Bob Lemon

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: September 22, 1920 in San Bernardino, CA us

Died: January 11, 2000 in Long Beach, CA

Buried: Cremated

High School: Woodrow Wilson HS (Long Beach, CA)

Debut: September 9, 1941 (Age 20-352d, 9,097th in major league history)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 1, 1958 (Age 37-282d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1976. (Voted by BBWAA on 305/388 ballots)
View Bob Lemon's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1946 season

Full Name: Robert Granville Lemon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

48.2

207

128

ERA

3.23

460

350

2850.0

1277

WHIP

1.337

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	28-25 / in Starts: 23-12
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 134 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	80 (47-25-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 134 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	84 (44-26-13)

Most Driven In
Self	2
M Combs	1
L Easter	1
H Majeski	1
W Westlake	1
H Simpson	1
J Tipton	1
G Strickland	1

Most Driven In By
B Ãvila	5
L Doby	2
Self	2
A Rosen	1
D Mitchell	1
L Easter	1
R Boone	1

1952 Batting Game Log

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1952 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	339	2 (1)	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.79	-0.061	2.19	-0.10%	-0.59	P
2	340	4 (1)	Apr 18	CLE		DET	W,5-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
3	341	6 (1)	Apr 20 (1)	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.03	-0.075	3.50	-0.15%	-0.43	P
4	342	11 (4)	Apr 26	CLE	@	DET	L,0-13	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.64	-0.031	2.27	-0.07%	-0.30	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	343	15 (3)	May 1	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG(13)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.62	-0.239	5.38	-0.48%	-1.70	P
6	344	17 (1)	May 3	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.47	-0.012	1.65	-0.03%	-0.09	PH
7	345	19 (1)	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.45	0.007	5.97	0.02%	0.00	P
8	346	22 (2)	May 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,12-5	6-GF	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.063	.063	.063	.125	9	.46	0.034	1.88	0.09%	0.96	P
9	347	24 (1)	May 11 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.105	.105	.105	.211	9	1.40	0.027	6.22	0.07%	0.02	P
10	348	29 (4)	May 17	CLE		WSH	W,9-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.130	.130	.261	9	.10	-0.010	.52	-0.03%	-0.32	P
11	349	33 (3)	May 22	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	9	.81	-0.032	4.16	-0.10%	-0.18	P
12	350	34	May 23	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	9						P
13	351	38 (3)	May 27	CLE		DET	L,4-6	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.148	.148	.148	.296	9	.82	-0.011	3.65	-0.03%	-0.20	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	352	43 (4)	Jun 2	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.138	.167	.138	.305	9	1.90	-0.126	9.13	-0.36%	-0.65	P
15	353	47 (3)	Jun 6	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-4	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.206	.182	.388	9	.21	0.020	.99	0.06%	0.08	P
16	354	52 (4)	Jun 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.216	.194	.411	9	1.10	-0.024	5.52	-0.07%	-0.30	P
17	355	56 (3)	Jun 15 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.211	.189	.400	9	.69	-0.016	4.09	-0.06%	-0.26	P
18	356	57	Jun 15 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.211	.189	.400	4						PR
19	357	59 (1)	Jun 18	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.231	.237	.468	9	2.39	0.165	9.57	0.40%	0.40	PH
20	358	61 (1)	Jun 20	CLE		BOS	W,9-2	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.279	.357	.636	9	.46	0.093	1.50	0.18%	2.03	P
21	359	62	Jun 21	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.273	.349	.622	8	1.99	-0.034	7.35	-0.08%	-0.17	PH
22	360	66 (3)	Jun 25	CLE		PHA	L,9-11	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.239	.255	.326	.581	9	1.10	-0.039	4.03	-0.09%	-0.81	P
23	361	70 (3)	Jun 29 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	T,7-7	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.260	.327	.587	9	.56	-0.021	2.14	-0.05%	-0.32	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	362	74 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.236	.296	.533	9	.49	-0.060	1.89	-0.14%	-1.57	P
