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Mike Mason
Michael Paul Mason

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 205 lb.
School Oral Roberts University

Debut September 13, 1982
  vs. MIN 7.0 IP, 4 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, L
Final Game May 8, 1988
Born November 21, 1958 in Faribault, MN

Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1982 23 TEX AL   1   2   4   4   0   0   0  0   23.0   21   13   13   3    9    8   0   1    96   1   0  5.09  3.88   76 1.304
 1983 24 TEX AL   0   2   5   0   0   0   2  0   10.7   10    7    7   0    6    9   1   0    50   0   0  5.91  3.99   68 1.500
 1984 25 TEX AL   9  13  36  24   4   0   6  0  184.3  159   78   74  18   51  113   2   5   750   4   1  3.61  4.16  115 1.139
 1985 26 TEX AL   8  15  38  30   1   1   1  0  179.0  212  113   96  22   73   92   3   4   800   4   1  4.83  4.23   88 1.592
 1986 27 TEX AL   7   3  27  22   2   1   2  0  135.0  135   71   65  11   56   85   0   5   587   3   1  4.33  4.31  100 1.415
 1987 28 TOT      4   3  25  10   0   0   3  0   67.0   80   45   42  10   45   49   5   2   315   2   0  5.64  4.37   77 1.866
         TEX AL   0   2   8   6   0   0   0  0   29.0   37   20   18   6   22   21   4   1   142   2   0  5.59  4.52   81 2.034
         CHC NL   4   1  17   4   0   0   3  0   38.0   43   25   24   4   23   28   1   1   173   0   0  5.68  4.25   75 1.737
 1988 29 MIN AL   0   1   5   0   0   0   0  0    6.7    8    8    8   1    9    7   0   0    37   0   0 10.80  4.06   38 2.550
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .426  29  39 140  90   7   2  14  0  605.7  625  335  305  65  249  363  11  17  2635  14   3  4.53  4.22   93 1.443
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  11  41  26   2   0   4  0  179.0  184   99   90  19   73  107   3   5   779   4   0  4.53  4.22   93 1.443
 Career High      9  15  38  30   4   1   6  0  184.3  212  113   96  22   73  113   5   5   800   4   1  3.61  4.37  115 1.139

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1987 28 TOT     18    9    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .222  .300  .222   40    2   3   0   0   0   0
         CHC NL  18    9    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .222  .300  .222   40    2   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons       18    9    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .222  .300  .222   40    2   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         81    9   18   0  0   0    0   0  0   9  36  .222  .300  .222   40   18  27   0   0   0   0
 Career High     18    9    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4                           2   3   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1987 28 TOT      13   10    1   2.7   108| .222  .273| .300  .343| .222  .425| .522  .767|  40  .260  -0.8  -0.1   0%
         CHC NL   13   10    1   2.7   108| .222  .273| .300  .343| .222  .425| .522  .767|  40  .260  -0.8  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons        13   10    1   2.7   108| .222  .273| .300  .343| .222  .425| .522  .767|  40  .260  -0.8  -0.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1982 23 TEX AL P 4 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 1.50 0.72 2.35 1.80 4 23.0 1983 24 TEX AL P 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 0.72 2.52 1.77 0 10.7 1984 25 TEX AL P 36 4 22 0 0 1.000 .959 0.72 0.70 1.27 1.79 24 184.3 1985 26 TEX AL P 38 4 30 4 0 .895 .952 0.89 0.70 1.71 1.86 30 179.0 1986 27 TEX AL P 27 9 19 0 1 1.000 .956 1.04 0.68 1.87 1.83 22 135.0 1987 28 TOT P 25 2 10 1 2 .923 .952 0.48 0.64 1.61 1.88 10 67.0 TEX AL P 8 1 5 1 1 .857 .952 0.75 0.68 1.86 1.83 6 29.0 CHC NL P 17 1 5 0 1 1.000 .952 0.35 0.62 1.42 1.92 4 38.0 1988 29 MIN AL P 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.68 0.00 1.75 0 6.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1982 23 TEX AL P 4 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 1.50 0.72 2.35 1.80 4 23.0 1983 24 TEX AL P 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 0.72 2.52 1.77 0 10.7 1984 25 TEX AL P 36 4 22 0 0 1.000 .959 0.72 0.70 1.27 1.79 24 184.3 1985 26 TEX AL P 38 4 30 4 0 .895 .952 0.89 0.70 1.71 1.86 30 179.0 1986 27 TEX AL P 27 9 19 0 1 1.000 .956 1.04 0.68 1.87 1.83 22 135.0 1987 28 TOT P 25 2 10 1 2 .923 .952 0.48 0.64 1.61 1.88 10 67.0 TEX AL P 8 1 5 1 1 .857 .952 0.75 0.68 1.86 1.83 6 29.0 CHC NL P 17 1 5 0 1 1.000 .952 0.35 0.62 1.42 1.92 4 38.0 1988 29 MIN AL P 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.68 0.00 1.75 0 6.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 140 21 88 5 3 .956 .955 0.78 0.69 1.62 1.83 90 605.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 140 21 88 5 3 .956 .955 0.78 0.69 1.62 1.83 90 606
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1984 AL-1.139-5

Hits Allowed/9IP
1984 AL-7.76-5

Losses
1985 AL-15-7

Gray Ink: Pitching - 2 (2411) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 14th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 9, 1979: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

May 15, 1987: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later. The Chicago Cubs sent Dave Pavlas (June 6, 1987) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

March 21, 1988: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

April 10, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1987San Francisco Giants$280,000
Career (may be incomplete)$280,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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