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Don Mason

Donald Stetson Mason

Positions: Second Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: December 20, 1944 in Boston, MA
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1966
Teams (by GP): Giants/Padres 1966-1973

Final Game: May 30, 1973
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1966 21 SFG NL 42 26 25 8 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 .120 .120 .240 .360 -4 6 0 0 1 0 0 /4
1967 22 SFG NL 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /4
1968 23 SFG NL 10 20 19 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 .158 .200 .158 .358 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 /465
1969 24 SFG NL 104 292 250 43 57 4 2 0 13 1 5 36 29 .228 .324 .260 .584 67 65 0 0 5 1 0 45/6
1970 25 SFG NL 46 41 36 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 7 .139 .244 .139 .383 6 5 3 0 0 0 0 4
1971 26 SDP NL 113 377 344 43 73 12 1 2 11 6 4 27 35 .212 .270 .270 .540 59 93 11 0 6 0 0 4/5
1972 27 SDP NL 9 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .182 .250 .182 .432 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 /4
1973 28 SDP NL 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 /4
8 Yrs 336 779 696 102 143 16 3 3 27 8 11 70 80 .205 .278 .250 .528 53 174 15 0 12 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 376 336 49 69 8 1 1 13 4 5 34 39 .205 .278 .250 .528 53 84 7 0 6 0 0
SFG (5 yrs) 206 382 333 58 68 4 2 1 16 2 7 42 42 .204 .293 .237 .530 51 79 3 0 6 1 0
SDP (3 yrs) 130 397 363 44 75 12 1 2 11 6 4 28 38 .207 .263 .262 .525 54 95 12 0 6 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1966 21 SFG NL 42 26 -4 -1 0 -2 0 -6 -0.6 1 -5 -0.6 .484 .496 -0.4 -0.2 -3 $ /4
1967 22 SFG NL 4 3 -1 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .488 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 $ /4
1968 23 SFG NL 10 20 -2 -0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .468 .498 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /465
1969 24 SFG NL 104 292 -7 -1 2 -3 2 -7 -0.7 10 3 0.3 .493 .495 0.6 -0.0 6 $ 45/6
1970 25 SFG NL 46 41 -5 -1 -1 -2 0 -8 -0.9 1 -7 -0.7 .481 .495 -0.6 -0.1 -5 $ 4
1971 26 SDP NL 113 377 -15 2 0 -8 2 -19 -2.1 11 -8 -1.0 .481 .487 -0.1 -0.6 0 $ 4/5
1972 27 SDP NL 9 12 -1 -1 0 -2 0 -3 -0.3 0 -3 -0.3 .461 .498 -0.1 -0.2 -1 $ /4
1973 28 SDP NL 8 8 -2 0 -0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .469 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ /4
8 Seasons 336 779 -37 -1 2 -17 5 -48 -5.2 24 -23 -2.7 .484 .496 -1.0 -1.1 -7 $
SFG (5 yrs) 206 382 -19 -3 2 -7 3 -24 -2.6 13 -11 -1.2 .487 .497 -0.6 -0.3 -4 $
SDP (3 yrs) 130 397 -18 2 -0 -10 2 -24 -2.7 12 -12 -1.5 .479 .494 -0.4 -0.8 -3 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1966 21 SFG NL 26 24 1 1.1 100 .091 .120 .269 .120 .329 .240 .406 .360 .734 -4 .081 -3.7 -0.4 .217 .080 .120 .0
