Bob Lemon | Major Leaguer 1941-1958

Full Name: Robert Granville Lemon
Born: September 22,1920 in San Bernardino, California
Death: January 11,2000
Height: 6-0 Weight: 185 Bats: Left Throws: Right
High School: Wilson (Long Beach,CA)
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Transactions: [Jan 1,1938] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Indians. [Jul 2,1958] - Released by Indians.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1946	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	4	5	2.49	32	5	1	0	17	1	94.0	77	40	26	1	68	39	5	0	7.37	0.10	6.51	3.73	1.54	--
1947	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	11	5	3.44	37	15	6	1	15	3	167.1	150	68	64	7	97	65	6	0	8.07	0.38	5.22	3.50	1.48	--
1948	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	20	14	2.82	43	37	20	10	2	2	293.2	231	104	92	12	129	147	3	0	7.08	0.37	3.95	4.51	1.23	--
1949	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	22	10	2.99	37	33	22	2	4	1	279.2	211	101	93	19	137	138	1	0	6.79	0.61	4.41	4.44	1.24	--
1950	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	MLB	23	11	3.84	44	37	22	3	5	3	288.0	281	144	123	28	146	170	5	0	8.78	0.88	4.56	5.31	1.48	--
1951	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	17	14	3.52	42	34	17	1	7	2	263.1	244	119	103	19	124	132	4	1	8.34	0.65	4.24	4.51	1.40	--
1952	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	22	11	2.50	42	36	28	5	6	4	309.2	236	104	86	15	105	131	8	0	6.86	0.44	3.05	3.81	1.10	--
1953	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	21	15	3.36	41	36	23	5	4	1	286.2	283	119	107	16	110	98	9	0	8.89	0.50	3.45	3.08	1.37	--
1954	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	23	7	2.72	36	33	21	2	1	0	258.1	228	95	78	12	92	110	6	1	7.94	0.42	3.21	3.83	1.24	--
1955	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	18	10	3.88	35	31	5	0	3	2	211.1	218	103	91	17	74	100	8	0	9.28	0.72	3.15	4.26	1.38	--
1956	Cleveland	AL	35	Cle	MLB	20	14	3.03	39	35	21	2	3	3	255.1	230	103	86	23	89	94	4	0	8.11	0.81	3.14	3.31	1.25	--
1957	Cleveland	AL	36	Cle	MLB	6	11	4.60	21	17	2	0	2	0	117.1	129	70	60	9	64	45	3	0	9.90	0.69	4.91	3.45	1.64	47%
1958	Cleveland	AL	37	Cle	MLB	0	1	5.33	11	1	0	0	4	0	25.1	41	15	15	3	16	8	1	0	14.57	1.07	5.68	2.84	2.25	60%

Major League Totals - 13 Season(s)						207	128	3.23	460	350	188	31	73	22	2,850.0	2559	1185	1024	181	1251	1277	63	2	8.08	0.57	3.95	4.03	1.34	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1941	Cleveland	AL	20	Cle	MLB	3b		5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.250	*.257	.250	*507	--
1942	Cleveland	AL	21	Cle	MLB	3b		5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		0		0	.000	*.012	.000	*12	--
1946	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	p		55	89	9	16	3	0	1	4	0	1	7	18	0		3		0	.180	*.246	.247	*493	--
1947	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	p		47	56	11	18	4	3	2	5	0	0	6	9	0		2		0	.321	*.390	.607	*997	--
1948	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	p		52	119	20	34	9	0	5	21	0	0	8	23	0		2		0	.286	*.335	.487	*822	--
1949	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	p		46	108	17	29	6	2	7	19	0	0	10	20	0		5		1	.269	*.335	.556	*891	--
1950	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	MLB	p		72	136	21	37	9	1	6	26	0	0	13	25	1		3		0	.272	*.340	.485	*825	--
1951	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	p		56	102	11	21	4	1	3	13	0	0	9	22	0		1		1	.206	*.276	.353	*629	--
1952	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	p		54	124	14	28	5	0	2	9	0	0	4	21	0		6		2	.226	*.256	.315	*571	--
1953	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	p		51	112	12	26	9	1	2	17	2	0	7	20	0		6		1	.232	*.283	.384	*667	--
1954	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	p		40	98	11	21	4	1	2	10	0	0	6	24	0		8	1	1	.214	.257	.337	594	--
1955	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	p		49	78	11	19	0	0	1	9	0	0	13	16	0	0	6	2	1	.244	.344	.282	626	--
1956	Cleveland	AL	35	Cle	MLB	p		43	93	8	18	0	0	5	12	0	0	9	21	1	0	7	0	1	.194	.272	.355	627	--
1957	Cleveland	AL	36	Cle	MLB	p	9	25	46	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	1	.065	.065	.152	217	54%
1958	Cleveland	AL	37	Cle	MLB	p	9	15	13	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.231	517	43%

