P Joe 'Moose' Musgrove #44
Chicago Cubs MLB
Age: 32 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Unhappy
10/31/2025
 OA: 54 POT: 54
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P JOE 'MOOSE' MUSGROVE #44 - AGE: 32 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY UNHAPPY
G GS Rec SV ERA IP HA HR BB K WHIP WAR
34 34 6-16 0 6.42 179.1 241 31 55 147 1.65 1.1
PITCHING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.
Stuff 50 50 50 50
Movement 50 50 50 50
Control 70 65 70 70
PITCHING RATINGS
Pitch Cur. Pot.
Fastball 55 55
Slider 55 55
Curveball 55 55
Changeup 50 50
Cutter 55 55
OTHER PITCHING RATINGS
Velocity 93-95 Mph
Stamina 50
Suggested Role Starter
Type Flyball Pitcher
Hold Runners 50
Defense 50
RUN/BUNT RATINGS
Running Speed: 35
Stealing Ability: 35
Baserunning Inst.: 35
Sacrifice Bunt: 45
Bunt for Hit: 45
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result Start IP H R ER BB K Dec
09/28/2025 STL Loss, 3-9 X 4.2 9 7 7 3 4 Loss
09/23/2025 NYM Loss, 3-4 X 6.2 9 4 4 1 2 Loss
09/17/2025 @ PIT Loss, 3-8 X 3.0 8 8 8 2 3 Loss
09/12/2025 TB Loss, 8-12 X 5.0 6 4 4 1 8
09/06/2025 WAS Loss, 5-7 X 5.1 5 3 3 1 7
08/31/2025 @ COL Win, 7-6 X 6.2 7 4 4 2 3 Win
08/26/2025 @ SF Loss, 2-8 X 3.2 4 5 5 4 4 Loss
08/20/2025 MIL Win, 5-4 X 5.2 8 4 3 1 4 Win
08/15/2025 PIT Loss, 4-5 X 5.2 10 4 4 0 4 Loss
08/09/2025 @ STL Loss, 3-4 X 6.1 5 1 1 1 5
PERSONALITY
Birthday:12/04/1992
Born in:El Cajon, CA
Nationality:American
Height:6' 5"
Weight:230 lbs
Local Popularity:Fair
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$20,400,000
Signed Through:2026 Season
Major Service:9 Years, 63 Days
Service This Yr:195 Days
40-Man Service:9 Years, 63 Days
Pro Service:14 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:2 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2025 PITCHING STATS
Pitching G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG CG% SHO QS QS%
Overall 34 34 6 16 0 6.42 179.1 241 134 128 31 55 147 0 0.0 0 8 23.5
Pitching SVO BS SV% RA GF BR/9 H/9 K/9 BB/9 FIP WHIP FIP- WAR BABIP        
Overall 0 0 0.0 0 0 15.71 12.09 7.38 2.76 5.00 1.65 114 1.1 .360        
Pitching AB H 2B 3B HR R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS      
vs. LHB 336 107 20 5 12 62 20 56 3 2 9 .318 .370 .515 .884      
vs. RHB 419 134 19 2 19 72 35 91 3 0 8 .320 .381 .511 .891      
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2025 PITCHING SPLITS
Split G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K  
March 1 1 0 1 0 6.35 5.2 6 4 4 0 1 1  
April 5 5 1 2 0 7.11 25.1 44 24 20 5 9 20  
May 6 6 0 4 0 8.49 29.2 50 28 28 7 13 22  
June 6 6 0 3 0 7.12 30.1 45 25 24 6 10 24  
July 5 5 2 1 0 2.83 28.2 22 9 9 4 5 29  
August 6 6 3 2 0 4.37 35.0 37 18 17 5 9 27  
September 5 5 0 3 0 9.49 24.2 37 26 26 4 8 24  
Spring Training 6 6 2 1 0 2.49 21.2 16 7 6 2 5 29  
Last Year 29 29 13 12 0 4.04 173.2 173 83 78 20 36 137  
2 Years Ago 33 33 13 9 0 4.94 186.0 167 102 102 23 53 151  
Career 309 285 110 92 2 4.29 1674.2 1691 836 798 238 361 1452  
