Terry Larkin vs. Walt Masterson — Career Comparison

Terry Larkin
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Walt Masterson
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Walt Masterson built a career as a starting pitcher and Terry Larkin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Terry Larkin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.43 and WHIP 1.117 compared to 4.15 and 1.515 for Walt Masterson. By the career numbers, Terry Larkin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Terry Larkin and Walt Masterson

Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
1.01
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
2.18
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
1.01
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
1
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.51
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.43
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.46
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.55
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.66
52.66
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.82
43.82
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.12
46.12
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
0.99
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.38
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.08
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.11
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
2.43
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
760
4.15
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4702
27
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4949
27
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1567.1
9
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1649.2
9
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1627
9.34
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1613
8.8
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.34
9.34
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.8
8.8
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.07
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.55
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.71
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
886
4.83
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
406
2.33
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
815
4.45
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.031
1.031
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.48
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.18
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.15
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6659
38.24
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7281
39.72
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.63
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
922
5.29
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
888
4.84
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.84
4.84
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.117
1.117
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.515
1.515
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6535
37.53
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6367
34.74
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.24
38.24
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.72
39.72

Fielding Stats for Terry Larkin and Walt Masterson

Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
227
1.04
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
72.3
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5901
27
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
27
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1967
9
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.2
9
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
0.73
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
16.67
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416
1.9
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
50.92
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.35
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
5.8
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
652
2.98
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
73.39
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
576
2.64
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
67.59
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.34
88.34
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.1
92.1
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.537
2.537
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.935
0.935
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.44
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Terry Larkin and Walt Masterson

Terry Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
223
150.34
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
402
435.38
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
890
600
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
554
600
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
845
569.66
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
486
526.35
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.59
0.59
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
198
133.48
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
68
73.65
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
103.15
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
57
61.73
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
19.55
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.75
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
10.11
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.17
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.67
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
30.34
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11.91
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72.51
48.88
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
16.16
17.5
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
175.28
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
81
87.73
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
243
163.82
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
102
110.47
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.581
0.581
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
70.79
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
37
40.07
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
46.52
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
26
28.16
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
173
116.63
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
63
68.23
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80.99
54.6
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
8.62
9.33
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.02
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
28.31
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
36.82
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
45.84
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
221
239.35
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.09
13.09
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.51
2.51
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
36.82
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4.33
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.17
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50