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	14-22 / in Starts: 13-18
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 90 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	44 (21-18-5) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 90 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	59 (30-18-9)

Most Driven In
M Christman	1
J Priddy	1
S Spence	1
R Ferrell	1
A Evans	0

Most Driven In By
B Lewis	1
S Spence	1
J Grace	1

1947 Batting Game Log

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1947 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	149	2 (1)	Apr 17	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-4	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	150	5 (2)	Apr 20	WSH		BOS	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.47	-0.025	1.07	-0.03%	-0.51	P
3	151	7 (1)	Apr 26	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						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
4	152	10 (2)	May 1	WSH	@	SLB	L,5-14	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.88	-0.047	2.23	-0.07%	-0.45	P
5	153	15 (4)	May 11 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,2-1	CG	4	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.429	.679	9	.71	0.046	1.80	0.07%	0.20	P
6	154	20 (4)	May 16	WSH		CLE	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.400	.673	9	.93	0.037	1.76	0.04%	0.41	P
7	155	25 (4)	May 20	WSH		CHW	L,4-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.364	.614	9	.58	-0.015	.85	-0.01%	-0.21	P
8	156	30 (4)	May 27	WSH		NYY	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.357	.624	9	1.27	0.048	2.30	0.05%	0.45	P
9	157	35 (4)	May 31	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.188	.235	.313	.548	9						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
10	158	41 (5)	Jun 8 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,1-0	GS-0	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1			0	0	0	.143	.182	.238	.420	9						P
11	159	46 (4)	Jun 15 (1)	WSH		DET	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.160	.208	.368	9	1.26	-0.095	2.14	-0.10%	-0.86	P
12	160	51 (4)	Jun 20	WSH		SLB	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.172	.185	.358	9	.54	0.056	.70	0.04%	0.66	P
13	161	56 (4)	Jun 24	WSH		CHW	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.103	.161	.172	.334	9	1.92	-0.095	2.38	-0.07%	-0.83	P
14	162	61 (4)	Jun 29 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,1-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.167	.348	9	.70	0.000	1.19	0.00%	-0.10	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	163	65 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.121	.194	.182	.376	9	1.54	-0.062	1.62	-0.04%	-0.86	P
16	164	71 (5)	Jul 11	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.143	.211	.200	.411	9						P
17	165	77 (5)	Jul 16 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,8-9	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	.128	.190	.179	.370	9	.41	-0.040	.02	0.00%	-0.91	P
18	166	83 (5)	Jul 20 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-6	GS-8	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.150	.227	.225	.452	9	.65	0.074	.01	0.00%	0.65	P
19	167	86 (2)	Jul 24	WSH		DET	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.136	.208	.205	.413	9	.90	-0.096	.02	0.00%	-1.35	P
20	168	91 (4)	Jul 30	WSH		SLB	L,1-2	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.192	.188	.380	9	1.53	-0.153	.02	0.00%	-0.91	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
21	169	96 (4)	Aug 5	WSH		BOS	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.135	.196	.192	.389	9	.97	0.051	.00	0.00%	0.23	P
22	170	100 (3)	Aug 10 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.190	.185	.375	9	.97	-0.048	.01	0.00%	-0.37	P
23	171	105 (4)	Aug 15	WSH		PHA	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.183	.179	.362	9	1.48	-0.077	.00	0.00%	-0.55	P
24	172	109 (3)	Aug 19 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-13	GS-7	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.138	.194	.207	.400	9	1.31	0.090	.00	0.00%	0.79	P
25	173	115 (5)	Aug 22 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,6-7	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.129	.182	.194	.375	9	.26	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-1.25	P
26	174	119 (3)	Aug 24 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.129	.182	.194	.375	9						P
27	175	121 (1)	Aug 26	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.136	.186	.197	.383	9	.38	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.32	P
28	176	124 (2)	Aug 30	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-6	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.136	.186	.197	.383	9						PR
29	177	125	Aug 31 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.178	.188	.366	9	.55	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.39	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
30	178	131 (5)	Sep 4	WSH		NYY	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.137	.182	.192	.374	9	.41	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.50	P
31	179	136 (4)	Sep 10	WSH		CHW	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.133	.177	.187	.364	9	.67	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.61	P
32	180	140 (3)	Sep 14 (1)	WSH		DET	L,6-16	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.177	.187	.364	9						P
33	181	141	Sep 14 (2)	WSH		DET	L,4-8	5-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.145	.188	.197	.385	9	.13	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.24	P
34	182	145 (3)	Sep 18	WSH		CLE	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.141	.183	.192	.375	9	1.01	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.36	P
35	183	149 (3)	Sep 23 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.136	.176	.185	.362	9	1.48	-0.109	.00	0.00%	-0.78	P
36	184	153 (3)	Sep 27	WSH		BOS	L,1-8	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.133	.172	.181	.353	9	1.56	-0.132	.00	0.00%	-0.87	P
							14-22		90	83	4	11	2	1	0	4	4	0	43	0	3		0	1	0	0	.133	.172	.181	.353		.88	-0.777	.62	-0.12%	-9.35

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