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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2008 23 BOS AL 6 5 .545 3.16 36 9 6 0 0 0 88.1 68 31 31 10 40 3 68 8 0 1 365 147 1.223 6.9 1.0 4.1 6.9 1.70
2009 24 TOT AL 4 10 .286 4.52 42 16 4 1 0 0 129.1 128 73 65 12 60 3 119 8 0 5 568 99 1.454 8.9 0.8 4.2 8.3 1.98
2009 24 BOS AL 3 3 .500 4.50 31 6 4 0 0 0 72.0 72 38 36 7 25 2 67 6 0 3 312 104 1.347 9.0 0.9 3.1 8.4 2.68
2009 24 CLE AL 1 7 .125 4.55 11 10 0 1 0 0 57.1 56 35 29 5 35 1 52 2 0 2 256 94 1.587 8.8 0.8 5.5 8.2 1.49
2010 25 CLE AL 6 13 .316 4.70 34 29 0 1 1 0 180.0 197 107 94 14 73 4 140 11 0 12 802 84 1.500 9.9 0.7 3.7 7.0 1.92
2011 26 CLE AL 12 10 .545 3.21 34 33 0 1 0 0 216.0 211 89 77 11 65 4 158 11 0 5 908 122 1.278 8.8 0.5 2.7 6.6 2.43
2012 27 CLE AL 2 4 .333 5.14 11 11 0 0 0 0 68.1 68 42 39 6 34 0 50 5 0 5 303 75 1.493 9.0 0.8 4.5 6.6 1.47
5 Yrs 30 42 .417 4.04 157 98 10 3 1 0 682.0 672 342 306 53 272 14 535 43 0 28 2946 102 1.384 8.9 0.7 3.6 7.1 1.97
162 Game Avg. 8 11 .417 4.04 42 26 3 1 0 0 182 179 91 82 14 73 4 143 11 0 7 786 102 1.384 8.9 0.7 3.6 7.1 1.97
CLE (4 yrs) 21 34 .382 4.12 90 83 0 3 1 0 521.2 532 273 239 36 207 9 400 29 0 24 2269 96 1.417 9.2 0.6 3.6 6.9 1.93
BOS (2 yrs) 9 8 .529 3.76 67 15 10 0 0 0 160.1 140 69 67 17 65 5 135 14 0 4 677 124 1.279 7.9 1.0 3.6 7.6 2.08

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2008 23 BOS AL 88.1 36 9 31 3.16 4.67 0.12 -0.02 107.3 4.85 15 1.6 1.1 -0.1 2.3 27 .544 .510 $
2009 24 BOS AL 72.0 31 6 38 4.75 4.91 -0.11 -0.09 101.6 5.01 2 0.2 .9 -0.1 0.7 11 .505 .501 $415,500
2009 24 CLE AL 57.1 11 10 35 5.49 4.75 -0.12 0.16 94.7 4.76 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 0.0 2 .456 .497 $
2010 25 CLE AL 180.0 34 29 107 5.35 4.58 -0.11 0.13 95.9 4.63 -16 -1.6 1.4 -0.1 -0.1 6 .454 .490 $427,000
2011 26 CLE AL 216.0 34 33 89 3.71 4.40 -0.10 0.16 95.1 4.44 17 1.8 .6 -0.1 3.6 42 .554 .511 $468,400
2012 27 CLE AL 68.1 11 11 42 5.53 4.29 0.12 0.16 94.0 4.08 -11 -1.1 -0.1 -0.6 -3 .400 .493 $
5 Seasons 682.0 157 98 342 4.51 4.56 -0.06 0.10 97.4 4.59 2 0.4 1.0 -0.6 5.9 85 .503 .500 $1,310,900
CLE (4 yrs) 521.2 90 83 273 4.71 4.49 -0.08 0.15 95.2 4.49 -15 -1.3 1.2 -0.4 2.9 47 .485 .498 $895,400
BOS (2 yrs) 160.1 67 15 69 3.87 4.78 0.02 -0.05 104.7 4.92 17 1.7 1.0 -0.2 3.0 38 .526 .505 $415,500

