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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Team Record in Appearances: 28-15 / in Starts: 23-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 39, Entered with runners on base: 4

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	70	2	Apr 23	CLE	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	2	2	3	5	0	0	2.00	2.65	36	12	10	0	0	6	69			0	0	0	33	1	2	0	0	0	0	.70	0.243	1.96	0.41%	2.93	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
2	71	6	Apr 29	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	8	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.00	3.26	36	18	6	0	0	8	65			1	0	0	35	4	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.376	4.14	0.82%	2.89	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	72	8	May 2	CLE		DET	L,2-4	CG	L(2-1)	2	9.0	8	4	3	3	3	1	0	2.33	3.68	35	11	10	1	0	8	57			1	1	0	32	2	1	0	2	0	0	.87	-0.026	3.18	-0.06%	0.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
4	73	11	May 7	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-0	SHO	W(3-1)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	1.75	3.34	32	15	6	0	0	4	82			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.56	0.310	1.74	0.58%	4.65	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
5	74	16	May 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS-6	L(3-2)	3	6.0	8	4	3	1	4	0	0	2.14	3.14	28	12	3	0	0	8	45			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	1	.75	-0.153	3.39	-0.42%	-0.84	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
6	75	18	May 16(1)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	GS-8		4	7.1	7	4	4	3	0	0	0	2.55	3.26	31	12	9	5	0	7	45			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	3	0	1	1.14	0.054	4.15	0.12%	0.18	1t start tie	8t --3 1 out a1
7	76	22	May 20	CLE		BOS	W,13-4	CG	W(4-2)	3	9.0	8	4	4	5	6	0	0	2.78	3.24	40	15	6	0	0	8	56			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.055	1.64	0.14%	0.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
8	77	27	May 25	CLE		WSH	W,4-0	SHO	W(5-2)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	11	0	0	2.41	2.98	34	10	6	2	0	4	87			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.350	2.75	0.87%	4.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
9	78	30	May 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-0	SHO	W(6-2)	3	9.0	4	0	0	3	5	0	0	2.12	2.94	32	9	11	2	0	4	81			1	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.12	0.551	4.32	1.28%	4.60	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
10	79	32	May 30(2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,13-8	6-7	W(7-2)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.07	2.91	6	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.054	1.39	0.13%	1.02	6b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	80	35	Jun 2	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(7-3)	2	8.0	5	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.08	2.94	29	16	5	2	0	5	63			1	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.04	0.100	4.51	0.26%	2.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
12	81	38	Jun 6(1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	W(8-3)	3	9.0	9	3	3	3	4	1	0	2.17	3.07	37	13	8	2	0	9	58			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.323	8.19	1.24%	1.84	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
13	82	42	Jun 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-8	GS-6	W(9-3)	4	6.0	6	6	6	6	2	2	0	2.58	3.45	30	9	7	1	0	6	32			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.329	6.18	-1.31%	-2.84	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
14	83	43	Jun 12(1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-5	9-GF	S(1)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.55	3.44	4	2	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.100	8.44	0.38%	0.16	9b -2- 0 out a3	9b end a 2
15	84	46	Jun 15	CLE		BOS	L,3-7	GS-7	L(9-4)	2	6.1	4	5	4	9	3	0	0	2.73	3.60	30	11	3	0	0	4	41			0	2	0	19	0	0	3	1	0	1	1.44	-0.324	7.44	-1.01%	-1.98	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out d2
16	85	49	Jun 18	CLE		PHA	L,4-5	7-7	BL(9-5)	2	0.2	1	2	2	4	2	0	0	2.88	3.66	7	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.23	-0.404	21.57	-1.62%	-2.27	7t --- 0 out a1	7t 123 2 out d1
17	86	52	Jun 20(2)	CLE		PHA	W,10-0	SHO	W(10-5)	1	9.0	4	0	0	2	10	0	1	2.66	3.50	33	9	7	0	0	4	87			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.181	1.83	0.75%	4.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
18	87	57	Jun 25	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	L(10-6)	4	9.0	7	3	1	1	2	0	0	2.54	3.44	34	16	8	2	0	7	66			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.009	5.82	0.03%	1.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
19	88	62	Jun 30	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	SHO	W(11-6)	4	9.0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.38	3.40	30	14	9	0	0	0	88			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.663	4.86	1.92%	4.93	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	89	64	Jul 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-6	8-8		1	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.38	3.43	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.28	-0.071	15.65	-0.20%	-0.34	8b 12- 2 out a2	8b 123 2 out a2
21	90	66	Jul 5(1)	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	W(12-6)	2	9.0	9	3	2	1	1	0	1	2.35	3.41	36	17	7	1	0	9	59			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	2	0	1	.95	0.210	4.90	0.65%	1.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
22	91	71	Jul 9	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	GS-4	L(12-7)	3	4.0	5	4	4	2	2	1	0	2.53	3.49	19	3	7	1	0	5	36			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.221	5.31	-0.70%	-1.93	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
23	92	73	Jul 11(2)	CLE		SLB	W,5-0	SHO	W(13-7)	1	9.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	1	2.39	3.41	31	10	7	1	0	3	87			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.342	3.47	1.01%	4.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
24	93	75	Jul 15(2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-5	GS-6		3	5.2	4	3	2	5	0	0	0	2.41	3.48	27	12	6	0	0	4	46			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.33	-0.074	10.73	-0.36%	-0.29	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out a1
25	94	79	Jul 18(2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	8-9	BS(2)	2	1.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.45	3.48	7	1	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.25	-0.151	29.15	-0.50%	0.03	8b 1-3 2 out a1	9b 3 out tie
26	95	80	Jul 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-6	GS-2		0	1.1	4	5	5	1	1	0	0	2.70	3.48	9	2	1	1	0	4	26			0	0	0	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.400	6.77	-1.43%	-3.92	1b start a 3	2b --3 1 out d1
27	96	85	Jul 24(1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS-8	L(13-8)	4	7.2	10	6	5	7	1	0	0	2.84	3.56	39	13	8	1	0	10	31			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.60	-0.210	12.17	-0.96%	-1.34	1b start tie	8b 123 2 out tie
28	97	89	Jul 28	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	GS-8	L(13-9)	3	7.1	6	4	2	3	3	0	0	2.82	3.54	30	3	15	3	0	6	54			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.112	9.36	0.46%	1.21	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	98	92	Aug 1(1)	CLE		BOS	W,12-2	CG	W(14-9)	3	9.0	6	2	2	4	3	2	0	2.78	3.67	36	10	13	1	0	6	66			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.33	0.097	2.18	0.38%	2.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
30	99	97	Aug 7	CLE		NYY	L,0-5	GS-8	L(14-10)	5	8.0	8	5	5	4	7	0	0	2.90	3.62	37	10	8	1	0	8	49			2	0	0	33	2	0	1	0	0	1	.71	-0.184	5.47	-0.86%	-0.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out d5
31	100	102	Aug 11(1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	GS-7	W(15-10)	3	6.1	8	5	5	4	3	0	0	3.03	3.63	30	8	7	0	0	8	36			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	.66	0.079	4.27	0.31%	-0.65	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out a4
32	101	109	Aug 15(2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-0	SHO	W(16-10)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.90	3.58	33	14	8	0	0	7	75			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.524	8.74	2.30%	4.60	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
33	102	113	Aug 21	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	GS-9	L(16-11)	5	8.0	6	3	3	3	5	2	0	2.92	3.66	33	12	7	1	0	6	60			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.174	11.32	-0.80%	1.13	1t start tie	9t --- 0 out d1
34	103	117	Aug 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-0	SHO	W(17-11)	3	9.0	4	0	0	5	2	0	0	2.81	3.67	34	9	14	0	0	4	76			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	0	.30	0.160	3.35	1.08%	5.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
35	104	122	Aug 29(1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-0	SHO	W(18-11)	3	9.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.70	3.61	31	13	7	0	0	3	85			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.459	5.30	1.86%	4.65	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
36	105	125	Aug 31	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.69	3.61	4	0	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.041	10.60	0.21%	1.55	9b 12- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
37	106	127	Sep 3(1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-0	SHO	W(19-11)	2	9.0	6	0	0	1	9	0	0	2.59	3.52	34	10	8	0	0	6	83			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.304	5.72	1.52%	4.89	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
38	107	132	Sep 8	CLE		DET	W,8-7	GS-7		4	6.1	7	5	4	8	2	1	0	2.67	3.63	35	12	6	1	0	7	35			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.36	-0.087	5.20	-0.20%	-1.59	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out a3
39	108	136	Sep 11(2)	CLE		SLB	W,9-1	CG	W(20-11)	2	9.0	6	1	1	4	4	0	0	2.61	3.62	36	12	10	1	0	6	71			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.301	5.93	1.32%	3.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
40	109	140	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	GS-7	L(20-12)	2	6.0	10	5	5	2	4	1	0	2.72	3.64	28	6	6	0	0	10	34			0	1	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.279	11.40	-1.65%	-1.29	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out tie
41	110	144	Sep 19(1)	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	GS-8		4	7.2	9	3	3	3	3	0	0	2.74	3.63	34	10	9	1	0	9	49			0	0	0	31	3	0	2	0	0	0	1.49	-0.035	11.67	-0.17%	0.35	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out tie
42	111	148	Sep 24	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	GS-7	L(20-13)	4	6.1	7	4	4	4	2	0	0	2.81	3.63	30	12	5	0	0	7	41			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.231	21.73	-2.31%	-0.88	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out d2
43	112	153	Oct 1	CLE		DET	L,3-5	GS-9	L(20-14)	6	8.1	7	4	3	6	5	0	0	2.82	3.64	36	10	8	1	0	7	54			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.69	-0.050	35.07	-0.63%	1.06	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out a1
							28-15		W-L:20-14,Sv:2,BSv:2	2.8	293.2	231	104	92	129	147	12	3	2.82	3.64	1214	1.44		5%	0%	231	59	7	14%	6	9	0	1069	36	10	6	25	0	13	1.02	2.595	7.15	4.85%	53.69

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