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	27-23 / in Starts: 22-14
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 6 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 125 PAs	17
Actual Runners on Base	97 (42-36-19)
Avg. MLBer w/ 125 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	80 (42-25-12)

Most Driven In
G Strickland	5
B Glynn	3
J Ginsberg	2
Self	2
J Hegan	1
W Westlake	1
H Simpson	1
D Mitchell	1

Most Driven In By
B Glynn	3
Self	2
B Ãvila	2
B Kennedy	1
A Rosen	1
W Westlake	1
D Mitchell	1
L Easter	1

1953 Batting Game Log

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1953 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	393	1	Apr 14	CLE		CHW	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	9	.20	0.071	.49	0.11%	0.39	P
2	394	5 (3)	Apr 21	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.667	.833	9	.48	-0.023	1.33	-0.04%	-0.40	P
3	395	9 (3)	Apr 26 (2)	CLE		DET	W,12-2	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		1	0	1	0	.250	.250	.625	.875	9	.51	0.013	1.49	0.02%	0.69	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
4	396	12 (2)	May 1	CLE		BOS	L,1-8	GS-9	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.364	.727	1.091	9	1.17	0.047	3.98	0.10%	0.56	P
5	397	16 (3)	May 5	CLE		NYY	L,1-11	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	9	1.37	-0.066	5.12	-0.15%	-0.59	P
6	398	20 (3)	May 11	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.571	.857	9	1.48	-0.092	5.85	-0.22%	-0.68	P
7	399	24 (3)	May 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.235	.471	.706	9	.70	-0.054	2.12	-0.10%	-0.38	P
8	400	28 (3)	May 23	CLE		SLB	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.190	.190	.381	.571	9	.12	-0.009	.30	-0.01%	-0.30	P
9	401	32 (3)	May 27	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.208	.375	.583	9	2.00	-0.059	6.07	-0.11%	-0.42	P
10	402	37 (4)	May 31	CLE	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.357	.571	9	.67	-0.032	1.82	-0.05%	0.95	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
11	403	40 (2)	Jun 4	CLE		BOS	W,8-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.219	.323	.541	9	1.04	0.040	3.17	0.07%	-0.30	P
12	404	44 (3)	Jun 7 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.219	.323	.541	9						P
13	405	45	Jun 9	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.182	.206	.303	.509	9	1.79	-0.113	5.54	-0.21%	-0.77	P
14	406	50 (4)	Jun 14 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-6	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.216	.306	.522	9	1.41	-0.029	4.32	-0.05%	-0.47	P
15	407	54 (3)	Jun 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	GS-12	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.268	.333	.602	9	2.05	0.392	2.49	0.29%	1.93	P
16	408	59 (4)	Jun 22 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.273	.405	.677	9	.77	0.145	.94	0.11%	0.69	P
17	409	62 (2)	Jun 24	CLE	@	BOS	W,13-9	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.267	.395	.662	9	.05	-0.001	.06	0.00%	-0.17	P
18	410	64 (1)	Jun 26	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.245	.362	.607	9	.27	-0.027	.84	-0.05%	-1.54	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
19	411	68 (3)	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.255	.367	.622	9	.92	0.010	3.10	0.02%	-0.06	P
20	412	69	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.250	.360	.610	7	2.06	-0.049	6.96	-0.10%	-0.29	PH
21	413	73 (3)	Jul 5 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,7-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.245	.353	.598	9	1.05	-0.026	3.34	-0.05%	-0.23	P
22	414	78 (4)	Jul 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-1	GS-9	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.276	.393	.669	9	.68	0.102	1.68	0.15%	1.33	P
23	415	81 (2)	Jul 11	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.276	.393	.669	4		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
24	416	83 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.295	.431	.726	9	1.15	0.090	3.05	0.14%	0.89	P
25	417	85 (1)	Jul 17	CLE		PHA	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	.246	.281	.410	.691	9	.65	-0.070	1.09	-0.07%	-0.97	P
26	418	88 (2)	Jul 19 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,5-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.277	.403	.680	7	3.48	-0.088	3.64	-0.06%	-0.43	PH
27	419	89	Jul 21	CLE		NYY	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.275	.394	.669	9	.58	0.081	.63	0.05%	0.02	P
28	420	93 (3)	Jul 25	CLE		WSH	W,6-4	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.232	.274	.377	.651	9	2.02	0.225	2.86	0.19%	1.06	P
29	421	94	Jul 26 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,3-4	9-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.284	.400	.684	7	2.58	0.168	3.88	0.15%	0.41	PH
30	422	95	Jul 26 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	2-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.284	.400	.684	9						PR
31	423	97 (1)	Jul 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.276	.389	.665	9	1.81	-0.099	3.03	-0.10%	-1.10	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
32	424	101 (3)	Aug 2 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.275	.382	.657	9	.39	-0.041	.60	-0.04%	-0.46	P
33	425	105 (3)	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.272	.377	.648	6	1.54	-0.042	1.93	-0.03%	-0.49	PH
34	426	106	Aug 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.225	.262	.363	.624	9	1.24	0.082	.99	0.04%	0.46	P
35	427	109 (2)	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	L,2-6	GS-7	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.264	.373	.638	9	1.97	0.096	1.10	0.03%	0.25	P
36	428	110	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	W,7-4	8-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.264	.373	.638	3		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
37	429	111	Aug 13	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.261	.369	.630	1	6.64	-0.196	3.04	-0.05%	-0.80	PH
38	430	112	Aug 14	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-7	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.256	.360	.616	9	1.10	-0.059	.31	-0.01%	-1.14	P
39	431	114 (1)	Aug 16 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-7	GS-5	2	2	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.272	.398	.669	9	.82	0.112	.19	0.02%	1.49	P
40	432	115	Aug 18	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.269	.393	.662	7	1.39	-0.036	.06	0.00%	-0.10	PH
41	433	116	Aug 19	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.236	.269	.393	.662	9						PR
42	434	117	Aug 20	CLE	@	DET	W,13-7	GS-7	5	4	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.286	.419	.705	9	.71	0.110	.01	0.00%	1.12	P
43	435	123 (5)	Aug 25	CLE		WSH	L,4-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.283	.415	.698	9	.42	-0.011	.02	0.00%	-0.10	P
44	436	127 (3)	Aug 29	CLE		NYY	W,6-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.237	.282	.402	.684	9	.34	-0.040	.03	0.00%	0.07	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
45	437	132 (4)	Sep 2	CLE		PHA	W,6-3	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.282	.402	.684	9						P
46	438	134 (1)	Sep 4	CLE		CHW	T,6-6	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.279	.398	.677	5	2.27	-0.063	.08	0.00%	-0.22	P
47	439	138 (3)	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.271	.386	.657	9	.37	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.43	P
48	440	142 (3)	Sep 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.279	.390	.670	9	.88	0.047	.01	0.00%	0.87	P
49	441	146 (3)	Sep 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.278	.380	.658	9	.62	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.73	P
50	442	149 (2)	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,6-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.278	.380	.658	8						P
51	443	152 (2)	Sep 23	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.277	.384	.661	9	.77	-0.014	.00	0.00%	0.17	P
							27-23		125	112	12	26	9	1	2	17	7	0	20	0	6		3	1	2	0	.232	.277	.384	.661		1.01	0.398	1.74	-0.02%	-0.24

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