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Jim Mason
James Percy Mason

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.

Debut September 26, 1971
  vs. BOS 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 24, 1979
Born August 14, 1950 in Mobile, AL

Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 2nd round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1971 20 WSA AL   3    9    0    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .333  .400  .333  116    3   0   0   0   0   0
 1972 21 TEX AL  46  147   10   29   3  0   0   10   0  0   9  39  .197  .247  .218   42   32   1   1   0   1   3
 1973 22 TEX AL  92  238   23   49   7  2   3   19   0  1  23  48  .206  .273  .290   63   69   2   3   0   0   3
 1974 23 NYY AL 152  440   41  110  18  6   5   37   1  2  35  87  .250  .302  .352   89  155   7   5   1   0   6
 1975 24 NYY AL  94  223   17   34   3  2   2   16   0  2  22  49  .152  .228  .211   26   47   5   1   0   0  10
 1976 25 NYY AL  93  217   17   39   7  1   1   14   0  0   9  37  .180  .210  .235   31   51   7   3   0   0   4
 1977 26 TOT AL  58  134   19   25   6  0   1    9   1  1  13  20  .187  .257  .254   40   34   5   1   0   0   2
         TOR AL  22   79   10   13   3  0   0    2   1  1   7  10  .165  .233  .203   20   16   2   0   0   0   1
         TEX AL  36   55    9   12   3  0   1    7   0  0   6  10  .218  .290  .327   68   18   3   1   0   0   1
 1978 27 TEX AL  55  105   10   20   4  0   0    3   0  0   5  17  .190  .227  .229   29   24   6   0   0   0   2
 1979 28 MON NL  40   71    3   13   5  1   0    6   0  2   7  16  .183  .256  .282   48   20   0   0   1   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      633 1584  140  322  53 12  12  114   2  8 124 316  .203  .259  .275   54  435  33  14   2   1  33
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        405   36   82  14  3   3   29   1  2  32  81  .203  .259  .275   54  111   8   4   1   0   8
 Career High    152  440   41  110  18  6   5   37   1  2  35  87  .250  .302  .352   89  155   7   5   1   1  10
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1971 20 WSA AL   10    6    1   4.5    87| .333  .248| .400  .319| .333  .368| .733  .687| 116  .548   0.2   0.0   0%
 1972 21 TEX AL  159  123    8   1.8    80| .197  .242| .247  .310| .218  .349| .465  .659|  42  .208 -10.4  -1.2   0%
 1973 22 TEX AL  266  198   20   2.7    89| .206  .254| .273  .322| .290  .373| .563  .694|  63  .297 -11.5  -1.2   0%
 1974 23 NYY AL  487  350   48   3.7    88| .250  .257| .302  .322| .352  .370| .654  .691|  89  .449  -6.6  -0.7  33%
 1975 24 NYY AL  251  207   10   1.3    92| .152  .257| .228  .326| .211  .377| .439  .704|  26  .100 -22.5  -2.3   0%
 1976 25 NYY AL  236  192   11   1.6    86| .180  .256| .210  .320| .235  .361| .445  .681|  31  .150 -19.5  -2.1   0%
 1977 26 TOT AL  153  118   10   2.3   101| .187  .267| .257  .331| .254  .407| .511  .738|  40  .213 -11.2  -1.1  50%
         TOR AL   88   70    4   1.5   101| .165  .267| .233  .332| .203  .407| .436  .738|  20  .116  -8.9  -0.9  50%
         TEX AL   65   48    6   3.4   101| .218  .267| .290  .332| .327  .407| .617  .738|  68  .355  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1978 27 TEX AL  116   93    6   1.7    94| .190  .261| .227  .326| .229  .385| .456  .711|  29  .156 -10.1  -1.0   0%
 1979 28 MON NL   78   63    4   1.7    99| .183  .268| .256  .333| .282  .397| .538  .730|  48  .150  -5.2  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      1756 1350  118   2.4    90| .203  .257| .259  .323| .275  .374| .534  .696|  54  .258 -96.8 -10.1  20%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1971 20 WSA AL SS 3 8 13 1 1 .955 .963 7.00 4.33 7.27 4.92 3 26.0 1972 21 TEX AL SS 32 52 93 8 14 .948 .967 4.53 4.51 4.72 4.99 32 276.3 3B 10 6 13 2 0 .905 .955 1.90 2.70 2.10 2.98 10 81.3 1973 22 TEX AL SS 74 113 206 18 43 .947 .963 4.31 4.43 5.11 5.10 64 562.0 2B 19 30 24 2 8 .964 .980 2.84 4.67 5.38 5.44 8 90.3 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1974 