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Mike Mason

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Full Name: Michael Paul Mason Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/205 First Game: September 13, 1982
Birthdate: November 21, 1958 Final Game: May 8, 1988
Birthplace: Fairbault, Minnesota MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on November 21, 1958 in Fairbault, Minnesota, Mike Mason (Michael Paul Mason) played for the Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs and Minnesota Twins over the course of his 7 year career. Mason broke into the bigs on September 13, 1982 with the Texas Rangers, and put up a 3.61 ERA in 184.1 innings pitched in 1984, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Mike Mason's best season was 1984, when he posted a 3.61 ERA and struck out 113 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1982 TEX A 4 4 1 2 5.09 8 13 13 0 0 0 23 21 3 9 1 1 0
1983 TEX A 5 0 0 2 5.91 9 7 7 0 0 0 10.2 10 0 6 0 0 1
1984 TEX A 36 24 9 13 3.61 113 78 74 4 0 0 184.1 159 18 51 4 5 2
1985 TEX A 38 30 8 15 4.83 92 113 96 1 1 0 179 212 22 73 4 4 3
1986 TEX A 27 22 7 3 4.33 85 71 65 2 1 0 135 135 11 56 3 5 0
1987 TEX A 8 6 0 2 5.59 21 20 18 0 0 0 29 37 6 22 2 1 4
1987 CHI N 17 4 4 1 5.68 28 25 24 0 0 0 38 43 4 23 0 1 1
1987 Total 25 10 4 3 5.64 49 45 42 0 0 0 67 80 10 45 2 2 5
1988 MIN A 5 0 0 1 1.80 7 8 8 0 0 0 6.2 8 1 9 0 0 0
Total NL 17 4 4 1 5.68 28 25 24 0 0 0 38 43 4 23 0 1 1
Total AL 123 86 25 38 4.46 335 310 281 7 2 0 567.2 582 61 226 14 16 10
Total 140 90 29 39 4.53 363 335 305 7 2 0 605.2 625 65 249 14 17 11

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1982 TEX A P 4 4 23 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.000
1983 TEX A P 5 0 10.2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 TEX A P 36 24 184.1 4 22 0 0 0 0 20 2 0 1.000
1985 TEX A P 38 30 179 4 30 4 0 0 1 12 5 2 .895
1986 TEX A P 27 22 135 9 19 0 1 0 0 7 6 1 1.000
1987 TEX A P 8 6 29 1 5 1 1 0 0 7 1 1 .857
1987 CHI N P 17 4 38 1 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1.000
1987 Total P 25 10 67 2 10 1 2 0 0 9 1 1 .923
1988 MIN A P 5 0 6.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total P 140 90 605.2 21 88 5 3 0 2 49 14 4 .956

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1982 TEX A 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 TEX A 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 TEX A 36 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 TEX A 38 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 TEX A 27 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 TEX A 8 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CHI N 18 9 1 2 0 0 .222 .300 .222 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 0 0
1987 Total 26 9 1 2 0 0 .222 .300 .222 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 0 0
1988 MIN A 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 18 9 1 2 0 0 .222 .300 .222 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 0 0
Total AL 123 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 141 9 1 2 0 0 .222 .300 .222 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 14th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 6, 1978).
  • Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (January 9, 1979).
  • Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (June 5, 1979).
  • Selected by Texas Rangers in the 1st round (12th pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 3, 1980).
  • Traded by Texas Rangers to Chicago Cubs in exchange for a player to be named later (May 15, 1987); Texas Rangers received Dave Pavlas (June 6, 1987).
  • Released by Chicago Cubs (March 21, 1988).
  • Signed by Minnesota Twins (April 10, 1988).

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