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.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	6 (4)	Apr 22 (2)	CLE		DET	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	P
3	11 (4)	Apr 29 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	15 (3)	May 5	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	P
5	19 (3)	May 10	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
6	24 (4)	May 14	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	P
7	28 (3)	May 20 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
8	33 (4)	May 27 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	33	6.2	1	3	0	4	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	38 (4)	Jun 1	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS	37	7.1	1	3	0	4	0	P
10	43 (4)	Jun 5	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
11	48 (4)	Jun 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-6	GS	28	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
12	53 (4)	Jun 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,9-10	GS	25	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	57 (3)	Jun 19	CLE		BOS	W,9-7	GS	38	8.2	1	3	0	4	0	P
14	62 (4)	Jun 24	CLE		WSH	W,7-2	CG	24	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
15	66 (3)	Jun 29 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-13	GS	13	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	69 (2)	Jul 1 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	P
17	73 (3)	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	L,7-13	GS	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	76 (2)	Jul 8	CLE	@	KCA	W,17-3	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH P
19	77	Jul 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-9	GS	28	5.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
20	79 (1)	Jul 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	82 (2)	Jul 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	P
22	84 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	86 (1)	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	P
24	91 (4)	Jul 26	CLE		WSH	W,1-0	CG	27	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
25	96 (4)	Jul 30	CLE		NYY	L,6-13	GS	12	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	98 (1)	Aug 1	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	P
27	102 (3)	Aug 5	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	GS	24	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
28	107 (4)	Aug 10	CLE	@	KCA	W,11-0	GS	29	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
29	111 (3)	Aug 15	CLE		DET	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
30	115 (3)	Aug 19 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	119 (3)	Aug 23	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	P
32	123 (3)	Aug 27	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	P
33	125 (1)	Aug 29	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	128 (2)	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
35	133 (4)	Sep 7	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	P
36	137 (3)	Sep 11	CLE		BAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
37	143 (5)	Sep 16 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,3-10	GS	26	5.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
38	147 (3)	Sep 19	CLE		WSH	W,6-0	CG	28	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
39	150 (2)	Sep 23	CLE	@	DET	L,1-11	GS	16	2.1	0	1	1	2	0	P
							39gm		255.2	24	61	6	91	6