Jim Lemon

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 200lb (193cm, 90kg)

Born: March 23, 1928 in Covington, VA us

Died: May 14, 2006 in Brandon, MS

Buried: Emory United Methodist Church Cemetery, Alleghany County, VA

High School: Covington HS (Covington, VA)

Debut: August 20, 1950 (Age 22-150d, 10,733rd in major league history)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1963 (Age 35-190d)
vs. WSA 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: James Robert Lemon

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.0

3445

901

164

.262

446

RBI

529

OBP

.332

SLG

.460

OPS

.792

OPS+

114

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

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	MIN	@	NYY	W,6-0	GS	22	6.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
2	2	Apr 14	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
3	3	Apr 15	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
4	4	Apr 16 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	W,10-5	GS	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
5	5	Apr 16 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	W,6-4	GS	22	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
6	6	Apr 18	MIN	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	7	Apr 21	MIN		WSA	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	8	Apr 22	MIN		WSA	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
9	9	Apr 23	MIN		WSA	W,1-0	GS	24	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
10	10	Apr 24	MIN	@	KCA	W,10-6	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
11	11	Apr 25	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-20	CG	50	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
12	12	Apr 27	MIN	@	LAA	W,4-2	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
13	13	Apr 28	MIN	@	LAA	L,5-6	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	16 (2)	May 1	MIN		CHW	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
15	17	May 2	MIN		NYY	L,4-6	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
16	18	May 3	MIN		NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
17	19	May 4	MIN		NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
18	20	May 5	MIN		BOS	W,5-1	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
19	21	May 7	MIN		BOS	L,9-11	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
20	23 (1)	May 10	MIN		BAL	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
21	24	May 11	MIN		BAL	L,7-8	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
22	25	May 12	MIN		LAA	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	LF
23	26	May 13	MIN		LAA	W,13-6	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
24	27	May 14	MIN		LAA	W,4-3	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	28	May 15	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-0	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
26	29	May 16	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	30	May 18	MIN		KCA	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	35 (4)	May 22	MIN		CLE	L,5-7	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	36	May 23	MIN		DET	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
30	37	May 24	MIN		DET	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
31	38	May 25	MIN		DET	W,7-6	CG	46	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
32	39	May 26	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
33	40	May 27	MIN	@	WSA	L,4-14	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	41	May 28	MIN	@	WSA	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	42	May 30 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	45 (2)	Jun 3	MIN	@	DET	L,1-2	GS	34	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF LF
37	47 (1)	Jun 4 (2)	MIN	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
38	48	Jun 5 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	49	Jun 5 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
40	50	Jun 6	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
41	54 (3)	Jun 11 (1)	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	55	Jun 11 (2)	MIN	@	BOS	W,10-5	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	56	Jun 12	MIN	@	BOS	L,8-10	GS	38	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
44	57	Jun 13	MIN		KCA	W,8-6	GS	34	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	58	Jun 14	MIN		KCA	L,2-9	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
46	59	Jun 15	MIN		KCA	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	60	Jun 16	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-1	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
48	61	Jun 17	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	62	Jun 18 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	63	Jun 18 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	L,7-10	GS	32	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	64	Jun 20	MIN		BAL	W,5-4	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
52	65	Jun 21	MIN		BAL	L,5-11	GS	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
53	66	Jun 22	MIN		BAL	L,2-8	GS	34	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
54	67	Jun 23	MIN		NYY	W,4-0	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
55	68	Jun 24	MIN		NYY	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
56	69	Jun 25	MIN		NYY	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
57	70	Jun 27 (1)	MIN		BOS	W,6-5	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
58	71	Jun 27 (2)	MIN		BOS	W,6-3	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
59	72	Jun 28	MIN		BOS	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
60	74 (1)	Jun 30	MIN	@	KCA	W,8-2	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	75	Jul 1	MIN	@	KCA	W,9-3	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
62	76	Jul 2	MIN	@	KCA	L,7-8	CG	46	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	LF
63	77	Jul 3	MIN		CHW	W,7-6	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
64	78	Jul 4 (1)	MIN		CHW	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
65	79	Jul 4 (2)	MIN		CHW	W,4-2	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
66	80	Jul 5	MIN		LAA	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
67	81	Jul 6	MIN		LAA	L,11-12	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
68	82	Jul 7	MIN	@	WSA	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	83	Jul 8	MIN	@	WSA	L,2-3	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
70	84	Jul 9	MIN	@	WSA	W,7-1	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
71	85	Jul 13	MIN	@	CLE	W,9-6	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
72	86	Jul 14	MIN	@	DET	W,5-2	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
73	87	Jul 15	MIN	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	88	Jul 16 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
75	90 (1)	Jul 18	MIN	@	LAA	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
76	91	Jul 19 (1)	MIN	@	LAA	W,6-0	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
77	93 (1)	Jul 21	MIN		CLE	W,4-3	GS	23	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
78	94	Jul 22	MIN		CLE	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
79	97 (2)	Jul 26	MIN		WSA	W,10-9	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
80	98	Jul 27	MIN		WSA	W,5-2	GS	26	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
81	99	Jul 28	MIN	@	DET	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
82	100	Jul 29	MIN	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
83	101	Jul 30	MIN	@	DET	W,4-0	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	102	Aug 2 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
85	103	Aug 2 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
86	104	Aug 3	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-3	GS	23	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
87	105	Aug 4	MIN	@	NYY	L,5-8	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
88	106	Aug 5	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
89	107	Aug 6 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
90	109 (1)	Aug 7 (1)	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
91	110	Aug 7 (2)	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
92	111	Aug 8	MIN	@	BOS	W,6-5	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
93	112	Aug 9	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
94	113	Aug 10	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
95	114	Aug 11	MIN		DET	W,2-1	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
96	116 (1)	Aug 13	MIN		DET	W,13-5	GS	29	6.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF
97	117	Aug 14	MIN		KCA	W,6-2	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
98	118	Aug 15	MIN		KCA	W,9-4	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
99	119	Aug 16	MIN		KCA	L,7-12	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
100	120	Aug 18	MIN	@	LAA	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
101	121	Aug 19	MIN	@	LAA	W,5-3	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
102	123 (1)	Aug 22	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	27	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
103	129 (5)	Aug 29	MIN		NYY	W,3-0	GS	23	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
104	130	Aug 30	MIN		NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
105	131	Aug 31	MIN		NYY	W,5-4	GS	31	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	132	Sep 1	MIN		BOS	W,5-1	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
107	133	Sep 2	MIN		BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
108	134	Sep 3	MIN		BOS	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
109	135	Sep 4 (1)	MIN		CHW	W,9-5	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
110	136	Sep 4 (2)	MIN		CHW	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
111	137	Sep 5	MIN		CHW	T,3-3	GS	31	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
112	140 (2)	Sep 8	MIN	@	KCA	L,4-6	GS	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
113	141	Sep 9	MIN	@	KCA	W,5-4	GS	37	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
114	142	Sep 10 (1)	MIN	@	KCA	L,1-13	CG	45	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
115	144 (1)	Sep 11	MIN		LAA	W,5-2	GS	20	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
116	145	Sep 14 (1)	MIN		LAA	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
117	147 (1)	Sep 15	MIN	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
118	148	Sep 16	MIN	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
119	153 (4)	Sep 23 (1)	MIN		WSA	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
120	154	Sep 23 (2)	MIN		WSA	W,10-0	GS	10	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
							121gm		904.1	186	6	12	204	0