Bob Lemon
Robert Granville Lemon
Born: September 22, 1920
San Bernardino, CA USA
Deceased: 2000
Long Beach, CA USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, 3B, RF, CF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: R
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 180
Career: 1941-1958
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976.
Minor League Statistics
Bob Lemon compiled a career record of 207 wins and 128 losses in his 615-game career with the Cleveland Indians. He began playing during the 1941 season and last took the field during the 1958 campaign. Lemon was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1946 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.49 | 32 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 94.0 | 77 | 40 | 26 | 1 | 68 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 412 |
1947 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.44 | 37 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 167.3 | 150 | 68 | 64 | 7 | 97 | 0 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 725 |
1948 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 20 | 14 | .588 | 2.82 | 43 | 37 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 293.7 | 231 | 104 | 92 | 12 | 129 | 0 | 147 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1214 |
1949 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 22 | 10 | .688 | 2.99 | 37 | 33 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 279.7 | 211 | 101 | 93 | 19 | 137 | 0 | 138 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1159 |
1950 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 23 | 11 | .676 | 3.84 | 44 | 37 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 288.0 | 281 | 144 | 123 | 28 | 146 | 0 | 170 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1254 |
1951 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 17 | 14 | .548 | 3.52 | 42 | 34 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 263.3 | 244 | 119 | 103 | 19 | 124 | 0 | 132 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1139 |
1952 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 22 | 11 | .667 | 2.50 | 42 | 36 | 6 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 309.7 | 236 | 104 | 86 | 15 | 105 | 0 | 131 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1252 |
1953 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 21 | 15 | .583 | 3.36 | 41 | 36 | 4 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 286.7 | 283 | 119 | 107 | 16 | 110 | 0 | 98 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1216 |
1954 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 23 | 7 | .767 | 2.72 | 36 | 33 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 258.3 | 228 | 95 | 78 | 12 | 92 | 0 | 110 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1077 |
1955 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 18 | 10 | .643 | 3.88 | 35 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 211.3 | 218 | 103 | 91 | 17 | 74 | 3 | 100 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 909 |
1956 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 20 | 14 | .588 | 3.03 | 39 | 35 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 255.3 | 230 | 103 | 86 | 23 | 89 | 2 | 94 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1074 |
1957 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.60 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 117.3 | 129 | 70 | 60 | 9 | 64 | 6 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 540 |
1958 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.33 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.3 | 41 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 128 |
Totals | 207 | 128 | .618 | 3.23 | 460 | 350 | 73 | 188 | 31 | 22 | 2850.0 | 2559 | 1185 | 1024 | 181 | 1251 | 13 | 1277 | 57 | 2 | 63 | 12099 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1941 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1942 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1946 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 55 | 99 | 89 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 18 | .180 | .240 | .247 | .487 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1947 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 47 | 64 | 56 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .321 | .387 | .607 | .994 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1948 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 52 | 129 | 119 | 20 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 23 | .286 | .331 | .487 | .818 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1949 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 46 | 123 | 108 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 | .269 | .331 | .556 | .886 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1950 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 72 | 153 | 136 | 21 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 25 | .272 | .340 | .485 | .825 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1951 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 56 | 112 | 102 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22 | .206 | .270 | .353 | .623 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1952 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 54 | 134 | 124 | 14 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .226 | .250 | .315 | .565 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1953 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 51 | 125 | 112 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .232 | .277 | .384 | .661 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1954 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 40 | 113 | 98 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24 | .214 | .257 | .337 | .594 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
1955 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 49 | 99 | 78 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 | .244 | .344 | .282 | .626 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
1956 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 43 | 110 | 93 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 21 | .194 | .272 | .355 | .627 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1957 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 25 | 46 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .065 | .065 | .152 | .217 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1958 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 15 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .231 | .286 | .231 | .516 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 615 | 1330 | 1183 | 148 | 274 | 54 | 9 | 37 | 147 | 2 | 1 | 93 | 241 | .232 | .288 | .386 | .674 | 457 | 9 | 2 | 49 | 3 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1941 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | |
1942 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | |
1946 | AL | Cleveland Indians | OF | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .972 | 2.917 | |
1946 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 28 | 1 | 5 | .976 | 1.281 | |
1947 | AL | Cleveland Indians | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | |
1947 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 46 | 1 | 4 | .983 | 1.568 | |
1948 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 86 | 4 | 8 | .965 | 2.535 | |
1949 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 71 | 4 | 5 | .963 | 2.838 | |
1950 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 66 | 4 | 6 | .957 | 2.000 | |
1951 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 60 | 2 | 5 | .976 | 1.929 | |
1952 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 79 | 2 | 7 | .982 | 2.643 | |
1953 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 74 | 3 | 15 | .972 | 2.561 | |
1954 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 36 | 33 | 258.3 | 22 | 57 | 3 | 8 | .963 | 2.752 | 2.194 |
1955 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 35 | 31 | 211.3 | 16 | 43 | 1 | 3 | .983 | 2.513 | 1.686 |
1956 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 39 | 35 | 255.7 | 24 | 61 | 6 | 6 | .934 | 2.992 | 2.179 |
1957 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 21 | 17 | 117.3 | 12 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 3.298 | 2.048 |
1958 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 11 | 1 | 25.3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.842 | .727 |
Totals | 476 | 117 | 868.0 | 298 | 713 | 33 | 80 | .968 | 1.483 | 2.124 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1948 | AL | Cleveland Indians | WS | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.65 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.3 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67 |
1954 | AL | Cleveland Indians | WS | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.75 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 64 |
Totals | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.94 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29.7 | 32 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 131 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1948 | AL | Cleveland Indians | WS | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1954 | AL | Cleveland Indians | WS | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 5 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .071 | .000 | .071 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1948 | AL | Cleveland Indians | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 16.3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.612 | 6.000 |
1954 | AL | Cleveland Indians | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 13.3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.700 | 2.000 |
Totals | 4 | 4 | 29.7 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.854 | 4.000 |
Awards
1948 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1948 - AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1950 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P2
1950 - AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1954 - AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
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