Mike Mason

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: November 21, 1958 in Faribault, MN us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 14th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Normandale Community College (Bloomington, MN), the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1979 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Normandale Community College (Bloomington, MN), the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1979 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Normandale Community College (Bloomington, MN) and the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (12th) of the 1980 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, OK).

High School: Benilde-St. Margaret's HS (St. Louis Park, MN)

Schools: Normandale Community College (Bloomington, MN), Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, OK)

Debut: September 13, 1982 (Age 23-296d, 14,678th in major league history)
vs. MIN 7.0 IP, 4 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: May 8, 1988 (Age 29-169d)
vs. BOS 0.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Full Name: Michael Paul Mason

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.1

ERA

4.53

140

605.2

363

WHIP

1.443

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 65 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 8 tying, 20 go ahead

3 Tms
TEX	60
CHC	4
MIN	1

Platoon
vs RHB	53
vs LHB	12

Home/Road
Home	38
Away	27

Outs
0	26
1	24
2	15

16 Opps
CAL	7
CLE	7
BAL	6
OAK	5
KCR	5
CHW	5
TOR	5
MIN	4
DET	4
BOS	4
MIL	4
NYY	3
SEA	2
NYM	2
STL	1
ATL	1

49 Batters
Carmelo Castillo	3
Tom Brunansky	3
Alejandro Sánchez	3
Ron Kittle	3
Steve Balboni	2
Gary Pettis	2
Reggie Jackson	2
Glenn Braggs	2
Tim Teufel	2
Brook Jacoby	2
Don Mattingly	2
Bill Schroeder	2
Buck Martinez	1
Gary Gray	1
Lee Lacy	1
Tony Armas	1
Jim Sundberg	1
Gary Roenicke	1
Joe Ferguson	1
Don Slaught	1
Mike Young	1
Davey Lopes	1
Dusty Baker	1
Carlton Fisk	1
Fred Lynn	1
Rob Wilfong	1
Lance Parrish	1
Don Baylor	1
Dave Henderson	1
Pat Tabler	1
Joe Carter	1
Willie Upshaw	1
Doug DeCinces	1
Dave Kingman	1
Mike Easler	1
Willie McGee	1
Ken Gerhart	1
Willie Wilson	1
Mike Heath	1
Keith Hernandez	1
Kelly Gruber	1
Garth Iorg	1
Ray Knight	1
Ellis Burks	1
Mike Davis	1
George Bell	1
Vance Law	1
Gerald Perry	1
Wade Boggs	1

13 Parks
Arlington St (ARL)	33
Angel Stad (ANA)	5
Memor. Stad (BAL)	5
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
Metrodome (MIN)	4
Yankee Stad (NYC)	3
ClevelandStd (CLE)	3
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1

Where Hit
7	20
9	6
8	4
89	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	63
4	1
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	40
3·HR gms	5
2·HR gms	5

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	37
1--	14
12-	5
123	3
1-3	3
-2-	2
-23	1

108 Runs
RISP	14
0 on	37
1 on	16
2 on	9
3 on	3
Any on	28

Inning
1	5
2	3
3	11
4	14
5	9
6	21
7	1
8	1

1-3	19
4-6	44
7-end	2

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	5
+2	5
+1	11
Tied	17
-1	10
-2	4
-3	1
-4..	6

Ahead	27
Tied	17
Behind	21

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	63
2-1	1
1-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	10
1B	9
CF	9
DH	9
C	8
RF	8
3B	8
2B	3
PH	1

