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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	6-25 / in Starts: 3-16
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 45 PAs	1
Actual Runners on Base	28 (13-10-5) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 45 PAs	5
Avg. Runners on Base	29 (15-9-4)

Most Driven In
J Pofahl	1

Most Driven In By
G Case	2
J Welaj	2
B Lewis	1
G Walker	1

1940 Batting Game Log

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1940 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	25	5 (4)	Apr 24	WSH	@	BOS	W,9-6	6-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		1.000			9	4.04	0.021	7.49	0.02%	0.17	P
2	26	10 (4)	Apr 29	WSH		NYY	L,4-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	9	5.32	-0.135	13.92	-0.21%	-0.79	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	27	12 (1)	May 1	WSH		DET	L,7-10	5-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9	1.06	-0.032	2.99	-0.05%	-0.59	P
4	28	20 (7)	May 10	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9						P
5	29	28 (7)	May 21	WSH	@	CHW	L,8-9	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9						P
6	30	30 (1)	May 23	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-8	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	9	1.22	-0.129	1.80	-0.11%	-1.38	P
7	31	38 (7)	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,14-2	CG(7)	4	3	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.455	.444	.899	9	.59	0.060	.49	0.03%	1.90	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	32	44 (5)	Jun 5	WSH		CLE	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.333	.308	.641	9	.23	-0.023	.20	-0.01%	-0.85	P
9	33	48 (3)	Jun 9	WSH		CHW	L,3-4	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.353	.333	.686	9	1.41	-0.040	.90	-0.02%	-0.24	P
10	34	52 (3)	Jun 14	WSH	@	DET	L,1-10	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.235	.316	.294	.610	9						P
11	35	58 (5)	Jun 20	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-12	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.286	.263	.549	9	.59	-0.030	.04	0.00%	-0.44	P
12	36	60 (1)	Jun 22	WSH	@	SLB	W,11-10	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.286	.263	.549	9						P
13	37	64 (3)	Jun 26	WSH	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS-3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.318	.263	.581	9	1.27	0.023	.10	0.00%	0.25	P
14	38	68 (3)	Jun 30 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1			1	0	0	.182	.280	.227	.507	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	39	73 (4)	Jul 5	WSH		BOS	L,4-9	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.208	.296	.250	.546	9						P
16	40	79 (5)	Jul 13 (2)	WSH		DET	L,0-4	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.286	.240	.526	9	.77	-0.020	.01	0.00%	-0.17	P
17	41	85 (5)	Jul 19	WSH		CHW	L,1-9	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.222	.300	.259	.559	9						P
18	42	90 (4)	Jul 24	WSH	@	DET	L,5-7	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.259	.559	9						P
19	43	94 (3)	Jul 28 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.290	.250	.540	9	1.10	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.32	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	44	99 (4)	Aug 3	WSH	@	CHW	L,6-7	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.290	.250	.540	9						P
21	45	100	Aug 4 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.290	.250	.540	9						P
22	46	103 (2)	Aug 8	WSH		PHA	L,4-6	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.290	.250	.540	9						P
23	47	105 (1)	Aug 10	WSH		BOS	L,0-3	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.290	.250	.540	9						P
24	48	110 (4)	Aug 15 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.265	.226	.491	9	.93	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-0.62	P
25	49	113 (2)	Aug 18	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.265	.226	.491	9						P
26	50	117 (3)	Aug 24 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.257	.219	.476	9	.92	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.25	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	51	125 (7)	Sep 1 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.243	.206	.449	9	1.33	-0.191	.00	0.00%	-1.82	P
28	52	130 (4)	Sep 5 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,1-8	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	.194	.256	.222	.479	9	1.83	0.068	.00	0.00%	0.20	P
29	53	142 (11)	Sep 17	WSH	@	DET	L,3-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.250	.216	.466	9	.66	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.20	P
30	54	148 (5)	Sep 24 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-6	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.250	.216	.466	9						P
31	55	150 (1)	Sep 26	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-5	GS-8	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.184	.262	.211	.472	9	1.89	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.63	P
							6-25		45	38	6	7	1	0	0	1	4	0	17	0	3		1	1	0	0	.184	.262	.211	.472		1.25	-0.629	1.04	-0.35%	-5.78

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