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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Team Record in Appearances: 27-14 / in Starts: 23-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 39, Entered with runners on base: 5

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	236	2	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	3	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.00	3.28	33	14	10	2	1	3	79			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.73	0.811	4.83	1.36%	4.22	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
2	237	4	Apr 18	CLE		DET	W,5-0	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.22	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.030	2.88	0.06%	1.49	9t 123 1 out a5	9t end a 5
3	238	6	Apr 20(1)	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	W(2-0)	1	9.0	7	2	2	3	3	1	0	0.96	3.68	36	12	11	1	0	7	65			1	0	0	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.263	4.15	0.54%	1.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
4	239	11	Apr 26	CLE	@	DET	L,0-13	GS-6	L(2-1)	5	5.0	9	7	7	5	4	1	0	3.42	4.25	29	4	7	1	0	9	20			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.175	3.33	-0.37%	-4.50	1b start tie	6b 123 0 out d5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	240	15	May 1	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG(13)	L(2-2)	4	12.1	10	2	2	3	1	0	0	2.75	3.81	49	24	11	0	2	10	73			0	0	0	45	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.82	0.401	6.04	0.80%	3.37	1b start a 1	13b 1-- 1 out d1
6	241	19	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS-7		3	7.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.51	3.58	26	12	7	0	0	2	66			1	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.214	3.46	0.53%	2.48	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
7	242	22	May 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,12-5	6-GF	S(2)	2	3.1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	2.53	3.90	13	6	4	1	2	1		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	1	.80	0.214	3.28	0.53%	0.71	6b 12- 2 out a2	9b end a 7
8	243	24	May 11(1)	CLE		SLB	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-2)	2	9.0	2	0	0	4	5	0	0	2.11	3.69	33	12	10	1	0	2	84			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.637	5.75	1.70%	3.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
9	244	29	May 17	CLE		WSH	W,9-2	CG	W(4-2)	5	9.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.10	3.51	34	16	7	0	0	6	68			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.39	0.166	1.95	0.50%	1.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
10	245	33	May 22	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	L(4-3)	4	9.0	6	3	1	7	4	0	0	1.96	3.55	41	12	12	0	0	6	64			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.60	-0.057	8.21	-0.18%	0.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
11	246	34	May 23	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	8-GF	S(3)	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.92	3.50	5	3	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.140	6.19	0.40%	1.01	8b 123 1 out a4	9b end a 3
12	247	38	May 27	CLE		DET	L,4-6	GS-6	L(4-4)	3	5.1	3	5	5	3	3	0	0	2.35	3.46	21	6	6	0	0	3	42			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.138	4.75	-0.37%	-1.53	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	248	43	Jun 2	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(4-5)	5	8.0	4	2	2	1	2	0	1	2.34	3.39	29	10	11	0	0	4	67			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.107	3.73	0.31%	1.49	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
14	249	47	Jun 6	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-4	CG	W(5-5)	3	9.0	8	4	4	0	5	1	0	2.50	3.33	34	11	10	1	0	8	60			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	1	0	0	.33	0.123	1.57	0.36%	0.43	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
15	250	52	Jun 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(5-6)	4	8.0	4	1	1	1	6	0	1	2.39	3.20	27	10	5	1	1	4	75			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	3	0	1	1.14	0.188	5.72	0.57%	2.60	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
16	251	56	Jun 15(1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	GS-5	L(5-7)	3	5.0	10	7	7	2	2	1	0	2.85	3.30	25	9	2	0	0	10	19			1	1	0	23	1	1	0	1	0	0	.63	-0.467	3.72	-1.66%	-4.84	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
17	252	61	Jun 20	CLE		BOS	W,9-2	CG	W(6-7)	4	9.0	5	2	1	1	4	0	0	2.72	3.19	32	11	11	0	0	5	74			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	1	.51	0.200	1.67	0.39%	1.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
