American baseball player (1944–2018)
Baseball player
Don Mason Second baseman Born: (1944-12-20 ) December 20, 1944Boston, Massachusetts , U.S.Died: June 19, 2018(2018-06-19) (aged 73)South Yarmouth, Massachusetts , U.S.April 14, 1966, for the San Francisco Giants May 30, 1973, for the San Diego Padres Batting average .205 Home runs 3 Runs batted in 27 Stats at Baseball Reference
Donald Stetson Mason (December 20, 1944 – June 19, 2018)[ 1] professional baseball player . The second baseman appeared in 336 games in Major League Baseball over all or parts of eight seasons (1966–1973) for the San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres .[ 2]
Born in Boston , Mason batted left-handed , threw right-handed , and was listed as 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and 160 pounds (73 kg). He graduated from Newton High School , where he was a standout in baseball and hockey ,[ 1] Parsons College before signing with the Washington Senators in 1965. That year, Mason hit 18 home runs and batted .285 in the full-season Class A New York–Penn League and was selected by the Giants in the winter Rule 5 draft . He then spent all of 1966 on the Giants' MLB roster, but had only 26 plate appearances and three hits . One of those hits was his first big-league home run , a solo blast off Sammy Ellis of the Cincinnati Reds on June 24.[ 3]
Mason also played three other full seasons in the National League (1969 , 1970 and 1971 ), exceeding 100 games played in 1969 and 1971. In the latter year, he was the most-used second baseman for the 1971 Padres , starting 90 games at the position, but Mason batted only .212 will 11 runs batted in .
All told, Mason collected 143 hits, with 16 doubles , three triples , three homers and 27 runs batted in in 336 big-league games. He batted .205 lifetime.
Mason's pro career ended after the 1974 season. He moved to Cape Cod five years later, and died in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts , at the age of 73.[ 1]
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