John Foreman vs. Josh Towers — Career Comparison

John Foreman
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Josh Towers
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Josh Towers built a career as a starting pitcher and John Foreman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Josh Towers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.95 and WHIP 1.399 compared to 4.97 and 1.605 for John Foreman. By the career numbers, Josh Towers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for John Foreman and Josh Towers

John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.28
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.71
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.16
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.38
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.48
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.55
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.48
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.68
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
45
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.63
90.63
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.58
80.58
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.8
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
4.97
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
4.95
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
673
27
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2194
27
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
224.1
9
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
731.1
9
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
9.83
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
887
10.92
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.83
9.83
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.24
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
1.5
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
4.61
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.51
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.16
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
3.25
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
4.79
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.874
0.874
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.4
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
1.16
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.43
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
41.6
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3158
38.86
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.17
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
6.74
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
5.43
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.43
5.43
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.16
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.33
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.84
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.605
1.605
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.381
1.381
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
893
35.83
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2960
36.43
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.6
41.6
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.86
38.86

Fielding Stats for John Foreman and Josh Towers

John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.28
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.71
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.38
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
675
27
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2194
27
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
9
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
731.1
9
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.2
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.05
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.64
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
1.29
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.2
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
3.04
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
2.44
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
2.84
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
2.34
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.42
93.42
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.96
95.96
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.219
2.219
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.367
1.367
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.58
80.58
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for John Foreman and Josh Towers

John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
32
208.7
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
4633.33
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
600
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
495.65
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
533.33
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
52.17
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
52.17
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.12
20.34
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.23
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
52.17
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
150
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
52.17
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
39.13
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
91.3
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.86
18.62
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.24
-41.21
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
97.83
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
23
150
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.04
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.04
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA