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: 16-13 / in Starts: 12-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 1

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 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	307	13	May 1	BOS		SLB	L,1-6	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.2	7	5	5	6	1	0	0	9.64	5.82	27	4	10	1	2	6	25			1	0	0	21	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.09	-0.216	4.81	-0.57%	-2.88	1t start tie	5t --3 2 out d5
2	308	22	May 10	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-18	7-7		8	0.0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	17.36	5.82	4	0	0	0	0	4		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.019	.36	-0.04%	-2.81	7b --- 0 out d4	7b 123 0 out d5
3	309	24	May 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-5	7-7		2	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	18.00	6.19	4	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.015	.47	-0.03%	-1.41	7b --- 0 out d4	7b 12- 1 out d5
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
4	310	46	Jun 7	BOS		DET	W,11-9	6-6	BS(1)	24	0.0	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	21.60	9.39	3	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	-0.336	4.98	-0.64%	-2.38	6t --- 0 out a2	6t 1-- 0 out tie
5	311	49	Jun 9	BOS		DET	W,9-8	5-9	W(1-1)	1	4.1	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	11.57	6.68	19	8	3	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	1	2.04	0.238	7.60	0.53%	1.58	5t --- 0 out tie	9t 12- 1 out a1
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to Washington Nationals
6	312	49	Jun 12	WSH		CLE	L,4-7	8-8		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	10.45	5.97	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.04	0.00%	0.45	8t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d6
7	313	52	Jun 15(2)	WSH	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	W(2-1)	2	9.0	8	2	2	2	7	0	0	6.52	3.89	36	8	11	1	2	8	68			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.370	1.34	0.27%	2.18	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a2
8	314	57	Jun 21	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-7	GS-6	L(2-2)	5	5.2	5	6	6	5	1	1	0	7.20	4.59	26	6	9	2	2	5	31			0	0	0	21	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.259	2.30	-0.36%	-1.91	1b start tie	6b 123 2 out d3
9	315	64	Jun 28	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	W(3-2)	6	9.0	5	1	1	7	6	0	0	5.56	4.27	38	9	11	0	1	5	72			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.255	3.99	0.57%	3.47	1b start tie	9b 3 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
10	316	70	Jul 3(1)	WSH		NYY	L,6-9	GS-7		4	7.0	10	5	4	3	2	0	0	5.49	4.07	35	11	9	2	2	10	38			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.49	-0.323	6.52	-0.85%	-1.85	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
11	317	75	Jul 6	WSH		BOS	W,5-2	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.36	4.03	4	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.029	2.60	0.04%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
12	318	77	Jul 10(2)	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	GS-6	L(3-3)	3	6.0	9	3	3	2	1	1	0	5.25	4.18	29	10	7	0	0	9	41			3	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.091	3.75	-0.15%	-0.30	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
13	319	83	Jul 15(1)	WSH		DET	W,8-2	CG	W(4-3)	4	9.0	13	2	2	2	3	0	0	4.74	3.90	39	10	11	0	5	13	54			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.211	1.34	0.22%	2.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
14	320	91	Jul 22	WSH	@	DET	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(4-4)	6	8.0	4	1	1	3	5	0	0	4.29	3.70	30	8	11	0	3	3	72			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.221	2.84	0.45%	2.71	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
15	321	97	Jul 27(2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(4-5)	4	8.0	7	3	3	6	8	1	0	4.19	3.76	35	11	3	1	0	7	58			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.34	-0.309	5.23	-0.73%	0.46	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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
16	322	102	Aug 1	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(5-5)	4	9.0	9	1	1	3	4	0	0	3.84	3.62	38	6	16	2	3	9	66			0	0	0	35	3	1	0	1	0	0	1.47	0.481	4.32	0.85%	3.22	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
17	323	107	Aug 6	WSH		NYY	W,6-4	CG	W(6-5)	4	9.0	6	4	4	5	11	0	0	3.86	3.42	37	8	7	1	1	6	65			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	-0.015	3.30	-0.02%	0.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
18	324	112	Aug 11(1)	WSH		PHA	W,6-5	GS-8		4	8.0	11	4	3	1	3	0	0	3.82	3.31	33	7	11	1	4	11	48			0	1	0	31	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.61	-0.207	2.86	-0.22%	-0.40	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
19	325	118	Aug 16	WSH	@	PHA	W,10-3	CG	W(7-5)	4	9.0	8	3	3	1	2	1	0	3.75	3.34	35	7	17	3	0	8	60			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	.39	0.198	.36	0.11%	1.43	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
20	326	123	Aug 21(2)	WSH		SLB	L,1-8	GS-2	L(7-6)	4	1.1	3	6	4	2	0	0	1	4.03	3.42	11	3	2	0	0	3	26			1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.351	1.35	-0.26%	-4.45	1t start tie	2t -23 1 out d4
21	327	126	Aug 24	WSH		CLE	W,9-8	GS-9		2	8.1	9	8	7	6	8	3	0	4.28	3.69	40	12	6	1	1	8	37			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	.68	-0.360	.54	-0.17%	-4.19	1t start tie	9t --- 1 out tie
22	328	130	Aug 29	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	W(8-6)	4	9.0	6	2	2	4	6	1	0	4.12	3.70	35	14	5	1	0	6	69			0	1	0	30	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.04	0.347	.41	0.08%	1.93	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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
23	329	135	Sep 2(1)	WSH		PHA	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(9-6)	3	10.0	9	2	2	5	1	0	0	3.95	3.70	42	13	14	1	2	9	62			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	3	0	2	1.46	0.127	.03	0.00%	2.50	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
24	330	141	Sep 7	WSH		NYY	L,1-5	GS-7	L(9-7)	4	7.0	5	5	5	2	4	1	0	4.07	3.71	27	10	7	1	4	4	49			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.307	.03	-0.01%	-1.85	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
25	331	145	Sep 11	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	W(10-7)	3	9.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	1	3.89	3.66	34	10	14	0	0	4	76			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.329	.00	0.00%	3.22	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
26	332	150	Sep 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-6	GS-6	L(10-8)	5	6.0	5	4	4	5	4	1	0	3.97	3.73	27	3	10	2	0	5	45			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.213	.00	0.00%	-1.41	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
27	333	152	Sep 20	WSH		BOS	W,10-6	8-GF	S(2)	2	1.1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.94	3.76	6	2	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.98	8t -23 2 out a6	9t end a 4
28	334	154	Sep 23	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS-5	L(10-9)	2	5.0	6	4	4	2	4	1	1	4.04	3.80	22	6	3	1	0	6	41			0	2	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.198	.00	0.00%	-1.54	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
29	335	157	Sep 28	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS-5		4	5.0	8	4	4	1	2	0	0	4.13	3.76	23	5	7	1	0	8	36			1	2	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.47	-0.257	.00	0.00%	-1.52	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
							16-13		W-L:10-9,Sv:2,BSv:1	3.6	170.0	171	83	78	83	91	12	3	4.13	3.76	743	0.94		6%	8%	167	52	2	100%	10	6	0	650	24	4	3	17	0	7	1.11	-0.660	2.22	-0.94%	-4.22

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