Mike Mason
Michael Paul Mason
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: November 21, 1958 in Faribault, MN
High School: Benilde-St. Margaret's (Minneapolis, MN)
School: Oral Roberts University
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1982
Final Game: May 8, 1988
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1982 23 TEX AL 1 2 .333 5.09 4 4 0 0 0 0 23.0 21 13 13 3 9 1 8 0 0 1 96 76 1.304 8.2 1.2 3.5 3.1 0.89
1983 24 TEX AL 0 2 .000 5.91 5 0 2 0 0 0 10.2 10 7 7 0 6 0 9 1 0 0 50 68 1.500 8.4 0.0 5.1 7.6 1.50
1984 25 TEX AL 9 13 .409 3.61 36 24 6 4 0 0 184.1 159 78 74 18 51 4 113 2 1 5 750 115 1.139 7.8 0.9 2.5 5.5 2.22
1985 26 TEX AL 8 15 .348 4.83 38 30 1 1 1 0 179.0 212 113 96 22 73 4 92 3 1 4 800 88 1.592 10.7 1.1 3.7 4.6 1.26
1986 27 TEX AL 7 3 .700 4.33 27 22 2 2 1 0 135.0 135 71 65 11 56 3 85 0 1 5 587 100 1.415 9.0 0.7 3.7 5.7 1.52
1987 28 TOT MLB 4 3 .571 5.64 25 10 3 0 0 0 67.0 80 45 42 10 45 2 49 5 0 2 315 77 1.866 10.7 1.3 6.0 6.6 1.09
1987 28 TEX AL 0 2 .000 5.59 8 6 0 0 0 0 29.0 37 20 18 6 22 2 21 4 0 1 142 81 2.034 11.5 1.9 6.8 6.5 0.95
1987 28 CHC NL 4 1 .800 5.68 17 4 3 0 0 0 38.0 43 25 24 4 23 0 28 1 0 1 173 75 1.737 10.2 0.9 5.4 6.6 1.22
1988 29 MIN AL 0 1 .000 10.80 5 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 8 8 8 1 9 0 7 0 0 0 37 38 2.550 10.8 1.4 12.2 9.5 0.78
7 Seasons 29 39 .426 4.53 140 90 14 7 2 0 605.2 625 335 305 65 249 14 363 11 3 17 2635 93 1.443 9.3 1.0 3.7 5.4 1.46
162 Game Avg. 9 12 .426 4.53 41 27 4 2 1 0 179 185 99 90 19 74 4 107 3 1 5 779 93 1.443 9.3 1.0 3.7 5.4 1.46
TEX (6 yrs) 25 37 .403 4.38 118 86 11 7 2 0 561.0 574 302 273 60 217 14 328 10 3 16 2425 96 1.410 9.2 1.0 3.5 5.3 1.51
MIN (1 yr) 0 1 .000 10.80 5 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 8 8 8 1 9 0 7 0 0 0 37 38 2.550 10.8 1.4 12.2 9.5 0.78
CHC (1 yr) 4 1 .800 5.68 17 4 3 0 0 0 38.0 43 25 24 4 23 0 28 1 0 1 173 75 1.737 10.2 0.9 5.4 6.6 1.22
AL (7 yrs) 25 38 .397 4.46 123 86 11 7 2 0 567.2 582 310 281 61 226 14 335 10 3 16 2462 95 1.423 9.2 1.0 3.6 5.3 1.48
NL (1 yr) 4 1 .800 5.68 17 4 3 0 0 0 38.0 43 25 24 4 23 0 28 1 0 1 173 75 1.737 10.2 0.9 5.4 6.6 1.22

