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: 6-25 / in Starts: 3-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 5

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 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	25	5	Apr 24	WSH	@	BOS	W,9-6	6-GF	W(1-0)	99	4.0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	0.00	1.25	14	7	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.219	1.56	0.24%	2.33	6b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 3
2	26	10	Apr 29	WSH		NYY	L,4-5	8-GF	L(1-1)	4	2.0	2	1	1	2	3	0	0	1.50	1.83	9	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.33	-0.238	6.10	-0.37%	0.05	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
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	27	12	May 1	WSH		DET	L,7-10	5-7		1	2.2	3	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.12	2.77	12	3	1	1	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.06	-0.004	5.79	-0.01%	0.64	5t 123 1 out d1	7t 3 out tie
4	28	20	May 10	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-8	8-GF(8)	BS(1)	8	0.1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.00	3.22	4	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.44	-0.623	5.99	-0.51%	-2.54	8b 12- 2 out a1	8b end d 2
5	29	28	May 21	WSH	@	CHW	L,8-9	8-8		10	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	3.21	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.46	0.092	4.71	0.08%	0.47	8b 12- 2 out tie	8b 3 out tie
6	30	30	May 23	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-8	GS-8		1	8.0	5	4	4	6	3	1	0	4.15	4.55	33	11	8	0	0	5	53			2	1	0	27	1	0	1	2	0	1	1.46	-0.028	2.15	-0.02%	0.58	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
7	31	38	May 30(2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,14-2	CG(7)	W(2-1)	6	7.0	3	2	2	6	5	0	0	3.70	4.44	27	4	9	0	0	3	62			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.158	.85	0.08%	1.81	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a12
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
8	32	44	Jun 5	WSH		CLE	W,6-1	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	4	1	1	5	7	0	0	2.97	4.08	34	7	11	1	0	4	77			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.291	.57	0.15%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
9	33	48	Jun 9	WSH		CHW	L,3-4	GS-8		3	8.0	7	3	1	2	3	0	0	2.61	3.87	32	20	1	0	1	6	61			0	0	0	29	0	3	0	0	0	1	.94	0.008	.60	0.00%	1.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
10	34	52	Jun 14	WSH	@	DET	L,1-10	GS-	L(3-2)	4	5.0	10	7	4	4	2	0	1	3.11	4.01	33						23						27					0
11	35	58	Jun 20	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-12	GS-6	L(3-3)	5	6.0	9	12	9	4	0	0	0	4.30	4.12	34	14	8	1	0	8	8			0	0	0	29	3	3	0	1	0	3	.44	-0.308	.03	-0.01%	-8.70	1b start tie	6b 3 out d11
12	36	60	Jun 22	WSH	@	SLB	W,11-10	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.22	4.08	4	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.40	0.224	.33	0.01%	0.57	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
13	37	64	Jun 26	WSH	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS-2		3	2.0	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.55	4.10	12	2	3	0	0	6	31			0	1	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.190	.10	-0.01%	-1.87	1b start a 1	2b 3 out tie
14	38	68	Jun 30(2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	L(3-4)	3	8.0	7	5	5	5	3	0	0	4.69	4.10	33						46						28	3	0			0
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	39	73	Jul 5	WSH		BOS	L,4-9	GS-	L(3-5)	4	4.1	10	8	8	2	1	2	0	5.45	4.47	26						10						24					0
16	40	79	Jul 13(2)	WSH		DET	L,0-4	GS-6	L(3-6)	7	6.0	7	4	3	2	3	1	1	5.38	4.57	29	9	8	0	0	6	45			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	-0.097	.01	0.00%	-0.87	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
17	41	85	Jul 19	WSH		CHW	L,1-9	GS-	L(3-7)	5	7.0	7	3	3	3	3	0	0	5.24	4.47	28						51						25					0
18	42	90	Jul 24	WSH	@	DET	L,5-7			4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.18	4.45	3												3					0
19	43	94	Jul 28(1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS-3	L(3-8)	3	3.0	7	4	4	5	2	0	0	5.42	4.53	20	3	3	0	0	7	26			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	-0.274	.01	0.00%	-2.35	1b start a 1	3b 3 out d2
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
20	44	99	Aug 3	WSH	@	CHW	L,6-7	5-6		5	2.0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	5.30	4.57	9	6	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.29	-0.009	.00	0.00%	0.13	5b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d4
21	45	100	Aug 4(1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	S(2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.24	4.53	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.13	0.358	.01	0.00%	0.97	10b 1-- 0 out a1	10b end a 1
22	46	103	Aug 8	WSH		PHA	L,4-6	GS-3		3	3.0	1	3	2	5	3	1	0	5.26	4.72	14	5	0	0	0	1	45			0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.169	.00	0.00%	-1.43	1t start tie	3t 3 out d2
23	47	105	Aug 10	WSH		BOS	L,0-3	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.15	4.71	7	3	3	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.025	.00	0.00%	1.05	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
24	48	110	Aug 15(2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS-8	L(3-9)	4	7.1	8	6	5	6	3	0	0	5.22	4.71	37	13	7	0	1	8	37			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.51	-0.457	.00	0.00%	-1.87	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out d2
25	49	113	Aug 18	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.17	4.69	5	4	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	.33	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.58	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
26	50	117	Aug 24(1)	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	GS-5	L(3-10)	5	5.0	6	3	3	3	6	0	0	5.18	4.58	24	3	7	0	0	5	46			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.097	.00	0.00%	-0.39	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
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	51	125	Sep 1(2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS-7	L(3-11)	7	7.0	7	3	3	4	3	0	0	5.10	4.54	32	5	13	1	0	7	50			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.77	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
28	52	130	Sep 5(2)	WSH		NYY	L,1-8	GS-8	L(3-12)	3	7.1	7	5	5	7	3	0	1	5.16	4.59	35	11	7	0	0	6	40			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-2.25	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out d4
29	53	142	Sep 17	WSH	@	DET	L,3-6	GS-3	L(3-13)	11	3.0	3	6	4	4	1	1	0	5.33	4.74	16	8	0	0	0	3	30			0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	.90	-0.331	.00	0.00%	-4.17	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
30	54	148	Sep 24(1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-6	10-GF(10)		6	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.33	4.74	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.02	-0.152	.00	0.00%	-0.78	10b -23 1 out tie	10b end d 1
31	55	150	Sep 26	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-5	GS-7		1	7.0	6	5	1	2	3	0	0	5.11	4.65	29	12	6	3	0	6	54			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.26	-0.288	.00	0.00%	-0.92	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
							6-25		W-L:3-13,Sv:2,BSv:1	3.7	130.1	129	92	74	88	68	6	3	5.11	4.65	599	1.59		3%	1%	90	42	10	30%	5	7	0	497	21	8	2	7	0	11	1.19	-1.930	.66	-0.37%	-13.27

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