Walt Masterson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 189lb (188cm, 85kg)

Born: June 22, 1920 in Philadelphia, PA us

Died: April 5, 2008 in Durham, NC

Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, New Bern, NC

High School: North Catholic HS (Philadelphia, PA)

Debut: May 8, 1939 (Age 18-320d, 8,665th in major league history)
vs. CLE 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 24, 1956 (Age 36-094d)
vs. CHW 2.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Walter Edward Masterson

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.5

100

ERA

4.15

399

184

1649.2

815

WHIP

1.515

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-15 / in Starts: 6-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 9

1949 Pitching Game Log

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1949 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	216	13	May 1(1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,9-15	7-7		99	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	27.00	11.51	3	0	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.043	.42	-0.03%	-1.63	7b --3 2 out d3	7b 3 out d5
2	217	16	May 4	WSH	@	CHW	W,8-7	8-GF	W(1-0)	2	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	3.80	7	1	5	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.217	1.41	0.14%	1.01	8b --- 0 out d2	9b end a 1
3	218	19	May 7	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-4	GS-7	W(2-0)	2	6.1	4	4	3	2	3	2	0	4.15	5.86	26	8	9	0	3	4	52			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.060	1.56	0.05%	-0.41	1b start a 2	7b --- 1 out a1
4	219	24	May 12	WSH	@	DET	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(2-1)	4	8.0	7	2	1	1	2	0	0	2.70	4.19	30	12	9	1	1	6	63			0	0	0	29	3	1	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.113	3.24	0.19%	2.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
5	220	28	May 17	WSH		DET	L,2-4	GS-8		4	7.2	4	2	2	4	0	0	0	2.59	4.15	32	11	13	1	4	4	59			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.075	3.37	0.14%	1.59	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out tie
6	221	33	May 22	WSH		CHW	L,4-6	GS-8		4	7.2	5	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.53	3.67	28	14	5	1	0	5	63			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.371	2.86	0.64%	3.32	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out a2
7	222	39	May 30(1)	WSH		NYY	W,6-2	CG	W(3-1)	7	9.0	6	2	2	5	5	0	2	2.41	3.68	38	9	11	1	3	6	67			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	2	0	1	.98	0.170	3.05	0.32%	2.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	223	44	Jun 4	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(3-2)	4	8.0	5	2	1	4	3	0	0	2.20	3.61	33	17	4	1	0	5	65			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.131	2.90	0.23%	2.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
9	224	47	Jun 7	WSH	@	CLE	L,11-13	4-5		2	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	1	1	2.47	3.84	10	3	1	1	0	4		2	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.65	-0.107	4.01	-0.16%	-0.96	4b 12- 0 out a3	5b 3 out tie
10	225	49	Jun 11	WSH	@	DET	W,9-8	GS-3		3	2.0	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	3.06	3.96	12	5	1	1	0	3	29			0	0	0	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.222	2.64	-0.33%	-2.57	1b start tie	3b -2- 0 out d3
				Player went from Washington Nationals to Boston Red Sox
11	226	52	Jun 15	BOS		CLE	L,5-8	GS-8	L(3-3)	3	8.0	11	6	6	1	4	1	0	3.54	3.90	34	10	9	0	0	10	39			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	-0.579	2.31	-0.60%	-1.44	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
12	227	55	Jun 17(2)	BOS		CHW	W,10-8	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.50	3.94	3	1	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.34	0.175	5.38	0.13%	0.65	9t 123 1 out a3	9t end a 2
13	228	58	Jun 20	BOS		DET	W,6-1	GS-7	W(4-3)	2	6.2	5	1	1	5	3	0	0	3.29	3.93	27	5	9	0	0	5	58			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.00	0.330	2.25	0.45%	3.52	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	229	71	Jul 4(1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-5	L(4-4)	13	5.0	4	3	2	3	2	0	0	3.31	3.90	22	11	2	0	0	4	48			0	0	0	17	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.25	-0.118	1.60	-0.09%	-0.36	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d1
15	230	79	Jul 10(2)	BOS		PHA	W,11-10	GS-2		5	1.1	5	4	4	1	0	0	0	3.74	3.92	9	1	2	0	0	5	27			0	0	0	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.129	1.11	-0.12%	-3.34	1t start tie	2t -23 1 out a4
16	231	86	Jul 19	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-4	9-GF	S(2)	8	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.70	3.90	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.78	0.215	7.13	0.19%	1.19	9b 1-3 1 out a2	9b end a 2
17	232	87	Jul 20	BOS	@	CHW	L,7-8	9-GF	L(4-5)	0	0.1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.81	3.98	4	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	2.32	-0.361	4.33	-0.41%	-1.41	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
18	233	90	Jul 24(1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-9	6-6		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.76	3.96	3	0	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.012	.32	0.02%	0.56	6b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d4
19	234	91	Jul 24(2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-4		S(3)	-1	3.0	3	1	1	4	1	0	0	3.73	4.03	16												12	1	0	0		0
20	235	97	Jul 30	BOS		CLE	L,6-10	7-8		5	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.65	4.04	7	3	2	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	.78	-0.044	1.78	-0.06%	0.05	7t -23 1 out d2	8t 3 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	236	105	Aug 7	BOS		DET	L,4-6	7-8		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.56	3.95	6	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.035	.75	0.07%	1.14	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d3
22	237	107	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	8-GF		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.48	3.93	7	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.107	4.27	0.34%	1.14	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
23	238	121	Aug 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-8	1-5	L(4-6)	14	5.0	6	7	4	7	1	0	0	3.69	4.06	27	9	4	0	0	6		1	1	0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	2	.73	-0.354	4.62	-1.34%	-5.08	1b 1-- 0 out tie	5b 3 out d6
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	239	130	Sep 1	BOS	@	DET	L,0-7	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.74	4.05	7	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.001	.07	-0.01%	-0.47	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 7
25	240	135	Sep 5(2)	BOS		WSH	W,12-2	CG	W(5-6)	3	9.0	7	2	2	5	3	1	0	3.59	4.14	39	7	17	0	0	7	63			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.242	5.25	1.14%	3.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
26	241	147	Sep 21	BOS		CLE	W,9-6	5-5		15	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.58	4.13	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.022	4.48	0.08%	0.35	5t -2- 2 out d3	5t 3 out d3
27	242	151	Sep 27	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-4	8-GF	S(4)	5	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.51	4.10	5	2	2	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.97	0.276	32.29	2.71%	1.37	8b 1-3 0 out a3	9b end a 2
28	243	153	Sep 30	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-9	2-8	W(6-6)	2	5.1	10	3	3	3	1	0	0	3.58	4.09	26	2	10	0	0	10		1	0	0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.75	-0.005	15.23	-0.06%	-0.70	2b --3 2 out a1	8b -2- 0 out a3
							13-15		W-L:6-6,Sv:4	3.5	108.0	100	50	43	56	36	5	3	3.58	4.09	463	1.08		3%	5%	93	53	15	47%	0	2	0	399	19	4	3	15	0	7	1.02	0.588	4.00	3.63%	7.54

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