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: 10-19 / in Starts: 9-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 3

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 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	336	3	Apr 19	WSH		BOS	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	0	0	3	9	0	0	0.00	1.59	34	6	12	0	6	4	83			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.450	2.13	0.58%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
2	337	8	Apr 23	WSH		PHA	L,4-6	CG	L(1-1)	3	9.0	9	6	5	3	1	2	1	2.50	4.09	39	15	10	0	0	9	45			0	0	0	34	0	2	1	1	0	1	1.38	-0.350	2.41	-0.37%	-1.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
3	338	12	Apr 28	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-2	L(1-2)	4	1.2	4	5	3	4	2	0	0	3.66	4.37	14	3	1	0	0	4	29			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	-0.322	1.81	-0.31%	-4.48	1b start tie	2b 1-3 2 out d5
May				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	339	18	May 3(2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-6	L(1-3)	4	6.0	8	4	4	0	2	1	0	4.21	4.31	26	7	10	1	0	7	42			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.230	1.70	-0.21%	-1.09	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
5	340	22	May 9	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-0	SHO	W(2-3)	5	9.0	2	0	0	6	9	0	0	3.12	3.86	34	8	9	0	1	2	86			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.347	1.37	0.30%	4.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
6	341	27	May 15	WSH		SLB	L,0-4	GS-8	L(2-4)	5	8.0	9	3	3	3	5	1	0	3.16	3.91	34	10	8	0	3	8	54			0	0	0	31	2	1	1	2	0	0	.65	-0.047	1.52	-0.07%	0.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
7	342	32	May 21	WSH		NYY	L,5-6	GS-7	L(2-5)	5	6.1	8	6	6	5	5	0	1	3.86	3.90	31	6	6	1	0	8	33			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	-0.181	4.35	-0.32%	-1.16	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out a2
8	343	37	May 27	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS-7	L(2-6)	5	7.0	6	3	3	1	4	3	0	3.86	4.34	28	6	14	4	3	3	56			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.075	1.79	-0.12%	0.35	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d2
9	344	40	May 30(1)	WSH		BOS	L,3-4	8-GF		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.72	4.25	6	1	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.086	1.32	0.10%	0.97	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
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
10	345	45	Jun 3	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-2	9-GF(10)	BW(3-6)	3	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.62	4.17	5	3	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.24	0.241	7.55	0.26%	1.09	9b 123 1 out a1	10b end a 1
11	346	49	Jun 7(2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.86	4.19	7	3	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	.21	-0.046	.49	-0.06%	-1.49	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
12	347	52	Jun 11	WSH	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(4-6)	3	9.0	3	1	1	5	4	0	0	3.49	4.09	35	5	18	1	4	3	76			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.605	1.63	0.45%	3.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
13	348	57	Jun 17	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-6)	5	9.0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	3.09	3.76	29	12	9	1	0	2	89			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.676	.81	0.28%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
14	349	63	Jun 22(2)	WSH		CLE	L,2-5	GS-7	L(5-7)	4	7.0	7	5	5	2	1	3	0	3.36	4.17	28	8	10	0	2	7	42			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	.98	-0.264	.40	-0.07%	-1.61	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
15	350	69	Jun 28(1)	WSH		DET	W,5-2	CG	W(6-7)	5	9.0	8	2	1	2	1	0	0	3.14	4.06	35	15	9	0	0	8	64			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	3	0	1	1.16	0.231	.27	0.03%	2.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
16	351	74	Jul 4(1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG(8)	L(6-8)	5	8.0	9	7	6	2	6	0	0	3.42	3.89	36	10	9	0	3	9	42			0	0	0	34	6	0	0	0	0	2	.91	-0.216	.40	-0.06%	-2.85	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
17	352	79	Jul 7	WSH		BOS	L,0-2	9-GF		2	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.47	3.88	5	2	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	.56	-0.071	.16	-0.01%	-0.52	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
18	353	83	Jul 11	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-5		3	5.0	5	2	2	2	0	1	0	3.48	3.99	20	10	4	1	0	4	47			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.041	.40	0.01%	0.39	1b start a 1	5b 3 out tie
19	354	92	Jul 23(1)	WSH	@	DET	L,6-9	9-GF(10)	L(6-9)	11	1.0	2	3	2	0	1	1	0	3.61	4.08	5	2	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	3.11	-0.159	.01	0.00%	-1.87	9b 12- 1 out tie	10b end d 3
20	355	98	Jul 28	WSH		DET	L,5-8	3-6		4	3.2	3	3	2	2	4	0	0	3.65	4.01	17	4	4	0	0	3		1	1	1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	.20	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-1.62	3t --3 1 out d4	6t 3 out d8
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	356	103	Aug 2	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(7-9)	4	9.0	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.38	3.91	33	9	13	1	2	6	76			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.730	.00	0.00%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
22	357	112	Aug 11	WSH		NYY	W,2-1	CG	W(8-9)	8	9.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	1	3.22	3.78	34	8	11	2	3	5	78			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.73	0.587	.00	0.00%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
23	358	117	Aug 16(1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-7	L(8-10)	4	7.0	7	4	4	5	4	0	0	3.32	3.77	33	9	10	0	4	5	46			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	.95	-0.105	.00	0.00%	-0.37	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
24	359	124	Aug 22	WSH		BOS	L,3-4	GS-8	L(8-11)	5	8.0	5	4	2	4	4	0	0	3.26	3.73	35	12	10	1	4	5	60			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.43	-0.214	.00	0.00%	-0.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
25	360	129	Aug 28	WSH	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	W(9-11)	5	9.0	8	4	1	2	3	2	0	3.13	3.84	38	9	16	1	0	8	62			0	1	1	36	1	0	0	0	0	3	.72	0.093	.00	0.00%	0.40	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
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
26	361	134	Sep 2	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-7	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.17	3.85	5	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.49	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
27	362	136	Sep 7(1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,13-2	GS-5	W(10-11)	4	5.0	4	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.18	3.89	20	5	8	1	0	2	52			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	.49	-0.017	.00	0.00%	0.57	1b start a 4	5b 3 out a8
28	363	148	Sep 20(1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,9-13	6-7	L(10-12)	12	1.0	7	6	6	0	2	1	0	3.49	3.94	11	1	1	0	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	-0.385	.00	0.00%	-5.49	6b --- 0 out tie	7b 12- 0 out d5
29	364	152	Sep 27	WSH		PHA	L,2-9	6-GF		6	4.0	6	4	4	3	7	0	0	3.63	3.87	20	2	3	0	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-2.06	6t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 7
							10-19		W-L:10-12,BSv:1	4.2	166.1	145	79	67	62	95	16	3	3.63	3.87	697	0.90		4%	9%	133	58	6	33%	3	3	1	625	20	4	3	16	0	16	1.08	1.276	.99	0.43%	4.57

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