Dan Masteller

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1968)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Dan Masteller

|position=First baseman

|image=

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1968|3|17}}

|birth_place=Toledo, Ohio, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=June 23

|debutyear=1995

|debutteam=Minnesota Twins

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 1

|finalyear=1995

|finalteam=Minnesota Twins

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.237

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=3

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=21

|teams=

• Minnesota Twins (1995)

}}

Dan Patrick Masteller (born March 17, 1968) is an American former Major League Baseball first baseman. He played one season in the majors for the Minnesota Twins in {{Baseball year|1995}}.

Originally drafted by the Twins in the 11th round of the 1989 Major League Baseball draft, Masteller played in their organization until June, 1995, when he made his major league debut.

On July 28, 1995, Masteller came to bat in the bottom of the ninth in a 3-3 game against Yankees' Cy Young winner Jack McDowell. Carrying a sub-.200 average, with no one out and a man on first, it was a classic bunt situation. But manager Tom Kelly allowed Masteller to swing away, and on McDowell's first pitch, he hit a walk-off home run into the upper deck, just inside the right-field foul pole.{{Cite web|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/430606/MASTELLERS-GAME-WINNING-HR-SHOCKS-EVERYONE.html?pg=all|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423011149/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/430606/MASTELLERS-GAME-WINNING-HR-SHOCKS-EVERYONE.html?pg=all|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 23, 2016|title=MASTELLER'S GAME-WINNING HR SHOCKS EVERYONE|last=|first=|date=1995-07-29|website=|publisher=|access-date=April 13, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN199507280.shtml|title=New York Yankees at Minnesota Twins Box Score, July 28, 1995|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}

Masteller was released after the season, and played for the Harrisburg Senators in the Montreal Expos organization in {{Baseball year|1996}} before his career ended.