23 NYY AL SS 152 241 430 25 87 .964 .965 4.41 4.24 4.96 4.98 144 1217.0 1975 24 NYY AL SS 93 134 209 16 45 .955 .959 3.69 4.09 4.82 4.85 73 641.0 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.70 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 1976 25 NYY AL SS 93 128 245 13 47 .966 .967 4.01 4.40 5.33 4.99 70 630.3 1977 26 TOT AL SS 54 75 108 5 20 .973 .963 3.39 4.07 4.90 4.82 32 336.3 TOR AL SS 22 49 51 3 9 .971 .963 4.55 4.07 4.91 4.82 20 183.3 TEX AL SS 32 26 57 2 11 .976 .963 2.59 4.07 4.88 4.82 12 153.0 3B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.70 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 DH 1 1978 27 TEX AL SS 42 41 79 8 12 .938 .964 2.86 4.19 4.88 4.92 20 221.3 3B 11 6 13 2 2 .905 .955 1.73 2.59 2.16 3.00 11 79.0 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.70 0.00 5.40 0 2.0 DH 1 1979 28 MON NL SS 33 31 53 3 9 .966 .966 2.55 4.51 4.41 5.00 14 171.3 3B 6 4 9 0 1 1.000 .949 2.17 2.50 3.66 2.90 2 32.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1973 22 TEX AL 2B 19 30 24 2 8 .964 .980 2.84 4.67 5.38 5.44 8 90.3 1975 24 NYY AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.70 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 1978 27 TEX AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.70 0.00 5.40 0 2.0 1972 21 TEX AL 3B 10 6 13 2 0 .905 .955 1.90 2.70 2.10 2.98 10 81.3 1973 22 TEX AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1977 26 TEX AL 3B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.70 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 1978 27 TEX AL 3B 11 6 13 2 2 .905 .955 1.73 2.59 2.16 3.00 11 79.0 1979 28 MON NL 3B 6 4 9 0 1 1.000 .949 2.17 2.50 3.66 2.90 2 32.0 1977 26 TEX AL DH 1 1978 27 TEX AL DH 1 1971 20 WSA AL SS 3 8 13 1 1 .955 .963 7.00 4.33 7.27 4.92 3 26.0 1972 21 TEX AL SS 32 52 93 8 14 .948 .967 4.53 4.51 4.72 4.99 32 276.3 1973 22 TEX AL SS 74 113 206 18 43 .947 .963 4.31 4.43 5.11 5.10 64 562.0 1974 23 NYY AL SS 152 241 430 25 87 .964 .965 4.41 4.24 4.96 4.98 144 1217.0 1975 24 NYY AL SS 93 134 209 16 45 .955 .959 3.69 4.09 4.82 4.85 73 641.0 1976 25 NYY AL SS 93 128 245 13 47 .966 .967 4.01 4.40 5.33 4.99 70 630.3 1977 26 TOT AL SS 54 75 108 5 20 .973 .963 3.39 4.07 4.90 4.82 32 336.3 TOR AL SS 22 49 51 3 9 .971 .963 4.55 4.07 4.91 4.82 20 183.3 TEX AL SS 32 26 57 2 11 .976 .963 2.59 4.07 4.88 4.82 12 153.0 1978 27 TEX AL SS 42 41 79 8 12 .938 .964 2.86 4.19 4.88 4.92 20 221.3 1979 28 MON NL SS 33 31 53 3 9 .966 .966 2.55 4.51 4.41 5.00 14 171.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 576 823 1436 97 278 .959 .964 3.92 4.28 4.98 4.96 452 4081.7 3B* 29 16 35 5 3 .911 .953 1.76 2.62 2.35 2.97 23 195.3 2B* 21 30 24 2 8 .964 .980 2.57 4.67 5.21 5.44 8 93.3 DH 2 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 626 869 1495 104 289 .958 .964 3.78 4.21 4.87 4.88 483 4370
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1976   ALCS  NYY KCR     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYY CIN     L   3   1   1   1  0  0  1   1   0   0 1.000 1.000 4.000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1   5   1   1   1  0  0  1   1   0   0 1.000 1.000 4.000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Youngest Player
1971 AL-20-8

HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (1453) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 2nd round of the 1968 amateur draft.

December 6, 1973: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Texas Rangers.

November 5, 1976: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays from the New York Yankees as the 30th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

May 9, 1977: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Steve Hargan and $200,000 to the Texas Rangers for Roy Howell.

December 8, 1978: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Montreal Expos for Mike Hart.

March 18, 1980: Released by the Montreal Expos.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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