OrderPos
7th	14
6th	10
5th	9
3rd	8
4th	8
2nd	5
1st	4
8th	4
9th	3

Leverage
High Lev	16
Medium Lev	28
Low Lev	21

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1982-09-13	Tom Brunansky	MIN		TEX	tied 0-0	b 4	1	-2-		2	3	9	19%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Mitchell Scores
2	2	2	1	1982-09-18	Gary Gray	SEA		TEX	behind 2-8	b 6	0	---		1	5	3	2%	6%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1982-09-23	Joe Ferguson	CAL	@	TEX	behind 0-4	t 3	0	---		1	7	2	6%	19%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1984-05-26	Ron Kittle	CHW	@	TEX	behind 0-1	t 4	2	---		1	5	7	13%	45%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	2	2	1984-05-26	Vance Law	CHW	@	TEX	tied 1-1	t 4	2	1--		2	7	5	23%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Baines Scores
6	6	3	3	1984-05-26	Ron Kittle	CHW	@	TEX	ahead 3-1	t 6	1	1--		2	5	7	13%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Paciorek Scores
7	7	4	1	1984-06-11	Davey Lopes	OAK	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--		2	3	8	17%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Henderson Scores
8	8	5	1	1984-07-13	Pat Tabler	CLE	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---		1	6	7	14%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	6	2	1984-07-13	Brook Jacoby	CLE	@	TEX	ahead 1-0	t 5	0	---		1	7	5	11%	75%		Home Run (Deep CF)
10	10	7	1	1984-07-18	Don Baylor	NYY		TEX	behind 0-1	b 4	2	---		1	4	DH	15%	51%		Home Run
11	11	8	1	1984-07-23	Gary Roenicke	BAL	@	TEX	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	12-		3	5	7	20%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Ripken Scores; E. Murray Scores
12	12	9	1	1984-08-16	Steve Balboni	KCR	@	TEX	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---		1	7	3	14%	50%		Home Run
13	13	10	2	1984-08-16	Don Slaught	KCR	@	TEX	ahead 2-1	t 6	1	123		4	8	2	19%	95%		Home Run; H. McRae Scores; F. White Scores; S. Balboni Scores
14	14	11	1	1984-08-26	Bill Schroeder	MIL		TEX	ahead 2-1	b 5	1	---		1	8	2	11%	81%		Home Run
15	15	12	1	1984-08-31	Bill Schroeder	MIL	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---		1	7	2	11%	61%		Home Run
16	16	13	1	1984-09-07	Tim Teufel	MIN		TEX	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---		1	2	4	13%	56%		Home Run
17	17	14	2	1984-09-07	Tom Brunansky	MIN		TEX	tied 1-1	b 6	1	12-		3	5	9	28%	90%		Home Run; T. Teufel Scores; K. Hrbek Scores
18	18	15	1	1984-09-17	Dave Kingman	OAK		TEX	tied 1-1	b 6	0	1--		2	4	DH	23%	86%		Home Run; J. Morgan Scores
19	19	16	1	1984-09-22	Reggie Jackson	CAL		TEX	tied 1-1	b 1	2	1-3		3	6	DH	24%	79%		Home Run; D. DeCinces Scores; B. Downing Scores
20	20	17	2	1984-09-22	Doug DeCinces	CAL		TEX	ahead 4-3	b 3	1	---		1	4	5	10%	75%		Home Run
21	21	18	3	1984-09-22	Reggie Jackson	CAL		TEX	ahead 5-3	b 3	2	---		1	6	DH	8%	83%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1985-04-16	Garth Iorg	TOR		TEX	behind 0-4	b 5	1	12-		3	2	5	22%	39%		Home Run; T. Fernández Scores; D. García Scores
23	23	2	1	1985-04-28	Buck Martinez	TOR	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 5	1	---		1	7	2	14%	61%		Home Run
24	24	3	2	1985-04-28	George Bell	TOR	@	TEX	ahead 1-0	t 6	0	1--		2	3	7	17%	86%		Home Run; L. Moseby Scores
25	25	4	3	1985-04-28	Willie Upshaw	TOR	@	TEX	ahead 3-0	t 6	2	---		1	6	3	6%	91%		Home Run
26	26	5	1	1985-05-08	Lance Parrish	DET	@	TEX	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---		1	4	2	10%	71%		Home Run
27	27	6	2	1985-05-08	Alejandro Sánchez	DET	@	TEX	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	---		1	7	DH	9%	77%		Home Run
28	28	7	3	1985-05-08	Alejandro Sánchez	DET	@	TEX	ahead 3-0	t 6	0	---		1	7	DH	6%	92%		Home Run
29	29	8	1	1985-05-20	Willie Wilson	KCR	@	TEX	ahead 2-0	t 2	2	1-3		3	1	8	18%	88%		Home Run; H. McRae Scores/unER; J. Sundberg Scores/unER; W. Wilson Scores/unER
30	30	9	2	1985-05-20	Jim Sundberg	KCR	@	TEX	ahead 5-0	t 4	0	---		1	8	2	3%	95%		Home Run
31	31	10	1	1985-05-25	Tony Armas	BOS	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---		1	4	8	10%	60%		Home Run
32	32	11	1	1985-05-31	Mike Easler	BOS		TEX	behind 0-1	b 5	1	---		1	6	DH	15%	54%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	12	1	1985-06-06	Ron Kittle	CHW	@	TEX	tied 1-1	t 6	1	12-		3	4	DH	30%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Hulett Scores; H. Baines Scores
34	34	13	1	1985-06-10	Rob Wilfong	CAL		TEX	ahead 6-1	b 5	2	---		1	9	4	2%	97%		Home Run