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2008 23 BOS AL ALDS W LAA 0 0 2.25 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 2 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 19 2.250 13.5 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
2008 23 BOS AL ALCS L TBR 1 0 1.000 1.59 5 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 4 1 1 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 21 1.059 6.4 0.0 3.2 9.5 3.00
1 Yr (2 Series) 1 0 1.000 1.86 9 0 1 0 0 0 9.2 10 3 2 0 5 0 9 1 0 0 40 1.552 9.3 0.0 4.7 8.4 1.80
1 ALDS 0 0 2.25 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 2 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 19 2.250 13.5 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
1 ALCS 1 0 1.000 1.59 5 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 4 1 1 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 21 1.059 6.4 0.0 3.2 9.5 3.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
2008 23 BOS AL 36 365 315 31 68 14 0 10 9 1 40 68 .216 .319 .356 .674 .244 112 16 8 1 1 3 2
2009 24 TOT AL 42 568 483 73 128 18 3 12 15 6 60 119 .265 .351 .389 .740 .323 188 15 8 10 7 3 7
2009 24 BOS AL 31 312 266 38 72 9 3 7 8 4 25 67 .271 .340 .406 .746 .328 108 5 6 9 6 2 4
2009 24 CLE AL 11 256 217 35 56 9 0 5 7 2 35 52 .258 .365 .369 .733 .317 80 10 2 1 1 1 3
2010 25 CLE AL 34 802 709 107 197 32 1 14 13 8 73 140 .278 .353 .385 .738 .327 273 19 11 5 4 4 10
2011 26 CLE AL 34 908 822 89 211 39 2 11 14 14 65 158 .257 .318 .349 .667 .304 287 18 11 5 5 4 13
2012 27 CLE AL 11 303 257 42 68 10 0 6 8 3 34 50 .265 .358 .374 .731 .304 96 10 5 4 3 0 3
5 Yrs 157 2946 2586 342 672 113 6 53 59 32 272 535 .260 .338 .370 .708 .307 956 78 43 25 20 14 35
162 Game Avg. 42 786 690 91 179 30 2 14 16 9 73 143 .260 .338 .370 .708 .307 255 21 11 7 5 4 9
MLB Averages .259 .327 .408 .736 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2008 23 BOS AL 14.8 1.5 376 1.5 6.9 -5.3 .99 1.0 0.6 19.1 1.9 0.99 13.8 7 8 12
2009 24 TOT AL -1.8 -0.2 592 0.2 9.3 -9.1 .94 -0.2 0.4 -3.8 -0.4 0.94 -2.5 5 11 10
2009 24 BOS AL 2.0 0.2 325 0.3 5.0 -4.6 .94 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.94 1.6 5 10 10
2009 24 CLE AL -3.7 -0.4 267 -0.1 4.3 -4.4 .93 -0.4 0.2 -4.4 -0.4 0.93 -4.0 0 1 0
2010 25 CLE AL -18.7 -1.8 839 -2.1 14.0 -16.0 1.04 -1.1 -0.9 -18.2 -1.8 1.04 -11.9 3 0 2
2011 26 CLE AL 16.4 1.7 940 1.8 17.4 -15.5 1.06 1.7 0.1 19.7 2.1 1.06 15.3 0 0 1
2012 27 CLE AL -10.2 -1.0 317 -0.8 4.7 -5.5 .97 -0.7 -0.2 -10.0 -1.0 0.97 -7.0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 0.5 0.2 3064 0.6 52.1 -51.5 1.01 0.7 -0.1 6.8 0.8 1.01 7.7 15 19 25

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2008 23 BOS AL 36 9 4 3 2 2 2 5 4 .556 1 2 0 0 5 56% 54.3 65 42 10 2 0 5 4.0 3.6 6.0 96 0 6 3 0 105
2009 24 TOT AL 42 16 3 9 4 2 2 4 12 .250 0 2 1 0 6 38% 47.6 85 20 18 5 0 11 3.3 3.1 5.6 97 1 8 7 0 112
2009 24 BOS AL 31 6 2 2 2 2 0 3 3 .500 0 1 0 0 2 33% 48.8 57 36 11 2 0 3 4.5 3.6 5.9 100 0 3 3 0 112
2009 24 CLE AL 11 10 1 7 2 0 2 1 9 .100 0 1 1 0 4 40% 46.9 85 20 7 3 0 8 2.6 2.8 5.4 95 1 5 4 0 110
2010 25 CLE AL 34 29 6 12 11 2 2 11 18 .379 4 5 1 1 12 41% 46.7 87 11 24 10 0 14 4.3 4.1 5.8 101 1 9 19 0 117
2011 26 CLE AL 34 33 12 10 11 2 5 20 13 .606 3 4 1 0 22 67% 54.3 80 20 30 14 1 13 4.1 3.6 6.5 104 1 6 25 1 120
2012 27 CLE AL 11 11 2 4 5 0 0 4 7 .364 1 2 0 0 6 55% 47.4 83 12 6 0 0 5 3.4 3.4 6.2 101 1 4 6 0 112
5 Yrs 157 98 27 38 33 8 11 44 54 .449 9 15 3 1 51 52% 50 87 11 88 31 1 48 3.9 3.7 6.1 101 4 33 60 1 120
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 100 -13 4.5 4.5 5.9 96

