Joe Musgrove
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Musgrove playing for the Houston Astros in 2016 | |||
| Houston Astros – No. 59 | |||
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Born: December 4, 1992 El Cajon, California | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 2, 2016, for the Houston Astros | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) | |||
| Win-loss record | 4–4 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.06 | ||
| Strikeouts | 55 | ||
| WHIP | 1.21 | ||
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Joseph Anthony Musgrove (born December 4, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
Musgrove was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the first round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft out of Grossmont High School in El Cajon, California.[1] He made his professional debut that year with the Gulf Coast Blue Jays and also pitched in one game for the Bluefield Blue Jays. He started 2012 with Bluefield. On July 20, 2012, Musgrove was traded from the Blue Jays to the Houston Astros with Francisco Cordero, Ben Francisco, Asher Wojciechowski, David Rollins, and Carlos Pérez, in exchange for J. A. Happ, Brandon Lyon, and David Carpenter.[2]
Musgrove started his Astros career with the Greeneville Astros. He spent 2013 with the Gulf Coast Astros and 2014 with the Tri-City ValleyCats.[3][4] Musgrove started 2015 with the Quad Cities River Bandits and was promoted to the Lancaster JetHawks.[5] The Astros added him to their 40-man roster after the season.
Musgrove was recalled by the Astros from the Fresno Grizzlies on August 1, 2016. He made his major league debut on August 2 versus the Toronto Blue Jays, striking out 8 over 4.1 innings while only allowing 1 hit.
References
- ↑ "Grossmont pitcher drafted early by Toronto". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
- ↑ "Astros make 10 player trade with Toronto". Houston Astros. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
- ↑ "After rough start to his pro career, things falling into place for Joe Musgrove". troyrecord.com. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
- ↑ "Healthy 'Cat gets to fulfill a dream". Times Union. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
- ↑ "Finally healthy, Bandits hurler Musgrove eyes big season". Quad-Cities Online. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Joe Musgrove on Twitter