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1982 23 TEX AL 4 96 86 13 21 5 2 3 1 0 9 8 .244 .316 .453 .769 .240 39 4 0 1 0 1
1983 24 TEX AL 5 50 41 7 10 3 0 0 0 0 6 9 .244 .354 .317 .671 .313 13 1 1 2 0 0
1984 25 TEX AL 36 750 682 78 159 24 4 18 20 2 51 113 .233 .285 .359 .644 .252 245 11 2 6 9 4
1985 26 TEX AL 38 800 710 113 212 35 7 22 12 5 73 92 .299 .362 .461 .822 .314 327 16 3 4 10 4
1986 27 TEX AL 27 587 525 71 135 23 2 11 7 6 56 85 .257 .327 .371 .698 .287 195 9 0 3 3 3
1987 28 CHC NL 17 173 142 25 43 8 0 4 2 0 23 28 .303 .396 .444 .840 .345 63 8 1 4 3 0
1987 28 TEX AL 8 142 115 20 37 6 1 6 7 1 22 21 .322 .444 .548 .991 .348 63 6 4 0 1 2
1987 28 TOT MLB 25 315 257 45 80 14 1 10 9 1 45 49 .311 .418 .490 .908 .347 126 14 5 4 4 2
1988 29 MIN AL 5 37 28 8 8 2 1 1 0 0 9 7 .286 .459 .536 .995 .350 15 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 140 2635 2329 335 625 106 17 65 49 14 249 363 .268 .338 .412 .751 .291 960 55 11 20 26 14
162 Game Avg. 41 779 689 99 185 31 5 19 14 4 74 107 .268 .338 .412 .751 .291 284 16 3 6 8 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1982 23 TEX AL 4 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 .500 1 0 0 0 2 50% 47 65 33 3 1 0 1 4.8 5.5 5.8
1984 25 TEX AL 36 24 6 13 5 0 7 9 15 .375 1 4 4 0 15 63% 53 77 22 20 6 2 7 3.4 2.7 6.5
1985 26 TEX AL 38 30 8 15 7 0 1 11 19 .367 1 4 1 1 11 37% 43 85 12 39 15 4 10 4.0 3.6 5.5
1986 27 TEX AL 27 22 7 3 12 0 0 14 8 .636 5 2 2 1 12 55% 49 82 17 26 13 1 12 6.2 6.6 5.7
1987 28 TOT MLB 25 10 2 3 5 1 0 7 3 .700 0 4 0 0 1 10% 42 72 22 23 4 3 5 7.7 5.4 4.1
1987 28 TEX AL 8 6 0 2 4 0 0 4 2 .667 0 3 0 0 0 0% 40 51 33 11 1 1 5 6.8 3.1 4.3
1987 28 CHC NL 17 4 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 .750 0 1 0 0 1 25% 45 72 22 12 3 2 0 9.0 9.6 3.8
5 Seasons 130 90 24 36 30 2 9 43 47 .478 8 14 7 2 41 46% 47 85 12 111 39 10 35 4.8 4.3 5.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1983 24 TEX AL 5 5 2 0 2 1 0 1 0% 2 1 4 2 50% 7 1.212 3 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 4 1 4 0 6.4
1984 25 TEX AL 36 12 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 6 46% 5 1.003 5 1 6 3 3 6 7 5 8 3 8 1 7.1
1985 26 TEX AL 38 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 7 4 57% 6 0.954 1 2 5 1 0 7 4 4 2 4 2 1 4.8
1986 27 TEX AL 27 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 38% 7 0.861 0 2 3 0 0 5 3 2 4 1 4 0 6.4
1987 28 TOT MLB 25 15 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 7 39% 0.947 3 5 7 1 3 11 9 6 8 4 9 3 5.2
1987 28 TEX AL 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 4 1.009 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 5.0
1987 28 CHC NL 17 13 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 4 31% 3 0.896 2 4 7 1 2 10 7 6 7 3 8 3 5.2
1988 29 MIN AL 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 3 38% 7 0.620 1 1 3 2 1 2 4 1 2 3 2 1 4.0 28
6 Seasons 136 50 14 5 3 2 0 2 0% 4 1 58 25 43% 0.946 13 12 25 9 9 32 29 21 28 16 29 6 5.7 28

