Jeff Musselman

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name =Jeff Musselman

| position =Pitcher

| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1963|6|21}}

| birth_place = Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| bats =Left

| throws =Left

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate =September 2

| debutyear =1986

| debutteam =Toronto Blue Jays

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate =September 7

| finalyear =1990

| finalteam =New York Mets

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=23–15

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.31

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=125

| teams =

Toronto Blue Jays ({{mlby|1986}}–{{mlby|1989}})
New York Mets ({{mlby|1989}}–{{mlby|1990}})

}}

Jeffrey Joseph Musselman (born June 21, 1963) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Mets from 1986 to 1990.

Career

Musselman graduated from Central Regional High School in Bayville, New Jersey, and Harvard University.{{cite web|author=Joe Sexton |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/08/sports/a-bright-outlook-for-new-met-reliever.html |title=A Bright Outlook For New Met Reliever |work=The New York Times |date=August 8, 1989 |access-date=September 25, 2019}} In 1984, he played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox.{{cite web|author= |url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date= |access-date=September 25, 2019}}

He was drafted in the sixth round of the 1985 Major League Baseball draft by the Blue Jays. His best season in the majors was 1987, when he appeared in 68 games for Toronto, posting a 12–5 record with a 4.15 ERA at 54 strikeouts in 89 innings of work.

On July 31, 1989, he was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with minor leaguer Mike Brady to the New York Mets for Mookie Wilson. He appeared in 20 games for the Mets in 1989, posting a 3–2 record with a 3.08 ERA.

Personal

After retiring as a player, Musselman remained in baseball as a vice-president in the offices of sports agent Scott Boras.{{cite web|author=Christian Red |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/scott-boras-stays-top-game-article-1.3960727 |title=As MLB evolves, an inside look at how Scott Boras - baseball's super agent - remains at top of the game |publisher=nydailynews.com |date=April 28, 2018 |access-date=September 25, 2019}} Musselman has three daughters. His middle daughter is Maddie Musselman, a 3 time Olympian (Paris, 2024) and 2 time Gold medalist in water polo at the Summer Olympics in Rio (2016) and Tokyo (2021).