Walt Masterson Stats

Walt Masterson was born on Tuesday, June 22, 1920, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Masterson was 18 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 8, 1939, with the Washington Senators. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Walt Masterson baseball stats page.

"He (Walt Masterson) could be wild, Post sportswriter Shirley Povich noted in 1949. 'There is no question, though, of his stomach for the battle,' Povich said. 'Too many times he has nursed slender leads all the way to get [the Senators] home, and rarely did he miss a turn against the tough clubs, New York, Boston and Cleveland.'" - Sportswriter Joe Holley in the Washington Post (04/09/2008)

Birth Name:	Walter Edward Masterson
Nickname:	Walt
Born On:	06-22-1920 (Cancer)
Born In:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died On:	04-05-2008 (500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Durham, North Carolina
Cemetery:	Saint Josephs Cemetery, New Bern, North Carolina

High School:	North Catholic High School (Philadelphia, PA)
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Right
Height:	6-02	Weight:	189
First Game:	05-08-1939 (Age 18)
Last Game:	09-24-1956
Draft:	Not Applicable

Walt Masterson Walt Masterson Pitching Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
1939	19	Senators	24	5	14	2	2	.500	5.55	1	0	0	58.1	287	66	36	44	2	48	1	12	2	2	0	-
1940	20	Senators	31	19	9	3	13	.188	4.90	3	0	2	130.1	601	128	71	92	6	88	3	68	5	3	0	-
1941	21	Senators	34	6	13	4	3	.571	5.97	1	0	3	78.1	376	101	52	56	3	53	0	40	4	1	0	-
1942	22	Senators	25	15	7	5	9	.357	3.34	8	4	2	142.2	618	138	53	75	6	54	2	63	3	2	0	-
1945	25	Senators	4	2	1	1	2	.333	1.08	1	1	0	25.0	104	21	3	8	1	10	2	14	0	0	0	-
1946	26	Senators	29	9	11	5	6	.455	6.01	2	0	1	91.1	435	105	61	70	8	67	4	61	2	3	0	-
1947	27	Senators	35	31	4	12	16	.429	3.13	14	4	1	253.0	1,035	215	88	98	11	97	7	135	3	2	0	-
1948	28	Senators	33	27	4	8	15	.348	3.83	9	2	2	188.0	829	171	80	88	12	122	4	72	3	4	0	-
1949	29	Senators	10	7	1	3	2	.600	3.23	3	0	0	53.0	219	42	19	22	4	21	0	17	1	3	0	-
1949	29	Red Sox	18	5	7	3	4	.429	4.25	1	0	4	55.0	244	58	26	30	2	35	3	19	0	0	0	-
1950	30	Red Sox	33	15	7	8	6	.571	5.64	6	0	1	129.1	596	145	81	91	15	82	3	60	7	1	0	-
1951	31	Red Sox	30	1	10	3	0	1.000	3.34	0	0	2	59.1	266	53	22	24	1	32	2	39	0	0	0	-
1952	32	Red Sox	5	1	0	1	1	.500	11.57	0	0	0	9.1	57	18	12	12	1	11	1	3	0	0	0	-
1952	32	Senators	24	21	2	9	8	.529	3.70	11	0	2	160.2	686	153	66	71	11	72	2	89	2	3	0	-
1953	33	Senators	29	20	7	10	12	.455	3.63	10	4	0	166.1	697	145	67	79	16	62	3	95	1	3	1	-
1956	36	Tigers	35	0	18	1	1	.500	4.17	0	0	0	49.2	231	54	23	28	2	32	1	28	0	1	0	-
Career			G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
14 Years			399	184	115	78	100	.438	4.15	70	15	20	1,649.2	7,281	1,613	760	888	101	886	38	815	33	28	1	-

Walt Masterson Walt Masterson Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1939	19	Senators	24	13	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	.154	.154	.231
1940	20	Senators	31	38	6	7	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	17	3	0	0	1	.184	.262	.211
1941	21	Senators	34	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	.105	.105	.105
1942	22	Senators	26	45	2	7	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	19	3	0	0	0	.156	.224	.156
1945	25	Senators	4	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111
1946	26	Senators	29	25	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14	1	0	0	0	.080	.148	.080
1947	27	Senators	36	83	4	11	2	1	0	0	4	4	0	43	3	0	0	1	.133	.172	.181
1948	28	Senators	33	57	8	11	2	1	0	0	4	2	0	22	9	0	0	0	.193	.220	.263
1949	29	Senators	11	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	1	0	0	0	.056	.150	.056
1949	29	Red Sox	18	17	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	7	0	0	0	0	.118	.250	.118
1950	30	Red Sox	33	44	2	6	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	18	0	0	0	0	.136	.174	.159
1951	31	Red Sox	30	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182
1952	32	Red Sox	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000
1952	32	Senators	24	50	5	6	1	0	0	0	4	4	0	21	8	0	0	0	.120	.185	.140
1953	33	Senators	29	51	2	7	1	0	0	0	5	6	0	21	3	0	0	1	.137	.228	.157
1956	36	Tigers	35	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
14 Years			402	486	37	68	9	2	0	0	26	34	0	221	34	0	0	4	.140	.196	.167

