BIOGRAPHY
Jose Urquidy was born May 1, 1995, in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. He is a pitcher in the MLB.
Urquidy signed with the Houston Astros as an international free agent on March 2, 2015. He made his professional debut that same year, and spent his first professional season with both the Greeneville Astros and Tri-City ValleyCats, pitching to a combined 2-1 record and 3.35 ERA in 37 2⁄3 innings. He pitched 2016 with the Quad Cities River Bandits and Lancaster JetHawks, posting a 6-5 record and 2.94 ERA in 24 games (21 starts).
On July 2, 2019, the Astros promoted him to the major leagues. He made his debut that night in a start versus the Colorado Rockies, pitching 3 2⁄3 innings. In 2019 he was 2-1 with a 3.95 ERA, as in 9 games (7 starts) he pitched 41.0 innings.
On October 26, 2019 in Game 4 vs. the Washington Nationals, Urquidy started for the Houston Astros making him just the third Mexican born World Series starting pitcher. He threw 5 innings, giving up 2 hits while striking out 4. With the Astros winning the game, Urquidy became the second Mexican-born pitcher to win a World Series game after Fernando Valenzuela.
In 2020 he was 1-1 with a 2.73 ERA in five starts covering 29.2 innings.
On June 26, 2022, Urquidy started a contest with 6+1⁄3 hitless innings versus the New York Yankees before surrendering a home run to Giancarlo Stanton. Urquidy's performance extended a no-hit streak to 16+1⁄3 innings forged by Astro pitching, tying an expansion-era record. On July 8, Urquidy reached a career-high eight innings in an 8–3 win versus the Oakland Athletics, allowing all three runs. Urquidy spun seven scoreless innings on August 3 versus Boston, delivered a game score of 83 and tied his career high of 10 strikeouts on the way to a 6–1 win. On August 15, Urquidy hurled 7+2⁄3 hitless innings versus the Chicago White Sox until allowing his lone hit against A. J. Pollock before being removed.
In a rematch of the prior year's World Series, Urquidy earned the win versus Atlanta after allowing two runs over seven innings, striking out six, as Houston won, 5–4. The Astros had won 15 of his last 20 starts, and over his last 11, Urquidy was 7–1 with a 2.48 ERA. He earned the win after tossing seven scoreless innings with eight strikeouts versus the Los Angeles Angels on September 4.
In 2022, Urquidy was 13–8 with a 3.94 ERA in 29 games (28 starts) covering 164+1⁄3 innings.
Urquidy made one appearance in the Astros' 2022 playoff run, pitching three scoreless innings in relief to help stabilize the Astros' bullpen in a 7–0 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 3 of the World Series. Urquidy became the first Mexican-born player in Major League history to appear in three World Series. The Astros would go on to win in six games, earning Urquidy his first World Series championship, and become the 15th Mexican-born player to win a World Series.
Urquidy signed a one-year deal withHouston following 2023 good for the 2024 season.
