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: 27-10 / in Starts: 24-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 36, Entered with runners on base: 3

1949 Pitching Game Log

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1949 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	113	2	Apr 20	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	3	3	3	6	2	1	3.00	5.40	36	7	12	0	0	7	64			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.278	2.62	0.41%	1.99	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
2	114	6	Apr 26	CLE		SLB	W,1-0	SHO	W(2-0)	5	9.0	5	0	0	4	6	0	0	1.50	3.96	34	12	7	1	0	5	79			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.39	0.754	3.61	1.18%	4.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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	115	10	May 1	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(2-1)	4	8.0	2	3	3	4	3	1	0	2.08	4.24	29	13	7	1	0	2	65			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.027	1.89	0.05%	1.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
4	116	13	May 7	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	GS-11		5	11.0	9	3	3	4	3	0	0	2.19	3.89	45	20	9	0	0	9	66			0	0	0	41	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.79	0.570	5.75	1.10%	2.70	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
5	117	17	May 11	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	GS-1		3	0.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.43	3.97	1	0	0	0	0	0	45			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.035	2.62	-0.06%	-0.39	1t start tie	1t 1-- 0 out tie
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
6	118	37	Jun 2	CLE		BOS	W,8-3	CG	W(3-1)	21	9.0	5	3	3	6	3	1	0	2.54	4.23	36	18	4	0	0	5	62			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	.62	0.103	.93	0.09%	1.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
7	119	43	Jun 7	CLE		WSH	W,13-11	GS-4		4	3.0	2	5	4	7	0	0	0	3.12	4.55	19	6	4	0	0	2	30			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.54	-0.273	1.87	-0.20%	-2.29	1t start tie	4t 123 0 out a1
8	120	44	Jun 8	CLE		WSH	W,8-3	CG	W(4-1)	0	9.0	7	3	2	2	5	1	0	2.95	4.39	35	13	8	1	0	7	66			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	0	.47	0.211	.66	0.18%	1.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
9	121	47	Jun 12(1)	CLE		NYY	W,6-0	SHO	W(5-1)	3	9.0	6	0	0	0	8	0	0	2.55	3.90	33	14	5	0	0	6	83			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	1	.84	0.484	1.13	0.39%	4.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
10	122	50	Jun 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-5	8-GF	S(1)	2	1.2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.49	3.92	7	2	2	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.97	0.336	4.75	0.32%	1.57	8b --3 1 out a1	9b end a 3
11	123	52	Jun 17	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-4	GS-7	W(6-1)	1	6.0	5	4	4	6	2	1	1	2.77	4.21	29	10	5	0	0	5	42			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.048	2.54	0.08%	-1.33	1b start a 3	7b -23 0 out a5
12	124	56	Jun 21	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-8	GS-6	L(6-2)	3	6.0	8	6	5	6	6	1	0	3.12	4.32	32	8	4	0	0	8	34			4	0	0	26	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.02	-0.289	2.22	-0.38%	-2.93	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
13	125	57	Jun 22	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-3	8-GF(14)	BW(7-2)	0	7.0	4	1	1	7	4	0	0	2.98	4.32	31	12	4	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	24	1	0	3	1	0	0	3.14	0.523	6.00	0.60%	2.97	8b 1-- 0 out a1	14b end a 4
14	126	60	Jun 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	8-GF	L(7-3)	2	1.1	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	3.13	4.45	8	2	1	1	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.36	-0.121	7.72	-0.17%	-0.64	8b --3 1 out tie	9b end d 2
15	127	62	Jun 28	CLE		DET	W,4-2	CG	W(8-3)	2	9.0	8	2	2	0	4	1	1	3.03	4.36	35	13	9	0	0	8	67			0	1	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	.98	0.400	2.51	0.62%	2.66	1t start tie	9t 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
16	128	67	Jul 2	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	GS-9	L(8-4)	3	8.1	8	4	3	4	6	1	1	3.05	4.36	36	14	3	0	0	8	55			0	0	0	28	1	0	2	2	0	1	1.01	0.160	1.88	0.18%	0.12	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out d4
17	129	74	Jul 7	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	W(9-4)	4	9.0	9	2	2	3	2	0	0	2.97	4.26	38	12	12	2	0	9	60			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	.51	0.224	1.22	0.32%	2.56	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
18	130	77	Jul 14	CLE		PHA	W,7-1	CG	W(10-4)	6	9.0	3	1	1	4	3	0	0	2.82	4.18	34	19	5	0	0	3	76			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	2	.54	0.250	2.08	0.58%	3.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
19	131	83	Jul 19	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	W(11-4)	4	9.0	7	4	3	6	2	1	0	2.84	4.27	39	10	14	1	0	7	55			0	1	0	32	1	0	2	1	0	1	1.68	0.002	10.79	0.01%	0.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
