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.

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
2	2	Apr 9	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	48	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
3	3	Apr 10	DET		BOS	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
4	4	Apr 11	DET	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
5	6 (1)	Apr 13	DET	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
6	7	Apr 14	DET	@	CHW	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
7	8	Apr 16	DET	@	CHW	L,4-10	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
8	9	Apr 17	DET	@	CHW	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
9	10	Apr 18	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
10	11	Apr 19	DET		CLE	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
11	12	Apr 21	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
12	13	Apr 22	DET	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
13	14	Apr 23	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
14	15	Apr 25	DET		CHW	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
15	16	Apr 26	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	45	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
16	17	Apr 27	DET		CHW	W,4-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
17	18	Apr 29	DET		KCR	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
18	19	Apr 30	DET		KCR	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	22 (2)	May 4	DET		MIN	W,4-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
20	23	May 5	DET	@	TEX	W,10-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
21	25 (1)	May 7	DET	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
22	26	May 9	DET	@	MIN	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
23	27	May 10	DET	@	MIN	L,2-12	GS	42	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
24	28	May 11	DET	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
25	29	May 12	DET	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
26	30	May 13	DET	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	41	10.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
27	31	May 14	DET		TEX	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
28	32	May 15	DET		TEX	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
29	33	May 16	DET		CAL	L,1-11	CG	50	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
30	34	May 17	DET		CAL	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
31	35	May 20	DET		SEA	W,12-0	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
32	36	May 21	DET		SEA	W,6-4	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
33	40 (3)	May 25	DET		OAK	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
34	44 (3)	May 30	DET	@	SEA	L,7-8	CG	54	11.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
35	45	May 31	DET	@	SEA	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	47 (1)	Jun 2	DET	@	OAK	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
37	48	Jun 3	DET	@	OAK	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
38	49	Jun 4	DET	@	OAK	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
39	50	Jun 6	DET		TOR	L,2-12	GS	26	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
40	59 (8)	Jun 15	DET	@	TOR	L,6-9	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
41	61 (1)	Jun 17	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	GF	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH CF
42	62	Jun 18	DET	@	BAL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
43	63	Jun 19	DET	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
44	64	Jun 20	DET	@	MIL	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
45	65	Jun 21	DET	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
46	67 (1)	Jun 24	DET		BAL	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
47	68	Jun 25	DET		BAL	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	CF
48	69	Jun 26	DET		BAL	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
49	70	Jun 27	DET		MIL	W,4-2	CG	44	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
50	71	Jun 28	DET		MIL	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
51	72	Jun 29 (1)	DET		MIL	W,9-5	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
52	73	Jun 29 (2)	DET		MIL	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
53	74	Jun 30	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	75	Jul 1	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	44	9.1	2	0	1	3	0	CF
55	76	Jul 2	DET	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
56	77	Jul 3	DET	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
57	78	Jul 4	DET	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
58	79	Jul 5	DET	@	TEX	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
59	80	Jul 6	DET	@	TEX	W,5-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
60	81	Jul 7	DET	@	MIN	L,8-10	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
61	82	Jul 8	DET	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
62	83	Jul 9	DET	@	MIN	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
63	86 (2)	Jul 12	DET	@	KCR	L,4-7	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
64	89 (2)	Jul 18	DET		TEX	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
65	90	Jul 19	DET		TEX	W,5-3	GS	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
66	91	Jul 20	DET		TEX	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
67	92	Jul 21	DET		MIN	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
68	93	Jul 22	DET		MIN	W,3-0	GS	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
69	94	Jul 23	DET		MIN	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
70	95	Jul 24	DET		KCR	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
71	96	Jul 25	DET		KCR	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
72	97	Jul 26	DET		KCR	W,4-3	GS	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
73	98	Jul 27	DET		KCR	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
74	99	Jul 28	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
75	100	Jul 29	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	GF	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
76	102 (1)	Jul 31	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	GF	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	103	Aug 1	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
78	104	Aug 2	DET	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
79	105	Aug 3	DET	@	CHW	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
80	106	Aug 5 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-5	GS	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
81	111 (4)	Aug 9	DET		BOS	L,7-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
82	112	Aug 10	DET		BOS	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	CF
83	113	Aug 11	DET		BOS	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
84	114	Aug 12	DET		CHW	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
85	115	Aug 13	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
86	117 (1)	Aug 15	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
87	118	Aug 16	DET	@	BOS	W,12-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
88	119	Aug 17	DET	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
89	120	Aug 19 (1)	DET		CAL	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
90	122 (1)	Aug 20	DET		CAL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
91	124 (1)	Aug 22	DET		SEA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
92	125	Aug 23	DET		SEA	W,14-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
93	126	Aug 24	DET		SEA	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
94	127	Aug 25	DET		OAK	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
95	128	Aug 26	DET		OAK	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
96	130 (1)	Aug 29	DET	@	CAL	L,12-13	CG	45	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	CF
97	131	Aug 30	DET	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	32	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
98	132	Aug 31	DET	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	134 (1)	Sep 2	DET	@	SEA	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
100	136 (1)	Sep 5	DET	@	OAK	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
101	137	Sep 6	DET	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	44	9.2	4	1	0	5	1	CF
102	138	Sep 7	DET	@	OAK	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
103	139	Sep 9	DET		MIL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
104	140	Sep 10	DET		MIL	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
105	141	Sep 11	DET		MIL	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
106	142	Sep 12	DET		BAL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
107	143	Sep 13	DET		BAL	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
108	144	Sep 14	DET		BAL	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
109	145	Sep 16	DET	@	TOR	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
110	146	Sep 17	DET	@	TOR	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
111	147	Sep 19	DET		NYY	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
112	148	Sep 20	DET		NYY	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	CF
113	149	Sep 21	DET		NYY	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH CF
114	150	Sep 22	DET		TOR	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
115	151	Sep 23	DET		TOR	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
116	153 (1)	Sep 25	DET		TOR	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
117	154	Sep 26	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
118	155	Sep 27	DET	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	36	10.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
119	156	Sep 28	DET	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
120	158 (1)	Oct 1	DET	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
121	159	Oct 2	DET	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
122	160	Oct 3	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
123	161	Oct 4	DET	@	BAL	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
124	162	Oct 5	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
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