35	35	14	1	1985-06-15	Tom Brunansky	MIN	@	TEX	behind 0-5	t 6	2	1--		2	4	9	6%	10%		Home Run; M. Hatcher Scores
36	36	15	1	1985-06-28	Dusty Baker	OAK	@	TEX	behind 1-5	t 6	2	---		1	5	3	4%	10%		Home Run
37	37	16	1	1985-07-08	Carmelo Castillo	CLE		TEX	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---		1	7	9	10%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	17	1	1985-07-20	Alejandro Sánchez	DET		TEX	behind 1-2	b 8	1	1--		2	9	PH	54%	85%		Home Run; D. Bergman Scores
39	39	18	1	1985-08-16	Mike Young	BAL		TEX	behind 1-2	b 6	1	12-	4,(2-1) B*BFX	3	6	7	38%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); C. Ripken Scores; E. Murray Scores
40	40	19	1	1985-09-01	Steve Balboni	KCR	@	TEX	behind 1-3	t 4	0	---		1	6	3	11%	38%		Home Run
41	41	20	1	1985-09-06	Carlton Fisk	CHW	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1-3		3	4	DH	19%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Nichols Scores; H. Baines Scores
42	42	21	1	1985-09-11	Mike Heath	OAK		TEX	behind 0-5	b 3	0	---		1	8	2	5%	15%		Home Run
43	43	22	1	1985-10-02	Mike Davis	OAK	@	TEX	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---		1	7	8	8%	81%		Home Run
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1986-04-23	Kelly Gruber	TOR		TEX	behind 4-5	b 6	1	---		1	7	5	18%	54%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	2	1	1986-04-29	Joe Carter	CLE	@	TEX	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	---		1	3	7	9%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	3	1	1986-05-04	Don Mattingly	NYY		TEX	behind 1-3	b 7	1	1--		2	3	3	32%	55%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Randolph Scores
47	47	4	1	1986-05-25	Wade Boggs	BOS	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 2	2	123		4	2	5	30%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Sullivan Scores; R. Quiñones Scores; M. Barrett Scores
48	48	5	1	1986-06-06	Dave Henderson	SEA	@	TEX	behind 0-3	t 5	1	1--		2	7	9	16%	33%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Tartabull Scores
49	49	6	1	1986-07-13	Brook Jacoby	CLE		TEX	behind 0-1	b 4	1	-2-		2	5	5	21%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Carter Scores
50	50	7	1	1986-08-06	Lee Lacy	BAL		TEX	ahead 9-6	b 6	0	1--		2	2	9	5%	97%		Home Run; J. Bonilla Scores
51	51	8	1	1986-08-12	Glenn Braggs	MIL	@	TEX	ahead 5-0	t 3	1	---		1	7	7	4%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
52	52	9	2	1986-08-12	Glenn Braggs	MIL	@	TEX	ahead 6-0	t 6	0	---		1	7	7	1%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
53	53	10	1	1986-09-26	Gary Pettis	CAL		TEX	behind 0-2	b 6	1	---		1	1	8	13%	36%		Home Run (Deep LF)
54	54	11	1	1986-10-02	Gary Pettis	CAL	@	TEX	tied 4-4	t 4	2	-23		3	1	8	28%	79%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Burleson Scores; D. Schofield Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	1987-04-09	Ken Gerhart	BAL		TEX	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---		1	9	7	12%	56%		Home Run
56	56	2	2	1987-04-09	Fred Lynn	BAL		TEX	tied 2-2	b 6	0	---		1	5	8	16%	74%		Home Run
57	57	3	3	1987-04-09	Ray Knight	BAL		TEX	ahead 3-2	b 6	0	---		1	6	5	10%	84%		Home Run
58	58	4	1	1987-05-05	Carmelo Castillo	CLE	@	TEX	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---		1	6	9	10%	72%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
59	59	5	1	1987-05-11	Carmelo Castillo	CLE		TEX	behind 2-4	b 4	1	---		1	6	9	11%	41%		Home Run
60	60	6	1	1987-05-14	Don Mattingly	NYY		TEX	ahead 4-1	b 4	1	123		4	3	3	8%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Skinner Scores; R. Henderson Scores; W. Randolph Scores
61	61	7	1	1987-05-22	Gerald Perry	ATL	@	CHC	ahead 7-0	t 6	2	1--		2	3	3	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. James Scores
62	62	8	1	1987-06-07	Willie McGee	STL	@	CHC	ahead 3-0	t 3	0	1--		2	5	8	9%	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Clark Scores
63	63	9	1	1987-06-10	Keith Hernandez	NYM	@	CHC	ahead 9-0	t 6	2	---		1	3	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
64	64	10	1	1987-08-13	Tim Teufel	NYM	@	CHC	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--		2	2	4	15%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Dykstra Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
65	65	1	1	1988-05-08	Ellis Burks	BOS	@	MIN	tied 6-6	t 6	0	1--	5,(1-2) CBSF1X	2	1	8	23%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Anderson Scores