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	28-21 / in Starts: 20-11
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	37 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 99 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	72 (38-25-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 99 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	63 (33-19-9)

Most Driven In
A Rosen	2
L Doby	2
R Kiner	1
D Philley	1
H Naragon	1
G Woodling	1
Self	1
J Hegan	0

Most Driven In By
L Doby	3
A Smith	3
R Kiner	2
Self	1
B Ãvila	1
A Rosen	1

1955 Batting Game Log

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1955 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	484	1	Apr 12	CLE		CHW	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.38	-0.025	.98	-0.04%	-0.29	P
2	485	6 (4)	Apr 17 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.571	.500	1.071	9	.69	0.121	2.04	0.22%	1.11	P
3	486	9 (2)	Apr 22	CLE		DET	W,8-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.333	.733	9	.30	-0.026	.92	-0.05%	-0.68	P
4	487	12 (2)	Apr 26	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.385	.583	.968	9	.85	0.044	2.37	0.07%	0.16	P
5	488	15 (2)	Apr 30	CLE		BAL	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.375	.533	.908	9	1.20	0.041	3.25	0.07%	0.81	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
6	489	20 (4)	May 4	CLE		NYY	L,5-11	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.316	.444	.760	9	.75	-0.057	3.12	-0.14%	-0.58	P
7	490	25 (4)	May 10	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-6	GS-8	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.304	.381	.685	9	.51	-0.001	2.63	0.00%	-0.54	P
8	491	28 (2)	May 15 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-4	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.320	.364	.684	9	1.01	-0.026	4.42	-0.07%	-0.22	P
9	492	30 (1)	May 17	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.308	.348	.656	9	.02	-0.001	.09	0.00%	-0.53	PH
10	493	32 (1)	May 20	CLE	@	DET	L,4-11	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.296	.333	.630	9	1.03	-0.026	5.20	-0.08%	-0.23	P
11	494	33	May 21	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.296	.333	.630	7						PR
12	495	36 (2)	May 26 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.276	.308	.584	9	1.34	-0.070	6.30	-0.20%	-0.54	P
13	496	37	May 26 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,10-9	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.333	.633	9	3.95	0.136	17.34	0.36%	0.73	PH
14	497	40 (2)	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.314	.323	.637	9	.26	0.024	1.20	0.07%	-0.60	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
15	498	45 (4)	Jun 3	CLE		WSH	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.297	.303	.600	9	.84	-0.043	3.27	-0.10%	-0.41	P
16	499	46	Jun 4	CLE		WSH	L,5-14	6-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.316	.324	.639	9	.32	0.014	1.20	0.03%	0.27	PH
17	500	48 (1)	Jun 5 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	7-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.316	.324	.639	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
18	501	49	Jun 7	CLE		BOS	L,5-9	9-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.333	.324	.657	7	.25	0.008	.79	0.02%	0.38	PH
19	502	50	Jun 8	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.317	.306	.623	9	.59	-0.030	1.80	-0.06%	-0.28	P
20	503	51	Jun 9	CLE		BOS	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.333	.324	.658	7	1.93	0.097	5.92	0.18%	1.00	PH
21	504	52	Jun 10	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.349	.324	.673	9	4.72	0.126	20.07	0.32%	0.39	PH
22	505	55 (2)	Jun 12 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,7-3	GS-9	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.370	.316	.685	9	.79	0.065	3.60	0.18%	0.32	P
23	506	56	Jun 14 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.370	.316	.685	7						P
24	507	59 (2)	Jun 16	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-5	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.347	.293	.640	9	.39	-0.037	1.30	-0.08%	-1.11	P
25	508	61 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.340	.286	.626	7	3.68	-0.086	12.20	-0.17%	-0.50	PH
26	509	62	Jun 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.333	.279	.612	8	3.24	-0.141	12.20	-0.32%	-0.59	PH
27	510	64 (1)	Jun 21	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-1	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.315	.261	.576	9	1.30	-0.105	4.13	-0.20%	-0.79	P
28	511	68 (3)	Jun 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.309	.255	.564	9	2.10	-0.052	9.49	-0.14%	-0.16	PH
29	512	70 (1)	Jun 26 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-2	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.191	.309	.255	.564	9						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
30	513	75 (4)	Jul 3	CLE		CHW	W,14-9	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.316	.265	.581	9	.62	0.008	1.48	0.01%	0.15	P
31	514	76	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,6-5	13-GF(15)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.310	.260	.570	9	1.41	-0.036	3.65	-0.06%	-0.11	P
32	515	81 (4)	Jul 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.192	.311	.250	.561	9	1.06	0.029	5.09	0.08%	0.38	P
33	516	85 (3)	Jul 14	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	GS-4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.323	.264	.587	9	.92	0.060	5.51	0.22%	0.63	P
34	517	89 (3)	Jul 17 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.323	.264	.587	6						P
35	518	90	Jul 19	CLE		WSH	L,1-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.317	.259	.577	9	1.05	-0.027	4.27	-0.07%	-0.24	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
36	519	109 (18)	Aug 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-9	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.317	.259	.577	9						P
37	520	113 (3)	Aug 12 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	W,17-1	GS-7	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.333	.268	.601	9	.05	0.004	.35	0.02%	0.34	P
38	521	118 (4)	Aug 17	CLE	@	DET	L,5-9	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.328	.263	.592	9	.76	-0.021	5.08	-0.09%	-0.23	P
39	522	122 (3)	Aug 21	CLE		KCA	W,9-4	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.324	.259	.582	9	1.18	-0.034	8.63	-0.15%	-0.33	P
40	523	126 (3)	Aug 26	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.310	.246	.556	9	.51	-0.043	5.42	-0.27%	-1.27	P
41	524	127	Aug 27	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.197	.306	.246	.551	7	4.55	0.059	59.19	0.46%	-0.59	PH
42	525	130 (2)	Aug 30	CLE		BAL	W,7-4	GS-9	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.190	.303	.238	.541	9	1.28	-0.025	9.80	-0.11%	-0.73	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
43	526	134 (3)	Sep 4 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	GS-8	3	3	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.329	.273	.602	9	1.10	0.166	14.33	1.29%	1.40	P
44	527	140 (5)	Sep 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-1	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.329	.275	.605	9	.53	-0.014	7.36	-0.11%	-0.10	P
45	528	141	Sep 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-7	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.337	.286	.623	9	3.68	0.358	49.36	2.88%	2.02	PH
46	529	145 (3)	Sep 13 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-2	GS-9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.345	.288	.632	9	.57	-0.019	6.54	-0.13%	0.41	P
47	530	147 (1)	Sep 16	CLE		DET	L,0-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.341	.284	.625	8	2.75	-0.050	39.93	-0.44%	-0.32	PH
48	531	148	Sep 17	CLE		DET	L,1-3	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.352	.289	.641	9	1.86	0.027	31.38	0.28%	0.31	P
49	532	151 (2)	Sep 21	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.244	.344	.282	.626	9	1.32	-0.112	8.35	-0.43%	-0.97	P
							28-21		99	78	11	19	0	0	1	9	13	0	16	0	6	2	1	1	0	0	.244	.344	.282	.626		1.00	0.280	6.80	3.25%	-2.14

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