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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	31-40 / in Starts: 22-15
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 9 bases loaded PA and 9 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 151 PAs	27
Actual Runners on Base	117 (57-38-22)
Avg. MLBer w/ 151 PAs	18
Avg. Runners on Base	101 (53-31-16)

Most Driven In
Self	6
J Hegan	5
J Gordon	4
R Boone	3
B Ãvila	3
A Rosen	2
L Boudreau	1
L Easter	1

Most Driven In By
Self	6
L Easter	3
B Kennedy	3
D Mitchell	3
L Doby	2
B Ãvila	1
M Vernon	1

1950 Batting Game Log

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1950 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	211	1	Apr 18	CLE		DET	L,6-7	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.48	-0.023	1.22	-0.04%	-0.42	P
2	212	4 (2)	Apr 23 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-6	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	9	.97	0.006	2.22	0.01%	0.51	P
3	213	5	Apr 23 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	6-6	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.444	.750	1.194	9	1.31	0.288	3.23	0.43%	1.86	PH
4	214	7 (1)	Apr 29	CLE		SLB	L,1-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.600	.964	9	1.16	0.001	3.36	0.00%	-0.04	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	215	10 (2)	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.250	.357	.500	.857	9	1.84	-0.078	4.60	-0.12%	-0.85	P
6	216	11	May 6 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.357	.500	.857	9						P
7	217	12	May 6 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-7	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.333	.462	.795	9	1.58	-0.042	4.62	-0.07%	-0.47	PH
8	218	13	May 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-10	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.333	.462	.795	9						P
9	219	14	May 8	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.500	.875	9	.43	0.026	.98	0.04%	1.72	PH
10	220	15	May 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,8-9	8-8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.412	.500	.912	9	.82	0.029	1.67	0.04%	0.35	PH
11	221	16	May 10	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	GS-9	4	4	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.611	1.040	9	1.89	0.468	3.47	0.52%	1.27	P
12	222	20 (3)	May 14 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.417	.571	.988	9	.96	-0.044	2.25	-0.06%	-0.22	P
13	223	23 (2)	May 17	CLE		PHA	L,5-7	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.417	.571	.988	9						PR
14	224	26 (2)	May 20	CLE		BOS	W,8-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.357	.480	.837	9	.60	-0.065	1.76	-0.11%	-1.48	P
15	225	28 (1)	May 21 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,4-12	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.345	.462	.806	9	2.42	-0.059	7.46	-0.11%	-0.32	PH
16	226	31 (2)	May 25	CLE		WSH	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.303	.400	.703	9	1.53	-0.163	3.50	-0.22%	-2.24	P
17	227	36 (4)	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.324	.471	.795	9	.56	0.039	1.42	0.06%	0.50	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	228	38 (1)	Jun 2	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-11	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.342	.486	.828	9	.09	0.004	.20	0.01%	0.22	PH
19	229	39	Jun 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,9-11	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.333	.472	.806	9	.18	-0.005	.37	-0.01%	-0.13	PH
20	230	40	Jun 4	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.317	.447	.764	9	.58	-0.032	1.14	-0.04%	-0.43	P
21	231	44 (3)	Jun 8	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.333	.447	.781	9	.32	0.012	.41	0.01%	0.27	P
22	232	45	Jun 9	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-7	7-7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.349	.447	.796	8	2.48	0.053	2.65	0.03%	0.34	PH
23	233	47 (1)	Jun 11 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-3	GS-10	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.452	.827	9	1.00	-0.016	1.61	-0.02%	-0.42	P
24	234	51 (3)	Jun 15	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.373	.511	.884	9	1.48	0.059	2.30	0.06%	0.02	P
25	235	53 (1)	Jun 17	CLE		PHA	W,8-7	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.373	.511	.884	9						P
26	236	56 (2)	Jun 20	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.365	.500	.865	9	1.87	-0.053	4.70	-0.08%	-0.53	P
27	237	59 (2)	Jun 23	CLE		WSH	W,13-4	CG	5	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.510	.885	9	.38	0.036	.92	0.05%	0.35	P
28	238	62 (2)	Jun 25 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,3-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.368	.500	.868	9	.25	-0.006	.75	-0.01%	-0.12	PH
29	239	63	Jun 27	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.362	.490	.852	7	5.51	-0.150	14.90	-0.24%	-0.49	PH
30	240	64	Jun 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,18-2	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.365	.473	.838	9	.26	-0.024	.59	-0.03%	-0.39	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	241	68 (3)	Jul 2 (1)	CLE		DET	L,5-8	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.369	.474	.843	9	1.38	0.048	7.36	0.15%	0.47	P
32	242	70 (1)	Jul 3	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.364	.466	.829	7	4.62	-0.074	15.88	-0.15%	-0.10	PH
33	243	72 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,3-8	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.358	.458	.816	9	1.37	-0.032	4.38	-0.06%	-0.38	PH
