Adelbert William Mason (October 29, 1883 – December 31, 1962) was a

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player for the Washington Senators and the

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. Prior to his professional debut, Mason, a

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, played at the college level for

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. The school's baseball program started in 1895 and Mason was their first player to play at the major league level. Mason would later go on to marry Dorothy Temple, who was the daughter of

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' part-owner,

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, and granddaughter of former major league pitcher,

Jimmy Wood James Leon Wood (December 1, 1842 – November 30, 1927) was an American second baseman and manager in early professional Major League Baseball (MLB) who hailed from Brooklyn, New York. He was the player-manager for four teams in the early Nati ...

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