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

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

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
2	4 (1)	Apr 18	CLE		DET	W,5-0	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	6 (1)	Apr 20 (1)	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	11 (4)	Apr 26	CLE	@	DET	L,0-13	GS	29	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	15 (3)	May 1	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	49	12.1	1	9	0	10	0	P
6	19 (3)	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS	26	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
7	22 (2)	May 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,12-5	GF	13	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	24 (1)	May 11 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
9	29 (4)	May 17	CLE		WSH	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	P
10	33 (3)	May 22	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
11	34	May 23	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	GF	5	1.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
12	38 (3)	May 27	CLE		DET	L,4-6	GS	21	5.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	43 (4)	Jun 2	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	P
14	47 (3)	Jun 6	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-4	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
15	52 (4)	Jun 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	P
16	56 (3)	Jun 15 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	GS	25	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
17	61 (4)	Jun 20	CLE		BOS	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
18	66 (4)	Jun 25	CLE		PHA	L,9-11	GS	33	7.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
19	70 (3)	Jun 29 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	T,7-7	GS	26	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	74 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
21	79 (4)	Jul 12	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
22	84 (4)	Jul 16 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-8	GS	30	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
23	87 (2)	Jul 17 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	89 (1)	Jul 19	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
25	93 (3)	Jul 23	CLE		NYY	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	P
26	97 (3)	Jul 27 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	P
27	101 (3)	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	103 (1)	Aug 2	CLE		PHA	L,4-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	106 (2)	Aug 5 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
30	111 (4)	Aug 10	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	P
31	115 (3)	Aug 16	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
32	119 (3)	Aug 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,18-8	CG	48	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	P
33	121 (1)	Aug 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-4	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	124 (2)	Aug 25	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	P
35	129 (4)	Aug 29	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	133 (3)	Sep 1 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	18	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
37	137 (3)	Sep 6	CLE		SLB	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
38	141 (3)	Sep 10	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	GS	35	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
39	144 (2)	Sep 13	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
40	147 (2)	Sep 17	CLE		WSH	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
41	150 (2)	Sep 21	CLE		DET	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
42	153 (2)	Sep 24	CLE		CHW	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	P
							42gm		309.2	32	79	2	113	7