1967 22 SFG NL 3 3 0 0.0 90 .000 .000 .258 .000 .321 .000 .379 .000 .700 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1968 23 SFG NL 20 17 1 1.6 82 .200 .158 .253 .200 .312 .158 .357 .358 .668 8 .185 -2.2 -0.2 .235 .053 .000 .0
1969 24 SFG NL 292 204 24 3.2 94 .257 .228 .258 .324 .329 .260 .383 .584 .711 67 .374 -10.1 -1.1 .490 .160 .032 .0
1970 25 SFG NL 41 34 1 0.8 103 .172 .139 .266 .244 .338 .139 .406 .383 .745 6 .038 -4.8 -0.5 .294 .139 .000
1971 26 SDP NL 377 292 24 2.2 87 .231 .212 .252 .270 .317 .270 .368 .540 .685 59 .247 -18.2 -1.9 .427 .142 .058 3.0
1972 27 SDP NL 12 9 1 3.0 85 .200 .182 .247 .250 .314 .182 .365 .432 .679 29 .365 -1.0 -0.1 .333 .091 .000
1973 28 SDP NL 8 9 0 0.0 89 .000 .000 .252 .000 .319 .000 .374 .000 .694 -100 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
8 Yrs 779 592 52 2.4 90 .228 .205 .255 .278 .322 .250 .377 .528 .699 53 .263 -42.9 -4.5 .416 .141 .045 4.4
162 Game Avg. 376 285 25 2.4 90 .228 .205 .255 .278 .322 .250 .377 .528 .699 53 .263 -42.9 -4.5 .416 .141 .045 2
SFG (5 yrs) 382 282 27 2.6 94 .230 .204 .260 .293 .329 .237 .385 .530 .714 51 .290 -21.6 -2.2 .422 .144 .033 1.3
SDP (3 yrs) 397 310 25 2.2 87 .226 .207 .251 .263 .316 .262 .368 .525 .685 54 .240 -21.3 -2.2 .411 .138 .055 3.0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1966 21 SFG NL 26 3.9% 7.7% 0.0% 3.9% 33% 12.5 25.0 25.0 0.91 85%
1967 22 SFG NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.00 100%
1968 23 SFG NL 20 0.0% 20.0% 5.0% 0.0% 0% 4.00 4.8 19.0 1.40 75%
1969 24 SFG NL 292 0.0% 9.9% 12.3% 2.1% 11% 0.81 8.6 19.2 1.26 76%
1970 25 SFG NL 41 0.0% 17.1% 12.2% 0.0% 0% 1.40 5.1 36.0 0.93 71%
1971 26 SDP NL 377 0.5% 9.3% 7.2% 4.0% 21% 1.30 9.8 172.0 31.3 1.71 81%
1972 27 SDP NL 12 0.0% 8.3% 8.3% 0.0% 0% 1.00 11.0 1.00 83%
1973 28 SDP NL 8 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.0 0.75 75%
8 Yrs 779 0.4% 10.3% 9.0% 2.8% 15% 1.14 8.7 232.0 25.8 1.41 79%
MLB Averages 2.0% 15.0% 8.4% 6.0% 27% 1.77 6.0 44.3 9.2 1.12 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1966 21 SFG NL -3.7 -0.4 28 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 .59 -0.4 0.1 -3.2 -0.3 0.84 -3.8 0.40 13
1967 22 SFG NL -0.8 -0.1 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .77 -0.1 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0 0.61 -0.7 0
1968 23 SFG NL -2.2 -0.2 22 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .78 -0.1 -0.1 -2.0 -0.2 0.99 -1.9 0.53 1
1969 24 SFG NL -10.1 -1.1 302 -1.1 3.7 -4.8 .98 -0.6 -0.5 -6.1 -0.6 0.95 -6.3 1.12 18
1970 25 SFG NL -4.8 -0.5 41 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 .90 -0.5 -0.1 -6.2 -0.6 0.97 -5.6 1.02 20
1971 26 SDP NL -18.2 -1.9 366 -3.4 4.2 -7.6 1.09 -2.0 -1.1 -26.0 -2.9 0.93 -21.8 1.58 16
1972 27 SDP NL -1.0 -0.1 13 -0.2 0.2 -0.3 1.26 -0.1 0.0 -1.7 -0.2 1.02 -1.3 1.03 4
1973 28 SDP NL -2.1 -0.2 8 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.05 -0.2 0.1 -2.3 -0.3 1.15 -2.0 1.39 6
8 Yrs -42.9 -4.5 783 -5.6 8.7 -14.3 1.01 -4.1 -1.5 -48.0 -5.2 0.94 -43.4 1.08 78

