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Josh Towers

Age: 32
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 185 lb
Number: #12

Born: February 26, 1977 in Port Hueneme, CA, United States
MLB debut: May 2, 2001

dbWAR: 3.2
IP: 5.1
ERA: 3.38
FIP: 3.47
K/9: 3.4
FIP−: 80

Josh Towers was a relief pitcher for the New York Yankees. In 2009 he struck out 2 batters over 5.1 innings across 2 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 3.38 was 21.9% lower than the league average of 4.32. Stripping out defence, his 3.47 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 15.6% of swings (7.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 4.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 8.0%. His 0.1 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2009 regular season.

FIP3.47

K/93.4

WHIP1.31

WAR.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2009; his career began in 2001, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.


2009	NYY	2	0	5.1	0	0	6	2	2	1	3.38	3.47	1.31	3.4	1.7	78	80	0.1
2007	TOR	25	15	107.0	5	10	129	64	76	22	5.38	4.79	1.41	6.4	1.9	120	107	0.6
2006	TOR	15	12	62.0	2	10	93	58	35	17	8.42	6.55	1.77	5.1	2.5	186	145	-0.7
2005	TOR	33	33	208.2	13	12	237	86	112	29	3.71	3.94	1.27	4.8	1.3	86	92	3.3

Batting Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2009; his career began in 2001, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.


2007	TOR	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.3	-130	-0.0
2006	TOR	2	5	1	1	.200	.200	.200	.000	.250	0.0%	20.0%	.179	-0.7	-5	0.0
2005	TOR	3	6	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	33.3%	.000	-1.6	-124	-0.1

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2009. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	13	11	1	0	1	1	.091	.154	.182	.107	7.7%
vs RHB	12	11	5	0	0	1	.455	.500	.636	.501	8.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Josh Towers throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Changeup	45.7%	32	83.4	1,937	34.4%	15.4%	11	—	—
Slider	25.7%	18	82.8	1,119	38.9%	7.7%	7	—	—
Four-Seam Fastball	20.0%	14	87.1	2,441	57.1%	40.0%	3	—	—

Josh Towers's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.