Walt Masterson
Walter Edward Masterson
Born: June 22, 1920
Philadelphia, PA USA
Deceased: 2008
Durham, NC USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 189
Career: 1939-1956
Minor League Statistics
Walt Masterson compiled a career record of 78 wins and 100 losses in his 402-game career with the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers. He began playing during the 1939 season and last took the field during the 1956 campaign.
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Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | AL | Washington Senators | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.55 | 24 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 | 66 | 44 | 36 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 287 |
| 1940 | AL | Washington Senators | 3 | 13 | .188 | 4.90 | 31 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 130.3 | 128 | 92 | 71 | 6 | 88 | 0 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 601 |
| 1941 | AL | Washington Senators | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.97 | 34 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 78.3 | 101 | 56 | 52 | 3 | 53 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 376 |
| 1942 | AL | Washington Senators | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.34 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 142.7 | 138 | 75 | 53 | 6 | 54 | 0 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 618 |
| 1945 | AL | Washington Senators | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.08 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25.0 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 |
| 1946 | AL | Washington Senators | 5 | 6 | .455 | 6.01 | 29 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 91.3 | 105 | 70 | 61 | 8 | 67 | 0 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 435 |
| 1947 | AL | Washington Senators | 12 | 16 | .429 | 3.13 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 253.0 | 215 | 98 | 88 | 11 | 97 | 0 | 135 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1035 |
| 1948 | AL | Washington Senators | 8 | 15 | .348 | 3.83 | 33 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 188.0 | 171 | 88 | 80 | 12 | 122 | 0 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 829 |
| 1949 | AL | Washington Senators | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 42 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 219 |
| 1949 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.25 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 55.0 | 58 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 244 |
| 1950 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 8 | 6 | .571 | 5.64 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 129.3 | 145 | 91 | 81 | 15 | 82 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 596 |
| 1951 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.34 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59.3 | 53 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 266 |
| 1952 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 1 | 1 | .500 | 11.57 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| 1952 | AL | Washington Senators | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.70 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 160.7 | 153 | 71 | 66 | 11 | 72 | 0 | 89 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 686 |
| 1953 | AL | Washington Senators | 10 | 12 | .455 | 3.63 | 29 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 166.3 | 145 | 79 | 67 | 16 | 62 | 0 | 95 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 697 |
| 1956 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.17 | 35 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.7 | 54 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 231 |
| Totals | 78 | 100 | .438 | 4.15 | 399 | 184 | 115 | 70 | 15 | 20 | 1649.7 | 1613 | 888 | 760 | 101 | 886 | 1 | 815 | 28 | 1 | 33 | 7281 |
Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | AL | Washington Senators | 24 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .154 | .154 | .231 | .385 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | AL | Washington Senators | 31 | 45 | 38 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .184 | .262 | .211 | .472 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | AL | Washington Senators | 34 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | AL | Washington Senators | 26 | 52 | 45 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .156 | .224 | .156 | .380 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | AL | Washington Senators | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | AL | Washington Senators | 29 | 28 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .080 | .148 | .080 | .228 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | AL | Washington Senators | 36 | 90 | 83 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 43 | .133 | .172 | .181 | .353 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | AL | Washington Senators | 33 | 68 | 57 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .193 | .220 | .263 | .483 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | AL | Washington Senators | 11 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .056 | .150 | .056 | .206 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 18 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .118 | .250 | .118 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 33 | 46 | 44 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .136 | .174 | .159 | .333 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 30 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | AL | Washington Senators | 24 | 62 | 50 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .120 | .185 | .140 | .325 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | AL | Washington Senators | 29 | 60 | 51 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .137 | .228 | .157 | .385 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 35 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 402 | 554 | 486 | 37 | 68 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 221 | .140 | .196 | .167 | .363 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .458 | |
| 1940 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .677 | |
| 1941 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .955 | .618 | |
| 1942 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 0 | .811 | 1.200 | |
| 1945 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | |
| 1946 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .952 | .690 | |
| 1947 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 51 | 6 | 4 | .915 | 1.857 | |
| 1948 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .919 | 1.030 | |
| 1949 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .444 | |
| 1949 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.700 | |
| 1950 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 6 | .944 | 1.030 | |
| 1951 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .433 | |
| 1952 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
| 1952 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 3 | .977 | 1.750 | |
| 1953 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 27 | 4 | 1 | .902 | 1.276 | |
| 1956 | AL | Detroit Tigers | P | 35 | 0 | 49.7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .818 | 1.631 | .257 |
| Totals | 399 | 0 | 49.7 | 92 | 281 | 32 | 19 | .921 | 67.591 | .935 |
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