Home 19 19 2 8 0 6.32 98.1 139 74 69 21 24 89  
Road 15 15 4 8 0 6.56 81.0 102 60 59 10 31 58  
Grass 34 34 6 16 0 6.42 179.1 241 134 128 31 55 147  
Day 17 17 3 7 0 5.68 88.2 119 60 56 15 23 84  
Night 17 17 3 9 0 7.15 90.2 122 74 72 16 32 63  
As Starter 34 34 6 16 0 6.42 179.1 241 134 128 31 55 147  
CAREER PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2016 Houston - MLB 23 11 10 4 4 0 4.06 62.0 59 28 28 9 16 55 0 0 1.21 .289 4.24 0.8 103
2017 Houston - MLB 24 38 15 7 8 2 4.77 109.1 117 59 58 18 28 98 0 0 1.33 .321 4.45 1.0 91
2018 San Diego - MLB 25 33 33 15 12 0 4.38 193.0 197 97 94 30 37 190 1 0 1.21 .318 3.89 3.7 99
2019 San Diego - MLB 26 32 32 14 6 0 2.87 201.0 186 73 64 26 31 169 2 0 1.08 .277 3.71 3.3 138
2020 San Diego - MLB 27 32 32 18 7 0 3.14 203.2 166 74 71 29 21 196 2 1 0.92 .257 3.45 4.3 129
2021 San Diego - MLB 28 3 3 1 1 0 7.82 12.2 19 12 11 1 6 8 0 0 1.97 .419 4.98 0.0 49
2021 Chicago - MLB 28 30 30 8 4 0 4.03 167.2 162 78 75 25 31 146 0 0 1.15 .288 4.19 2.2 104
2021 Total - MLB 28 33 33 9 5 0 4.29 180.1 181 90 86 26 37 154 0 0 1.21 .299 4.25 2.2 96
2022 Chicago - MLB 29 34 34 11 13 0 4.30 186.1 204 96 89 26 47 155 0 0 1.35 .319 4.35 2.7 104
2023 Chicago - MLB 30 33 33 13 9 0 4.94 186.0 167 102 102 23 53 151 0 0 1.18 .272 4.30 2.6 89
2024 Chicago - MLB 31 29 29 13 12 0 4.04 173.2 173 83 78 20 36 137 2 0 1.20 .296 4.13 2.9 110
2025 Chicago - MLB 32 34 34 6 16 0 6.42 179.1 241 134 128 31 55 147 0 0 1.65 .360 5.00 1.1 68
Total MLB 309 285 110 92 2 4.29 1674.2 1691 836 798 238 361 1452 7 1 1.23 .301 4.14 24.6 100
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2011 Toronto (GCL) - R 18 8 7 0 1 0 4.57 21.2 17 12 11 1 4 16 0 0 0.97 .267 3.71 0.4 90
2011 Bluefield - R 18 1 0 1 0 0 0.00 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1.00 .286 2.87 0.1 999
2011 Total - R 18 9 7 1 1 0 4.01 24.2 19 12 11 1 5 18 0 0 0.97 .269 3.61 0.4 102
2012 Greeneville - R 19 4 0 0 1 0 7.00 9.0 14 7 7 0 4 10 0 0 2.00 .483 2.31 0.2 57
2012 Bluefield - R 19 2 1 0 0 0 1.12 8.0 5 1 1 0 0 9 0 0 0.62 .263 1.33 0.4 356
2012 Total - R 19 6 1 0 1 0 4.24 17.0 19 8 8 0 4 19 0 0 1.35 .396 1.85 0.6 94
2013 Houston (GCL) - R 20 11 3 1 3 0 4.41 32.2 43 22 16 1 4 30 0 0 1.44 .375 2.31 1.0 80
2014 Tri-City - A- 21 15 13 7 1 0 2.81 77.0 64 25 24 4 10 67 0 0 0.96 .275 2.56 2.6 153
2015 Quad Cities - A 22 5 3 4 1 0 0.70 25.2 22 4 2 0 1 23 0 0 0.90 .293 1.64 1.2 593
2015 Fresno - A 22 6 4 4 0 0 2.40 30.0 28 9 8 2 1 43 0 0 0.97 .371 1.50 1.5 178
2015 Total - A 22 11 7 8 1 0 1.62 55.2 50 13 10 2 2 66 0 0 0.93 .331 1.57 2.7 262
2015 Corpus Christi - AA 22 8 7 4 0 1 2.20 45.0 35 13 11 7 6 33 0 0 0.91 .219 4.16 0.6 184
2016 Corpus Christi - AA 23 6 4 2 1 0 0.34 26.1 19 2 1 1 3 30 0 0 0.84 .265 1.76 1.2 1185
2016 Sugar Land - AAA 23 10 10 5 3 0 3.81 59.0 60 26 25 8 7 57 0 0 1.14 .317 3.44 1.3 105
2017 Sugar Land - AAA 24 1 1 1 0 0 0.00 7.0 1 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0.43 .077 2.06 0.3 999
Total AAA 11 11 6 3 0 3.41 66.0 61 26 25 8 9 64 0 0 1.06 .299 3.29 117.4
