What years did Roger Mason play?

Roger Mason played in Major League Baseball from 1984 to 1994.

Was Roger Mason a pitcher?

Yes. Roger Mason pitched in the major leagues, recording 22 wins and 286 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Roger Mason hit?

Roger Mason hit 0 career home runs with 4 hits.

What were Roger Mason's career stats?

In 232 games, Roger Mason went 22-35 with a 4.02 ERA, 286 strikeouts, 416.1 innings pitched, and 13 saves.

What was Roger Mason's salary?

Roger Mason's last recorded salary was $500,000, in 1994. His highest recorded salary was $500,000, in 1994, and his lowest was $71,500, in 1986. The Salary History table lists each season from 1986 to 1994.

What position did Roger Mason play?

Roger Mason played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Roger Mason and how much did he weigh?

Roger Mason was listed at 6 feet 6 inches and 215 pounds.

What was Roger Mason's career ERA?

Roger Mason finished with a 4.02 career ERA, going 22-35 with 286 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Roger Mason have?

Roger Mason recorded 286 career strikeouts.

Is Roger Mason in the Hall of Fame?

No. Roger Mason has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Roger Mason

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1984-1994)

Roger Mason was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1984 to 1994 for 7 teams, including the Detroit Tigers, a span of 11 seasons. Across 232 career appearances, he went 22-35 with a 4.02 ERA and 286 strikeouts. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 242.8.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 23, 2026

W–L 22–35

ERA 4.02

WHIP 1.31

SO 286

Pitcher PIV 242.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'6" / 215 lb
Born: 9/18/1957 in Bellaire, MI, USA
MLB Debut: 1984-09-04
Last Game: 1994-08-11

Full name: Roger Leroy Mason

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Career Pitching Statistics

Roger Mason — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
22	35	232	23	2	1	13	416.1	385	186	42	161	286	4.02	242.8

Career ERA 4.02 vs. league average 3.99 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Roger Mason Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1984	DET	AL	1	1	5	2	0	0	1	22.0	23	11	10	15	4.50	3.81 (-18%)	249.7
1985	SFN	NL	1	3	5	5	1	1	0	29.2	28	7	11	26	2.12	3.89 (+45%)	1053.2
1986	SFN	NL	3	4	11	11	1	0	0	60.0	56	32	30	43	4.80	3.97 (-21%)	-147.8
1987	SFN	NL	1	1	5	5	0	0	0	26.0	30	13	10	18	4.50	4.29 (-5%)	-225.4
1989	HOU	NL	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.1	2	3	2	3	20.25	—	0.0
1991	PIT	NL	3	2	24	0	0	0	3	29.2	21	10	6	21	3.03	3.91 (+22%)	661.9
1992	PIT	NL	5	7	65	0	0	0	8	88.0	80	40	33	56	4.09	3.75 (-9%)	-1432.9
1993	SDN	NL	0	7	34	0	0	0	0	50.0	43	18	18	39	3.24	4.19 (+23%)	1644.6
1993	PHI	NL	5	5	34	0	0	0	0	49.2	47	27	16	32	4.89	4.19 (-17%)	-1032.2
1994	PHI	NL	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	8.2	11	5	5	7	5.19	—	0.0
1994	NYN	NL	2	4	41	0	0	0	1	51.1	44	20	20	26	3.51	4.51 (+22%)	-528.2
Career · 11 seasons			22	35	232	23	2	1	13	416.1	385	186	161	286	4.02	—	243

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Roger Mason — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
232	56	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	28	.071	.133	.071	.205	0

Career AVG .071 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — 72.5% below league average.

Career OBP .133 vs. league average .326 across their career seasons — 59.1% below league average.

Career SLG .071 vs. league average .394 across their career seasons — 81.9% below league average.

Career OPS .205 vs. league average .720 across their career seasons — 71.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Roger Mason Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1984	DET	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1985	SFN	NL	5	11	1	1	0	5	.091	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	SFN	NL	11	21	0	1	0	13	.048	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	SFN	NL	5	8	0	1	1	3	.125	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	HOU	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	PIT	NL	24	0	1	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	PIT	NL	65	10	0	0	1	5	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	SDN	NL	34	3	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	PHI	NL	34	3	0	1	0	1	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	PHI	NL	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	NYN	NL	41	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 11 seasons			232	56	2	4	3	28	.071	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Roger Mason — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Roger Mason — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
1993	NLCS	PHI	2	0	0	.000
1993	WS	PHI	4	1	0	.000
1992	NLCS	PIT	2	0	0	.000
1991	NLCS	PIT	3	1	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Roger Mason — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	11	0	1	18.1	8	1	4	12	0.49

Playoff Pitching by Year

Roger Mason — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1993	NLCS	PHI	2	0	3.0	1	0	0	2	0.00
1993	WS	PHI	4	0	7.2	4	1	1	7	1.17
1992	NLCS	PIT	2	0	3.1	0	0	2	1	0.00
1991	NLCS	PIT	3	1	4.1	3	0	1	2	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Roger Mason — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	113	27	0	2	0	0	.074
Away	119	29	2	2	0	0	.069

