Josh Towers
[edit] Biography
Born on February 26, 1977 in Port Hueneme, California, Josh Towers (Joshua Eric Towers) played for the Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays over the course of his 6 year career. Towers broke into the bigs on May 2, 2001 with the Baltimore Orioles, and put up a 4.49 ERA in 140.1 innings pitched in 2001, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Josh Towers's best season was 2005, when he posted a 3.71 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 112 batters.
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[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 2001
| BAL
| A
| 24
| 20
| 8
| 10
| 4.49
| 58
| 74
| 70
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 140.1
| 165
| 21
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 6
|
| 2002
| BAL
| A
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 7.90
| 13
| 24
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 27.1
| 42
| 11
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 2003
| TOR
| A
| 14
| 8
| 8
| 1
| 4.48
| 42
| 34
| 32
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 64.1
| 67
| 15
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 4
|
| 2004
| TOR
| A
| 21
| 21
| 9
| 9
| 5.11
| 51
| 70
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 116.1
| 148
| 16
| 26
| 4
| 0
| 9
|
| 2005
| TOR
| A
| 33
| 33
| 13
| 12
| 3.71
| 112
| 101
| 86
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 208.2
| 237
| 24
| 29
| 2
| 1
| 6
|
| 2006
| TOR
| A
| 15
| 12
| 2
| 10
| 8.42
| 35
| 62
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 62
| 93
| 17
| 17
| 3
| 1
| 3
|
| 2007
| TOR
| A
| 25
| 15
| 5
| 10
| 5.38
| 76
| 73
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 107
| 129
| 18
| 22
| 2
| 1
| 6
|
| Total
|
|
| 137
| 112
| 45
| 55
| 4.96
| 387
| 438
| 400
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 726
| 881
| 122
| 122
| 12
| 6
| 34
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 2001
| BAL
| A
| P
| 24
| 20
| 140.1
| 10
| 18
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 6
| 1
| .966
|
| 2002
| BAL
| A
| P
| 5
| 3
| 27.1
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 2003
| TOR
| A
| P
| 14
| 8
| 64.1
| 9
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 0
| .950
|
| 2004
| TOR
| A
| P
| 21
| 21
| 116.1
| 9
| 13
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 3
| 0
| .917
|
| 2005
| TOR
| A
| P
| 33
| 33
| 208.2
| 29
| 31
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 5
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 2006
| TOR
| A
| P
| 15
| 12
| 62
| 7
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 2
| 0
| .929
|
| 2007
| TOR
| A
| P
| 25
| 15
| 107
| 16
| 19
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 13
| 2
| 0
| .921
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 137
| 112
| 726
| 85
| 104
| 8
| 9
| 0
| 3
| 65
| 22
| 3
| .959
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 2001
| BAL
| A
| 24
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2002
| BAL
| A
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2003
| TOR
| A
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2004
| TOR
| A
| 21
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 2005
| TOR
| A
| 33
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2006
| TOR
| A
| 15
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2007
| TOR
| A
| 25
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 137
| 16
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .063
| .063
| .063
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Baltimore Orioles in the 15th round of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1996 - signed June 20, 1996).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 2002).
- Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (November 24, 2002).
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