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: 23-16 / in Starts: 20-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 2

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 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	390	1	Apr 17	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	7	2	2	2	7	0	0	2.57	1.23	30	7	7	1	0	7	60			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.076	3.09	0.12%	1.70	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
2	391	6	Apr 22(2)	CLE		DET	W,5-2	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	9	2	2	1	5	1	0	2.25	2.25	35	15	5	1	2	9	65			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	4	0	2	.77	0.298	1.47	0.34%	2.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
3	392	11	Apr 29(2)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	W(2-1)	6	9.0	7	4	4	2	1	1	1	2.88	3.09	37	12	14	1	3	7	56			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.203	.72	0.31%	0.75	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a4
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
4	393	15	May 5	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	4	1	1	2	4	1	0	2.38	3.22	32	14	8	1	0	4	77			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.583	3.33	1.01%	3.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
5	394	19	May 10	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	8	2	2	2	5	2	0	2.30	3.56	36	12	9	1	1	8	66			0	1	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.341	2.69	0.76%	2.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
6	395	24	May 14	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	W(5-1)	3	9.0	3	2	2	3	5	2	0	2.25	3.83	32	12	9	0	1	3	75			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.39	0.459	5.84	1.16%	2.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
7	396	28	May 20(1)	CLE		BAL	W,6-1	CG	W(6-1)	5	9.0	7	1	1	3	5	0	1	2.07	3.65	38	14	8	1	0	7	71			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.12	0.343	4.12	0.76%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
8	397	33	May 27(1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-7		6	6.2	9	3	3	4	1	0	1	2.26	3.71	33	10	8	0	0	9	41			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.011	5.24	0.03%	0.24	1b start a 1	7b 12- 2 out a1
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
9	398	38	Jun 1	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS-8	L(6-2)	4	7.1	11	5	4	3	3	0	1	2.52	3.66	37	13	6	1	1	11	38			1	1	0	31	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.14	-0.226	2.72	-0.32%	-1.67	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out d3
10	399	43	Jun 5	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-3	CG	W(7-2)	3	9.0	9	3	2	3	2	1	0	2.46	3.74	38	15	9	1	0	9	58			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	1	0	.66	0.126	2.12	0.24%	1.28	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a5
11	400	48	Jun 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-6	GS-6	L(7-3)	4	6.0	9	5	5	2	0	2	0	2.80	4.00	28	8	9	1	0	9	32			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.59	-0.201	3.23	-0.66%	-1.96	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
12	401	53	Jun 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,9-10	GS-4	L(7-4)	3	4.0	11	8	7	2	4	1	0	3.35	4.05	25	3	5	0	0	11	12			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.00	-0.516	3.84	-1.19%	-5.66	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
13	402	57	Jun 19	CLE		BOS	W,9-7	GS-9	W(8-4)	4	8.2	8	7	4	3	3	1	0	3.42	4.06	38	16	8	0	0	8	46			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	1	1	.43	-0.050	.91	-0.06%	-2.59	1t start tie	9t --3 2 out a2
14	403	62	Jun 24	CLE		WSH	W,7-2	CG(6)	W(9-4)	4	6.0	4	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.40	4.07	24	4	10	1	1	4	58			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.222	1.66	0.34%	1.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
15	404	66	Jun 29(2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-13	GS-2	L(9-5)	4	1.2	6	4	4	1	1	0	1	3.67	4.08	13	2	2	1	0	6	27			1	0	0	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.289	5.02	-0.77%	-3.45	1t start tie	2t 1-3 2 out d4
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	405	69	Jul 1(2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	CG	W(10-5)	1	9.0	5	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.47	3.95	37	13	11	1	0	5	75			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	.79	0.287	3.04	0.66%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
17	406	73	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	L,7-13	GS-2	L(10-6)	3	1.0	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	3.81	3.93	8	1	2	0	1	5	23			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.358	3.84	-0.75%	-3.82	1b start a 4	2b 1-3 0 out a1
18	407	76	Jul 8	CLE	@	KCA	W,17-3	8-GF	S(1)	2	2.0	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	3.83	4.03	9	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.05	8b --- 0 out a15	9b end a14
19	408	77	Jul 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-9	GS-6	L(10-7)	3	5.1	7	7	5	4	3	0	0	4.02	4.01	28	8	6	1	0	7	29			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.22	-0.366	6.18	-1.12%	-2.54	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out d1
