Walt Masterson
Walter Edward Masterson
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 189 lb.

Born: June 22, 1920 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: North Catholic (Philadelphia, PA)
Signed
by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 8, 1939
Final Game: September 24, 1956
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Standard Batting

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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
1939 19 WSH AL 24 13 13 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .154 .154 .231 .385 0 3 1 0 0 1
1940 20 WSH AL 31 45 38 6 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 17 .184 .262 .211 .472 27 8 1 0 3 1
1941 21 WSH AL 34 21 19 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .105 .105 .105 .211 -43 2 0 0 2 1
1942 22 WSH AL 26 52 45 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 19 .156 .224 .156 .380 8 7 0 0 3 1
1945 25 WSH AL 4 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .111 .111 .111 .222 -33 1 0 0 0 /1
1946 26 WSH AL 29 28 25 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 .080 .148 .080 .228 -33 2 0 0 1 1
1947 27 WSH AL 36 90 83 4 11 2 1 0 4 0 0 4 43 .133 .172 .181 .353 -1 15 1 0 3 1 AS
1948 28 WSH AL 33 68 57 8 11 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 22 .193 .220 .263 .483 30 15 0 0 9 1 AS
1949 29 TOT AL 29 41 35 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 18 .086 .200 .086 .286 -24 3 0 0 1 1
1949 29 WSH AL 11 21 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .056 .150 .056 .206 -44 1 0 0 1 1
1949 29 BOS AL 18 20 17 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 .118 .250 .118 .368 -4 2 0 0 0 1
1950 30 BOS AL 33 46 44 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 18 .136 .174 .159 .333 -18 7 0 0 0 1
1951 31 BOS AL 30 12 11 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .182 .182 .182 .364 -5 2 0 0 1 1
1952 32 TOT AL 29 65 52 5 6 1 0 0 4 0 1 5 21 .115 .193 .135 .328 -7 7 0 0 8 1
1952 32 BOS AL 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 -5 0 0 0 0 /1
1952 32 WSH AL 24 62 50 5 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 21 .120 .185 .140 .325 -7 7 0 0 8 1
1953 33 WSH AL 29 60 51 2 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 6 21 .137 .228 .157 .385 6 8 1 0 3 1
1956 36 DET AL 35 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Seasons 402 554 486 37 68 9 2 0 26 1 1 34 221 .140 .196 .167 .363 -1 81 4 0 34 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 223 196 15 27 4 1 0 10 0 0 14 89 .140 .196 .167 .363 -1 33 2 0 14
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
WSH (11 yrs) 281 469 408 29 57 8 2 0 23 0 0 28 190 .140 .195 .169 .364 1 69 4 0 33
BOS (4 yrs) 86 81 74 8 10 1 0 0 2 1 1 6 30 .135 .200 .149 .349 -11 11 0 0 1
DET (1 yr) 35 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 32 1 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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 PwrSpd
1939 19 WSH AL 13 12 0 0.0 107 .333 .154 .277 .154 .351 .231 .410 .385 .762 0 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .250 .077 .077
1940 20 WSH AL 45 35 2 1.5 106 .333 .184 .272 .262 .344 .211 .412 .472 .756 27 .103 -3.9 -0.4 .375 .132 .026
1941 21 WSH AL 21 19 0 0.0 102 .222 .105 .269 .105 .345 .105 .397 .211 .742 -43 .000 -3.9 -0.4 .118 .000 .000
1942 22 WSH AL 52 41 2 1.3 94 .269 .156 .264 .224 .339 .156 .370 .380 .709 8 .109 -5.5 -0.6 .289 .089 .000
1945 25 WSH AL 9 8 0 0.0 82 .250 .111 .252 .111 .323 .111 .343 .222 .665 -33 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .125 .000 .000
1946 26 WSH AL 28 24 0 0.0 91 .182 .080 .257 .148 .330 .080 .369 .228 .699 -33 .000 -4.4 -0.5 .174 .080 .000
1947 27 WSH AL 90 76 3 1.0 94 .275 .133 .259 .172 .338 .181 .372 .353 .711 -1 .074 -11.6 -1.2 .260 .096 .048
1948 28 WSH AL 68 55 3 1.4 103 .314 .193 .269 .220 .354 .263 .389 .483 .743 30 .108 -6.0 -0.6 .370 .105 .070
1949 29 TOT AL 41 33 1 0.8 109 .176 .086 .273 .200 .366 .086 .397 .286 .763 -24 .040 -6.5 -0.6 .250 .143 .000
1949 29 WSH AL 21 18 0 0.0 105 .143 .056 .268 .150 .360 .056 .390 .206 .750 -44 .000 -3.8 -0.4 .176 .111 .000
1949 29 BOS AL 20 15 1 1.8 112 .200 .118 .279 .250 .372 .118 .405 .368 .778 -4 .150 -2.7 -0.3 .333 .176 .000
1950 30 BOS AL 46 38 1 0.7 122 .231 .136 .290 .174 .379 .159 .435 .333 .814 -18 .027 -8.4 -0.8 .263 .091 .023 .0
1951 31 BOS AL 12 10 0 0.0 109 .333 .182 .278 .182 .361 .182 .407 .364 .768 -5 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .222 .000 .000
