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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) College: Managerial Record (MLB) Baseball Lists: No-Hitters and Perfect Games ... Retired Numbers ... Hall of Famers Update Player Profile 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | -- | |||||||||||||||||
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[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%) |
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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