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2008 23 BOS AL 36 27 6 2 2 1 0 1 0% 4 3 17 3 18% 8 .993 7 8 12 11 5 11 8 19 10 5 12 2 3.8 19
2009 24 TOT AL 42 26 4 1 1 1 0 1 0% 7 6 14 6 43% .936 5 11 10 10 2 14 9 17 13 7 15 2 4.6 25
2009 24 BOS AL 31 25 4 1 1 1 0 1 0% 7 6 14 6 43% 6 .942 5 10 10 10 2 13 9 16 12 7 14 2 4.4 24
2009 24 CLE AL 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .929 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 46
2010 25 CLE AL 34 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 50% 7 1.043 3 0 2 3 0 2 2 3 1 1 2 0 6.4 31
2011 26 CLE AL 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.057 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 20
4 Yrs 146 59 10 3 4 2 0 2 0% 13 11 35 11 31% 1.018 15 19 25 24 7 28 19 40 24 13 29 4 4.4 23

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2008 23 BOS AL 365 51% 2.7% 18.6% 11.0% 6.6% 35% 1.21 1.97 65% 18% 9.8% 8% 68 16 24%
2009 24 TOT AL 568 47% 2.1% 21.0% 10.6% 5.8% 26% 1.19 1.66 63% 13% 8.1% 11% 118 15 13%
2009 24 BOS AL 312 50% 2.2% 21.5% 8.0% 6.1% 26% 1.04 1.59 63% 15% 7.6% 7% 56 5 9%
2009 24 CLE AL 256 43% 2.0% 20.3% 13.7% 5.5% 25% 1.41 1.74 63% 11% 8.9% 18% 62 10 16%
2010 25 CLE AL 802 45% 1.8% 17.5% 9.1% 5.9% 24% 1.47 2.11 70% 16% 6.6% 7% 184 19 10%
2011 26 CLE AL 908 44% 1.2% 17.4% 7.2% 5.7% 25% 1.24 1.59 72% 18% 4.2% 12% 179 18 10%
2012 27 CLE AL 303 46% 2.0% 16.5% 11.2% 5.3% 24% 1.33 2.26 67% 19% 7.8% 13% 60 10 17%
5 Yrs 2946 46% 1.8% 18.2% 9.2% 5.8% 26% 1.29 1.84 69% 17% 6.6% 10% 609 78 13%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.2% 8.5% 7.7% 33% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2008 23 BOS AL 365 1385 3.79 845 61% 27% 18% 25% 29% 73% 1% 44% 75% 56% 5% 20 9 23% 84 48 6 19% 14 9 0 0 0
2009 24 TOT AL 570 2196 3.85 1378 63% 29% 16% 27% 28% 71% 1% 45% 77% 59% 5% 30 14 26% 149 85 6 21% 17 13 -2 0 0
2009 24 BOS AL 313 1202 3.84 774 64% 29% 16% 28% 28% 71% 2% 46% 78% 60% 4% 14 7 25% 77 44 4 24% 6 5 -1 0 0
2009 24 CLE AL 257 994 3.87 604 61% 29% 17% 26% 28% 71% 0% 43% 76% 57% 6% 16 7 28% 72 41 2 17% 11 8 -1 0 0
2010 25 CLE AL 805 3086 3.83 1914 62% 27% 15% 28% 30% 73% 1% 45% 79% 55% 5% 41 23 21% 170 94 6 20% 24 14 -3 0 0
2011 26 CLE AL 914 3460 3.79 2187 63% 26% 14% 30% 31% 74% 1% 47% 82% 57% 5% 46 27 23% 211 124 10 19% 22 15 -6 0 0
2012 27 CLE AL 304 1108 3.64 674 61% 28% 15% 26% 32% 72% 0% 44% 80% 55% 6% 19 10 22% 66 38 2 18% 6 9 -1 0 0
5 Yrs 2958 11235 3.80 6998 62% 27% 15% 28% 30% 73% 1% 45% 79% 56% 5% 156 83 23% 680 389 30 20% 83 60 -12 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2008 23 BOS AL 365 68 3 1 10 0 8 4 6 5 5 18 10 3 56% 2 1 0 134 9 1 90% 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2009 24 TOT AL 568 128 22 4 12 1 10 6 6 4 8 37 23 2 62% 7 5 2 226 15 6 71% 14 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 18 0