Major League Totals - 15 Season(s)								615	1183	148	274	54	9	37	147	2	1	93	241	2		49		9	.232		.386	---	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1948	Cleveland	AL	27		Ws	2	0	1.65	2		1			0	16.1	16		3		7	6			8.82	---	3.86	3.31	1.41	--
1954	Cleveland	AL	33		Ws	0	2	6.75	2		1			0	13.1	16		10		8	11			10.80	---	5.40	7.43	1.80	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						2	2	3.94	4		2			0	29.2	32		13		15	17			9.71	---	4.55	5.16	1.58	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1948	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	Ws	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1954	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	Ws	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	143	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						5	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.071	.000	071	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1941	Cleveland	AL	20	Cle	MLB	3B	1			1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1942	Cleveland	AL	21	Cle	MLB	3B	1			0	1	1	2	0	-	-	-	.500	--

1946	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	P	32		94	13	28	1	42	5	-	-	-	.976	3.93
1946	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	OF	12			33	2	1	36	2	-	-	-	.972	--

1947	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	P	37		167.1	12	46	1	59	4	-	-	-	.983	3.12
1947	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	OF	2			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1948	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	P	43		293.2	23	86	4	113	8	-	-	-	.965	3.34

1949	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	P	37		279.2	34	71	4	109	5	-	-	-	.963	3.38

1950	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	MLB	P	44		288	22	66	4	92	6	-	-	-	.957	2.75

1951	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	P	42		263.1	21	60	2	83	5	-	-	-	.976	2.77

1952	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	P	42		309.2	32	79	2	113	7	-	-	-	.982	3.23

1953	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	P	41		286.2	31	74	3	108	15	-	-	-	.972	3.30

1954	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	P	36		258.1	22	57	3	82	8	-	-	-	.963	2.75

1955	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	P	35		211.1	16	43	1	60	3	-	-	-	.983	2.51

1956	Cleveland	AL	35	Cle	MLB	P	39		255.1	24	61	6	91	6	-	-	-	.934	3.00

1957	Cleveland	AL	36	Cle	MLB	P	21		117.1	12	31	0	43	5	-	-	-	1.000	3.30

1958	Cleveland	AL	37	Cle	MLB	P	11		25.1	1	7	0	8	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.84

Awards

[1948] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #5), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1949] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #9) [1950] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #5), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1951] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1952] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #8) [1953] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #16) [1954] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #5) [1956] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #10) [1964] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (3 votes - 1.33%) [1966] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (21 votes - 6.95%) [1967] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (7 votes - 2.29%) [1968] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (47 votes - 16.61%) [1969] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (56 votes - 16.47%) [1970] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (75 votes - 25%) [1971] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (90 votes - 25%) [1972] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (117 votes - 29.55%) [1973] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (177 votes - 46.58%) [1974] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (190 votes - 52.05%) [1975] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (233 votes - 64.36%) [1976] - Elected to Hall of Fame (305 votes - 78.61%)

Trivia and Player Notes

Lemon had his #21 retired by the Cleveland Indians on June 20,1998.

Member of the World Series Champion Cleveland Indians in 1948.

Notes: Played in 7 All-Star games during his career (1948-1954)

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