
33
57.6
W
13
44.6
L
12
26.1
SV
0
0
CG
2
52.2
SHO
1
68.5
H
237
4.3
ER
86
54.3
BB
29
95.7
SO
112
27.2
HR
24
34.8
IP
208.7
60.9
ERA
3.71
67.4
WHIP
1.275
55.4
K/9
4.83
17.4
FIP
3.98
59.8
FIP-
88.4
71.7
ERA+
121.3
76.1
sWAR
3.9
78.3

of 93 qualified 2005 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
3.7
76.1

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
200124220000000000.000.000.000.000-114.4-100.0.0000.9
20025000000000000-0.8
200314110000000000.000.000.000.000-123.5-100.0.0000.8
200421310000000000.000.000.000.000-123.6-100.0.0000.8
200533660000000200.000.000.000.000-124.5-100.0.0003.9
200615551100000100.200.200.200.400-6.04.1.179-1.9
200725110000000000.000.000.000.000-119.7-100.0.0000.0
200920000000000000.1

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
2001242081001116570165821140.34.491.2903.724.69111.893.40.9
2002530300042245131127.37.901.7204.287.89187.953.1-0.8
20031488111067327421564.34.481.1505.885.33114.1104.40.8
200421219900014866265116116.35.111.4963.954.97103.694.00.8
200533331312021237862911224208.73.711.2754.833.9888.4121.33.9
20061512210000935817351762.08.421.7745.086.59143.454.6-1.9
2007251551000012964227618107.05.381.4116.394.86108.283.50.0
20092000000621205.33.381.3133.383.5277.4134.70.1

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
139
PA
18
AB
16
R
1
H
1
2B
0
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
0
BB
0
SO
3
SB
0
BA
.0625
OBP
.0625
SLG
.0625
OPS
.1250

Pitching

G (P)
139
GS
112
W
45
L
55
SV
1
CG
4
SHO
2
IP
731
SO (P)
389
BB allowed
123
ERA
4.947
WHIP
1.3810
K/9
4.79

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
2006-05-19TOR @ COL Gameday211000001
2001-07-13BAL @ ATL Gameday200000000
2003-06-05TOR @ STL Gameday100000000
2004-06-19TOR @ SD Gameday100000000
2005-06-07TOR @ CHC Gameday200000000

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
2003-09-12BAL @ TOR Gameday7.2922092
2005-08-02TOR @ CWS Gameday7.2833071
2005-06-29TOR @ TB Gameday7.0211170
2007-04-27TEX @ TOR Gameday4.2555073
2005-09-30KC @ TOR Gameday9.0911060

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.