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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 (Beavercreek, OH)
Schools: Bethel College, San Diego State University
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 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$468k (11), 1 yr/$3.83M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.108, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 9:08AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson… 

Standard Pitching

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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 5 568 100 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 3 312 105 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 5 908 124 1.278 8.8 0.5 2.7 6.6 2.43
4 Seasons 28 38 .424 3.92 146 87 10 3 1 0 613.2 604 300 267 47 238 14 485 38 0 23 2643 107 1.372 8.9 0.7 3.5 7.1 2.04
162 Game Avg. 8 11 .424 3.92 43 25 3 1 0 0 179 176 88 78 14 69 4 142 11 0 7 771 107 1.372 8.9 0.7 3.5 7.1 2.04
CLE (3 yrs) 19 30 .388 3.97 79 72 0 3 1 0 453.1 464 231 200 30 173 9 350 24 0 19 1966 101 1.405 9.2 0.6 3.4 6.9 2.02
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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2008 23 BOS AL 88.1 9 31 57 2 1.0 26 2.3 $
2009 24 BOS AL 72.0 6 38 48 0 1.0 10 0.7 $415,500
2009 24 CLE AL 57.1 10 35 34 -1 .9 -1 -0.1 $
2010 25 CLE AL 180.0 29 107 100 2 1.0 -7 -0.7 $427,000
2011 26 CLE AL 216.0 33 89 127 3 1.1 38 4.1 $468,400
4 Seasons 613.2 87 300 367 6 1.0 67 6.3 $1,310,900
CLE (3 yrs) 453.1 72 231 262 4 1.0 31 3.3 $895,400
BOS (2 yrs) 160.1 15 69 105 2 1.0 36 3.0 $415,500

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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 Season (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

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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
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 2 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 Seasons 114 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 23 21 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .133 .133 .133 .267 -27 3 0 0 1 0 0
CLE (3 yrs) 47 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2008 23 BOS AL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
2010 25 CLE AL 5 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $427,000 1
2011 26 CLE AL 6 -1 0 -0 0 0 1 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $468,400 1
3 Seasons 16 -2 0 -0 0 0 2 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $895,400
CLE (2 yrs) 11 -1 0 -0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $895,400
BOS (1 yr) 5 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2008 BOS AL 23 P 36 88.1 14 3 10 1 2 .929 1 2 1.32 0.36 .952 1.60 1.59
2009 TOT AL 24 P 42 16 1 129.1 28 4 22 2 1 .929 -4 -6 1.81 0.62 .953 1.52 1.51 15 6 29% 0
2009 BOS AL 24 P 31 6 0 72.0 18 2 15 1 0 .944 -1 -3 2.12 0.55 .953 1.52 1.51 8 4 33% 0
2009 CLE AL 24 P 11 10 1 57.1 10 2 7 1 1 .900 -3 -10 1.41 0.82 .953 1.52 1.51 7 2 22% 0
2010 CLE AL 25 P 34 180.0 61 22 34 5 1 .918 4 4 2.80 1.65 .953 1.63 1.61
2011 CLE AL 26 P 34 33 1 216.0 49 15 32 2 4 .959 0 0 1.96 1.38 .949 1.60 1.59 14 14 50% 1
4 Seasons P 146 49 2 613.2 152 44 98 10 8 .934 1 0 2.08 0.97 .952 1.59 1.57 29 20 41% 1
4 Seasons TOT 146 49 2 613.2 152 44 98 10 8 .934 1 1 2.08 0.97 .952 1.59 1.57 29 20 41% 1
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Started s c a p y
2011 AL  33 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2010 AL  1 (3rd)

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)

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

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

Putouts as P s c a p y
2010 AL  22 (1st)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
2010 AL  5 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
2010 AL  2.80 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
2010 AL  1.65 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2433), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1535), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  9. Rich Hand (964)
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  3. Steve Stone (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200924Boston Red Sox$415,500
201025Cleveland Indians$427,000
201126Cleveland Indians$468,400
201227Cleveland Indians$3,825,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,310,900Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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