Bob Gamble vs. Josh Towers — Career Comparison

Bob Gamble
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Josh Towers
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Josh Towers built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Gamble 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 8 and 1.444 for Bob Gamble. By the career numbers, Josh Towers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Gamble and Josh Towers

Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.71
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.38
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.55
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.68
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.58
80.58
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
4.95
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2194
27
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
731.1
9
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
887
10.92
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
1.5
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.51
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.16
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
4.79
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
0.556
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.43
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3158
38.86
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.17
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
5.43
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.43
5.43
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.16
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.33
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.84
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.381
1.381
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
37
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2960
36.43
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.86
38.86

Fielding Stats for Bob Gamble and Josh Towers

Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.71
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.38
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2194
27
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
731.1
9
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
1.05
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
1.29
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
2.44
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
2.34
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.96
95.96
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.367
1.367
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.58
80.58
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Gamble and Josh Towers

Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
4633.33
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
600
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
533.33
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.23
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
82.59
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.24
-41.21
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA