What years did Josh Towers play?

Josh Towers played in Major League Baseball from 2001 to 2009.

Was Josh Towers a pitcher?

Yes. Josh Towers pitched in the major leagues, recording 45 wins and 389 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Josh Towers hit?

Josh Towers hit 0 career home runs with 1 hit.

What teams did Josh Towers play for?

Josh Towers played for 3 teams: the Baltimore Orioles (2001–2002), the Toronto Blue Jays (2003–2007), and the New York Yankees (2009).

What were Josh Towers's career stats?

In 139 games, Josh Towers went 45-55 with a 4.95 ERA, 389 strikeouts, 731.1 innings pitched, and 1 saves.

What was Josh Towers's salary?

Josh Towers's last recorded salary was $2,900,000, in 2007. His highest recorded salary was $2,900,000, in 2007, and his lowest was $245,000, in 2002. The Salary History table lists each season from 2002 to 2007.

What position did Josh Towers play?

Josh Towers played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Josh Towers and how much did he weigh?

Josh Towers was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 185 pounds.

What was Josh Towers's career ERA?

Josh Towers finished with a 4.95 career ERA, going 45-55 with 389 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Josh Towers have?

Josh Towers recorded 389 career strikeouts.

Is Josh Towers in the Hall of Fame?

No. Josh Towers has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Josh Towers

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2001-2009)

Josh Towers was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2001 to 2009 for the Baltimore Orioles, the Toronto Blue Jays, and the New York Yankees, a span of 9 seasons. Across 139 career appearances, he went 45-55 with a 4.95 ERA and 389 strikeouts.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 45–55

ERA 4.95

WHIP 1.38

SO 389

Pitcher PIV -7836.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 185 lb
Born: 2/26/1977 in Port Hueneme, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 2001-05-02
Last Game: 2009-09-12

Full name: Joshua Eric Towers

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Career Pitching Statistics

Josh Towers — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
45	55	139	112	4	2	1	731.1	887	402	122	123	389	4.95	-7836.8

Career ERA 4.95 vs. league average 4.40 across their career seasons — 12.5% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Josh Towers Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2001	BAL	AL	8	10	24	20	1	1	0	140.1	165	70	16	58	4.49	4.42 (-2%)	-774.2
2002	BAL	AL	0	3	5	3	0	0	0	27.1	42	24	5	13	7.90	4.28 (-85%)	-2400.7
2003	TOR	AL	8	1	14	8	1	0	1	64.1	67	32	7	42	4.48	4.40 (-2%)	-1399.5
2004	TOR	AL	9	9	21	21	0	0	0	116.1	148	66	26	51	5.11	4.46 (-14%)	-1158.5
2005	TOR	AL	13	12	33	33	2	1	0	208.2	237	86	29	112	3.71	4.29 (+14%)	1882.5
2006	TOR	AL	2	10	15	12	0	0	0	62.0	93	58	17	35	8.42	4.53 (-86%)	-3135.9
2007	TOR	AL	5	10	25	15	0	0	0	107.0	129	64	22	76	5.38	4.47 (-20%)	-850.4
2009	NYA	AL	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5.1	6	2	1	2	3.38	—	0.0
Career · 8 seasons			45	55	139	112	4	2	1	731.1	887	402	123	389	4.95	—	-7,837

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Josh Towers — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
139	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.062	.062	.062	.125	0

Career AVG .062 vs. league average .265 across their career seasons — 76.4% below league average.

Career OBP .062 vs. league average .333 across their career seasons — 81.3% below league average.

Career SLG .062 vs. league average .423 across their career seasons — 85.2% below league average.

Career OPS .125 vs. league average .756 across their career seasons — 83.5% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Josh Towers — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2001	BAL	AL	24	2	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	BAL	AL	5	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	TOR	AL	14	1	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	TOR	AL	21	1	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	TOR	AL	33	6	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	TOR	AL	15	5	1	1	1	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	TOR	AL	25	1	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	NYA	AL	2	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 8 seasons			139	16	1	1	3	.062	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Josh Towers — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	70	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	69	16	1	1	0	0	.062

Pitching — Home / Away

Josh Towers — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	70	371.0	448	184	55	200	4.46
Away	69	360.1	439	217	68	189	5.42