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1982 23 TEX AL 96 94% 3.1% 8.3% 9.4% 10.4% 48% 2.59 78% 15 4 27%
1983 24 TEX AL 50 70% 0.0% 18.0% 12.0% 6.0% 30% 1.09 64% 14 1 7%
1984 25 TEX AL 750 78% 2.4% 15.1% 6.8% 6.1% 29% 1.13 75% 132 11 8%
1985 26 TEX AL 800 78% 2.8% 11.5% 9.1% 8.0% 30% 0.96 76% 160 16 10%
1986 27 TEX AL 587 83% 1.9% 14.5% 9.5% 6.1% 27% 1.04 74% 122 9 7%
1987 28 TOT MLB 315 79% 3.2% 15.6% 14.3% 7.9% 31% 1.36 64% 79 14 18%
1987 28 TEX AL 142 80% 4.2% 14.8% 15.5% 9.2% 35% 1.60 63% 31 6 19%
1987 28 CHC NL 173 79% 2.3% 16.2% 13.3% 6.9% 28% 1.21 65% 48 8 17%
1988 29 MIN AL 37 70% 2.7% 18.9% 24.3% 10.8% 50% 0.43 0.44 54% 14% 11.1% 36% 10 0 0%
7 Seasons 2635 79% 2.5% 13.8% 9.5% 7.1% 30% 0.43 1.10 73% 14% 11.1% 36% 532 55 10%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 29 MIN AL 37 140 3.78 76 54% 28% 14% 30% 28% 72% 0% 39% 80% 57% 11% 4 1 32% 12 9 1 29% 2 3 0 0 0
1 Season 37 140 3.78 76 54% 28% 14% 30% 28% 72% 0% 39% 80% 57% 11% 4 1 32% 12 9 1 29% 2 3 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1982 23 TEX AL 96 21 3 0 2 3 0 1 2 9 5 0 56% 1 1 1 31 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1983 24 TEX AL 50 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 6 2 1 33% 1 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 25 TEX AL 750 159 18 1 4 16 2 10 8 32 23 4 72% 5 5 0 266 20 2 91% 17 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
1985 26 TEX AL 800 212 22 0 12 18 4 15 7 46 30 3 65% 8 4 1 302 12 5 71% 7 5 3 0 2 0 4 0 21 0
1986 27 TEX AL 587 135 11 1 11 9 2 6 5 43 21 5 49% 9 5 0 222 7 6 54% 4 4 3 1 0 1 1 1 10 0
1987 28 TOT MLB 315 80 10 1 10 6 4 5 5 29 17 0 59% 1 2 0 141 9 1 90% 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 7 0
1987 28 TEX AL 142 37 6 1 5 4 2 1 5 13 7 0 54% 0 1 0 57 7 1 88% 6 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0
1987 28 CHC NL 173 43 4 0 5 2 2 4 0 16 10 0 63% 1 1 0 84 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1988 29 MIN AL 37 8 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 2635 625 0 0 65 3 47 53 12 38 27 166 99 13 60% 25 17 2 998 49 14 78% 37 12 10 1 2 1 8 2 57 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1982 23 1 2 .333 5.09 4 4 0 0 0 0 23.0 21 13 13 3 9 1 8 0 0 1 96 76 1.304 8.2 1.2 3.5 3.1 0.89 76
1983 24 1 4 .200 5.35 9 4 2 0 0 0 33.2 31 20 20 3 15 1 17 1 0 1 146 73 1.366 8.3 0.8 4.0 4.5 1.13 73
1984 25 10 17 .370 3.88 45 28 8 4 0 0 218.0 190 98 94 21 66 5 130 3 1 6 896 106 1.174 7.8 0.9 2.7 5.4 1.97 106
1985 26 18 32 .360 4.31 83 58 9 5 1 0 397.0 402 211 190 43 139 9 222 6 2 10 1696 97 1.363 9.1 1.0 3.2 5.0 1.60 97
1986 27 25 35 .417 4.31 110 80 11 7 2 0 532.0 537 282 255 54 195 12 307 6 3 15 2283 98 1.376 9.1 0.9 3.3 5.2 1.57 98
1987 28 29 38 .433 4.46 135 90 14 7 2 0 599.0 617 327 297 64 240 14 356 11 3 17 2598 95 1.431 9.3 1.0 3.6 5.3 1.48 95
1988 29 29 39 .426 4.53 140 90 14 7 2 0 605.2 625 335 305 65 249 14 363 11 3 17 2635 93 1.443 9.3 1.0 3.7 5.4 1.46 93

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1982 23 1 1 .500 6.14 22.0 22 17 15 3 9 8 0 1.409 9.0 3.7 3.3 0.89 1.2 4
1983 24 0 1 .000 5.73 11.0 10 8 7 0 6 9 1 1.455 8.2 4.9 7.4 1.50 0.0 5
1984 25 10 9 .526 3.84 178.0 162 84 76 18 52 109 2 1.202 8.2 2.6 5.5 2.10 0.9 36
1985 26 7 11 .389 5.14 170.0 213 108 97 22 73 87 3 1.682 11.3 3.9 4.6 1.19 1.2 38
1986 27 6 8 .429 4.36 132.0 135 71 64 11 56 83 0 1.447 9.2 3.8 5.7 1.48 0.8 27
1987 28 2 5 .286 5.71 63.0 77 44 40 10 43 46 5 1.905 11.0 6.1 6.6 1.07 1.4 25
1988 29 0 0 13.50 6.0 9 10 9 1 10 6 0 3.167 13.5 15.0 9.0 0.60 1.5 5
7 Seasons 26 35 .426 4.76 582.0 628 342 308 65 249 348 11 1.507 9.7 5.4 1.40 1.0 140

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1984 AL--1.139--5th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 AL--7.763--5th

Losses s c a p y
1985 AL--15--7th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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