Don Mason
Donald Stetson Mason
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
Final Game: May 30, 1973
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1966 SFG NL 21 2B 9 0 27.0 21 10 9 2 1 .905 -1.8 -80.0 -0.8 0.2 -1.0 -1 6.33 2.11 .981 5.33 4.68
1967 SFG NL 22 2B 2 1 9.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.4 53.3 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 3.00 1.50 .967 5.30 4.65
1968 SFG NL 23 2B 5 2 25.0 11 6 5 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -4.8 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 0 3.96 2.20 .973 5.22 4.74
1968 SFG NL 23 SS 4 0 7.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -85.7 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 2.57 0.50 .950 5.01 4.50
1968 SFG NL 23 3B 2 2 14.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -17.1 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 3.21 2.50 .960 2.96 2.70
1969 SFG NL 24 2B 51 41 408.0 273 122 139 12 36 .956 -1.0 -2.9 -2.0 -1.5 -0.5 1 5.76 5.12 .974 5.19 4.65
1969 SFG NL 24 3B 21 15 135.0 51 10 35 6 0 .882 -1.0 -8.9 -1.0 0.7 -1.7 0 3.00 2.14 .949 2.92 2.63
1969 SFG NL 24 SS 7 1 19.1 10 3 5 2 1 .800 -1.2 -74.5 -1.2 -0.2 -1.0 0 3.72 1.14 .970 4.93 4.21
1970 SFG NL 25 2B 14 2 40.1 20 11 8 1 1 .950 -1.8 -53.6 -1.8 -1.6 -0.2 0 4.24 1.36 .980 5.31 4.67
1971 SDP NL 26 2B 90 75 714.2 434 188 231 15 47 .965 -7.6 -12.8 -7.6 -5.6 -2.0 0 5.28 4.66 .978 5.47 4.86
1971 SDP NL 26 3B 3 3 17.0 4 1 2 1 0 .750 -0.4 -28.2 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1.59 1.00 .950 2.81 2.33
1972 SDP NL 27 2B 3 2 19.0 13 3 6 4 0 .692 -1.5 -94.7 -1.5 0.0 -1.5 0 4.26 3.00 .985 5.35 4.87
1973 SDP NL 28 2B 1 0 3.0 4 1 2 1 1 .750 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 3.00 .975 5.40 4.90
8 Seasons 2B 175 123 1246.0 779 341 403 35 86 .955 -13.4 -12.9 -13.4 -8.3 -5.1 0 5.37 4.25 .977 5.36 4.77
3 Seasons 3B 26 20 166.0 60 13 40 7 0 .883 -1.6 -11.6 -1.6 0.1 -1.7 0 2.87 2.04 .950 2.91 2.60
2 Seasons SS 11 1 26.1 12 4 6 2 1 .833 -1.7 -77.5 -1.7 -0.2 -1.5 0 3.42 0.91 .967 4.96 4.32
8 Seasons TOT 212 144 1438.1 851 358 449 44 87 .948 -16.7 -13.9 -16.7 -8.4 -8.3 0 5.05 3.81 .923 5.07 4.48

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1966 SFG NL 21 42 0 42 42 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 22
1967 SFG NL 22 4 1 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1968 SFG NL 23 10 4 10 10 0 0 0 5 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 2
1969 SFG NL 24 104 57 104 104 0 0 0 51 21 7 0 0 0 0 22 15
1970 SFG NL 25 46 2 46 46 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 16
1971 SDP NL 26 113 78 113 113 0 0 0 90 3 0 0 0 0 0 17 11
1972 SDP NL 27 9 2 9 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
1973 SDP NL 28 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
8 Seasons 336 144 336 336 0 0 0 175 26 11 0 0 0 0 87 73
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1966 SFG NL 21 130 75% 84% 32% 12 92% 0 11 2 7 2 9 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1967 SFG NL 22 33 64% 79% 24% 4 75% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 SFG NL 23 101 61% 89% 24% 12 83% 0 4 4 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 SFG NL 24 1793 66% 78% 28% 176 94% 0 112 49 43 20 141 122 15 0 4 12 0 10 2 10 35 16 4 6 3 31 10 21 3 2 1
1970 SFG NL 25 191 57% 78% 27% 12 75% 0 12 2 8 2 8 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1971 SDP NL 26 2859 63% 77% 26% 259 92% 1 171 60 74 37 202 172 26 1 3 15 0 15 0 12 45 16 8 12 4 41 17 24 3 1 1
1972 SDP NL 27 84 49% 73% 27% 12 67% 0 3 2 1 0 6 5 1 0 0 4 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 SDP NL 28 18 50% 67% 22% 4 75% 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 5209 64% 77% 27% 491 91% 1 314 120 133 61 377 323 46 1 7 35 0 30 5 28 83 33 13 19 7 75 28 47 6 3 2
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1968 SFG NL 23 63 65% 75% 19% 5 100% 0 2 2 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 SFG NL 24 581 70% 77% 29% 48 88% 0 10 8 1 1 34 25 9 0 0 6 0 5 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1971 SDP NL 26 82 66% 76% 29% 2 100% 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 726 69% 76% 28% 55 89% 0 13 10 1 2 39 29 10 0 1 7 0 6 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1968 SFG NL 23 31 61% 90% 32% 3 100% 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 SFG NL 24 84 56% 77% 17% 6 83% 0 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2 Seasons 115 57% 81% 21% 9 89% 0 6 4 1 1 5 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 91%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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