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Mike Mason

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: November 21, 1958 in Faribault, MN us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 14th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Normandale Community College (Bloomington, MN), the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1979 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Normandale Community College (Bloomington, MN), the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1979 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Normandale Community College (Bloomington, MN) and the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (12th) of the 1980 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, OK).

High School: Benilde-St. Margaret's HS (St. Louis Park, MN)

Schools: Normandale Community College (Bloomington, MN), Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, OK)

Debut: September 13, 1982 (Age 23-296d, 14,678th in major league history)
vs. MIN 7.0 IP, 4 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: May 8, 1988 (Age 29-169d)
vs. BOS 0.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Full Name: Michael Paul Mason

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.1

ERA

4.53

140

605.2

363

WHIP

1.443

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Team Record in Appearances: 10-15 / in Starts: 7-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 9

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	111	3	Apr 9	TEX	@	BAL	L,6-8	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	5.0	8	5	5	1	3	3	1	9.00	10.67	25	7	5	0	0	8	33			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	1	0	.98	-0.263	1.20	-0.19%	-1.96	1b start tie	6b -2- 0 out d2
2	112	9	Apr 17	TEX	@	MIL	L,2-10	GS-6	L(0-2)	7	5.2	4	3	3	4	6	0	0	6.75	6.53	24	6	4	0	0	4	51			3	0	0	20	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.27	-0.098	.92	-0.04%	0.05	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out d2
3	113	14	Apr 23	TEX		BAL	W,9-4	GS-2		5	1.1	3	3	2	5	1	0	0	7.50	7.20	11	3	2	1	0	0	34			2	1	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.244	.70	-0.09%	-2.86	1t start tie	2t 12- 1 out d3
4	114	19	Apr 29	TEX		NYY	W,8-7	GS-5		5	4.2	5	3	2	4	2	0	2	6.48	6.83	23	7	8	3	2	0	42			1	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.103	.99	-0.06%	-0.71	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	115	21	May 2	TEX	@	TOR	L,8-9	7-7		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.23	6.56	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.95	0.147	2.95	0.09%	0.97	7b 12- 1 out tie	7b 3 out tie
6	116	23	May 5	TEX		CLE	W,6-5	GS-6		2	5.1	7	2	2	4	6	1	0	5.56	6.27	26	5	10	7	0	1	48			1	0	1	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.00	-0.054	.82	-0.03%	-0.33	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out d1
7	117	28	May 11	TEX	@	CLE	W,6-3	GS-4		5	3.2	7	3	3	2	1	1	0	5.81	6.44	18	6	2	1	0	7	34			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	2	0	0	.95	-0.116	.78	-0.06%	-1.26	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 out a1
8	118	31	May 14	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-9	4-6		2	2.2	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	5.59	6.80	13	6	1	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.14	-0.073	.15	-0.05%	-1.29	4b 123 1 out d3	6b 3 out d7
				Player went from Texas Rangers to Chicago Cubs
9	119	36	May 17	CHC	@	HOU	W,6-4	3-6	W(1-2)	2	4.0	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	4.91	6.23	16	3	7	4	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	2	0	1	.91	0.103	1.99	0.14%	0.94	3b --- 0 out a3	6b 3 out a4
10	120	40	May 22	CHC		ATL	L,5-9	5-6		4	1.1	2	3	3	2	1	1	0	5.50	6.60	8	2	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	.07	-0.018	.16	-0.02%	-2.24	5t 1-- 2 out d6	6t 3 out d9
11	121	41	May 23	CHC		ATL	W,7-6	9-10		0	1.2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5.25	6.54	7	1	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.94	0.172	3.96	0.21%	1.45	9t 12- 1 out d2	10t 3 out tie
12	122	43	May 25	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-5	3-6		1	3.1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.81	6.02	11	2	4	0	1	1		2	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.131	1.33	0.16%	2.02	3b 12- 2 out d2	6b 3 out d2
13	123	46	May 29	CHC	@	ATL	L,5-6	12-GF(12)		3	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.81	6.02	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.65	-0.170	9.79	-0.22%	-0.58	12b --3 1 out tie	12b end d 1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	124	50	Jun 2	CHC		HOU	W,13-2	GS-7	W(2-2)	3	7.0	3	1	1	3	8	0	0	4.27	5.40	26	6	8	1	0	1	72			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	.63	0.113	1.14	0.12%	2.64	1t start tie	7t 3 out a10
15	125	55	Jun 7	CHC		STL	L,9-13	GS-3	L(2-3)	4	2.0	5	5	5	5	1	1	0	5.03	5.83	15	3	1	0	0	5	22			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.17	-0.317	3.35	-0.54%	-4.35	1t start tie	3t 1-- 0 out d5
16	126	58	Jun 10	CHC		NYM	L,2-13	3-7		2	4.0	7	4	4	1	3	1	0	5.33	5.79	19	3	10	5	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.004	.09	-0.01%	-2.19	3t --- 1 out d8	7t 1-- 1 out d12
17	127	60	Jun 13	CHC	@	STL	L,2-9	7-8		2	0.2	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.60	5.76	6	0	5	3	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.000	.13	0.00%	-1.63	7b 123 2 out d5	8b 12- 1 out d7
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	128	106	Aug 4	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-2	10-GF(11)	W(3-3)	51	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.40	5.71	7	3	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.69	0.340	.73	0.04%	1.01	10b --- 0 out tie	11b end a 1
19	129	110	Aug 8	CHC	@	NYM	W,5-3	GS-6	W(4-3)	3	5.2	5	3	3	4	4	0	1	5.34	5.56	26	7	5	0	0	5	47			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.31	-0.026	.15	0.00%	-0.55	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a1
20	130	115	Aug 13	CHC		NYM	W,7-5	GS-1		4	0.2	2	2	2	3	0	1	0	5.58	5.89	7	0	3	0	0	1	37			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.201	.07	-0.01%	-2.27	1t start tie	1t 123 2 out d2
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	131	134	Sep 5	CHC		CIN	L,5-10	7-7		22	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.49	5.84	4	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.52	7t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
22	132	147	Sep 19	CHC	@	STL	L,3-5	5-5		13	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40	5.79	4	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.52	5b --- 0 out d5	5b 3 out d5
23	133	148	Sep 20	CHC	@	STL	L,2-10	3-5		0	2.0	4	4	4	1	1	0	0	5.79	5.72	10	5	3	2	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.99	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-1.14	3b -23 1 out d1	5b 123 1 out d3
24	134	158	Oct 1	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-12	5-5		10	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.73	5.69	3	1	2	2	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.50	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-1.08	5b 12- 1 out d3	5b 3 out d5
25	135	159	Oct 2	CHC	@	MON	L,1-7	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.64	5.59	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
							10-15		W-L:4-3	2.8	67.0	80	45	42	45	49	10	5	5.64	5.59	315	0.98		17%	3%	44	42	18	39%	9	1	2	257	14	1	2	14	4	1	.94	-0.774	.95	-0.55%	-13.80

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