Walt Masterson
1939–1956 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators (1901-60)
402G
.140AVG
.196OBP
.167SLG
More career statistics
68H
0HR
26RBI
1SB
78–100W–L
1,649.2IP
815K
4.15ERA
184GS
20SV
4Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 486 | 488 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 221 | 223 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 554 | 556 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 7,281 | 7,270 |
| Pitching · p er | 760 | 764 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,613 | 1,614 |
| Pitching · p hr | 101 | 100 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,949 | 4,947 |
| Pitching · p k | 815 | 817 |
| Pitching · p r | 888 | 886 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 402 | 554 | 486 | 37 | 68 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 34 | 221 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 81 | .140 | .196 | .167 | .363 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,649.7 | 399 | 184 | 70 | 78 | 100 | 20 | 1,613 | 888 | 760 | 101 | 886 | 815 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 1.515 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1953-08-22 to 1956-06-05
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | More Walks Than Outs | 1939-08-09 | 1 in 12,419 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | 16 scoreless innings | 1947-06-08 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1940-06-20 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 196 | 279 | 36 | 0 | 16 | 18 | 109 | .146 | .194 | .179 |
| Away | 206 | 277 | 32 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 114 | .132 | .173 | .153 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 25 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17 | .129 | .194 | .161 |
| May | 73 | 99 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 41 | .149 | .222 | .195 |
| June | 77 | 119 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 38 | .129 | .185 | .139 |
| July | 76 | 102 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 46 | .157 | .196 | .225 |
| August | 85 | 115 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 44 | .133 | .148 | .143 |
| September | 66 | 85 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 37 | .133 | .165 | .133 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 66 | 84 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 27 | .167 | .214 | .181 |
| detroit-tigers | 58 | 90 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 42 | .075 | .100 | .113 |
| new-york-yankees | 56 | 86 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 40 | .080 | .163 | .093 |
| boston-red-sox | 53 | 69 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 29 | .133 | .145 | .133 |
| cleveland-guardians | 50 | 77 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 31 | .162 | .208 | .191 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 50 | 77 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 28 | .224 | .273 | .299 |
| st-louis-browns | 45 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22 | .176 | .211 | .196 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .067 | .125 | .067 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 24 | 13 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .154 | 58 | 12 |
| 1940 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 31 | 38 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .184 | 130 | 68 |
| 1941 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 34 | 19 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .105 | 78 | 42 |
| 1942 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 26 | 45 | 7 | – | 3 | – | .156 | 142 | 64 |
| 1945 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 4 | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | .111 | 24 | 14 |
| 1946 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 29 | 27 | 2 | – | – | – | .074 | 91 | 60 |
| 1947 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 36 | 83 | 11 | – | 4 | – | .133 | 253 | 135 |
| 1948 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 33 | 57 | 11 | – | 4 | – | .193 | 187 | 72 |
| 1949 | Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 29 | 35 | 3 | – | – | – | .086 | 108 | 36 |
| 1950 |  Boston Red Sox | 33 | 44 | 6 | – | 1 | 1 | .136 | 129 | 60 |
| 1951 | Boston Red Sox | 30 | 11 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .182 | 59 | 40 |
| 1952 | Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 29 | 52 | 6 | – | 4 | – | .115 | 170 | 91 |
| 1953 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 29 | 51 | 7 | – | 5 | – | .137 | 166 | 95 |
| 1956 |  Detroit Tigers | 35 | 4 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .250 | 49 | 28 |