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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CLE		CHW	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
2	5 (3)	Apr 21	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	P
3	9 (3)	Apr 26 (2)	CLE		DET	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	12 (2)	May 1	CLE		BOS	L,1-8	GS	38	8.0	0	4	1	5	0	P
5	16 (3)	May 5	CLE		NYY	L,1-11	GS	20	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	20 (3)	May 11	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	P
7	24 (3)	May 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	P
8	28 (3)	May 23	CLE		SLB	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	P
9	32 (3)	May 27	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	P
10	37 (4)	May 31	CLE	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	40 (2)	Jun 4	CLE		BOS	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	P
12	44 (3)	Jun 7 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	45	Jun 9	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	P
14	50 (4)	Jun 14 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-6	GS	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
15	54 (3)	Jun 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	GS	45	11.0	2	3	0	5	0	P
16	59 (4)	Jun 22 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	P
17	62 (2)	Jun 24	CLE	@	BOS	W,13-9		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	64 (1)	Jun 26	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	68 (3)	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	GS	33	7.0	0	3	1	4	0	P
20	73 (4)	Jul 5 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,7-6	GS	18	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	78 (4)	Jul 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-1	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	83 (4)	Jul 12 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
23	85 (1)	Jul 17	CLE		PHA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	P
24	89 (3)	Jul 21	CLE		NYY	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	P
25	93 (3)	Jul 25	CLE		WSH	W,6-4	CG	45	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	97 (3)	Jul 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	GS	28	5.1	0	1	0	1	1	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	101 (3)	Aug 2 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
28	106 (4)	Aug 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
29	109 (2)	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	L,2-6	GS	30	6.1	3	1	0	4	1	P
30	112 (2)	Aug 14	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-7	GF	12	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
31	114 (1)	Aug 16 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-7	GS	26	4.2	1	3	0	4	0	P
32	117 (2)	Aug 20	CLE	@	DET	W,13-7	GS	31	6.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
33	123 (5)	Aug 25	CLE		WSH	L,4-8	GS	19	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
34	127 (3)	Aug 29	CLE		NYY	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	132 (4)	Sep 2	CLE		PHA	W,6-3	GS	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	134 (1)	Sep 4	CLE		CHW	T,6-6	GF	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
37	138 (3)	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	P
38	142 (3)	Sep 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	P
39	146 (3)	Sep 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	P
40	149 (2)	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,6-8	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	152 (2)	Sep 23	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
							41gm		286.2	31	74	3	108	15