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: 5-30

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 10

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 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	365	22	May 12	DET		CHW	L,6-7	7-8		99	2.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	0.00	1.37	11	0	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.039	.74	0.04%	1.06	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
2	366	25	May 16	DET		BOS	L,2-4	8-GF		3	2.0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.00	3.62	8	1	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.46	0.050	.61	0.04%	1.06	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
3	367	27	May 19	DET		BAL	L,4-5	8-8		2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.44	3	1	1	0	0	1		1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.043	1.19	0.03%	0.70	8t -2- 1 out d2	8t 3 out d2
4	368	31	May 23	DET		NYY	L,5-13	2-2		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.31	2	2	0	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.031	1.12	-0.03%	-0.40	2t 123 1 out d4	2t 3 out d6
5	369	32	May 24	DET		NYY	L,4-11	3-4		0	2.0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.92	8	2	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.054	.88	-0.05%	-0.32	3t -2- 0 out d2	4t 3 out d4
6	370	36	May 27(2)	DET		KCA	L,0-5	6-6		2	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.08	3.21	5	0	2	1	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.050	.39	-0.03%	-0.84	6t -2- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d5
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
7	371	43	Jun 5	DET	@	BOS	W,14-11	6-9		8	3.2	6	6	6	2	4	1	0	5.25	3.87	19	1	6	1	1	6		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.066	.44	0.08%	-3.79	6b --- 0 out a4	9b --- 2 out a3
8	372	48	Jun 10(1)	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	9-GF	BS(1)	4	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.25	3.87	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.28	-0.758	19.39	-1.07%	-1.63	9b -23 2 out a1	9b end d 1
9	373	49	Jun 10(2)	DET	@	WSH	L,9-12	8-GF(8)		-1	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.54	3.99	5	0	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.002	.06	0.00%	-0.50	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
10	374	50	Jun 11	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.80	3.64	9	4	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.070	1.44	0.08%	0.95	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
11	375	55	Jun 17	DET		BOS	L,2-13	6-7		5	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.24	3.55	8	3	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.019	.35	0.02%	1.06	6t --- 0 out d6	7t 3 out d4
12	376	59	Jun 22	DET		BAL	L,2-3	10-GF(11)	L(0-1)	4	2.0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.79	3.58	9	2	4	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.22	-0.148	1.52	-0.06%	0.06	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 1
13	377	62	Jun 25	DET		WSH	L,3-5	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.60	3.32	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.019	.09	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
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
14	378	70	Jul 3	DET		CHW	L,0-6	7-7		7	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.43	3.42	4	0	3	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.25	-0.006	.05	0.00%	0.37	7t 123 0 out d4	7t 3 out d6
15	379	72	Jul 4(2)	DET		CLE	L,1-3	7-8		0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.13	3.33	7	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.38	0.053	.04	0.00%	1.06	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d2
16	380	74	Jul 6	DET	@	CHW	L,0-14	3-5		1	3.0	7	6	6	1	2	0	1	4.85	3.29	18	5	2	0	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.017	.01	0.00%	-4.42	3b --- 0 out d5	5b 3 out d11
17	381	79	Jul 13	DET	@	WSH	L,11-12	7-7		6	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.67	3.30	4	2	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.99	0.078	.13	0.00%	1.34	7b 123 0 out tie	7b 3 out d1
18	382	80	Jul 14	DET	@	WSH	W,6-5	9-GF	S(1)	0	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.61	3.39	3	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.18	0.047	.21	0.00%	0.10	9b --- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
19	383	82	Jul 15(2)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.45	3.36	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
20	384	87	Jul 20	DET	@	BOS	W,9-6	6-6		4	0.1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.40	3.45	3	0	1	1	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	-0.085	.03	0.00%	-1.82	6b 123 1 out a6	6b 12- 2 out a3
21	385	88	Jul 21	DET	@	BOS	L,3-9	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	5	4	4	3	1	1	0	5.28	4.03	14	3	2	1	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.091	.00	0.00%	-2.83	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 6
22	386	91	Jul 24(2)	DET		BAL	L,5-11	3-3		2	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.12	3.98	5	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.53	3t --- 0 out d6	3t 3 out d6
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
23	387	101	Aug 2	DET		BOS	L,3-18	5-6		8	1.2	4	6	4	2	0	0	0	5.94	4.08	12	3	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	2	1	.16	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-2.74	5t --- 0 out d5	6t 123 2 out d8
24	388	108	Aug 9	DET		KCA	L,3-5	9-GF		6	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.77	4.12	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
25	389	109	Aug 10	DET		CHW	L,1-6	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.60	3.95	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
26	390	114	Aug 16	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	6-GF(8)		5	2.2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	5.21	3.90	9	0	5	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.163	.00	0.00%	2.68	6b 123 1 out d2	8b end d 1
27	391	121	Aug 23	DET	@	BAL	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.08	3.93	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
28	392	124	Aug 26(1)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-7	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.95	4.05	5	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
29	393	127	Aug 29	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	6-7		2	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.71	4.04	7	3	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	.50	0.052	.00	0.00%	1.17	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d2
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
30	394	132	Sep 3(2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.60	4.07	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
31	395	133	Sep 4	DET	@	CHW	L,4-11	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	3.98	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
32	396	135	Sep 7	DET	@	KCA	W,12-8	7-7	H(1)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.43	3.91	2	1	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.45	0.147	.00	0.00%	0.60	7b 123 1 out a2	7b 3 out a1
33	397	141	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,1-5	9-GF		6	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.34	3.90	4	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
34	398	143	Sep 16(1)	DET		BOS	W,5-4	8-GF	W(1-1)	1	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.15	3.80	8	1	4	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.050	.00	0.00%	1.06	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
35	399	150	Sep 24	DET		CHW	L,11-14	6-7		7	2.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.17	3.76	11	0	5	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.002	.00	0.00%	0.06	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d6
							5-30		W-L:1-1,Sv:1,BSv:1,Hld:1	3.0	49.2	54	28	23	32	28	2	1	4.17	3.76	228	0.90		10%	4%	53		23	57%	2	1	0	187	8	0	1	4	3	1	.55	-0.331	.39	-0.94%	-0.81

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