Walt Masterson Walt Masterson Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1939 Senators	P	24	5	175	13	0.5	11	2	9	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.846	1.70
1940 Senators	P	31	19	391	22	0.7	21	5	16	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.955	1.45
1941 Senators	P	34	6	235	22	0.6	21	4	17	1	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.955	2.41
1942 Senators	P	25	15	428	37	1.5	30	8	22	7	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.811	1.89
1945 Senators	P	4	2	75	6	1.5	6	2	4	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.16
1946 Senators	P	29	9	274	21	0.7	20	5	15	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.952	1.97
1947 Senators	P	35	31	759	71	2.0	65	14	51	6	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.915	2.31
1948 Senators	P	33	27	564	37	1.1	34	10	24	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.919	1.63
1949 Senators	P	10	7	159	17	1.7	17	3	14	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.89
1949 Red Sox	P	18	5	165	9	0.5	8	1	7	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.889	1.31
1950 Red Sox	P	33	15	388	36	1.1	34	8	26	2	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	.944	2.37
1951 Red Sox	P	30	1	178	14	0.5	13	1	12	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.929	1.97
1952 Red Sox	P	5	1	28	5	1.0	5	2	3	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	4.82
1952 Senators	P	24	21	482	43	1.8	42	14	28	1	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.977	2.35
1953 Senators	P	29	20	499	41	1.4	37	10	27	4	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.902	2.00
1956 Tigers	P	35	0	149	11	0.3	9	3	6	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.818	1.63
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
P Totals		399	184	4,949	405	1.0	373	92	281	32	19	n/a	n/a	n/a	.921	2.03
14 Years		399	184	4,949	405	1.0	373	92	281	32	19	n/a	n/a	n/a	.921	2.03

Walt Masterson Walt Masterson Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1939 Senators	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	1.9	13.0	0.25	1.85	7.41
1940 Senators	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.2	38.0	0.77	4.70	6.08
1941 Senators	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	1.9	19.0	0.75	4.60	6.09
1942 Senators	0	0	.000	0	1	n/a	0.0	2.4	15.0	1.17	3.97	3.41
1945 Senators	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	1.8	0.0	1.40	5.04	3.60
1946 Senators	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	1.8	0.0	0.91	6.01	6.60
1947 Senators	0	0	.000	0	1	n/a	0.0	1.9	20.8	1.39	4.80	3.45
1948 Senators	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.6	14.3	0.59	3.45	5.84
1949 Senators	0	0	.000	0	1	n/a	0.0	1.6	0.0	0.81	2.89	3.57
1949 Red Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.4	0.0	0.54	3.11	5.73
1950 Red Sox	1	0	1.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.4	44.0	0.73	4.18	5.71
1951 Red Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.2	11.0	1.22	5.92	4.85
1952 Red Sox	0	1	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.27	2.89	10.61
1952 Senators	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.4	12.5	1.24	4.99	4.03
1953 Senators	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.4	10.2	1.53	5.14	3.35
1956 Tigers	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.88	5.07	5.80
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
14 Years	1	1	.500	0	3	n/a	0.0	2.2	18.7	0.92	4.45	4.83

Walt Masterson Walt Masterson Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1939 Washington Senators	33	Undetermined	-	-
1940 Washington Senators	22	Undetermined	-	-
1941 Washington Senators	14	Undetermined	-	-
1942 Washington Senators	34	Undetermined	-	-
1945 Washington Senators	35	Undetermined	n/a	-
1946 Washington Senators	23, 35	Undetermined	-	-
1947 Washington Senators	35	Undetermined	Stats	-
1948 Washington Senators	35	Undetermined	Stats	-
1949 Washington Senators	35	Undetermined	-	-
1949 Boston Red Sox	20	Undetermined	-	-
1950 Boston Red Sox	20	Undetermined	-	-
1951 Boston Red Sox	20	Undetermined	-	-
1952 Boston Red Sox	20	Undetermined	-	-
1952 Washington Senators	20	Undetermined	-	-
1953 Washington Senators	20	Undetermined	-	-
1956 Detroit Tigers	29	Undetermined	-	-
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