20	132	88	Jul 24(1)	CLE		WSH	W,7-5	GS-9	W(12-4)	4	8.1	9	5	5	2	1	2	0	2.99	4.38	35	12	11	1	0	9	44			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.25	-0.270	4.69	-0.61%	-1.27	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a2
21	133	91	Jul 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(12-5)	3	8.0	6	3	3	7	4	0	0	3.01	4.37	38	12	9	0	0	6	55			0	0	0	31	1	2	0	1	0	2	1.21	-0.018	9.17	-0.08%	1.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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
22	134	96	Aug 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(12-6)	3	8.0	10	4	4	3	2	0	0	3.08	4.31	36	9	12	1	0	10	45			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.078	5.63	-0.22%	0.56	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
23	135	98	Aug 4(1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-3	9-GF(12)	W(13-6)	2	4.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.01	4.27	14	7	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.09	0.462	9.39	1.25%	2.05	9b --- 0 out tie	12b end a 3
24	136	101	Aug 6	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(13-7)	1	8.0	7	2	2	3	0	0	0	2.97	4.24	31	15	6	1	0	7	57			0	1	0	27	0	1	0	2	0	0	.75	0.117	4.01	0.37%	2.10	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
25	137	105	Aug 10	CLE		SLB	L,4-5	CG	L(13-8)	3	9.0	10	5	5	4	2	1	0	3.07	4.27	40	19	5	1	0	10	45			0	0	0	35	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.18	-0.231	4.69	-0.55%	-0.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
26	138	108	Aug 14(1)	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	W(14-8)	3	9.0	6	3	3	4	4	0	0	3.07	4.21	38	15	9	2	0	6	63			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.60	0.377	4.17	0.59%	1.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
27	139	114	Aug 18	CLE	@	SLB	W,14-4	CG	W(15-8)	3	9.0	7	4	3	6	4	0	0	3.07	4.18	41	10	14	1	0	7	57			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	.16	0.099	.48	0.18%	0.99	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a10
28	140	118	Aug 23	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	GS-7	L(15-9)	4	7.0	9	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.09	4.12	30	9	9	1	0	9	48			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.001	2.57	0.00%	0.63	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
29	141	123	Aug 28	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG(11)	W(16-9)	4	11.0	5	1	1	5	8	0	0	2.98	4.03	42	16	8	0	0	5	86			1	0	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	0.753	2.55	0.75%	4.70	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
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
30	142	128	Sep 1	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG(11)	W(17-9)	3	11.0	6	1	1	4	5	1	0	2.87	4.03	42	18	9	0	0	6	82			2	0	0	38	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.61	0.680	3.34	0.85%	4.70	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
31	143	132	Sep 5(2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-4	CG	W(18-9)	3	9.0	4	4	4	3	6	2	0	2.91	4.07	33	14	6	0	0	4	66			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.158	1.79	0.19%	0.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
32	144	136	Sep 10	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	W(19-9)	4	9.0	5	1	1	5	5	0	0	2.84	4.03	35	12	8	1	0	5	73			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.55	0.710	1.49	0.41%	3.99	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
33	145	139	Sep 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-6	GS-8	W(20-9)	4	7.1	6	6	5	5	4	2	0	2.94	4.12	32	13	4	0	0	6	43			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	1	.96	0.160	.17	0.02%	-2.06	1b start tie	8b --- 1 out a2
34	146	144	Sep 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-5	GS-6	L(20-10)	4	5.2	4	5	5	4	2	0	0	3.05	4.11	25	13	2	0	0	4	39			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.215	.00	0.00%	-1.93	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out d4
35	147	148	Sep 25	CLE		DET	W,7-1	CG	W(21-10)	4	9.0	5	1	1	4	11	0	0	2.98	4.02	34	7	7	1	0	5	80			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.438	.00	0.00%	3.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
36	148	150	Sep 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	W(22-10)	2	9.0	5	2	1	3	6	0	2	2.92	3.98	34	14	4	1	0	5	74			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.01	0.359	.00	0.00%	2.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
37	149	154	Oct 2	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	GS-6		3	5.0	7	4	4	2	5	0	0	2.99	3.94	24	7	3	0	0	7	40			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.222	.00	0.00%	-1.71	1b start a 1	6b 1-3 0 out a1
							27-10		W-L:22-10,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.1	279.2	211	101	93	137	138	19	6	2.99	3.94	1161	1.76		3%	0%	211	59	3	0%	9	5	0	1004	31	5	10	35	0	15	1.18	6.932	3.07	8.43%	47.37

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