Rick Grapenthin vs. Walt Masterson — Career Comparison

Rick Grapenthin
Baby BoomersIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Walt Masterson
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Walt Masterson built a career as a starting pitcher and Rick Grapenthin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Walt Masterson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.15 and WHIP 1.515 compared to 6.35 and 1.588 for Rick Grapenthin. By the career numbers, Walt Masterson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rick Grapenthin and Walt Masterson

Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
5.03
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399
2.18
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.43
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.55
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.82
43.82
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.12
46.12
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.38
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.08
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.53
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.11
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
6.35
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
760
4.15
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4949
27
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1649.2
9
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
9.53
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1613
8.8
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.53
9.53
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.8
8.8
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.32
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.55
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.24
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
886
4.83
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
4.24
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
815
4.45
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.941
0.941
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.031
1.031
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.18
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.15
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
39.97
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7281
39.72
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.59
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
0.63
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
6.35
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
888
4.84
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.84
4.84
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.79
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.529
1.529
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.515
1.515
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
34.15
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6367
34.74
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.23
2.23
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.97
39.97
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.72
39.72

Fielding Stats for Rick Grapenthin and Walt Masterson

Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
5.03
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
72.3
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
27
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49.2
9
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
16.67
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.59
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
50.92
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
5.8
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.12
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
73.39
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.12
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
67.59
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.1
92.1
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.421
0.421
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.26
5.26
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.44
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Grapenthin and Walt Masterson

Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
1628.57
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
402
435.38
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
554
600
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
486
526.35
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
73.65
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
61.73
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9.75
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.17
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11.91
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
44.63
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.16
17.5
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
87.73
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
110.47
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
40.07
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
28.16
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
68.23
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
60.07
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.62
9.33
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
36.82
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
221
239.35
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.51
2.51
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
36.82
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4.33
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.17
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50