RIP - Don Mason

Former Giants and Padres backup 2nd baseman Don Mason passed away on June 19, 2018 at age 73.

Mason played minor-league ball for the Senators, Giants, and Padres from 1964 to 1974.

He also played for the Giants briefly from 1966-68, and for all of 1969 and 1970.

Traded to the Padres after the 1970 season, he played a full season with San Diego in 1971, but was up and down for the next 2 seasons.

The majority of his big-league playing time came in 1969 and 1971.

Cape Cod Times obituary
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