1952 32 TOT AL 65 55 1 0.5 94 .194 .115 .257 .193 .337 .135 .375 .328 .712 -7 .020 -7.5 -0.8 .234 .096 .019
1952 32 BOS AL 3 3 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .269 .333 .350 .000 .393 .333 .743 -5 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1952 32 WSH AL 62 52 1 0.5 94 .207 .120 .257 .185 .336 .140 .375 .325 .710 -7 .022 -7.3 -0.8 .250 .100 .020
1953 33 WSH AL 60 48 2 1.1 101 .233 .137 .267 .228 .343 .157 .393 .385 .736 6 .074 -6.7 -0.7 .311 .137 .020
1956 36 DET AL 4 3 0 0.0 107 .333 .250 .268 .250 .351 .250 .410 .500 .760 32 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
14 Seasons 554 457 15 0.9 101 .257 .140 .267 .196 .347 .167 .390 .363 .737 -1 .049 -70.0 -7.1 .272 .097 .027 .0
162 Game Avg. 223 184 6 0.9 101 .257 .140 .267 .196 .347 .167 .390 .363 .737 -1 .049 -70.0 -7.1 .272 .097 .027
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
WSH (11 yrs) 469 388 13 0.9 98 .261 .140 .264 .195 .342 .169 .383 .364 .725 1 .052 -56.6 -5.8 .273 .098 .029
BOS (4 yrs) 81 66 2 0.8 117 .227 .135 .285 .200 .374 .149 .423 .349 .797 -11 .037 -13.0 -1.2 .262 .095 .014 .0
DET (1 yr) 4 3 0 0.0 107 .333 .250 .268 .250 .351 .250 .410 .500 .760 32 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1947 WSH AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 WSH AL 28 as P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1939 19 WSH AL 13 0.0% 53.9% 0.0% 7.7% 50% 1.9 13.0 46%
1940 20 WSH AL 45 0.0% 37.8% 8.9% 2.2% 14% 4.25 2.2 38.0 47%
1941 21 WSH AL 21 0.0% 47.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.9 19.0 43%
1942 22 WSH AL 52 0.0% 36.5% 7.7% 0.0% 0% 4.75 2.4 15.0 50%
1945 25 WSH AL 9 0.0% 55.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.8 44%
1946 26 WSH AL 28 0.0% 50.0% 7.1% 0.0% 0% 7.00 1.8 39%
1947 27 WSH AL 90 0.0% 47.8% 4.4% 3.3% 27% 10.75 1.9 20.8 44%
1948 28 WSH AL 68 0.0% 32.4% 2.9% 4.4% 27% 11.00 2.6 14.3 51%
1949 29 TOT AL 41 0.0% 43.9% 12.2% 0.0% 0% 3.60 1.9 41%
1949 29 WSH AL 21 0.0% 52.4% 9.5% 0.0% 0% 5.50 1.6 33%
1949 29 BOS AL 20 0.0% 35.0% 15.0% 0.0% 0% 2.33 2.4 50%
1950 30 BOS AL 46 0.0% 39.1% 4.4% 2.2% 17% 9.00 2.4 44.0 57%
1951 31 BOS AL 12 0.0% 41.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.2 11.0 50%
1952 32 TOT AL 65 0.0% 32.3% 7.7% 1.5% 17% 4.20 2.5 13.0 48%
1952 32 BOS AL 3 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.00 67%
1952 32 WSH AL 62 0.0% 33.9% 6.5% 1.6% 17% 5.25 2.4 12.5 47%
1953 33 WSH AL 60 0.0% 35.0% 10.0% 1.7% 14% 3.50 2.4 10.2 50%
1956 36 DET AL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 4.0 1.00 75%
14 Seasons 554 0.0% 39.9% 6.1% 2.0% 16% 6.50 2.2 18.7 1.00 48%
MLB Averages
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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1956 36 DET 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
14 Seasons 0 0 36% 1 1 1 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1956 36 DET AL 4 75% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
14 Seasons 4 75% 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 1 4 400% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1939 19 24 13 13 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .154 .154 .231 .385 0 3 1 0 0
1940 20 55 58 51 6 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 24 .176 .236 .216 .452 21 11 2 0 3
1941 21 89 79 70 7 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 34 .157 .203 .186 .388 4 13 2 0 5
1942 22 115 131 115 9 18 2 0 0 6 0 0 8 53 .157 .211 .174 .385 6 20 2 0 8
1943 23 115 131 115 9 18 2 0 0 6 0 0 8 53 .157 .211 .174 .385 6 20 2 0 8
1944 24 115 131 115 9 18 2 0 0 6 0 0 8 53 .157 .211 .174 .385 6 20 2 0 8
1945 25 119 140 124 9 19 2 0 0 6 0 0 8 58 .153 .205 .169 .374 3 21 2 0 8
1946 26 148 168 149 9 21 2 0 0 6 0 0 10 72 .141 .195 .154 .349 -3 23 2 0 9
1947 27 184 258 232 13 32 4 1 0 10 0 0 14 115 .138 .187 .164 .351 -2 38 3 0 12
1948 28 217 326 289 21 43 6 2 0 14 0 0 16 137 .149 .193 .183 .377 5 53 3 0 21
1949 29 246 367 324 26 46 6 2 0 14 0 0 21 155 .142 .194 .173 .367 1 56 3 0 22
1950 30 279 413 368 28 52 7 2 0 15 1 0 23 173 .141 .192 .171 .363 -1 63 3 0 22
1951 31 309 425 379 30 54 7 2 0 16 1 0 23 178 .142 .192 .172 .363 -1 65 3 0 23
1952 32 338 490 431 35 60 8 2 0 20 1 1 28 199 .139 .192 .167 .359 -2 72 3 0 31
1953 33 367 550 482 37 67 9 2 0 25 1 1 34 220 .139 .196 .166 .362 -1 80 4 0 34
1954 34 367 550 482 37 67 9 2 0 25 1 1 34 220 .139 .196 .166 .362 -1 80 4 0 34
1955 35 367 550 482 37 67 9 2 0 25 1 1 34 220 .139 .196 .166 .362 -1 80 4 0 34
1956 36 402 554 486 37 68 9 2 0 26 1 1 34 221 .140 .196 .167 .363 -1 81 4 0 34 0 0