25	363	76 (1)	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	13-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.218	.232	.291	.523	9	6.98	-0.185	36.55	-0.58%	-0.46	PH
26	364	78 (1)	Jul 11	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.228	.286	.514	1	2.00	-0.055	6.65	-0.11%	-0.36	PH
27	365	79	Jul 12	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.230	.300	.530	9	.57	0.031	2.24	0.07%	-0.08	P
28	366	82 (2)	Jul 14	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-15	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.226	.295	.521	1	1.70	-0.039	8.07	-0.11%	-0.78	PH
29	367	84 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-8	GS-7	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.234	.349	.584	9	.89	0.150	6.71	0.68%	1.54	P
30	368	87 (2)	Jul 17 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.234	.349	.584	9						P
31	369	89 (1)	Jul 19	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.209	.221	.328	.549	9	.55	-0.059	2.44	-0.16%	-0.86	P
32	370	90	Jul 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-8	12-12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.209	.221	.328	.549	8						PR
33	371	91	Jul 22 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.209	.221	.328	.549	9						PR
34	372	92	Jul 22 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,1-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.206	.217	.324	.541	8	1.24	-0.049	5.68	-0.14%	-1.69	PH
35	373	93	Jul 23	CLE		NYY	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.219	.319	.539	9	.45	-0.003	1.66	-0.01%	-0.13	P
36	374	96 (2)	Jul 26	CLE		WSH	L,10-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.205	.216	.315	.531	1	4.47	-0.102	20.81	-0.28%	-0.26	PH
37	375	97	Jul 27 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.195	.205	.299	.504	9	.68	-0.005	3.13	-0.01%	-0.15	P
38	376	100 (2)	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.195	.205	.299	.504	6						PR
39	377	101	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,8-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.200	.210	.300	.510	9	1.54	-0.104	9.58	-0.39%	-0.57	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
40	378	103 (1)	Aug 2	CLE		PHA	L,4-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.210	.300	.510	9						P
41	379	106 (2)	Aug 5 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.200	.286	.486	9	.40	-0.043	1.98	-0.13%	-0.77	P
42	380	111 (4)	Aug 10	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-6	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.195	.205	.287	.492	9	1.39	0.020	9.38	0.08%	0.28	P
43	381	115 (3)	Aug 16	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.209	.289	.498	9	1.17	-0.046	8.06	-0.19%	-0.17	P
44	382	119 (3)	Aug 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,18-8	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.208	.284	.493	9	1.15	0.166	8.94	0.77%	0.73	P
45	383	121 (1)	Aug 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-4	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.198	.206	.281	.487	9	.24	-0.006	3.42	-0.05%	-0.21	P
46	384	124 (2)	Aug 25	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.210	.218	.300	.518	9	.85	0.170	7.09	0.85%	1.24	P
47	385	129 (4)	Aug 29	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.202	.210	.288	.498	9	.70	-0.067	6.19	-0.36%	-0.90	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
48	386	133 (3)	Sep 1 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG(5)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.198	.206	.283	.489	9	1.10	-0.043	10.86	-0.26%	-0.34	P
49	387	137 (3)	Sep 6	CLE		SLB	W,8-3	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.202	.209	.294	.503	9	.73	0.089	6.95	0.51%	0.68	P
50	388	141 (3)	Sep 10	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.205	.212	.295	.507	9	.65	-0.051	7.66	-0.36%	-0.76	P
51	389	144 (2)	Sep 13	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	GS-10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.209	.216	.296	.511	9	.84	-0.021	10.64	-0.16%	-0.05	P
52	390	147 (2)	Sep 17	CLE		WSH	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.210	.217	.294	.511	9	.57	-0.057	5.35	-0.32%	-0.45	P
53	391	150 (2)	Sep 21	CLE		DET	W,7-1	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.226	.303	.529	9	.19	0.056	2.78	0.48%	0.86	P
54	392	153 (2)	Sep 24	CLE		CHW	W,6-0	CG	4	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.250	.315	.565	9	.94	0.103	14.06	0.93%	1.29	P
							28-25		134	124	14	28	5	0	2	9	4	0	21	0	6		2	2	0	0	.226	.250	.315	.565		.92	-0.595	5.46	-0.25%	-6.74

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