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 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
1939 19 WSH AL 2 2 .500 5.55 24 5 14 1 0 0 58.1 66 44 36 2 48 12 2 0 2 287 78 1.954 10.2 0.3 7.4 1.9 0.25
1940 20 WSH AL 3 13 .188 4.90 31 19 9 3 0 2 130.1 128 92 71 6 88 68 3 0 5 601 85 1.657 8.8 0.4 6.1 4.7 0.77
1941 21 WSH AL 4 3 .571 5.97 34 6 13 1 0 3 78.1 101 56 52 3 53 40 1 0 4 376 68 1.966 11.6 0.3 6.1 4.6 0.75
1942 22 WSH AL 5 9 .357 3.34 25 15 7 8 4 2 142.2 138 75 53 6 54 63 2 0 3 618 109 1.346 8.7 0.4 3.4 4.0 1.17
1945 25 WSH AL 1 2 .333 1.08 4 2 1 1 1 0 25.0 21 8 3 1 10 14 0 0 0 104 287 1.240 7.6 0.4 3.6 5.0 1.40
1946 26 WSH AL 5 6 .455 6.01 29 9 11 2 0 1 91.1 105 70 61 8 67 61 3 0 2 435 56 1.883 10.3 0.8 6.6 6.0 0.91
1947 27 WSH AL 12 16 .429 3.13 35 31 4 14 4 1 253.0 215 98 88 11 97 135 2 0 3 1035 120 1.233 7.6 0.4 3.5 4.8 1.39 AS
1948 28 WSH AL 8 15 .348 3.83 33 27 4 9 2 2 188.0 171 88 80 12 122 72 4 0 3 829 113 1.559 8.2 0.6 5.8 3.4 0.59 AS
1949 29 TOT AL 6 6 .500 3.75 28 12 8 4 0 4 108.0 100 52 45 6 56 36 3 0 1 463 115 1.444 8.3 0.5 4.7 3.0 0.64
1949 29 WSH AL 3 2 .600 3.23 10 7 1 3 0 0 53.0 42 22 19 4 21 17 3 0 1 219 131 1.189 7.1 0.7 3.6 2.9 0.81
1949 29 BOS AL 3 4 .429 4.25 18 5 7 1 0 4 55.0 58 30 26 2 35 19 0 0 0 244 103 1.691 9.5 0.3 5.7 3.1 0.54
1950 30 BOS AL 8 6 .571 5.64 33 15 7 6 0 1 129.1 145 91 81 15 82 60 1 0 7 596 87 1.755 10.1 1.0 5.7 4.2 0.73
1951 31 BOS AL 3 0 1.000 3.34 30 1 10 0 0 2 59.1 53 24 22 1 32 39 0 0 0 266 133 1.433 8.0 0.2 4.9 5.9 1.22
1952 32 TOT AL 10 9 .526 4.13 29 22 2 11 0 2 170.0 171 83 78 12 83 92 3 0 2 743 87 1.494 9.1 0.6 4.4 4.9 1.11
1952 32 BOS AL 1 1 .500 11.57 5 1 0 0 0 0 9.1 18 12 12 1 11 3 0 0 0 57 34 3.107 17.4 1.0 10.6 2.9 0.27
1952 32 WSH AL 9 8 .529 3.70 24 21 2 11 0 2 160.2 153 71 66 11 72 89 3 0 2 686 96 1.400 8.6 0.6 4.0 5.0 1.24
1953 33 WSH AL 10 12 .455 3.63 29 20 7 10 4 0 166.1 145 79 67 16 62 95 3 1 1 697 108 1.244 7.8 0.9 3.4 5.1 1.53
1956 36 DET AL 1 1 .500 4.17 35 0 18 0 0 0 49.2 54 28 23 2 32 1 28 1 0 0 231 100 1.732 9.8 0.4 5.8 5.1 0.88
14 Seasons 78 100 .438 4.15 399 184 115 70 15 20 1649.2 1613 888 760 101 886 1 815 28 1 33 7281 97 1.515 8.8 0.6 4.8 4.4 0.92
162 Game Avg. 9 12 .438 4.15 47 21 13 8 2 2 192 188 104 89 12 103 95 3 0 4 849 97 1.515 8.8 0.6 4.8 4.4 0.92
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
WSH (11 yrs) 62 88 .413 3.98 278 162 73 63 15 13 1347.0 1285 703 596 80 694 666 26 1 26 5887 97 1.469 8.6 0.5 4.6 4.4 0.96
BOS (4 yrs) 15 11 .577 5.02 86 22 24 7 0 7 253.0 274 157 141 19 160 121 1 0 7 1163 93 1.715 9.7 0.7 5.7 4.3 0.76
DET (1 yr) 1 1 .500 4.17 35 0 18 0 0 0 49.2 54 28 23 2 32 1 28 1 0 0 231 100 1.732 9.8 0.4 5.8 5.1 0.88

