Joe Musgrove vs. Alex Speas — Career Comparison

Joe Musgrove
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Alex Speas
Gen ZGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Joe Musgrove built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Speas as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Musgrove posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.73 and WHIP 1.176 compared to 9 and 2.750 for Alex Speas. By the career numbers, Joe Musgrove had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Musgrove and Alex Speas

Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
1.76
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
9
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.53
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.56
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.53
Alex Speas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.5
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.56
51.56
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.38
87.38
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
3.73
Alex Speas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.36
10.36
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.75
7.75
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3168
27
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1056
9
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
970
8.27
Alex Speas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.27
8.27
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.13
Alex Speas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Alex Speas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
2.23
Alex Speas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
13.5
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Alex Speas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1050
8.95
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
13.5
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.95
8.95
Alex Speas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.5
13.5
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.1
5.1
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.242
1.242
Alex Speas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.18
Alex Speas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.66
Alex Speas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Alex Speas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4385
37.37
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
45
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
472
4.02
Alex Speas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.1
Alex Speas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.27
Alex Speas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.65
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.167
1.167
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4002
34.11
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
31.5
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Alex Speas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.37
37.37
Alex Speas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45

Fielding Stats for Joe Musgrove and Alex Speas

Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
1.76
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
9
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.53
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170
27
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1056.2
9
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
1.18
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.18
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Alex Speas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
2.45
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
2.36
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.18
96.18
Alex Speas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.338
1.338
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.96
86.96
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Speas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Musgrove and Alex Speas

Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
229
864.15
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
159
600
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
138
520.75
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.437
0.437
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
75.47
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
52.83
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.87
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
22.64
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.35
16.4
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
101.89
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
86.79
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
45.28
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.38
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.73
6.52
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.32
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
55
207.55
Alex Speas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
2.89
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
64.15
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Alex Speas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Speas
Career
Per 600 PA