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: 14-21 / in Starts: 13-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 1

1947 Pitching Game Log

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1947 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	148	2	Apr 17	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-4	7-GF(8)		99	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.18	7	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	.25	0.019	.64	0.03%	1.00	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
2	149	5	Apr 20	WSH		BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(1-0)	2	9.0	3	1	1	2	3	0	0	0.82	2.77	32	12	13	0	0	2	78			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.02	0.410	2.33	0.56%	3.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
3	150	7	Apr 26	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.69	2.52	7	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.033	.57	0.05%	0.92	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
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	151	10	May 1	WSH	@	SLB	L,5-14	GS-5	L(1-1)	4	4.0	10	8	8	1	3	2	0	4.76	3.91	23	4	6	1	2	9	12			0	0	0	22	3	1	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.456	2.06	-0.70%	-5.72	1b start a 1	5b -2- 0 out d5
5	152	15	May 11(2)	WSH		PHA	W,2-1	CG	W(2-1)	9	9.0	7	1	1	5	7	1	0	3.46	4.02	36	7	10	0	0	7	71			0	1	1	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.576	3.38	0.88%	3.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
6	153	20	May 16	WSH		CLE	W,2-0	SHO	W(3-1)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.57	3.39	31	8	14	1	0	4	84			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.575	2.10	0.65%	4.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
7	154	25	May 20	WSH		CHW	L,4-7	GS-3	L(3-2)	3	2.2	8	5	3	1	1	0	0	3.11	3.37	17	6	1	0	0	8	26			0	0	1	16	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.02	-0.401	1.49	-0.35%	-4.06	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d1
8	155	30	May 27	WSH		NYY	W,5-4	GS-8	W(4-2)	6	8.0	6	4	3	6	2	0	1	3.15	3.62	36	13	8	0	0	6	52			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.01	-0.030	1.82	-0.03%	-0.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
9	156	35	May 31	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-	L(4-3)	3	6.1	11	5	3	2	2	2	0	3.29	4.04	30						35						27					0
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	157	41	Jun 8(1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,1-0	GS-		7	16.0	6	0	0	6	7	0	0	2.51	3.78	59						111						52					0
11	158	46	Jun 15(1)	WSH		DET	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-3)	6	9.0	8	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.22	3.52	33	11	10	0	0	7	76			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.67	0.697	2.85	0.71%	4.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
12	159	51	Jun 20	WSH		SLB	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-3)	4	9.0	2	0	0	2	8	0	0	1.99	3.31	28	6	10	0	0	2	89			0	2	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.372	.88	0.29%	4.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
13	160	56	Jun 24	WSH		CHW	L,0-3	GS-8	L(6-4)	3	8.0	8	3	3	0	2	0	0	2.11	3.22	29	18	1	0	1	8	56			0	1	0	29	2	1	0	2	0	0	.62	-0.039	.77	-0.03%	0.61	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
14	161	61	Jun 29(2)	WSH		NYY	L,1-3	GS-7	L(6-5)	4	7.0	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.14	3.20	27	7	11	0	0	5	59			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.056	1.81	0.06%	1.16	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
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
15	162	65	Jul 4(2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(6-6)	4	8.0	9	4	3	3	5	0	0	2.23	3.15	36	5	14	0	0	9	52			0	0	0	32	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.44	-0.267	1.52	-0.17%	-0.31	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
16	163	71	Jul 11	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-	W(7-6)	6	6.0	4	2	2	3	1	0	0	2.27	3.19	22						54						19					0
17	164	77	Jul 16(1)	WSH	@	DET	L,8-9	GS-8		4	7.0	8	6	6	6	6	1	0	2.58	3.31	33	6	7	0	2	8	37			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.00	-0.051	.05	0.00%	-1.99	1b start a 3	8b 1-- 0 out a2
18	165	83	Jul 20(2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-6	GS-7	L(7-7)	3	7.0	8	6	6	5	4	0	0	2.86	3.33	34	9	8	0	0	8	36			0	2	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	2	.77	-0.286	.01	0.00%	-2.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