Pitching — Home / Away

Roger Mason — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	113	228.2	197	86	70	155	3.38
Away	119	187.2	188	100	91	131	4.80

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Roger Mason — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1994-08-11	NYN	PHI	—	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
1994-08-07	NYN	MIA	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1
1994-08-06	NYN	MIA	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1994-08-05	NYN	MIA	SV	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1994-08-03	NYN	ATL	W	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1994-08-01	NYN	ATL	—	0.1	1	1	0	0	1	0
1994-07-30	NYN	PIT	L	0.0	1	1	1	1	0	0
1994-07-27	NYN	STL	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1994-07-26	NYN	STL	—	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994-07-23	NYN	SFG	—	2.0	2	1	1	2	1	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Roger Mason — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	232	23	31	33	2	3

Season-by-Season Fielding

Roger Mason — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1984	DET	P	5	2	5	1	0	0
1985	SFN	P	5	5	4	2	0	0
1986	SFN	P	11	11	6	4	1	0
1987	SFN	P	5	5	3	3	0	2
1989	HOU	P	2	0	1	0	0	0
1991	PIT	P	24	0	1	5	0	1
1992	PIT	P	65	0	6	7	1	0
1993	SDN	P	34	0	2	6	0	0
1993	PHI	P	34	0	0	2	0	0
1994	PHI	P	6	0	0	0	0	0
1994	NYN	P	41	0	3	3	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Roger Mason Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	232

Salary History

Roger Mason's recorded salaries total $1,196,500 over 5 seasons, 1986 to 1994. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Mason's career ran from 1984 to 1994. His seasons before 1985 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 1985, 1987, 1989, and 1991.

Roger Mason — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1994	PHI	NL	$500,000
1993	SDN	NL	$300,000
1992	PIT	NL	$225,000
1990	HOU	NL	$100,000
1986	SFN	NL	$71,500
Total recorded salary (partial)			$1,196,500

College History

Roger Mason — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Saginaw Valley State University	Saginaw	MI	1979, 1980

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Career Spans

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Roger Mason: the record in brief

September 4, 1984 and August 11, 1994 bracket Roger Mason's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. The season rows list, in order, the Detroit Tigers (1984), the San Francisco Giants (1985 through 1987), the Houston Astros (1989), the Pittsburgh Pirates (1991 to 1992), the San Diego Padres (1993), the Philadelphia Phillies (1993 through 1994), and the New York Mets (1994). Mason, born on September 18, 1957, in Bellaire, MI, USA, is listed as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. Size on record: 6-foot-6 and 215 pounds. The given name on file is Roger Leroy Mason.

The pitching table credits Mason with a 22-35 record and a 4.02 ERA in 232 games. The same table counts 286 strikeouts and 13 saves. Mason's 4.02 ERA was close to the 3.99 league figure for those seasons. No season topped the 5 wins of 1992. 1992 was Mason's sharpest full season, a 4.09 ERA against the league's 3.75.

Frequently Asked Questions about Roger Mason

What years did Roger Mason play?: Roger Mason played in Major League Baseball from 1984 to 1994.
Was Roger Mason a pitcher?: Yes. Roger Mason pitched in the major leagues, recording 22 wins and 286 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Roger Mason hit?: Roger Mason hit 0 career home runs with 4 hits.
What teams did Roger Mason play for?: Roger Mason played for 7 teams: the Detroit Tigers (1984), the San Francisco Giants (1985–1987), the Houston Astros (1989), the Pittsburgh Pirates (1991–1992), the San Diego Padres (1993), the Philadelphia Phillies (1993–1994), and the New York Mets (1994).
What were Roger Mason's career stats?: In 232 games, Roger Mason went 22-35 with a 4.02 ERA, 286 strikeouts, 416.1 innings pitched, and 13 saves.
How much did Roger Mason earn in his career?: Roger Mason's recorded salaries total $1,196,500 over 5 seasons, 1986 to 1994. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Mason's career ran from 1984 to 1994. His seasons before 1985 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 1985, 1987, 1989, and 1991.
What was Roger Mason's salary?: Roger Mason's last recorded salary was $500,000, in 1994. His highest recorded salary was $500,000, in 1994, and his lowest was $71,500, in 1986. The Salary History table lists each season from 1986 to 1994.
What position did Roger Mason play?: Roger Mason played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Roger Mason and how much did he weigh?: Roger Mason was listed at 6 feet 6 inches and 215 pounds.
What was Roger Mason's career ERA?: Roger Mason finished with a 4.02 career ERA, going 22-35 with 286 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Roger Mason have?: Roger Mason recorded 286 career strikeouts.
Is Roger Mason in the Hall of Fame?: No. Roger Mason has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.