Ron Keller vs. Walt Masterson — Career Comparison

Ron Keller
Silent GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Walt Masterson
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Walt Masterson built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Keller as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ron Keller posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.38 and WHIP 1.453 compared to 4.15 and 1.515 for Walt Masterson. By the career numbers, Ron Keller had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Keller and Walt Masterson

Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.8
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399
2.18
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.43
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.42
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.55
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.82
43.82
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.12
46.12
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.38
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.08
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.11
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.38
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
760
4.15
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
27
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4949
27
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.1
9
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1649.2
9
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
10.55
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1613
8.8
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.55
10.55
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.8
8.8
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.27
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.55
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.11
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
886
4.83
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
5.06
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
815
4.45
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.797
0.797
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.031
1.031
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.18
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.15
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
37.97
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7281
39.72
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.84
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
0.63
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.22
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
888
4.84
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.515
1.515
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
35.44
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6367
34.74
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.23
2.23
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.97
37.97
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.72
39.72

Fielding Stats for Ron Keller and Walt Masterson

Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
3.8
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
72.3
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.42
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
27
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
27
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.1
9
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49.2
9
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.84
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
16.67
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.27
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
50.92
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
5.8
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.11
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
73.39
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.11
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
67.59
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.1
92.1
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
0.556
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.11
11.11
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.44
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Keller and Walt Masterson

Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
3300
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
402
435.38
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
554
600
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
486
526.35
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.423
0.423
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
73.65
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
61.73
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9.75
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.17
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11.91
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.16
17.5
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
87.73
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
110.47
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
40.07
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
28.16
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
68.23
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.62
9.33
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
36.82
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
221
239.35
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.51
2.51
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
36.82
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4.33
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.17
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50