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1947 WSH AL 27 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 0.600 0.0 0.0 5.4 10.8 2.00
1948 WSH AL 28 1 0 0 6.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 15 2.000 15.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 1 0 0 3.86 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 5 2 2 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 21 1.500 9.6 1.9 3.9 5.8 1.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1956 36 DET AL 35 228 187 28 54 8 0 2 2 1 32 28 .289 .390 .364 .754 .325 68 4 1 5 3 1
1 Season 35 228 187 28 54 8 0 2 2 1 32 28 .289 .390 .364 .754 .325 68 4 1 5 3 1
162 Game Avg. 68 443 363 54 105 16 0 4 4 2 62 54 .289 .390 .364 .754 .325 132 8 2 10 6
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1956 36 DET AL 35 35 18 1 1 2 0 1 0% 3 1 23 13 57% 8 0.569 5 7 21 5 2 28 10 25 15 6 15 9 4.3
1 Season 35 35 18 1 1 2 0 1 0% 3 1 23 13 57% 0.569 5 7 21 5 2 28 10 25 15 6 15 9 4.3

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1939 19 WSH AL
1940 20 WSH AL
1941 21 WSH AL
1942 22 WSH AL
1945 25 WSH AL
1946 26 WSH AL
1947 27 WSH AL
1948 28 WSH AL
1949 29 TOT AL
1949 29 WSH AL
1949 29 BOS AL
1950 30 BOS AL
1951 31 BOS AL
1952 32 TOT AL
1952 32 BOS AL
1952 32 WSH AL
1953 33 WSH AL
1956 36 DET AL 228 35% 0.9% 12.3% 14.0% 4.4% 19% 0.95 70% 53 4 8%
14 Seasons 228 35% 44.3% 357.5% 388.6% 4.4% 1% 0.95 70% 53 4 8%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1939 19 WSH AL 66 2 2
1940 20 WSH AL 128 6 5
1941 21 WSH AL 101 3 4
1942 22 WSH AL 138 6 3
1945 25 WSH AL 21 1 0
1946 26 WSH AL 105 8 2
1947 27 WSH AL 215 11 3
1948 28 WSH AL 171 12 3
1949 29 TOT AL 100 6 1
1949 29 WSH AL 42 4 1
1949 29 BOS AL 58 2 0
1950 30 BOS AL 145 15 7
1951 31 BOS AL 53 1 0
1952 32 TOT AL 171 12 2
1952 32 BOS AL 18 1 0
1952 32 WSH AL 153 11 2
1953 33 WSH AL 145 16 1
1956 36 DET AL 228 54 2 0 23 1 1 0 2 29 15 3 52% 1 0 0 90 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 0
14 Seasons 228 1613 101 0 23 1 1 0 2 29 15 3 52% 1 33 0 90 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 0
MLB Averages
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

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1939 19 2 2 .500 5.55 24 5 14 1 0 0 58.1 66 44 36 2 48 12 2 0 2 287 78 1.954 10.2 0.3 7.4 1.9 0.25 78
1940 20 5 15 .250 5.10 55 24 23 4 0 2 188.2 194 136 107 8 136 80 5 0 7 888 83 1.749 9.3 0.4 6.5 3.8 0.59 83
1941 21 9 18 .333 5.36 89 30 36 5 0 5 267.0 295 192 159 11 189 120 6 0 11 1264 78 1.813 9.9 0.4 6.4 4.0 0.63 78
1942 22 14 27 .341 4.66 114 45 43 13 4 7 409.2 433 267 212 17 243 183 8 0 14 1882 86 1.650 9.5 0.4 5.3 4.0 0.75 86
1943 23 14 27 .341 4.66 114 45 43 13 4 7 409.2 433 267 212 17 243 183 8 0 14 1882 86 1.650 9.5 0.4 5.3 4.0 0.75 86
1944 24 14 27 .341 4.66 114 45 43 13 4 7 409.2 433 267 212 17 243 183 8 0 14 1882 86 1.650 9.5 0.4 5.3 4.0 0.75 86
1945 25 15 29 .341 4.45 118 47 44 14 5 7 434.2 454 275 215 18 253 197 8 0 14 1986 89 1.627 9.4 0.4 5.2 4.1 0.78 89
1946 26 20 35 .364 4.72 147 56 55 16 5 8 526.0 559 345 276 26 320 258 11 0 16 2421 81 1.671 9.6 0.4 5.5 4.4 0.81 81
1947 27 32 51 .386 4.21 182 87 59 30 9 9 779.0 774 443 364 37 417 393 13 0 19 3456 91 1.529 8.9 0.4 4.8 4.5 0.94 91
1948 28 40 66 .377 4.13 215 114 63 39 11 11 967.0 945 531 444 49 539 465 17 0 22 4285 95 1.535 8.8 0.5 5.0 4.3 0.86 95
1949 29 46 72 .390 4.09 243 126 71 43 11 15 1075.0 1045 583 489 55 595 501 20 0 23 4748 96 1.526 8.7 0.5 5.0 4.2 0.84 96
1950 30 54 78 .409 4.26 276 141 78 49 11 16 1204.1 1190 674 570 70 677 561 21 0 30 5344 95 1.550 8.9 0.5 5.1 4.2 0.83 95
1951 31 57 78 .422 4.22 306 142 88 49 11 18 1263.2 1243 698 592 71 709 600 21 0 30 5610 97 1.545 8.9 0.5 5.0 4.3 0.85 97
1952 32 67 87 .435 4.21 335 164 90 60 11 20 1433.2 1414 781 670 83 792 692 24 0 32 6353 95 1.539 8.9 0.5 5.0 4.3 0.87 95
1953 33 77 99 .438 4.15 364 184 97 70 15 20 1600.0 1559 860 737 99 854 787 27 1 33 7050 97 1.508 8.8 0.6 4.8 4.4 0.92 97
1954 34 77 99 .438 4.15 364 184 97 70 15 20 1600.0 1559 860 737 99 854 787 27 1 33 7050 97 1.508 8.8 0.6 4.8 4.4 0.92 97
1955 35 77 99 .438 4.15 364 184 97 70 15 20 1600.0 1559 860 737 99 854 787 27 1 33 7050 97 1.508 8.8 0.6 4.8 4.4 0.92 97
1956 36 78 100 .438 4.15 399 184 115 70 15 20 1649.2 1613 888 760 101 886 1 815 28 1 33 7281 97 1.515 8.8 0.6 4.8 4.4 0.92 97