2009 24 BOS AL 312 72 12 2 7 1 8 3 4 2 5 17 12 0 71% 4 3 0 111 8 4 67% 7 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 12 0
2009 24 CLE AL 256 56 10 2 5 0 2 3 2 2 3 20 11 2 55% 3 2 2 115 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2010 25 CLE AL 802 197 33 5 14 1 25 4 10 6 8 63 33 9 52% 10 12 2 316 13 8 62% 13 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 27 0
2011 26 CLE AL 908 211 28 5 11 0 18 2 9 3 8 46 24 7 52% 13 5 6 331 14 14 50% 14 12 0 1 0 1 1 0 20 0
2012 27 CLE AL 303 68 10 1 6 0 8 3 3 3 3 19 15 2 79% 3 5 1 115 8 3 73% 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
5 Yrs 2946 672 96 16 53 2 69 19 34 21 32 183 105 23 57% 35 28 11 1122 59 32 65% 56 26 3 5 0 1 1 0 79 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2008 23 6 5 .545 3.16 36 9 6 0 0 0 88.1 68 31 31 10 40 3 68 8 0 1 365 147 1.223 6.9 1.0 4.1 6.9 1.70 147
2009 24 10 15 .400 3.97 78 25 10 1 0 0 217.2 196 104 96 22 100 6 187 16 0 6 933 115 1.360 8.1 0.9 4.1 7.7 1.87 115
2010 25 16 28 .364 4.30 112 54 10 2 1 0 397.2 393 211 190 36 173 10 327 27 0 18 1735 99 1.423 8.9 0.8 3.9 7.4 1.89 99
2011 26 28 38 .424 3.92 146 87 10 3 1 0 613.2 604 300 267 47 238 14 485 38 0 23 2643 106 1.372 8.9 0.7 3.5 7.1 2.04 106
2012 27 30 42 .417 4.04 157 98 10 3 1 0 682.0 672 342 306 53 272 14 535 43 0 28 2946 102 1.384 8.9 0.7 3.6 7.1 1.97 102

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2008 23 6 3 .667 3.07 85.0 65 32 29 10 38 65 8 1.212 6.9 4.0 6.9 1.71 1.1 36
2009 24 6 7 .462 4.54 125.0 126 70 63 12 59 115 8 1.480 9.1 4.2 8.3 1.95 0.9 42
2010 25 6 12 .333 5.57 168.0 208 116 104 15 77 131 12 1.696 11.1 4.1 7.0 1.70 0.8 34
2011 26 12 10 .545 3.74 202.0 221 93 84 12 68 148 12 1.431 9.8 3.0 6.6 2.18 0.5 34
2012 27 2 5 .286 6.14 63.0 72 48 43 6 36 46 5 1.714 10.3 5.1 6.6 1.28 0.9 11
5 Yrs 32 37 .464 4.52 643.0 692 359 323 55 278 505 45 1.509 9.7 7.1 1.82 0.8 157

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2012 AL  68.3 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
2011 AL  33 (6th)
2012 AL  11 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
2010 AL  1 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2012 AL  34 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
2011 AL  211 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2011 AL  0.458 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
2010 AL  13 (10th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2012 AL  39 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2010 AL  12 (5th)
2012 AL  5 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2010 AL  11 (5th)
2011 AL  11 (7th)
2012 AL  5 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2012 AL  303 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1953), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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