Jim Mason
James Percy Mason
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 14, 1950 in Mobile, AL
High School: Murphy (Mobile, AL)
Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 2nd round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1971
Final Game: September 24, 1979
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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
1971 WSA AL 20 SS 3 3 26.0 22 8 13 1 1 .955 -0.6 -27.7 -0.6 -0.9 0.3 0 7.27 7.00 .964 4.92 4.33
1972 TEX AL 21 SS 32 32 276.1 153 52 93 8 14 .948 -1.0 -4.3 0.0 1.5 -1.5 -1 4.72 4.53 .968 4.99 4.51
1972 TEX AL 21 3B 10 10 81.1 21 6 13 2 0 .905 -1.9 -28.0 -1.9 -0.9 -1.0 0 2.10 1.90 .957 2.98 2.70
1973 TEX AL 22 SS 74 64 562.0 337 113 206 18 43 .947 -5.9 -12.6 -5.9 -5.4 -0.5 0 5.11 4.31 .964 5.10 4.43
1973 TEX AL 22 2B 19 8 90.1 56 30 24 2 8 .964 -4.4 -58.5 -3.4 -1.3 -2.1 -1 5.38 2.84 .980 5.44 4.67
1973 TEX AL 22 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1974 NYY AL 23 SS 152 144 1217.0 696 241 430 25 87 .964 -5.1 -5.0 -6.1 -2.6 -3.5 1 4.96 4.41 .965 4.98 4.24
1975 NYY AL 24 SS 93 73 641.0 359 134 209 16 45 .955 -2.2 -4.1 -2.2 -2.0 -0.2 0 4.82 3.69 .959 4.85 4.09
1975 NYY AL 24 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70
1976 NYY AL 25 SS 93 70 630.1 386 128 245 13 47 .966 12.3 23.4 12.3 4.1 8.2 0 5.33 4.01 .967 4.99 4.40
1977 TOT AL 26 SS 54 32 336.1 188 75 108 5 20 .973 -0.1 -0.4 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 0 4.90 3.39 .963 4.82 4.07
1977 TOR AL 26 SS 22 20 183.1 103 49 51 3 9 .971 -2.1 -13.7 -2.1 -0.7 -1.4 0 4.91 4.55 .963 4.82 4.07
1977 TEX AL 26 SS 32 12 153.0 85 26 57 2 11 .976 2.0 15.7 2.0 0.9 1.1 0 4.88 2.59 .962 4.82 4.07
1977 TEX AL 26 3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0.6 -360.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 0.00 0.00 1.000 3.15 2.70
1977 TEX AL 26 DH 1
1978 TEX AL 27 SS 42 20 221.1 128 41 79 8 12 .938 0.2 1.1 1.2 -1.6 2.8 -1 4.88 2.86 .965 4.92 4.19
1978 TEX AL 27 3B 11 11 79.0 21 6 13 2 2 .905 0.4 6.1 0.4 0.7 -0.3 0 2.16 1.73 .957 3.00 2.59
1978 TEX AL 27 2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70
1978 TEX AL 27 DH 1
1979 MON NL 28 SS 33 14 171.1 87 31 53 3 9 .966 -2.2 -15.4 -2.2 -0.5 -1.7 0 4.41 2.55 .966 5.00 4.51
1979 MON NL 28 3B 6 2 32.0 13 4 9 0 1 1.000 2.1 78.7 2.1 0.2 2.0 0 3.66 2.17 .946 2.90 2.50
9 Seasons SS 576 452 4081.2 2356 823 1436 97 278 .959 -4.6 -1.4 -3.6 -7.2 3.6 -1 4.98 3.92 .964 4.96 4.28
5 Seasons 3B 29 23 195.1 56 16 35 5 3 .911 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0 0.0 0.1 0 2.35 1.76 .955 2.97 2.62
3 Seasons 2B 21 8 93.1 56 30 24 2 8 .964 -4.7 -60.4 -3.7 -1.3 -2.4 -1 5.21 2.57 .980 5.44 4.67
2 Seasons DH 2
9 Seasons TOT 626 483 4370.1 2468 869 1495 104 289 .958 -9.3 -2.6 -7.3 -8.5 1.3 -2 4.87 3.78 .922 4.88 4.21
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

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
1971 WSA AL 20 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 TEX AL 21 46 42 46 46 0 0 0 0 10 32 0 0 0 0 3 1
1973 TEX AL 22 93 72 93 92 0 0 0 19 1 74 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1974 NYY AL 23 152 144 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 NYY AL 24 94 73 94 93 0 0 0 1 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 NYY AL 25 93 70 93 93 0 0 0 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 TEX AL 26 36 12 36 33 0 0 0 0 1 32 0 0 0 0 0 3 7
1977 TOR AL 26 22 20 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1978 TEX AL 27 55 31 55 54 0 0 0 1 11 42 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1979 MON NL 28 40 16 40 39 0 0 0 0 6 33 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
9 Seasons 634 483 634 627 0 0 0 21 29 576 0 0 0 0 0 14 13
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 -- 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
1971 WSA AL 20 119 61% 78% 28% 14 86% 0 9 2 5 2 12 8 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1972 TEX AL 21 1239 58% 74% 27% 126 87% 2 52 22 24 6 94 80 12 0 1 8 0 7 1 6 14 4 2 5 2 0 13 6 7 0 0 0
1973 TEX AL 22 2590 61% 78% 25% 265 89% 3 113 58 50 5 206 146 45 2 5 18 0 5 13 16 43 16 5 11 3 3 39 22 17 4 3 1
1974 NYY AL 23 5315 63% 78% 27% 542 90% 3 237 109 96 32 427 323 80 2 17 26 2 15 9 17 85 38 11 19 4 3 77 49 27 7 5 2
1975 NYY AL 24 2818 63% 79% 25% 281 89% 4 135 61 56 18 209 154 50 2 4 16 1 14 1 14 44 16 5 16 2 1 40 21 19 3 1 1
1976 NYY AL 25 2706 60% 81% 30% 309 93% 0 130 56 54 20 250 198 47 0 3 13 0 11 2 9 47 19 2 13 2 5 43 22 20 2 2 0
1977 TEX AL 26 669 49% 79% 28% 80 79% 0 27 11 12 4 57 41 15 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 11 4 1 5 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 0
1977 TOR AL 26 827 53% 79% 26% 77 96% 1 49 24 17 8 53 43 9 1 0 3 0 2 1 2 9 2 3 1 2 0 8 5 3 0 0 0
1978 TEX AL 27 981 46% 81% 30% 91 87% 2 40 8 20 12 78 60 14 0 1 8 0 4 4 3 12 3 2 4 0 1 10 5 5 2 1 1
1979 MON NL 28 740 64% 80% 25% 68 88% 0 32 13 13 6 50 38 10 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 10 4 0 1 1 0 8 4 3 1 1 0
9 Seasons 18004 60% 79% 27% 1853 90% 15 824 364 347 113 1436 1091 285 7 33 98 3 62 33 72 276 106 32 75 16 13 249 140 106 19 13 5
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 91%

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%
1972 TEX AL 21 360 66% 75% 26% 28 68% 0 6 5 0 1 14 9 5 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0%
1973 TEX AL 22 3 100% 67% 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
1977 TEX AL 26 10 70% 80% 40% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 TEX AL 27 332 42% 77% 29% 20 85% 0 6 3 1 2 13 8 5 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 50%
1979 MON NL 28 130 49% 77% 27% 15 93% 0 5 3 1 1 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
5 Seasons 835 54% 76% 28% 64 78% 0 17 11 2 4 38 27 11 0 2 5 0 5 0 5 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 6 33%
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 89% 67%

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
1973 TEX AL 22 432 59% 77% 25% 27 89% 1 30 6 21 3 23 20 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 8 2 2 1 1 8 2 6 0 0 0
1975 NYY AL 24 6 67% 50% 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 0 0
1978 TEX AL 27 12 75% 75% 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 0 0
3 Seasons 450 60% 76% 24% 27 89% 1 30 6 21 3 23 20 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 8 2 2 1 1 8 2 6 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 94%

* 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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