Mike Mason | Major Leaguer 1982-1988

Full Name: Michael Paul Mason
Born: November 21,1958 in Faribault, Minnesota
Height: 6-2 Weight: 205 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: -
College: Oral Roberts University, Normandale Community College

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Drafted: Selected by Detroit Tigers in 14th Round (350th overall) of 1978 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in 2nd Round (35th overall) of 1979 amateur entry draft (June-Sec) ... Selected by Minnesota Twins in 2nd Round (41st overall) of 1979 amateur entry draft (Jan-Sec) ... Selected by Texas Rangers in 1st Round (12th overall) of 1980 amateur entry draft (June-Sec)

Transactions: [May 15,1987] - Traded by Rangers to Cubs for Dave Pavlas. [Mar 21,1988] - Released by Cubs. [Apr 10,1988] - Signed as Free Agent by Twins.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1980	GCL Rangrs	GCL	21	Tex	Rk	6	1	2.07	12	10	0	0		0	61.0	40	17	14	1	46	55	4		5.90	0.15	6.79	8.11	1.41	--
1981	Asheville	SAL	22	Tex	A	8	3	2.12	12	12	6	1	0	0	85.0	58	28	20	4	35	39	11		6.14	0.42	3.71	4.13	1.09	--
1982	Tulsa	Tex	23	Tex	AA	10	9	3.89	26	26	3	2	0	0	155.0	153	84	67	11	46	111	5		8.88	0.64	2.67	6.45	1.28	--
	Texas	AL	23	Tex	MLB	1	2	5.09	4	4	0	0	0	0	23.0	21	13	13	3	9	8	1	0	8.22	1.17	3.52	3.13	1.30	60%
1983	Okla City	Amer	24	Tex	AAA	5	5	4.16	16	16	1	0	0	0	88.2	100	50	41	7	26	50	4		10.15	0.71	2.64	5.08	1.42	--
	Texas	AL	24	Tex	MLB	0	2	5.91	5	0	0	0	2	0	10.2	10	7	7	0	6	9	0	0	8.44	0.00	5.07	7.60	1.50	42%
1984	Texas	AL	25	Tex	MLB	9	13	3.61	36	24	4	0	6	0	184.1	159	78	74	18	51	113	5	1	7.76	0.88	2.49	5.52	1.14	54%
1985	Texas	AL	26	Tex	MLB	8	15	4.83	38	30	1	1	1	0	179.0	212	113	96	22	73	92	4	1	10.66	1.11	3.67	4.63	1.59	51%
1986	Okla City	Amer	27	Tex	AAA	0	1	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	5	1	0	3	1	0		6.00	0.00	9.00	3.00	1.67	--
	Texas	AL	27	Tex	MLB	7	3	4.33	27	22	2	1	2	0	135.0	135	71	65	11	56	85	5	1	9.00	0.73	3.73	5.67	1.41	45%
1987	Iowa	Amer	28	Chc	AAA	4	2	3.50	9	9	2	0	0	0	54.0	53	28	21	1	27	41	6		8.83	0.17	4.50	6.83	1.48	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	28	Chc	MLB	4	1	5.68	17	4	0	0	3	0	38.0	43	25	24	4	23	28	1	0	10.18	0.95	5.45	6.63	1.74	45%
	Texas	AL	28	Tex	MLB	0	2	5.59	8	6	0	0	0	0	29.0	37	20	18	6	22	21	1	0	11.48	1.86	6.83	6.52	2.03	48%
1988	Portland	PCL	29	Min	AAA	2	2	5.81	23	3	0	0	8	0	52.2	62	35	34	2	33	25	2		10.60	0.34	5.64	4.27	1.80	--
	Minnesota	AL	29	Min	MLB	0	1	10.81	5	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	8	8	8	1	9	7	0	0	10.81	1.35	12.16	9.46	2.55	36%
1990	Portland	PCL	31	Min	AAA	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	2	0	0	3	1	0		12.00	0.00	9.00	3.00	2.33	--
1993	Memphis	Sou	34	Kc	AA	1	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0.00	0.00	4.50	0.00	0.50	--