Total TEX 14 11 6 1 1 1.51 71.1 54 15 12 8 9 63 0 0 0.88 .235 3.27 291.7
Total A1 6 4 4 0 0 2.40 30.0 28 9 8 2 1 43 0 0 0.97 .371 1.50 177.5
Total MID 5 3 4 1 0 0.70 25.2 22 4 2 0 1 23 0 0 0.90 .293 1.64 593.0
Total NYP 15 13 7 1 0 2.81 77.0 64 25 24 4 10 67 0 0 0.96 .275 2.56 153.3
Total APP 7 1 1 1 0 3.60 20.0 21 8 8 0 5 21 0 0 1.30 .382 2.00 111.1
Total GCL 19 10 1 4 0 4.47 54.1 60 34 27 2 8 46 0 0 1.25 .337 2.87 83.3
CAREER POSTSEASON PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2018 San Diego - MLB 25 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1.00 .250 2.74 0.0 999
2019 San Diego - MLB 26 4 4 2 1 0 4.22 21.1 18 10 10 5 4 12 0 0 1.03 .213 5.65 -0.1 94
2020 San Diego - MLB 27 1 1 0 0 0 6.75 4.0 4 3 3 2 4 2 0 0 2.00 .167 11.59 -0.2 60
2023 Chicago - MLB 30 2 2 0 0 0 4.91 11.0 8 6 6 0 5 11 0 0 1.18 .286 2.55 0.4 89
Total MLB 8 7 2 1 0 4.46 38.1 31 19 19 7 14 27 0 0 1.17 .229 5.23 91.8
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2011 Bluefield - R P 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2011 Toronto (GCL) - R P 8 0 2 3 0 5 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2012 Bluefield - R P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2012 Greeneville - R P 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2013 Houston (GCL) - R P 11 0 2 4 1 7 1 .857 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2014 Tri-City - A- P 15 0 6 6 0 14 2 .857 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2015 Corpus Christi - AA P 8 0 6 10 1 17 1 .941 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2015 Fresno - A P 6 0 3 3 1 6 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2015 Quad Cities - A P 5 0 5 5 0 12 2 .833 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2016 Houston - MLB P 11 10 10 8 2 18 0 1.000 62.0 2.61 0.0 .000
2016 Sugar Land - AAA P 10 0 7 8 1 16 1 .938 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2016 Corpus Christi - AA P 6 0 2 2 0 5 1 .800 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2017 Houston - MLB P 38 15 15 21 2 37 1 .973 109.1 2.96 +0.6 .000
2017 Sugar Land - AAA P 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2018 San Diego - MLB P 33 33 6 25 2 33 2 .939 193.0 1.45 +0.6 .952
2019 San Diego - MLB P 32 32 10 30 0 41 1 .976 201.0 1.79 +0.4 .996
2020 San Diego - MLB P 32 32 12 13 0 25 0 1.000 203.2 1.10 -1.1 .847
2021 San Diego - MLB P 3 3 1 4 0 5 0 1.000 12.2 3.55 +0.0 1.010
2021 Chicago - MLB P 30 30 4 16 0 21 1 .952 167.2 1.07 -1.2 .891
2022 Chicago - MLB P 34 34 6 12 2 19 1 .947 186.1 0.87 +1.0 .947
2023 Chicago - MLB P 33 33 6 15 2 22 1 .955 186.0 1.02 +0.5 1.039
2024 Chicago - MLB P 29 29 10 12 2 23 1 .957 173.2 1.14 -0.5 1.007
2025 Chicago - MLB P 34 34 8 7 0 15 0 1.000 179.1 0.75 -0.7 .929
TOTAL P 386 285 122 207 16 345 16 .954 1674.2 1.77 -0.4 .952
PLAYER HISTORY
06/06/2011 Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (46th) of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from Grossmont HS (El Cajon, CA).
