Chet Lemon

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: February 12, 1955 in Jackson, MS us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (22nd) of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Fremont HS (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Fremont HS (Los Angeles, CA)

School: Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)

Debut: September 9, 1975 (Age 20-209d, 13,705th in major league history)
vs. CAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1990 (Age 35-233d)
vs. NYY 5 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Full Name: Chester Earl Lemon

Nicknames: The Jet

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

55.7

6868

1875

215

.273

973

RBI

884

OBP

.355

SLG

.442

OPS

.797

OPS+

121

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

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	CHW		KCR	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
2	2	Apr 13	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
3	3	Apr 14	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	CF
4	4	Apr 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
5	5	Apr 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
6	6	Apr 18	CHW	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
7	7	Apr 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
8	8	Apr 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,7-10	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
9	9	Apr 23	CHW		BOS	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
10	10	Apr 28	CHW		MIL	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
11	11	Apr 29	CHW		MIL	L,5-8	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
12	12	Apr 30	CHW		DET	W,8-4	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	14 (1)	May 4	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
14	18 (3)	May 9	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR CF
15	19	May 10	CHW	@	TEX	W,7-6	GF	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
16	20	May 11	CHW	@	TEX	L,5-6	CG	40	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
17	21	May 13	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-13	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
18	23 (1)	May 15	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-2	GS	46	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
19	24	May 16	CHW	@	KCR	W,4-3	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR CF
20	25	May 17	CHW		CAL	L,5-10	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
21	28 (2)	May 20	CHW		MIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
22	29	May 21	CHW		OAK	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
23	30	May 22	CHW		OAK	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
24	31	May 23 (1)	CHW		OAK	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
25	32	May 23 (2)	CHW		OAK	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
26	33	May 24	CHW	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
27	36 (2)	May 27	CHW	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
28	37	May 28	CHW	@	OAK	L,0-11	GS	16	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
29	39 (1)	May 30	CHW	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	50	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
30	40	May 31	CHW		TEX	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	41	Jun 1	CHW		TEX	L,5-6	GS	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
32	43 (1)	Jun 4	CHW		CLE	W,4-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
33	44	Jun 5	CHW		CLE	L,3-5	CG	45	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
34	45	Jun 6 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
35	46	Jun 6 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
36	47	Jun 8	CHW	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
37	48	Jun 9	CHW	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
38	49	Jun 10	CHW	@	MIL	W,12-5	GS	22	5.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF
39	50	Jun 11	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	GF	20	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	CF
40	51	Jun 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
41	52	Jun 13 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
42	53	Jun 13 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
43	54	Jun 15	CHW		BAL	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
44	55	Jun 16	CHW		BAL	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
45	56	Jun 17	CHW		NYY	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
46	57	Jun 18	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	58	14.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
47	58	Jun 19	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
48	59	Jun 20	CHW		NYY	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
49	60	Jun 21	CHW	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
50	61	Jun 22	CHW	@	KCR	W,14-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
51	62	Jun 23 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	CF
52	63	Jun 23 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
53	64	Jun 24	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
54	65	Jun 25 (1)	CHW	@	TEX	L,4-8	CG	40	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	CF
55	66	Jun 25 (2)	CHW	@	TEX	W,14-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
56	67	Jun 26	CHW	@	TEX	L,0-1	CG	33	9.1	6	1	0	7	0	CF
57	68	Jun 27	CHW	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
58	69	Jun 29	CHW		CAL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
59	70	Jun 30	CHW		CAL	L,1-2	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	71	Jul 1	CHW		CAL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
61	72	Jul 2	CHW		TEX	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
62	73	Jul 3	CHW		TEX	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
63	74	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		TEX	W,7-6	CG	56	12.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
64	75	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		TEX	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
65	76	Jul 5	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
66	77	Jul 6	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
67	78	Jul 7	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-3	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
68	79	Jul 8	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
69	80	Jul 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
70	81	Jul 10	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
71	82	Jul 11	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
72	83	Jul 15	CHW		MIL	W,5-3	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
73	84	Jul 16	CHW		MIL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
74	85	Jul 17	CHW		MIL	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
75	86	Jul 18	CHW		MIL	W,13-3	GS	13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
76	88 (1)	Jul 20	CHW		NYY	L,9-14	CG	50	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
77	89	Jul 21 (1)	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
78	90	Jul 21 (2)	CHW		DET	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
79	91	Jul 22 (1)	CHW		DET	W,9-3	GS	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
80	96 (4)	Jul 25 (2)	CHW		MIN	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
81	101 (4)	Jul 31	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	43	10.2	5	0	0	5	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	102	Aug 1	CHW	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
83	103	Aug 3	CHW		OAK	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
84	104	Aug 4	CHW		OAK	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
85	105	Aug 6 (1)	CHW		KCR	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
86	106	Aug 6 (2)	CHW		KCR	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
87	107	Aug 7	CHW		KCR	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
88	108	Aug 8 (1)	CHW		KCR	W,5-2	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
89	112 (3)	Aug 13	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	CF
90	113	Aug 14 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
91	114	Aug 14 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
92	115	Aug 15	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
93	116	Aug 16	CHW		BOS	L,5-12	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
94	117	Aug 17 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
95	118	Aug 17 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,7-11	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	CF
96	119	Aug 18	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
97	120	Aug 19	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
98	121	Aug 20	CHW		BAL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
99	122	Aug 21	CHW		BAL	W,11-10	GS	51	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
100	124 (1)	Aug 22 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
101	125	Aug 23	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
102	126	Aug 24	CHW	@	DET	W,12-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
103	127	Aug 25	CHW	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
104	128	Aug 27	CHW	@	MIL	W,5-2	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
105	129	Aug 28	CHW	@	MIL	L,8-10	CG	44	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
106	130	Aug 29	CHW	@	MIL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
107	131	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	43	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
108	133 (1)	Sep 3	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-11	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH CF
109	134	Sep 4	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
110	135	Sep 5	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-18	CG	52	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
111	136	Sep 6	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	CF
112	137	Sep 7	CHW	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
113	138	Sep 8	CHW	@	OAK	W,6-5	GS	22	3.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
114	139	Sep 9	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
115	140	Sep 10	CHW		CAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
116	141	Sep 11	CHW		CAL	L,3-7	GS	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
117	142	Sep 12 (1)	CHW		CAL	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
118	143	Sep 12 (2)	CHW		CAL	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
119	148 (4)	Sep 16	CHW		TEX	L,4-5	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
120	149	Sep 17	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
121	150	Sep 18	CHW	@	KCR	L,5-6	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
122	151	Sep 19	CHW	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	CF
123	152	Sep 21	CHW		MIN	L,6-13	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
124	154 (1)	Sep 23	CHW		MIN	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
125	155	Sep 24	CHW		OAK	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
126	156	Sep 25	CHW		OAK	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	CF
127	157	Sep 29	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
128	158	Sep 30	CHW	@	CAL	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
129	159	Oct 1	CHW	@	TEX	L,8-11	CG	47	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
130	160	Oct 2	CHW	@	TEX	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
131	161	Oct 3	CHW	@	TEX	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
							131gm		1043.0	358	12	3	373	1