Roger Leroy Mason (born September 18, 1957) is an American former professional
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...
player who pitched in the Major Leagues primarily in relief from 1984 to 1987, 1989, and 1991–1994.
Mason was a member of the
1984 World Series
The 1984 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1984 season. The 81st edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Detroit Tigers and the Nationa ...
champion Detroit Tigers, and appeared in the
1993 World Series
The 1993 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) season. The 90th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the defending World Series champion and American League (AL) champio ...
for the
Philadelphia Phillies. He pitched collegiately at
Saginaw Valley State University
Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) is a public university in University Center, Michigan in Saginaw County. It was founded in 1963 as Saginaw Valley College. It is located on in Saginaw County's Kochville Township, approximately north of ...
.
In November 2008, Mason was hired as the pitching coach for the
Traverse City Beach Bums of the independent
Frontier League
The Frontier League is a professional independent baseball league with teams in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States and Eastern Canada. Formed in 1993, it is the oldest currently running independent league in the United States. The le ...
. In his initial season as coach, the Beach Bums posted the third lowest earned run average in the league.
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1958 births
Living people
Detroit Tigers players
San Francisco Giants players
Houston Astros players
Pittsburgh Pirates players
San Diego Padres players
Philadelphia Phillies players
New York Mets players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Baseball players from Michigan
Macon Peaches players
Lakeland Tigers players
Evansville Triplets players
Birmingham Barons players
Phoenix Giants players
Phoenix Firebirds players
Saginaw Valley State Cardinals baseball players
Saginaw Valley State Cardinals football players
Saginaw Valley State Cardinals men's basketball players
Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
Tucson Toros players
Gulf Coast Pirates players
People from Bellaire, Michigan
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