19	166	86	Jul 24	WSH		DET	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-7)	3	9.0	4	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.67	3.30	32	13	8	0	0	4	80			0	2	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.529	.03	0.01%	4.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
20	167	91	Jul 30	WSH		SLB	L,1-2	CG(11)	L(8-8)	5	11.0	5	2	1	5	8	0	0	2.54	3.25	43	11	15	1	0	4	84			0	1	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.83	0.267	.02	0.00%	2.96	1t start tie	11t 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
21	168	96	Aug 5	WSH		BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(9-8)	5	9.0	7	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.45	3.18	33	12	6	0	0	7	73			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.04	0.419	.00	0.00%	3.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
22	169	100	Aug 10(1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-3	GS-7	L(9-9)	4	7.0	8	3	3	2	5	1	0	2.51	3.21	30	10	5	2	0	8	52			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.78	-0.066	.01	0.00%	0.29	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
23	170	105	Aug 15	WSH		PHA	L,0-3	GS-8	L(9-10)	4	8.0	7	3	3	4	5	0	0	2.55	3.20	33	8	9	1	0	7	57			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	.95	-0.052	.00	0.00%	0.61	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
24	171	109	Aug 19(1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-13	GS-6	L(9-11)	3	6.0	7	5	5	3	2	1	0	2.72	3.28	29	6	11	0	0	7	37			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.330	.00	0.00%	-2.30	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
25	172	115	Aug 22(1)	WSH	@	DET	L,6-7	GS-9		2	8.1	8	3	3	2	6	0	0	2.74	3.22	35	7	12	1	0	8	59			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.178	.00	0.00%	2.46	1b start a 3	9b 12- 1 out a5
26	173	119	Aug 24(2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-4	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.73	3.21	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.42	9b 12- 2 out a3	9b end a 3
27	174	121	Aug 26	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	W(10-11)	1	9.0	9	3	3	5	2	0	0	2.75	3.24	37	12	9	0	0	9	54			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.51	0.365	.00	0.00%	0.98	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a1
28	175	125	Aug 31(1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG(8)	L(10-12)	4	8.0	6	6	5	5	5	1	0	2.86	3.31	34	12	6	1	0	6	48			1	0	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.613	.00	0.00%	-2.31	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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
29	176	131	Sep 4	WSH		NYY	W,5-4	CG	W(11-12)	3	9.0	8	4	3	3	2	1	0	2.86	3.36	38	8	17	4	0	8	56			0	0	0	35	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.51	0.178	.00	0.00%	0.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
30	177	136	Sep 10	WSH		CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(12-12)	5	9.0	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.79	3.35	33	12	14	1	0	4	74			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.426	.00	0.00%	3.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
31	178	140	Sep 14(1)	WSH		DET	L,6-16	GS-2	L(12-13)	3	2.0	8	7	7	2	2	0	0	3.04	3.36	16	1	3	1	0	8	12			0	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.430	.00	0.00%	-6.10	1t start tie	2t 3 out d7
32	179	141	Sep 14(2)	WSH		DET	L,4-8	5-GF		-1	5.0	5	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.06	3.35	23	6	5	1	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.003	.00	0.00%	0.25	5t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
33	180	145	Sep 18	WSH		CLE	L,0-4	GS-8	L(12-14)	3	8.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.99	3.31	30	7	12	3	0	4	73			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	0.227	.00	0.00%	2.61	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
34	181	149	Sep 23(1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(12-15)	4	8.0	5	2	2	2	7	0	1	2.97	3.27	31	10	6	0	0	5	69			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.097	.00	0.00%	1.69	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
35	182	153	Sep 27	WSH		BOS	L,1-8	GS-8	L(12-16)	3	7.1	12	8	7	6	3	1	0	3.13	3.35	41	12	8	2	0	12	21			0	0	0	32	3	0	1	0	0	1	.73	-0.180	.00	0.00%	-5.25	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out d7
							14-21		W-L:12-16,Sv:1	3.8	253.0	216	98	88	97	135	11	2	3.13	3.35	1039	1.00		4%	1%	191	57	2	0%	4	12	2	922	29	6	6	21	0	9	1.05	2.260	.71	1.97%	13.17

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