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Josh Towers — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2009-09-12	NYY	BAL	—	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0
2009-09-06	NYY	TOR	—	3.1	3	2	1	0	1	0
2007-09-30	TOR	TBR	—	2.0	3	1	1	1	2	0
2007-09-22	TOR	NYY	L	1.2	3	1	1	1	1	0
2007-09-03	TOR	BOS	—	1.0	5	3	3	0	1	0
2007-08-20	TOR	OAK	—	3.1	2	0	0	0	2	0
2007-08-07	TOR	NYY	L	5.0	9	5	5	4	1	0
2007-08-01	TOR	TBR	L	5.1	7	4	4	2	4	2
2007-07-27	TOR	CHW	L	5.1	7	4	4	0	5	1
2007-07-21	TOR	SEA	W	6.2	3	0	0	2	4	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Josh Towers — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	139	112	85	105	8	9

Season-by-Season Fielding

Josh Towers — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2001	BAL	P	24	20	10	19	1	2
2002	BAL	P	5	3	5	7	0	1
2003	TOR	P	14	8	9	10	1	0
2004	TOR	P	21	21	9	13	2	1
2005	TOR	P	33	33	29	31	0	3
2006	TOR	P	15	12	7	6	1	0
2007	TOR	P	25	15	16	19	3	2
2009	NYA	P	2	0	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Josh Towers — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	139

Awards & Honors

Josh Towers — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2001	Rookie of the Month	June

Salary History

Josh Towers's recorded salaries total $6,143,000 over 5 seasons, 2002 to 2007. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Towers's career ran from 2001 to 2009. No salary is recorded for 2001, 2003, and 2009.

Josh Towers — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2007	TOR	AL	$2,900,000
2006	TOR	AL	$2,300,000
2005	TOR	AL	$358,000
2004	TOR	AL	$340,000
2002	BAL	AL	$245,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$6,143,000

College History

Josh Towers — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Oxnard College	Oxnard	CA	1996

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Josh Towers: the record in brief

Josh Towers's major league career runs from a debut on May 2, 2001 to a final game on September 12, 2009. Club by club, the record runs the Baltimore Orioles (2001 through 2002), the Toronto Blue Jays (2003 to 2007), and the New York Yankees (2009). Towers, born on February 26, 1977, in Port Hueneme, CA, USA, is listed as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. Size on record: 6'1" and 185 pounds. Josh Towers was the playing name; the full given name is Joshua Eric.

The pitching table credits Towers with a 45-55 record and a 4.95 ERA in 139 games. Towers had 389 strikeouts. Against a 4.40 league ERA for the same seasons, the 4.95 mark was 12.5% worse. Towers won 13 games in 2005, the most of any season listed. 2005 was Towers's sharpest full season, a 3.71 ERA against the league's 4.29.

Towers's awards table lists Rookie of the Month (2001).

Frequently Asked Questions about Josh Towers

What years did Josh Towers play?: Josh Towers played in Major League Baseball from 2001 to 2009.
Was Josh Towers a pitcher?: Yes. Josh Towers pitched in the major leagues, recording 45 wins and 389 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Josh Towers hit?: Josh Towers hit 0 career home runs with 1 hit.
What teams did Josh Towers play for?: Josh Towers played for 3 teams: the Baltimore Orioles (2001–2002), the Toronto Blue Jays (2003–2007), and the New York Yankees (2009).
What were Josh Towers's career stats?: In 139 games, Josh Towers went 45-55 with a 4.95 ERA, 389 strikeouts, 731.1 innings pitched, and 1 saves.
How much did Josh Towers earn in his career?: Josh Towers's recorded salaries total $6,143,000 over 5 seasons, 2002 to 2007. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Towers's career ran from 2001 to 2009. No salary is recorded for 2001, 2003, and 2009.
What was Josh Towers's salary?: Josh Towers's last recorded salary was $2,900,000, in 2007. His highest recorded salary was $2,900,000, in 2007, and his lowest was $245,000, in 2002. The Salary History table lists each season from 2002 to 2007.
What position did Josh Towers play?: Josh Towers played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Josh Towers and how much did he weigh?: Josh Towers was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 185 pounds.
What was Josh Towers's career ERA?: Josh Towers finished with a 4.95 career ERA, going 45-55 with 389 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Josh Towers have?: Josh Towers recorded 389 career strikeouts.
Is Josh Towers in the Hall of Fame?: No. Josh Towers has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.