Walt Masterson Trades and Transactions

The Walt Masterson trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Walt Masterson has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"He (Walt Masterson) could be wild, Post sportswriter Shirley Povich noted in 1949. 'There is no question, though, of his stomach for the battle,' Povich said. 'Too many times he has nursed slender leads all the way to get [the Senators] home, and rarely did he miss a turn against the tough clubs, New York, Boston and Cleveland.'" - Sportswriter Joe Holley in the Washington Post (04/09/2008)

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Walt Masterson

Walt Masterson Autograph on a 1988 Bowman Gum Reprint (#157)

Walt Masterson Autograph on a 1988 Bowman Gum Reprint (#157)
 

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Birth Name:   Walter Edward Masterson
Nickname:   Walt
Born On:   06-22-1920  (Cancer)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Year of Death Data Died On:   04-05-2008
Place of Death Data Died In:   Durham, North Carolina
Cemetery:   Cremated
High School:   North Catholic High School (Philadelphia, PA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   189
First Game:   05-08-1939 (Age 18)
Last Game:   09-24-1956
Draft:   Not Applicable
Walt Masterson

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1939: Signed as an amateur free agent by Washington Senators.
06-13-1949: Traded by Washington Senators to Boston Red Sox for Sam Mele and Mickey Harris.
06-10-1952: Traded by Boston Red Sox (with Randy Gumpert) to Washington Senators for Sid Hudson.
04-30-1956: Released by Washington Senators.
05-11-1956: Signed by Detroit Tigers.
10-22-1956: Released by Detroit Tigers.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Walt Masterson trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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