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: 14-19 / in Starts: 11-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 2

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 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	183	4	Apr 23	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-3	GS-8		99	8.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	0	3.38	4.26	30	9	11	2	0	7	57			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.44	0.082	4.03	0.14%	1.31	1b start a 1	8b 3 out tie
2	184	10	Apr 30	WSH		PHA	L,1-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	6	7.0	8	3	2	3	3	0	0	3.00	3.76	32	8	10	1	0	8	51			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	-0.002	2.84	0.00%	0.62	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
3	185	14	May 5	WSH		CHW	W,6-0	SHO	W(1-1)	4	9.0	4	0	0	5	6	0	0	1.88	3.51	36						80						31	2	0	0		0
4	186	18	May 9	WSH		SLB	W,3-1	GS-7	W(2-1)	3	6.2	6	1	1	7	3	0	0	1.76	3.83	29	6	7	2	0	6	54			0	1	0	22	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.29	0.210	2.33	0.23%	1.83	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out a2
5	187	22	May 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-5	GS-	L(2-2)	5	4.0	6	4	4	3	0	1	0	2.60	4.34	21						31						18	1	0	0		0
6	188	25	May 19	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.27	4.04	34	11	14	0	0	7	69			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.13	0.351	1.57	0.29%	3.60	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
7	189	29	May 23	WSH	@	DET	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-2)	3	9.0	6	0	0	4	5	0	0	1.88	3.86	33	10	8	0	0	6	76			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.84	0.789	2.03	0.52%	4.93	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
8	190	33	May 27	WSH		PHA	L,3-7	GS-3	L(4-3)	3	2.0	2	4	4	5	0	0	0	2.47	4.09	13	2	4	0	0	2	31			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.267	1.68	-0.20%	-3.31	1t start tie	3t 1-3 0 out d3
9	191	36	May 29(2)	WSH		BOS	W,7-6	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2.44	4.20	5	0	1	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.87	0.083	4.48	0.05%	-1.07	9t 12- 1 out a3	9t end a 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	192	40	Jun 1	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	W(5-3)	2	9.0	5	1	1	0	4	0	0	2.24	3.88	32	9	14	1	3	5	77			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	1	.99	0.505	.98	0.30%	3.74	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
11	193	45	Jun 6(2)	WSH		CHW	L,4-11	GS-7	L(5-4)	4	6.2	6	6	6	6	3	0	0	2.79	3.94	31	7	9	0	0	6	35			1	0	0	24	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.36	-0.442	1.28	-0.25%	-2.71	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d3
12	194	50	Jun 11	WSH		DET	L,6-7	GS-7		4	6.1	7	6	4	6	3	0	0	3.03	4.00	29	7	6	0	0	7	36			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	.99	0.001	1.38	0.00%	-0.98	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out a3
13	195	55	Jun 18	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS-5	L(5-5)	6	4.1	3	5	3	8	3	1	0	3.20	4.31	23	5	4	0	0	3	36			1	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.375	.70	-0.15%	-2.98	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d3
14	196	60	Jun 23	WSH	@	DET	W,2-1	GS-4		4	3.1	1	1	0	6	1	0	1	3.07	4.48	19	6	4	0	0	1	51			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	-0.046	.78	-0.02%	-0.44	1b start tie	4b 123 1 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	197	67	Jul 2	WSH	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG(12)	W(6-5)	8	12.0	3	1	1	7	2	0	1	2.78	4.47	47	12	22	0	1	3	87			0	0	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	1.020	.86	0.34%	5.32	1b start tie	12b 3 out a1
16	198	72	Jul 6	WSH		PHA	L,3-5	GS-2	L(6-6)	3	1.2	7	4	4	3	1	1	0	3.10	4.64	13	1	1	0	0	7	23			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.99	-0.301	.32	-0.06%	-3.75	1t start tie	2t 123 2 out d4
17	199	77	Jul 11	WSH		NYY	W,9-4	GS-		4	6.0	8	3	3	3	4	1	0	3.18	4.67	27						45						24	1	0	0		0
18	200	85	Jul 21	WSH		DET	W,6-1	CG	W(7-6)	9	9.0	12	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.01	4.50	39	21	1	1	0	11	61			0	0	0	36	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.307	.02	0.00%	3.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
19	201	90	Jul 25(2)	WSH		SLB	L,4-6	4-7		3	4.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.91	4.46	15	5	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	.56	0.105	.01	0.00%	2.07	4t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
20	202	94	Jul 31	WSH	@	SLB	L,8-10	GS-6	L(7-7)	5	5.1	10	6	6	2	0	1	1	3.22	4.56	28	7	8	0	0	10	22			2	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.35	-0.166	.01	0.00%	-1.36	1b start a 2	6b 123 1 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	203	98	Aug 3	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-5	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	3.24	4.61	10	2	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	.84	-0.059	.00	0.00%	0.03	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
22	204	100	Aug 6	WSH	@	DET	L,0-1	CG(10)	L(7-8)	2	9.2	8	1	1	6	3	0	0	3.07	4.56	41	15	9	1	0	8	66			0	1	0	34	0	0	1	2	0	1	1.73	0.366	.00	0.00%	3.68	1b start tie	10b 123 2 out d1
23	205	105	Aug 10(2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-11	GS-3	L(7-9)	3	2.1	4	5	4	6	1	0	0	3.28	4.65	18	4	3	0	1	4	26			0	0	0	12	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.26	-0.262	.00	0.00%	-4.00	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out d4
24	206	110	Aug 15(2)	WSH		BOS	L,7-8	GS-6	L(7-10)	4	6.0	4	7	7	7	1	1	0	3.59	4.79	28	8	8	0	0	4	30			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	-0.446	.00	0.00%	-3.90	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
25	207	115	Aug 20(2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-10	2-GF(8)		4	6.1	5	3	3	4	5	2	0	3.62	4.89	28	5	9	0	0	5		3	1	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.033	.00	0.00%	0.17	2b 123 2 out d4	8b end d 6
26	208	121	Aug 27	WSH		DET	L,2-3	CG	L(7-11)	6	9.0	9	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.58	4.78	37	11	10	1	0	9	58			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.104	.00	0.00%	1.65	1t start tie	9t 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
27	209	127	Sep 1	WSH		CHW	W,5-4	GS-8	W(8-11)	4	7.1	8	1	1	2	1	0	1	3.48	4.73	30	11	7	0	0	8	57			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.42	0.221	.00	0.00%	2.21	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a1
28	210	133	Sep 6(2)	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	GS-6	L(8-12)	4	6.0	5	2	1	2	2	0	0	3.41	4.67	25	7	9	1	0	5	56			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.048	.00	0.00%	1.10	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
29	211	139	Sep 12	WSH		NYY	L,5-10	GS-2	L(8-13)	5	2.0	2	4	4	3	1	1	0	3.58	4.77	11	2	3	0	0	2	34			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.286	.00	0.00%	-2.97	1t start tie	2t 3 out d1
30	212	144	Sep 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(8-14)	4	8.0	7	4	4	4	1	2	0	3.62	4.88	34	10	12	1	0	7	49			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.46	-0.124	.00	0.00%	0.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
31	213	147	Sep 19(2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,8-6			1	1.1	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	3.74	4.91	9												6	0	0	0		0
32	214	149	Sep 23	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-8		S(2)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.70	4.86	5												5	0	0	0		0
33	215	151	Sep 29	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-5	GS-3	L(8-15)	5	2.2	6	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.84	4.84	17	4	3	1	0	6	30			0	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.15	-0.270	.00	0.00%	-2.79	1b start tie	3b 12- 2 out d3
							14-19		W-L:8-15,Sv:2	4.0	187.2	171	88	80	122	72	12	4	3.84	4.84	829	1.00		3%	1%	150	49	5	60%	4	7	0	694	23	4	4	20	0	9	1.22	0.905	.86	1.19%	5.79

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