Walt Masterson vs. Mike Stanton — Career Comparison

Walt Masterson
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Mike Stanton
Gen XTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Walt Masterson built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Stanton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Stanton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.92 and WHIP 1.420 compared to 4.15 and 1.515 for Walt Masterson. By the career numbers, Mike Stanton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Walt Masterson and Mike Stanton

Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
399
2.18
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1178
9.52
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.43
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.55
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.55
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.51
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.82
43.82
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.91
51.91
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.12
46.12
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.38
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.08
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.11
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.68
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
760
4.15
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
485
3.92
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4949
27
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3342
27
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1649.2
9
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1114
9
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1613
8.8
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1086
8.77
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.8
8.8
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.77
8.77
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.55
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
0.75
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
886
4.83
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
3.39
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.61
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
815
4.45
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
895
7.23
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.23
7.23
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.031
1.031
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.18
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.28
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.15
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.27
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7281
39.72
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4762
38.47
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.63
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.93
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
888
4.84
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
4.23
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.43
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.29
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.7
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.515
1.515
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.352
1.352
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6367
34.74
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4220
34.09
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.23
2.23
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.72
39.72
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.47
38.47

Fielding Stats for Walt Masterson and Mike Stanton

Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
72.3
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1178
9.52
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
27
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3342
27
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.2
9
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1114
9
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
16.67
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.41
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
50.92
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
1.28
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
5.8
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.15
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
73.39
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
1.84
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
67.59
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
1.7
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.1
92.1
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.44
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walt Masterson and Mike Stanton

Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
402
435.38
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1178
27184.62
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
554
600
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
486
526.35
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
553.85
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
73.65
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
61.73
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
9.75
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.17
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
11.91
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.16
17.5
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.81
64.75
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
87.73
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
207.69
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
110.47
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
207.69
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.735
0.735
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
40.07
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
28.16
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
68.23
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.62
9.33
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.41
78.62
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
36.82
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
221
239.35
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.51
2.51
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
36.82
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.33
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.17
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA