Bryan Shaw vs. Josh Towers — Career Comparison

Bryan Shaw
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Josh Towers
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Josh Towers built a career as a starting pitcher and Bryan Shaw as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Josh Towers led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 208 vs 94), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 99 vs 88), and run prevention (ERA+ 100 vs 92). Bryan Shaw held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 97 vs 89). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Josh Towers.

Pitching Stats for Bryan Shaw and Josh Towers

Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
1.71
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.38
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.51
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.55
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.54
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.68
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.31
48.31
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
45
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.58
80.58
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.22
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
3.96
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
402
4.95
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2194
27
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
731.1
9
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
8.51
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
887
10.92
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.97
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
1.5
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
3.52
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.51
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.25
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.16
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
8.02
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
389
4.79
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.02
8.02
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.48
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.38
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.43
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3270
38.5
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3158
38.86
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.03
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.17
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
4.44
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
441
5.43
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.24
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.16
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.18
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.33
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.02
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.84
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.381
1.381
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2904
34.19
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2960
36.43
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.86
38.86

Fielding Stats for Bryan Shaw and Josh Towers

Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
1.71
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.38
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2194
27
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
731.1
9
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.66
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.05
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.92
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.29
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
1.71
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
2.44
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
1.58
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
2.34
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.41
92.41
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.96
95.96
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.168
0.168
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.367
1.367
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.58
80.58
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bryan Shaw and Josh Towers

Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
796
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
139
4633.33
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
600
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
533.33
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.01
-0.23
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.24
-41.21
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA