Walt Masters vs. Mike Payne — Career Comparison

Walt Masters
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Payne
Baby BoomersRhode IslandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Payne built a career as a starting pitcher and Walt Masters as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Walt Masters posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 6 and WHIP 1.905 compared to 6.35 and 1.765 for Mike Payne. By the career numbers, Walt Masters had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Walt Masters and Mike Payne

Walt Masters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Walt Masters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
3.43
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
4.76
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.59
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.59
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
6
Mike Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.35
Walt Masters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Mike Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.47
5.47
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Mike Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Walt Masters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Walt Masters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
27
Walt Masters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
9
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
11.57
Mike Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
11.12
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.57
11.57
Mike Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.12
11.12
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
5.57
Mike Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
4.76
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Mike Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
4.76
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Mike Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Mike Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.762
0.762
Mike Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.059
1.059
Walt Masters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.59
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
43.71
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
39.71
Walt Masters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.43
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.18
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
6.43
Mike Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
6.35
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Mike Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.35
6.35
Walt Masters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.59
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.18
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.905
1.905
Mike Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.765
1.765
Walt Masters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
38.14
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
33.35
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Mike Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Walt Masters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.314
0.314
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.389
0.389
Walt Masters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.71
43.71
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.71
39.71

Fielding Stats for Walt Masters and Mike Payne

Walt Masters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Walt Masters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
4.76
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.59
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
27
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.2
9
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.59
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.59
Walt Masters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.59
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
Mike Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Walt Masters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.875
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.59
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walt Masters and Mike Payne

Walt Masters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Walt Masters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
1200
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
1800
Walt Masters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
600
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Walt Masters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
600
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.42
-63.2
Mike Payne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Mike Payne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Walt Masters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masters
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Payne
Career
Per 600 PA