Walt Masterson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 189lb (188cm, 85kg)

Born: June 22, 1920 in Philadelphia, PA us

Died: April 5, 2008 in Durham, NC

Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, New Bern, NC

High School: North Catholic HS (Philadelphia, PA)

Last Game: September 24, 1956 (Age 36-094d)
vs. CHW 2.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Walter Edward Masterson

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.5

100

ERA

4.15

399

184

1649.2

815

WHIP

1.515

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1939	19	-5.5	Charlotte	PIED	B	WSH
1939	19	-9.4	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	2	2	.500	5.55	6.79	24	5	14	1	0	0	58.1	66	44	36	2	48	1	12	2	0	2	287	1.954	10.2	0.3	7.4	1.9	0.25
1940	20	-8.5	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	3	13	.188	4.90	6.35	31	19	9	3	0	2	130.1	128	92	71	6	88	3	68	3	0	5	601	1.657	8.8	0.4	6.1	4.7	0.77
1941	21	-8.0	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	4	3	.571	5.97	6.43	34	6	13	1	0	3	78.1	101	56	52	3	53	0	40	1	0	4	376	1.966	11.6	0.3	6.1	4.6	0.75
1942	22	-7.0	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	5	9	.357	3.34	4.73	25	15	7	8	4	2	142.2	138	75	53	6	54	2	63	2	0	3	618	1.346	8.7	0.4	3.4	4.0	1.17

1945	25	-4.9	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	1	2	.333	1.08	2.88	4	2	1	1	1	0	25.0	21	8	3	1	10	2	14	0	0	0	104	1.240	7.6	0.4	3.6	5.0	1.40
1946	26	-3.8	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	5	6	.455	6.01	6.90	29	9	11	2	0	1	91.1	105	70	61	8	67	4	61	3	0	2	435	1.883	10.3	0.8	6.6	6.0	0.91
1947	27	-2.5	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	12	16	.429	3.13	3.49	35	31	4	14	4	1	253.0	215	98	88	11	97	7	135	2	0	3	1035	1.233	7.6	0.4	3.5	4.8	1.39
1948	28	-0.4	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	8	15	.348	3.83	4.21	33	27	4	9	2	2	188.0	171	88	80	12	122	4	72	4	0	3	829	1.559	8.2	0.6	5.8	3.4	0.59
1949	29		2 Teams	AL	Maj	BOS-WSH	6	6	.500	3.75	4.33	28	12	8	4	0	4	108.0	100	52	45	6	56	3	36	3	0	1	463	1.444	8.3	0.5	4.7	3.0	0.64
1949	29	0.5	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	3	2	.600	3.23	3.74	10	7	1	3	0	0	53.0	42	22	19	4	21	0	17	3	0	1	219	1.189	7.1	0.7	3.6	2.9	0.81
1949	29	0.5	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	3	4	.429	4.25	4.91	18	5	7	1	0	4	55.0	58	30	26	2	35	3	19	0	0	0	244	1.691	9.5	0.3	5.7	3.1	0.54
1950	30	1.3	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	8	6	.571	5.64	6.33	33	15	7	6	0	1	129.1	145	91	81	15	82	3	60	1	0	7	596	1.755	10.1	1.0	5.7	4.2	0.73
1951	31	1.8	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	3	0	1.000	3.34	3.64	30	1	10	0	0	2	59.1	53	24	22	1	32	2	39	0	0	0	266	1.433	8.0	0.2	4.9	5.9	1.22
1952	32		2 Teams	AL	Maj	BOS-WSH	10	9	.526	4.13	4.39	29	22	2	11	0	2	170.0	171	83	78	12	83	3	92	3	0	2	743	1.494	9.1	0.6	4.4	4.9	1.11
1952	32	1.9	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	1	1	.500	11.57	11.57	5	1	0	0	0	0	9.1	18	12	12	1	11	1	3	0	0	0	57	3.107	17.4	1.0	10.6	2.9	0.27
1952	32	1.9	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	9	8	.529	3.70	3.98	24	21	2	11	0	2	160.2	153	71	66	11	72	2	89	3	0	2	686	1.400	8.6	0.6	4.0	5.0	1.24
1953	33	3.1	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	10	12	.455	3.63	4.27	29	20	7	10	4	0	166.1	145	79	67	16	62	3	95	3	1	1	697	1.244	7.8	0.9	3.4	5.1	1.53

1956	36	7.6	DET	AL	Maj	DET	1	1	.500	4.17	5.07	35	0	18	0	0	1	49.2	54	28	23	2	32	1	28	1	0	0	231	1.732	9.8	0.4	5.8	5.1	0.88
1957	37	9.0	San Francisco	PCL	Opn	BOS	1	2	.333			6															0
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (14 seasons)					Majors		78	100	.438	4.15	4.84	399	184	115	70	15	21	1649.2	1613	888	760	101	886	38	815	28	1	33	7281	1.515	8.8	0.6	4.8	4.4	0.92
Minors (2 seasons)					Minors		1	2				6															0
All Levels (15 Seasons)							79	102				405	184	115	70	15	21	1649.2	1613	888	760	101	886	38	815	28	1	33	7281