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1966 21 SFG NL 0 0 350% 31 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 64% 6 2 4 0 0 0 5 1 3
1967 22 SFG NL 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 23 SFG NL 0 0 75% 9 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1969 24 SFG NL 6 0 46% 148 1 5 17% 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 12 61% 21 10 11 3 1 2 12 3 9
1970 25 SFG NL 0 0 40% 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 50% 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
1971 26 SDP NL 5 0 42% 136 6 4 60% 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 65% 15 7 8 5 3 2 14 1 12
1972 27 SDP NL 0 0 33% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1973 28 SDP NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 11 0 47% 367 8 11 42% 7 11 0 0 0 0 3 1 10 26 60% 48 24 23 8 4 4 36 6 28

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1966 21 SFG NL 26 92% 3 13 1 0 0 0.40 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 8 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1967 22 SFG NL 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 23 SFG NL 20 90% 3 1 0 0 0 0.53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 2 0 0% 13 1 8% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1969 24 SFG NL 292 83% 57 18 5 0 0 1.12 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 51 0 0% 23 8 35% 158 14 9% 10 4 40% 4 3 75% 0
1970 25 SFG NL 41 98% 5 20 1 0 0 1.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 33% 5 0 0% 20 1 5% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1971 26 SDP NL 377 88% 73 16 4 0 0 1.58 2 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 12 6 50% 60 11 18% 46 13 28% 164 10 6% 14 5 36% 10 3 30% 0
1972 27 SDP NL 12 100% 2 4 1 0 0 1.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1973 28 SDP NL 8 100% 0 6 0 0 0 1.39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 3 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 779 87% 143 78 12 0 0 1.08 3 0 18 3 0 0 3 0 20 12 60% 135 15 11% 80 21 26% 374 26 7% 25 9 36% 16 7 44% 0
MLB Averages 54% 76% 11% 30% 13% 47% 52%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1966 21 42 26 25 8 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 .120 .120 .240 .360 -4 6 0 0 1 0 0
1967 22 46 29 28 8 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 .107 .107 .214 .321 -14 6 0 0 1 0 0
1968 23 56 49 47 11 6 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 6 .128 .146 .191 .337 -5 9 0 0 1 0 0
1969 24 160 341 297 54 63 4 2 1 15 2 7 37 35 .212 .299 .249 .548 56 74 0 0 6 1 0
1970 25 206 382 333 58 68 4 2 1 16 2 7 42 42 .204 .293 .237 .530 51 79 3 0 6 1 0
1971 26 319 759 677 101 141 16 3 3 27 8 11 69 77 .208 .281 .254 .535 55 172 14 0 12 1 0
1972 27 328 771 688 102 143 16 3 3 27 8 11 70 78 .208 .281 .253 .534 54 174 14 0 12 1 0
1973 28 336 779 696 102 143 16 3 3 27 8 11 70 80 .205 .278 .250 .528 53 174 15 0 12 1 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1966 21 42 27 26 11 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 .154 .154 .269 .423 1 42
1967 22 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1968 23 10 21 20 5 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 .200 .238 .200 .438 1 10
1969 24 104 297 253 47 60 4 2 0 14 1 38 29 .237 .336 .269 .604 23 104
1970 25 46 39 35 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 .114 .205 .114 .319 1 46
1971 26 113 388 352 51 81 13 1 2 13 7 30 35 .230 .291 .290 .580 30 113
1972 27 9 14 12 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .357 .250 .607 1 9
1973 28 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8
8 Yrs 336 797 709 119 156 17 3 3 31 9 75 80 .220 .294 .265 .559 57 336
162 Game Avg. 162 384 342 57 75 8 1 1 15 4 36 39 .220 .294 .265 .559 27 336

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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