Roger Mason

Roger Le Roy Mason (born September 18, 1958 in Bellaire, Michigan) is an American former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues primarily in relief from 1984–1987, 1989, and 1991–1994. He lives in his home town of Bellaire, Michigan and is married to his high school sweetheart. Roger will be remembered in the Major Leagues as one who excelled in the post season were his microscopic ERA of 0.49 over frac|18|1|3 innings is still among the best for relievers. He had arm problems after the 1994 season and was not able to come back from surgery. He owned a pizza parlor named "Big League Pizza" that had an award winning deep dish pizza pie. He is a religious man who has taken this season of his life to start the Northern Michigan House of Prayer and leads a Bible study at the retirement village were he was born. Roger has two Children, Jeff Mason (graduate of Liberty University) and Amy Mason (Currently attending Liberty University).

Teams

* Detroit Tigers 1984
* San Francisco Giants 1985–1987
* Houston Astros 1989
* Pittsburgh Pirates 1991–1992
* San Diego Padres 1993
* Philadelphia Phillies 1993–1994
* New York Mets 1994

Pitching statistics

* 232 Games
* 22 Wins
* 35 Losses
* 13 Saves
* 286 Strikeouts
* 4.02 ERA

Trivia

* On April 13, 1987, the San Diego Padres set a major-league record when its first three batters of the game—Marvell Wynne, Tony Gwynn, and John Kruk—all homer off the Giants pitcher Roger Mason.
* Mason appeared in the 1993 World Series for the Philadelphia Phillies.

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/masonro01.shtml Baseball Reference]