34	244	73	Jul 5	CLE		CHW	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.352	.444	.797	9	.53	0.074	1.58	0.13%	0.63	P
35	245	76 (2)	Jul 8	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.347	.438	.785	8	2.88	-0.072	12.28	-0.19%	-0.33	PH
36	246	77	Jul 9 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.355	.441	.796	9	.58	0.027	2.26	0.06%	0.42	P
37	247	79 (1)	Jul 14	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.350	.472	.822	9	1.53	-0.095	6.30	-0.24%	0.25	P
38	248	81 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,10-13	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.358	.479	.837	9	.39	0.014	1.40	0.03%	0.15	PH
39	249	82	Jul 16 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-4	8-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.297	.366	.500	.866	9	.67	0.067	1.96	0.12%	1.87	PH P
40	250	84 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.361	.493	.855	9	1.66	-0.044	5.82	-0.09%	-0.21	PH
41	251	85	Jul 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.349	.474	.823	9	.34	-0.028	.86	-0.04%	-0.55	P
42	252	88 (2)	Jul 21	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.291	.356	.481	.837	2	2.61	0.106	9.35	0.23%	0.62	PH
43	253	90 (1)	Jul 23	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.352	.470	.822	9	.39	-0.001	1.42	0.00%	-0.30	P
44	254	91	Jul 25	CLE		PHA	W,7-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.352	.470	.822	9						P
45	255	95 (3)	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.291	.351	.500	.851	9	.44	0.055	2.35	0.18%	0.57	P
46	256	97 (1)	Jul 30 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,3-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.287	.347	.494	.842	9	.21	-0.005	1.13	-0.02%	-0.18	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
47	257	99 (1)	Aug 2	CLE		WSH	W,11-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.343	.516	.860	9	.22	-0.022	1.02	-0.06%	1.53	P
48	258	100	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	L,0-1	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.340	.511	.851	2	1.93	-0.051	12.44	-0.20%	-0.12	PH
49	259	102 (1)	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	L,0-9	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.347	.511	.857	9	1.70	0.030	11.11	0.12%	0.34	P
50	260	104 (1)	Aug 9 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,8-10	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.343	.505	.849	9	2.06	-0.052	10.34	-0.16%	-0.34	PH
51	261	105	Aug 10	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.349	.526	.875	9	.54	0.142	2.32	0.37%	1.41	P
52	262	107 (1)	Aug 12	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-11	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.346	.520	.866	9	1.93	-0.022	9.30	-0.07%	-0.10	PH
53	263	109 (1)	Aug 13 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.343	.515	.858	8	2.37	-0.055	11.56	-0.16%	-0.50	PH
54	264	111 (1)	Aug 15	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.348	.505	.853	9	1.12	0.036	9.68	0.19%	0.46	P
55	265	114 (2)	Aug 17	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.345	.500	.845	9	.76	-0.020	3.73	-0.06%	-0.12	PH
56	266	116 (1)	Aug 20 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.336	.486	.822	9	1.57	-0.165	7.49	-0.47%	-1.10	P
57	267	120 (3)	Aug 24 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.328	.472	.800	9	.36	-0.039	1.81	-0.12%	-1.11	P
58	268	122 (1)	Aug 26	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.328	.472	.800	9						P
59	269	124 (1)	Aug 28	CLE	@	BOS	L,14-15	GS-4	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.336	.486	.823	9	.32	0.043	2.05	0.17%	0.64	P
60	270	125	Aug 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.336	.486	.823	9						P
61	271	126	Aug 30 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.333	.482	.815	9	2.94	-0.077	21.44	-0.34%	-0.26	PH
62	272	128 (1)	Aug 31	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.341	.482	.824	9	.81	-0.006	3.75	-0.02%	0.15	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
63	273	131 (2)	Sep 4 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.354	.483	.837	9	.66	0.024	1.87	0.04%	0.58	P
64	274	135 (3)	Sep 7	CLE	@	DET	T,13-13	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.351	.479	.830	9	2.56	0.025	9.55	0.06%	-0.01	PH
65	275	137 (1)	Sep 8 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,0-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.346	.471	.816	9	1.17	-0.069	2.22	-0.08%	-0.59	P
66	276	140 (2)	Sep 12	CLE		NYY	W,8-7	2-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.343	.467	.810	9	2.10	-0.055	.27	0.00%	-0.82	PH
67	277	141	Sep 13	CLE		NYY	L,3-10	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.264	.341	.463	.804	9	.54	-0.014	.07	0.00%	-0.18	P
68	278	143 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.338	.459	.797	9	1.00	-0.027	.04	0.00%	-0.26	PH
69	279	145 (1)	Sep 17	CLE		PHA	L,9-10	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.338	.459	.797	7						PH
70	280	146	Sep 20 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.264	.338	.456	.794	9	.44	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.20	P
71	281	150 (3)	Sep 24	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.343	.496	.839	9	1.20	0.368	.00	0.00%	1.56	P
72	282	153 (2)	Sep 29	CLE	@	DET	W,12-2	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.345	.493	.837	9	.38	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.27	P
							31-40		151	134	21	37	9	1	6	27	13	0	25	1	3		0	0	0	0	.276	.345	.493	.837		.99	0.299	3.15	-0.61%	3.04

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