Josh Banks

Infobox MLB player

width = 150px
name=Josh Banks
position=Pitcher
team=San Diego Padres
number=38
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1982|7|18
debutdate=September 11
debutyear=2007
debutteam=Toronto Blue Jays
statyear=June 29, 2008
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=2-4
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=3.23
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=23
teams=
*Toronto Blue Jays (by|2007)
*San Diego Padres (by|2008)

Joshua Charles Banks (born July 18, 1982 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the San Diego Padres. He is 6'3" in height and weighs 195 pounds. Banks attended college at Florida International University. Tony Gwynn said Banks has eight pitches, one of which is a knuckleball.

He was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2nd round of the June by|2003 first-year player draft. On April 23, by|2008, Banks was claimed off waivers by the San Diego Padres.

In his first 22 innings as a Padre, he did not give up any runs. This string was broken when David Wright singled home Jose Reyes on June 5, 2008. His first loss came weeks later against the New York Yankees and Joba Chamberlain on June 19 2008. The loss was part of a three game sweep of the Padres at Yankee Stadium, the last time the San Diego Padres will ever visit the old Yankee Stadium.

Banks was offered a scholarship to play college football, as a Quarterback for the Ohio State Buckeyes.