Walt Masterson | Major Leaguer 1939-1956

Full Name: Walter Edward Masterson
Born: June 22,1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Height: 6-2 Weight: 189 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: North Catholic (Philadelphia,PA)
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Transactions: [Jan 1,1939] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Senators. [Jun 13,1949] - Traded by Senators to Red Sox for Mickey Harris and Sam Mele. [Jun 10,1952] - Traded by Red Sox with Randy Gumpert to Senators for Sid Hudson. [Apr 30,1956] - Released by Senators. [May 11,1956] - Signed as Free Agent by Tigers. [Oct 22,1956] - Released by Tigers.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1939	Washington	AL	19	Wa1	MLB	2	2	5.55	24	5	1	0	14	0	58.1	66	44	36	2	48	12	2	0	10.18	0.31	7.41	1.85	1.95	--
1940	Washington	AL	20	Wa1	MLB	3	13	4.90	31	19	3	0	9	2	130.1	128	92	71	6	88	68	5	0	8.84	0.41	6.08	4.70	1.66	--
1941	Washington	AL	21	Wa1	MLB	4	3	5.97	34	6	1	0	13	3	78.1	101	56	52	3	53	40	4	0	11.60	0.34	6.09	4.60	1.97	--
1942	Washington	AL	22	Wa1	MLB	5	9	3.34	25	15	8	4	7	2	142.2	138	75	53	6	54	63	3	0	8.71	0.38	3.41	3.97	1.35	--
1945	Washington	AL	25	Wa1	MLB	1	2	1.08	4	2	1	1	1	0	25.0	21	8	3	1	10	14	0	0	7.56	0.36	3.60	5.04	1.24	--
1946	Washington	AL	26	Wa1	MLB	5	6	6.01	29	9	2	0	11	1	91.1	105	70	61	8	67	61	2	0	10.35	0.79	6.60	6.01	1.88	--
1947	Washington	AL	27	Wa1	MLB	12	16	3.13	35	31	14	4	4	1	253.0	215	98	88	11	97	135	3	0	7.65	0.39	3.45	4.80	1.23	--
1948	Washington	AL	28	Wa1	MLB	8	15	3.83	33	27	9	2	4	2	188.0	171	88	80	12	122	72	3	0	8.19	0.57	5.84	3.45	1.56	--
1949	Boston	AL	29	Bos	MLB	3	4	4.25	18	5	1	0	7	4	55.0	58	30	26	2	35	19	0	0	9.49	0.33	5.73	3.11	1.69	--
	Washington	AL	29	Wa1	MLB	3	2	3.23	10	7	3	0	1	0	53.0	42	22	19	4	21	17	1	0	7.13	0.68	3.57	2.89	1.19	--
1950	Boston	AL	30	Bos	MLB	8	6	5.64	33	15	6	0	7	1	129.1	145	91	81	15	82	60	7	0	10.09	1.04	5.71	4.18	1.76	--
1951	Boston	AL	31	Bos	MLB	3	0	3.34	30	1	0	0	10	2	59.1	53	24	22	1	32	39	0	0	8.04	0.15	4.85	5.92	1.43	--
1952	Washington	AL	32	Wa1	MLB	9	8	3.70	24	21	11	0	2	2	160.2	153	71	66	11	72	89	2	0	8.57	0.62	4.03	4.99	1.40	--
	Boston	AL	32	Bos	MLB	1	1	11.58	5	1	0	0	0	0	9.1	18	12	12	1	11	3	0	0	17.36	0.96	10.61	2.89	3.11	--
1953	Washington	AL	33	Wa1	MLB	10	12	3.63	29	20	10	4	7	0	166.1	145	79	67	16	62	95	1	1	7.85	0.87	3.35	5.14	1.24	--
1956	Detroit	AL	36	Det	MLB	1	1	4.17	35	0	0	0	18	0	49.2	54	28	23	2	32	28	0	0	9.79	0.36	5.80	5.07	1.73	--