Major League Totals - 7 Season(s)						29	39	4.53	140	90	7	2	14	0	605.2	625	335	305	65	249	363	17	3	9.29	0.97	3.70	5.39	1.44	50%
Minor League Totals - 9 Season(s)						36	23	3.54	103	77	12	3		0	504.1	472	249	198	26	220	323	32		8.43	0.46	3.93	5.77	1.37	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1980	GCL Rangrs	GCL	21	Tex	Rk	p		14	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	--
1982	Texas	AL	23	Tex	MLB	p	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1983	Texas	AL	24	Tex	MLB	p	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1984	Texas	AL	25	Tex	MLB	p	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1985	Texas	AL	26	Tex	MLB	p	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1986	Texas	AL	27	Tex	MLB	p	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1987	Iowa	Amer	28	Chc	AAA	p		11	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	1	0		.000	.300	.000	300	--
	Texas	AL	28	Tex	MLB	p	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	28	Chc	MLB	p	9	18	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	0	0	.222	.300	.222	522	67%
1988	Portland	PCL	29	Min	AAA	p		24	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		---	---	---	---	--
	Minnesota	AL	29	Min	MLB	p	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 7 Season(s)								141	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	0	0	.222	.300	.222	522	67%
Minor League Totals - 3 Season(s)								49	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0		1	0		.222	.417	.222	639	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1980	GCL Rangrs	GCL	21	Tex	Rk	P	12			8	15	1	24	2	-	-	-	.958	--

1981	Asheville	SAL	22	Tex	A	P	12			7	27	1	35	2	-	-	-	.971	--

1982	Tulsa	Tex	23	Tex	AA	P	26			20	25	1	46	2	-	-	-	.978	--
1982	Texas	AL	23	Tex	MLB	P	4		23	1	5	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.35

1983	Okla City	Amer	24	Tex	AAA	P	16			6	16	1	23	2	-	-	-	.957	--
1983	Texas	AL	24	Tex	MLB	P	5		10.2	1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.53

1984	Texas	AL	25	Tex	MLB	P	36		184.1	4	22	0	26	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.27

1985	Texas	AL	26	Tex	MLB	P	38		179	4	30	4	38	0	-	-	-	.895	1.71

1986	Texas	AL	27	Tex	MLB	P	27		135	9	19	0	28	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.87

1987	Iowa	Amer	28	Chc	AAA	P	9			7	8	1	16	0	-	-	-	.938	--
1987	Chi Cubs	NL	28	Chc	MLB	P	17		38	1	5	0	6	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.42
1987	Texas	AL	28	Tex	MLB	P	8		29	1	5	1	7	1	-	-	-	.857	1.86

1988	Portland	PCL	29	Min	AAA	P	23			6	15	0	21	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1988	Minnesota	AL	29	Min	MLB	P	5		6.2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

1990	Portland	PCL	31	Min	AAA	P	3			1	0	1	2	0	-	-	-	.500	--

1993	Memphis	Sou	34	Kc	AA	P	1			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Awards

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	*60,000		299,108	64
1986	*60,000		325,466	80
1987	280,000		292,853	35
1988	*62,500		325,305	80

Career:	$462,500	estimate

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Jobs in Baseball

Year(s)	Team	Position
1991-1992	Appleton [Midw]	Pitching Coach
1993-1994	Memphis [Sou]	Pitching Coach
1995	Springfield [Tex]	Pitching Coach
1996-1997	Lansing [Midw]	Pitching Coach
1998-1999	Wichita [Tex]	Pitching Coach
2000-2001	Kansas City Royals [MLB]	Minor League Pitching Instructor
2002-2003	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre [IL]	Pitching Coach
2004-2006	Kansas City Royals [MLB]	Minor League Pitching Instructor
2007	Kansas City Royals [MLB]	Minor League Pitching Coordinator
2008	Iowa [Pcl]	Pitching Coach