07/20/2012 Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Houston Astros with P Francisco Cordero, OF Ben Francisco, C Carlos Perez, P David Rollins, P Asher Wojciechowski, and a PTBNL (P Kevin Comer - 08/16/2012) for P J.A. Happ, P David Carpenter, and P Brandon Lyon.
11/01/2017 Won the 2017 MLB World Series with the Houston Astros.
01/13/2018 Traded by the Houston Astros to the Pittsburgh Pirates with IF Colin Moran, P Michael Feliz, and OF Jason Martin for P Gerrit Cole.
11/27/2018 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $545,000 through automatic renewal.
01/01/2019 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 45 (45); Movement: 45 (45); Control: 70 (70).
10/28/2019 Wins the 2019 World Series with the San Diego Padres.
11/18/2019 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $3,250,000 through arbitration.
01/01/2020 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 50 (50); Movement: 50 (50); Control: 65 (65).
04/07/2020 Pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Atlanta Braves with 9 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed!
09/15/2020 Injured (Mild shoulder inflammation), day-to-day for 6 days.
11/17/2020 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $11,250,000.
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (55); Movement: 50 (50); Control: 65 (65).
04/14/2021 Was traded by the San Diego Padres to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for RP Steven Brault, SS Xavier Edwards, SP Carmen Mlodzinski, CF Dasan Brown.
06/13/2021 Injured (mild oblique strain),day-to-day for one week.
06/17/2021 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another one week.
11/15/2021 Signed a 5-year contract extension worth a total of $91,000,000 with the Chicago Cubs organization.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 60 (60); Movement: 45 (45); Control: 60 (60).
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (55); Movement: 60 (60); Control: 65 (65).
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 50 (50); Movement: 60 (60); Control: 70 (70).
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 50 (50); Movement: 60 (60); Control: 70 (70).
08/25/2024 Injured on 08/24/2024, diagnosed with shoulder inflammation, will miss 5-6 weeks.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 50 (50); Movement: 50 (50); Control: 70 (70).
07/05/2025 Injured (hamstring soreness),day-to-day for 2 days.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year SH Rank
2020 9 8
Year GS Rank
2022 34 5
2025 34 5
Year W Rank
2018 15 4
2019 14 7
2020 18 2
Year L Rank
2022 13 10
2025 16 5
Year Win. % Rank
2019 .700 5
2020 .720 5
2021 .643 9
Year IP Rank
2019 201.0 7
2020 203.2 7
2023 186.0 9
Year BF Rank
2022 794 8
2025 836 10
Year HRA Rank
2021 26 9
2025 31 6
Year K Rank
2018 190 9
Year ERA Rank
2019 2.87 8
Year BABIP Rank
2020 .257 7
2023 .272 10
Year WHIP Rank
2020 0.92 3
2023 1.18 10
Year K/BB Rank
2018 5.14 2
2019 5.45 4
2020 9.33 3
2021 4.16 9
2022 3.30 8
2024 3.81 10
Year RA/9 Rank
2020 8.62 3
Year BB/9 Rank
2018 1.73 6
2019 1.39 1
2020 0.93 2
2021 1.85 8
2022 2.27 8
2024 1.87 6
Year K/9 Rank
2018 8.86 9
Year QS Rank
2019 25 2
2020 21 6
Year QSP Rank
2019 .781 2
2020 .656 5
2024 .552 4
Year CG Rank
2018 1 8
2019 2 2
2020 2 3
2024 2 1
Year CGP Rank
2019 .062 2
2020 .062 3
2024 .069 1
Year SHO Rank
2020 1 4
Year GB% Rank
2019 0.54 10
2024 0.55 2
Year WAR Rank
2018 3.7 10
2020 4.4 10
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