Major League Totals - 14 Season(s)						78	100	4.15	399	184	70	15	115	20	1,649.2	1613	888	760	101	886	815	33	1	8.80	0.55	4.83	4.45	1.51	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1939	Washington	AL	19	Wa1	MLB	p		24	13	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0		0		1	.154	*.163	.231	*394	--
1940	Washington	AL	20	Wa1	MLB	p		31	38	6	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	17	0		3		1	.184	*.268	.211	*479	--
1941	Washington	AL	21	Wa1	MLB	p		34	19	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	0		2		0	.105	*.115	.105	*220	--
1942	Washington	AL	22	Wa1	MLB	p		26	45	2	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	19	0		3		0	.156	*.231	.156	*387	--
1945	Washington	AL	25	Wa1	MLB	p		4	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0		0		0	.111	*.121	.111	*232	--
1946	Washington	AL	26	Wa1	MLB	p		29	25	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14	0		1		0	.080	*.156	.080	*236	--
1947	Washington	AL	27	Wa1	MLB	p		36	83	4	11	2	1	0	4	0	0	4	43	0		3		1	.133	*.180	.181	*361	--
1948	Washington	AL	28	Wa1	MLB	p		33	57	8	11	2	1	0	4	0	0	2	22	0		9		0	.193	*.227	.263	*490	--
1949	Boston	AL	29	Bos	MLB	p		18	17	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	0		0		0	.118	*.256	.118	*374	--
	Washington	AL	29	Wa1	MLB	p		11	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	0		1		0	.056	*.158	.056	*214	--
1950	Boston	AL	30	Bos	MLB	p		33	44	2	6	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	18	0		0		0	.136	*.182	.159	*341	--
1951	Boston	AL	31	Bos	MLB	p		30	11	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0		1		0	.182	*.190	.182	*372	--
1952	Washington	AL	32	Wa1	MLB	p		24	50	5	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	21	0		8		0	.120	*.193	.140	*333	--
	Boston	AL	32	Bos	MLB	p		5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		0		0	.000	*.337	.000	*337	--
1953	Washington	AL	33	Wa1	MLB	p		29	51	2	7	1	0	0	5	0	0	6	21	0		3		1	.137	*.234	.157	*391	--
1956	Detroit	AL	36	Det	MLB	p		35	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	--

Major League Totals - 14 Season(s)								402	486	37	68	9	2	0	26	1	1	34	221	0		34		4	.140	*.203	.167	*370	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1939	Washington	AL	19	Wa1	MLB	P	24		58.1	2	9	2	13	0	-	-	-	.846	1.70

1940	Washington	AL	20	Wa1	MLB	P	31		130.1	5	16	1	22	0	-	-	-	.955	1.45

1941	Washington	AL	21	Wa1	MLB	P	34		78.1	4	17	1	22	2	-	-	-	.955	2.41

1942	Washington	AL	22	Wa1	MLB	P	25		142.2	8	22	7	37	0	-	-	-	.811	1.89

1945	Washington	AL	25	Wa1	MLB	P	4		25	2	4	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.16

1946	Washington	AL	26	Wa1	MLB	P	29		91.1	5	15	1	21	0	-	-	-	.952	1.97

1947	Washington	AL	27	Wa1	MLB	P	35		253	14	51	6	71	4	-	-	-	.915	2.31

1948	Washington	AL	28	Wa1	MLB	P	33		188	10	24	3	37	1	-	-	-	.919	1.63

1949	Boston	AL	29	Bos	MLB	P	18		55	1	7	1	9	1	-	-	-	.889	1.31
1949	Washington	AL	29	Wa1	MLB	P	10		53	3	14	0	17	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.89

1950	Boston	AL	30	Bos	MLB	P	33		129.1	8	26	2	36	6	-	-	-	.944	2.37

1951	Boston	AL	31	Bos	MLB	P	30		59.1	1	12	1	14	0	-	-	-	.929	1.97

1952	Boston	AL	32	Bos	MLB	P	5		9.1	2	3	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	4.82
1952	Washington	AL	32	Wa1	MLB	P	24		160.2	14	28	1	43	3	-	-	-	.977	2.35

1953	Washington	AL	33	Wa1	MLB	P	29		166.1	10	27	4	41	1	-	-	-	.902	2.00

1956	Detroit	AL	36	Det	MLB	P	35		49.2	3	6	2	11	1	-	-	-	.818	1.63

Awards

[1947] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1948] - Played in MLB All-Star Game

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 2 All-Star games during his career (1947-1948)

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