Roger Mason

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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 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).

1 Teams
2 Pitching Stats
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] 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

[edit] Pitching Stats

232 Games

22 Wins

35 Losses

13 Saves

286 Strikeouts

4.02 ERA

[edit] 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.