BIOGRAPHY
Joe Musgrove was born December 4, 1992, in El Cajon, California. He is a pitcher in the MLB.
He made his major league debut on August 2 versus the Toronto Blue Jays, striking out eight over 4.1 innings while only allowing one hit. His first Major League strikeout victim was Edwin Encarnación. He spent the remainder of the season with the Astros, going 4–4 with a 4.06 ERA over 11 games (ten starts). Musgrove began 2017 with Houston, and spent the majority of the season there, pitching only one game with Fresno. In 38 games (15 starts) for the Astros in 2017, he was 7–8 with a 4.77 ERA.
In the postseason, he appeared in seven games, including four World Series games. In four innings pitched, he allowed three hits and three runs, but threw a scoreless top of the 10th inning of Game 5 against the Dodgers where he was the winning pitcher. The series concluded after 7 games with the Astros winning the title.
On January 19, 2021, the Pirates traded Musgrove to his hometown San Diego Padres in a three team trade that sent David Bednar, Omar Cruz, Drake Fellows, Hudson Head, and Endy Rodriguez to the Pirates and Joey Lucchesi to the New York Mets.
On April 9, 2021, Musgrove no-hit the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field, the first no-hitter in the Padres' 52-year history. He threw 77 of 112 pitches for strikes and struck out 10 batters; a fourth-inning hit by pitch to Joey Gallo prevented Musgrove from achieving a perfect game.
In 2021, Musgrove posted an 11–9 record with a 3.18 ERA and 203 strikeouts in 181+1⁄3 innings. He led the Padres' starting rotation in wins, ERA, and strikeouts.
Musgrove followed up his 2021 campaign with a strong season in 2022, recording a career low 2.93 ERA over 181 innings pitched, the lowest ERA among the Padres starting rotation that season. 21 of Musgrove's 30 starts in 2022 were Quality starts, and Musgrove had the 9th lowest ERA among qualified NL starting pitchers. Musgrove pitched the third game of the 2022 NL Wild Card Series against the New York Mets, holding the Mets scoreless over seven innings while allowing only two baserunners. Musgrove pitched the fourth game of the NLDS against the Los Angeles Dodgers and earned the win in the series-clinching game, holding the Dodgers to two runs over six innings.