Neutralized Pitching

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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 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
1939 19 2 4 .333 5.08 62.0 66 39 35 2 48 13 2 1.839 9.6 7.0 1.9 0.27 0.3 24
1940 20 6 9 .400 4.67 135.0 130 78 70 6 89 70 3 1.622 8.7 5.9 4.7 0.79 0.4 31
1941 21 3 5 .375 5.88 78.0 101 57 51 3 53 40 1 1.974 11.7 6.1 4.6 0.75 0.3 34
1942 22 9 7 .563 3.53 148.0 149 64 58 6 58 65 2 1.399 9.1 3.5 4.0 1.12 0.4 25
1945 25 2 0 1.000 1.44 25.0 24 4 4 1 11 14 0 1.400 8.6 4.0 5.0 1.27 0.4 4
1946 26 2 7 .222 7.45 87.0 116 80 72 9 74 58 3 2.184 12.0 7.7 6.0 0.78 0.9 29
1947 27 15 12 .556 3.48 248.0 227 107 96 12 102 132 2 1.327 8.2 3.7 4.8 1.29 0.4 35
1948 28 11 10 .524 3.65 190.0 171 86 77 12 122 73 4 1.542 8.1 5.8 3.5 0.60 0.6 33
1949 29 7 5 .583 3.55 109.0 99 48 43 6 55 36 3 1.413 8.2 4.5 3.0 0.65 0.5 28
1950 30 6 9 .400 4.57 136.0 137 77 69 14 77 63 1 1.574 9.1 5.1 4.2 0.82 0.9 33
1951 31 5 2 .714 2.91 65.0 53 23 21 1 32 43 0 1.308 7.3 4.4 6.0 1.34 0.1 30
1952 32 7 11 .389 4.77 166.0 185 98 88 13 90 90 3 1.657 10.0 4.9 4.9 1.00 0.7 29
1953 33 10 8 .556 3.73 169.0 153 78 70 17 65 97 3 1.290 8.1 3.5 5.2 1.49 0.9 29
1956 36 2 3 .400 4.06 51.0 55 26 23 2 33 29 1 1.725 9.7 5.8 5.1 0.88 0.4 35
14 Seasons 87 92 .486 4.19 1669.0 1666 865 777 104 909 823 28 1.543 9.0 4.4 0.91 0.6 399

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1947 *
1948 (P)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1947 AL--3.130--9th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1947 AL--1.233--4th
1953 AL--1.245--6th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 AL--7.648--5th
1948 AL--8.186--6th
1953 AL--7.846--4th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 AL--4.802--7th
1952 AL--4.871--9th
1953 AL--5.140--3rd

Saves s c a p y
1941 AL--3--8th
1949 AL--4--5th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1947 AL--253.0--4th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1947 AL--135--3rd

Games Started s c a p y
1947 AL--31--4th

Complete Games s c a p y
1947 AL--14--10th

Shutouts s c a p y
1942 AL--4--2nd
1947 AL--4--2nd
1948 AL--2--9th
1953 AL--4--6th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1940 AL--88--9th
1947 AL--97--6th
1948 AL--122--4th
Career--886--165th

Hits s c a p y
1947 AL--215--7th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1947 AL--1.392--8th
1953 AL--1.532--7th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 AL--.391--10th

Losses s c a p y
1940 AL--13--10th
1947 AL--16--2nd
1948 AL--15--6th
1953 AL--12--9th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1947 AL--88--10th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1950 AL--7--4th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1940 AL--3--10th
1948 AL--4--10th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1947 AL--1035--7th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1947 AL--120--8th

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 20 (784), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1146), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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