Walt Masterson vs. Tom Parrott — Career Comparison

Walt Masterson
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Tom Parrott
Pre-GenerationalOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Walt Masterson built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Parrott 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 5.33 and 1.713 for Tom Parrott. By the career numbers, Walt Masterson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Walt Masterson and Tom Parrott

Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
2.18
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
1.3
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
1
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.01
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.43
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.44
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.55
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.54
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.82
43.82
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.83
44.83
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.12
46.12
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.39
77.39
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.38
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.78
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.08
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.11
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
760
4.15
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
471
5.33
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4949
27
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2385
27
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1649.2
9
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
795
9
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1613
8.8
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1055
11.94
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.8
8.8
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.94
11.94
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.55
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.37
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
886
4.83
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
3.48
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
815
4.45
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
1.88
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.031
1.031
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.18
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.24
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.15
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.32
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7281
39.72
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3699
41.88
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.63
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
888
4.84
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
660
7.47
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.84
4.84
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.47
7.47
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.515
1.515
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.713
1.713
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6367
34.74
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3364
38.08
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.323
0.323
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.72
39.72
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.88
41.88

Fielding Stats for Walt Masterson and Tom Parrott

Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
72.3
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
281
1.13
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
27
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6726
27
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.2
9
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2242
9
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
16.67
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
645
2.59
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
50.92
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
0.9
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
5.8
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.24
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
73.39
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
929
3.73
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
67.59
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
870
3.49
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.1
92.1
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.65
93.65
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.935
0.935
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.096
3.096
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.44
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.12
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walt Masterson and Tom Parrott

Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
402
435.38
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 600 PA
278
159.16
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
554
600
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1048
600
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
486
526.35
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
986
564.5
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.798
0.798
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
68
73.65
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
299
171.18
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
57
61.73
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
124.81
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.75
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
22.9
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.17
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.89
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.59
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11.91
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
46.37
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
16.16
17.5
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144.46
82.71
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
81
87.73
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
436
249.62
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
102
110.47
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
340
194.66
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.331
0.331
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.773
0.773
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.732
0.732
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
37
40.07
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
89.31
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
26
28.16
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
93.32
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
63
68.23
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
304
174.05
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
8.62
9.33
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162.17
92.85
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.57
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
36.82
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
22.9
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
221
239.35
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
29.2
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.51
2.51
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.55
20.55
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
0.78
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
36.82
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 600 PA
21
12.02
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4.33
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.08
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.89
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Tom Parrott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.17
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.89
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50
Tom Parrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100