20	409	79	Jul 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	8-8		1	0.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.01	4.05	4	2	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.41	-0.256	12.76	-0.57%	-0.68	8b -2- 2 out tie	8b 3 out d1
21	410	82	Jul 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	W(11-7)	1	9.0	5	3	2	4	1	1	0	3.88	4.11	35	16	9	1	0	5	64			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	1	.68	0.325	1.04	0.30%	2.26	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
22	411	84	Jul 18(2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-1	8-GF	S(2)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.82	4.04	6	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.004	.03	0.00%	1.00	8b --- 0 out a7	9b end a10
23	412	86	Jul 21(1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	W(12-7)	2	9.0	8	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.77	4.04	37	18	7	0	0	8	59			0	0	0	35	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.03	0.218	1.37	0.17%	1.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
24	413	91	Jul 26	CLE		WSH	W,1-0	SHO(7)	W(13-7)	4	7.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.60	3.96	27	8	9	0	2	5	68			0	0	0	23	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.46	0.462	3.58	0.68%	3.73	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
25	414	96	Jul 30	CLE		NYY	L,6-13	GS-2	L(13-8)	3	1.1	4	7	1	2	1	1	0	3.63	4.06	12	4	0	0	0	4	29			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.42	-0.394	5.39	-0.90%	-6.22	1t start tie	2t --- 1 out d7
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
26	415	98	Aug 1	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	W(14-8)	1	9.0	6	1	1	3	2	1	0	3.48	4.08	32	12	9	0	0	6	70			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	4	0	0	.67	0.257	2.42	0.56%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
27	416	102	Aug 5	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	GS-6	L(14-9)	3	6.0	5	2	2	2	0	2	0	3.47	4.20	24	11	6	0	0	5	52			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	1	.95	0.059	2.86	0.11%	1.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
28	417	107	Aug 10	CLE	@	KCA	W,11-0	GS-7	W(15-9)	4	7.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.33	4.11	29	11	6	1	0	5	70			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	.96	0.390	1.26	0.31%	3.66	1b start tie	7b 3 out a5
29	418	111	Aug 15	CLE		DET	L,0-1	CG	L(15-10)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.22	4.01	33	14	9	1	0	6	73			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.312	1.39	0.22%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
30	419	115	Aug 19(1)	CLE		KCA	W,5-2	CG	W(16-10)	3	9.0	5	2	2	3	3	1	0	3.16	4.02	33	13	9	2	0	5	69			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.243	.59	0.09%	2.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
31	420	119	Aug 23	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(16-11)	3	8.0	3	2	2	7	1	0	0	3.13	4.04	34	17	6	0	0	3	62			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.42	0.114	1.71	0.08%	2.68	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
32	421	123	Aug 27	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	W(17-11)	3	9.0	8	2	1	1	6	0	0	3.04	3.93	36	9	12	6	1	8	70			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	.94	0.361	1.77	0.41%	2.51	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
33	422	125	Aug 29	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-2	9-GF	S(3)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.03	3.92	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.41	0.094	5.27	0.09%	0.22	9b 1-- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
Sept				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
34	423	128	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	W(18-11)	2	9.0	9	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.95	3.86	35	14	10	3	0	9	65			0	0	0	34	3	1	0	0	0	1	.98	0.403	1.18	0.29%	3.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
35	424	133	Sep 7	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	L(18-12)	5	9.0	6	2	2	2	1	0	1	2.91	3.83	36	18	8	1	0	6	66			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.184	.52	0.05%	2.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
36	425	137	Sep 11	CLE		BAL	W,3-1	CG	W(19-12)	3	9.0	6	1	1	4	0	1	0	2.84	3.88	33	9	14	1	0	6	67			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.15	0.472	.06	0.01%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
37	426	143	Sep 16(1)	CLE		NYY	L,3-10	GS-6	L(19-13)	4	5.2	7	5	5	4	1	0	0	2.96	3.89	26	6	8	3	0	7	32			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	2	0	.91	-0.181	.00	0.00%	-2.26	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d5
38	427	147	Sep 19	CLE		WSH	W,6-0	SHO(7)	W(20-13)	2	7.0	5	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.88	3.86	28	12	8	2	2	5	66			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.04	0.432	.00	0.00%	3.73	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
39	428	150	Sep 23	CLE	@	DET	L,1-11	GS-3	L(20-14)	3	2.1	7	6	5	1	0	1	0	3.03	3.91	16	6	2	0	1	7	20			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.323	.00	0.00%	-4.70	1b start tie	3b --- 1 out d6
							23-16		W-L:20-14,Sv:3	3.2	255.2	230	103	86	89	95	23	6	3.03	3.91	1075	1.41		5%	2%	230	55	2	50%	5	4	0	962	34	4	2	28	7	21	.97	4.119	2.28	2.74%	31.65

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