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Pitcher · 2024

Joe Musgrove

Age
32
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 5"
Weight
230 lb
Number
#44
Born
December 4, 1992 in El Cajon, CA, USA
MLB debut
August 2, 2016
Drafted
2011, round C-A
High school
Grossmont
Salary, 2024
$20M
dbWAR
1.2
1 season(s)
IP
99.2
ERA
3.88
FIP
3.96
K/9
9.1
FIP−
97
100 = avg

Joe Musgrove is a starting pitcher for the San Diego Padres. In 2024 he struck out 101 batters over 99.2 innings across 19 appearances, 19 of them starts, going 6-5. His ERA of 3.88 was 4.8% lower than the league average of 4.08 — 9th of 16 on his team, and 268th of 541 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.96 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 28.3% of swings (13.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 24.6%. His 1.2 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2024.

FIP3.96
K/99.1
WHIP1.17
WAR1.2

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2024. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB1771603631244.225.288.331.27724.9%
vs RHB23321558111157.270.326.484.35124.5%

Pitch sequencing

What Joe Musgrove throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2024.

Four-Seam Fastball23.0%36493.02,65148.4%23.5%
Curveball22.5%35681.62,87846.3%32.8%
Cutter20.4%32389.72,72353.3%25.0%
Sweeper20.0%31782.12,86949.5%33.8%
Changeup7.8%12387.12,11434.1%36.9%
Sinker6.0%9592.62,50846.3%17.2%
Joe Musgrove's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
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Nearest 2024 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.