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
1939 19 25 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 24
1940 20 32 43 39 6 7 1 0 0 1 0 4 18 .179 .256 .205 .461 2 31
1941 21 35 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 34
1942 22 28 53 48 3 8 0 0 0 4 0 5 20 .167 .245 .167 .412 2 26
1945 25 4 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1946 26 30 28 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 .000 .071 .000 .071 0 29
1947 27 37 91 87 5 12 2 1 0 5 0 4 45 .138 .176 .184 .360 3 36
1948 28 34 61 59 8 11 2 1 0 4 0 2 23 .186 .213 .254 .467 3 33
1949 29 30 44 37 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 19 .108 .250 .108 .358 1 29
1950 30 34 48 46 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 19 .130 .167 .152 .319 1 33
1951 31 32 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 30
1952 32 30 57 53 4 5 1 0 0 3 0 4 22 .094 .158 .113 .271 1 29
1953 33 30 61 54 2 8 1 0 0 6 0 7 22 .148 .246 .167 .413 2 29
1956 36 37 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 35
14 Seasons 418 546 509 38 61 8 2 0 24 1 37 231 .120 .179 .143 .323 15 402
162 Game Avg. 162 212 197 15 24 3 1 0 9 0 14 90 .120 .179 .143 .323 6 402

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1947 *
1948 (P)

Youngest s c a p y
1939 AL--born 1920-06-22--3rd
1940 AL--born 1920-06-22--5th

                           

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