Harrison Scott Musgrave (born March 3, 1992) is an American former

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. He made his MLB debut in 2018. Before his professional career, he played

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for the West Virginia Mountaineers.

Amateur career

Musgrave attended Bridgeport High School in Bridgeport, West Virginia, and

West Virginia University West Virginia University (WVU) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia. Its other campuses are those of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley, Potomac State College ...

, where he played

for the West Virginia Mountaineers. In 2011, his freshman year at West Virginia, Musgrave underwent

Tommy John surgery Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction, colloquially known as Tommy John surgery (TJS), is a surgical graft procedure where the ulnar collateral ligament in the medial elbow is replaced with either a tendon from elsewhere in the patient's bo ...

. In 2013, Musgrave had a 9–1

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, a 2.17

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. He was named the

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. The

Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. Since 2004, the team's home sta ...

selected Musgrave in the 33rd round, with the 991st overall selection, of the

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. He opted not to sign with the Phillies, and returned to West Virginia.

Professional career

The

Colorado Rockies The Colorado Rockies are an American professional baseball team based in Denver. The Rockies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. The team plays its home baseball games at Coors Fie ...

selected Musgrave in the eighth round of the

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. He signed with the Rockies, and pitched that year for the

Grand Junction Rockies The Grand Junction Jackalopes are an independent baseball team of the Pioneer League, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball (MLB) but is an MLB Partner League. They are located in Grand Junction, Colorado, and play their home games ...

of the Rookie-level Pioneer League, posting a 2–4 record with a 5.44 ERA in 13 games. Musgrave began the 2015 season with the Modesto Nuts of the Class A-Advanced

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and was promoted to the New Britain Rock Cats of the Class AA Eastern League. In 27 total games between Modesto and New Britain, Musgrave went 13–5 with a 2.99 ERA. He started the 2016 season with the

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of the Eastern League, and was promoted during the season to the Albuquerque Isotopes of the Class AAA

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. He pitched to a combined 13–8 record with a 3.64 ERA in innings. He competed for a spot in the Rockies' starting rotation during

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in 2017, but spent the season with Albuquerque where he went 3–1 with a 6.79 ERA in 12 games. In 2018, the Rockies assigned Musgrave to Albuquerque. On April 23, the Rockies promoted Musgrave to the major leagues. Musgrave was designated for assignment by the Rockies on July 31, 2019. He was outrighted on August 3. On March 9, 2020, Musgrave was released.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Musgrave, Harrison 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Morgantown, West Virginia Baseball players from West Virginia Major League Baseball pitchers Colorado Rockies players West Virginia Mountaineers baseball players Grand Junction Rockies players Modesto Nuts players New Britain Rock Cats players Hartford Yard Goats players Albuquerque Isotopes players