Justin Masterson

Justin Daniel Masterson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 250 lb.

Born: March 22, 1985 in Kingston, Jamaica
High School: Beavercreek HS (Beavercreek, OH)
Schools: Bethel College (Mishawaka, IN), San Diego State University (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 2nd round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 2008
Teams (by GP): Indians/RedSox 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$3.83M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.108, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2006	21	BOS-min	A-	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		LOW · NYPL
2007	22	BOS-min	AA,A+	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		PRT,LNR · EL,CALL
2008	23	BOS-min	AAA,AA	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		PAW,PRT · IL,EL
2008	23	BOS	AL	36	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	24	TOT	AL	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	24	BOS	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	24	CLE	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	25	CLE	AL	34	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	41	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
2011	26	CLE	AL	34	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
4 Yrs				146	16	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.133	.133	.133	.267	-27	2	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	18	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.133	.133	.133	.267	-27	2	0	0	1	0	0

CLE (3 yrs)				79	11	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	13	2	0	0	1	0	0
BOS (2 yrs)				67	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2008	23	BOS	AL	36	5	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
2009	24	BOS	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$415,500	1
2009	24	CLE	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
2010	25	CLE	AL	34	5	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$427,000	1
2011	26	CLE	AL	34	6	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$468,400	1
2012	27	CLE	AL	11		0	0	0	0	0	0					.500	.500		0.0		$
5 Seasons				157	16	-3	0	0	0	2	-0	-0.0	1	0	-0.1	.500	.500	-0.1	0.1	0	$1,310,900

CLE (4 yrs)				90	11	-1	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	1	$895,400
BOS (2 yrs)				67	5	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$415,500

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
2008	23	BOS	AL	5	5	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.276	.000	.345	.000	.434	.000	.779	-100	.000	-1.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

2010	25	CLE	AL	5	4	0	0.0	95	.333	.250	.254	.250	.320	.250	.397	.500	.717	41	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
2011	26	CLE	AL	6	5	0	0.0	94	.250	.167	.252	.167	.317	.167	.400	.333	.716	-6	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.200	.000	.000
4 Yrs				16	14	0	0.0	100	.250	.133	.261	.133	.327	.133	.410	.267	.737	-27	.000	-2.7	-0.3	.154	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				18	16	0	0.0	100	.250	.133	.261	.133	.327	.133	.410	.267	.737	-27	.000	-2.7	-0.3	.154	.000	.000

CLE (3 yrs)				11	9	0	0.0	95	.286	.200	.253	.200	.318	.200	.398	.400	.716	13	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
BOS (2 yrs)				5	5	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.276	.000	.345	.000	.434	.000	.779	-100	.000	-1.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
2008	23	BOS	AL	ALDS	LAA	W	4
2008	23	BOS	AL	ALCS	TBR	L	5
1 Yr (2 Series)							9
1 ALDS							4
1 ALCS							5

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2008	23	BOS	AL	5	0.0%	80.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3					20%	0%

2010	25	CLE	AL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0			2.00	1.00	60%	0%	0.0%	0%
2011	26	CLE	AL	6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0			1.00	2.00	67%	50%	0.0%	0%
5 Yrs				16	0.0%	43.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.1			1.67	1.67	50%	22%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.2%	8.5%	7.7%	33%	2.14	4.9	34.8	8.0	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
2008	23	BOS	AL	-1.5	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.48	-0.1	-0.0	-1.5	-0.1	1.00	-1.5	0
2009	24	TOT	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2009	24	BOS	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2009	24	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0
2010	25	CLE	AL	-0.3	-0.0	5	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.10	-0.1	-0.0	-1.9	-0.2	0.96	-1.5	0
2011	26	CLE	AL	-0.9	-0.1	6	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.57	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.81	-0.8	0
2012	27	CLE	AL
5 Yrs				-2.7	-0.3	16	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	.71	-0.4	-0.0	-4.0	-0.4	0.91	-3.8	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2008	23	BOS	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2010	25	CLE	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	26	CLE	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2008	23	BOS	AL	5	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

2010	25	CLE	AL	5	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
2011	26	CLE	AL	6	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				16	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	10	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			68%			11%			32%			14%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2008	23	BOS	AL	5	21	4.20	17	81%	29%	35%	29%	6%	71%	0%	57%	50%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0

2010	25	CLE	AL	5	12	2.40	9	75%	22%	33%	0%	44%	78%	0%	58%	57%	40%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2011	26	CLE	AL	6	19	3.17	17	89%	35%	12%	29%	24%	65%	0%	58%	82%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				16	52	3.25	43	83%	30%	26%	23%	21%	70%	0%	58%	63%	31%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	57%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
2008	23	36	5	5	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
2009	24	78	5	5	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
2010	25	112	10	9	1	5	.111	.111	.111	.222	-40	1	1
2011	26	146	16	15	2	7	.133	.133	.133	.267	-27	2	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2008	23	36	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	36

2010	25	34	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	34
2011	26	34	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	34
3 Yrs		104	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	104
162 Game Avg.		162	25	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	104

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