18	253	66	Jun 25	CLE		PHA	L,9-11	GS-8		4	7.1	7	8	7	2	2	0	0	3.06	3.16	33	17	5	0	0	7	34			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	-0.460	4.15	-1.01%	-3.03	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a4
19	254	70	Jun 29(2)	CLE	@	CHW	T,7-7	GS-6		3	5.0	9	6	6	2	3	2	1	3.35	3.35	26	6	5	0	0	9	26			0	0	0	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.452	4.02	-1.04%	-3.57	1b start tie	6b --3 0 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	255	74	Jul 4(2)	CLE	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	W(7-7)	4	9.0	5	1	1	4	3	0	1	3.20	3.35	36	14	9	1	0	5	72			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.199	2.32	0.46%	3.18	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
21	256	79	Jul 12	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	W(8-7)	7	9.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.07	3.25	34	14	6	0	0	6	75			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.426	3.31	1.00%	3.43	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
22	257	84	Jul 16(1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-8	GS-6		3	6.0	9	4	4	3	2	0	0	3.18	3.25	30	8	9	1	0	8	37			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.110	10.59	-0.50%	-1.38	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
23	258	87	Jul 17(2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	9-GF	L(8-8)	0	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.22	3.33	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	-0.376	12.10	-1.60%	-0.65	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
24	259	89	Jul 19	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-0	SHO	W(9-8)	1	9.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.05	3.26	33	11	10	0	0	5	80			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.76	0.373	3.33	0.99%	4.47	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
25	260	93	Jul 23	CLE		NYY	W,7-3	CG	W(10-8)	3	9.0	6	3	1	6	7	1	0	2.94	3.31	40	11	10	1	0	6	68			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.23	0.121	4.57	0.27%	0.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
26	261	97	Jul 27(1)	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	CG	W(11-8)	3	9.0	8	1	1	2	4	1	0	2.85	3.32	36	12	10	2	1	8	69			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.43	0.396	6.60	1.10%	2.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
27	262	101	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,8-2	CG	W(12-8)	3	9.0	7	2	2	5	3	1	0	2.81	3.39	37	16	6	0	0	7	63			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.44	0.216	8.99	0.81%	1.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	263	103	Aug 2	CLE		PHA	L,4-6	9-GF		1	1.0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.84	3.42	5	2	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.092	6.12	-0.33%	-1.20	9t 1-- 0 out d1	9t end d 3
29	264	106	Aug 5(1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-0	SHO	W(13-8)	2	9.0	4	0	0	3	5	0	0	2.71	3.37	33	15	7	2	0	3	81			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.279	2.89	0.84%	4.22	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
30	265	111	Aug 10	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG(8)	L(13-9)	4	8.0	11	6	3	1	4	1	0	2.74	3.37	33	10	7	1	0	11	45			0	2	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	1	.74	-0.313	4.97	-1.27%	-2.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
31	266	115	Aug 16	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	W(14-9)	5	9.0	9	3	1	5	2	0	0	2.67	3.38	40	17	7	1	0	9	58			0	1	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.42	0.303	9.79	1.25%	0.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
32	267	119	Aug 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,18-8	CG	W(15-9)	3	9.0	15	8	5	4	2	0	0	2.76	3.38	48	15	12	1	0	15	29			0	0	0	44	1	0	0	0	0	2	.38	-0.178	2.92	-0.83%	-3.53	1b start tie	9b 3 out a10
33	268	121	Aug 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-4	6-GF	S(4)	1	4.0	3	1	1	0	3	1	0	2.75	3.39	16	8	3	0	2	2		2	2	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.44	0.128	20.44	1.10%	0.08	6b 1-3 0 out a4	9b end a 2
34	269	124	Aug 25	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	W(16-9)	2	9.0	8	2	1	2	1	0	0	2.69	3.37	35	19	5	1	0	8	64			1	0	0	33	0	1	1	3	0	1	1.08	0.360	8.99	1.81%	2.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
35	270	129	Aug 29	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	W(17-9)	3	9.0	6	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.66	3.32	35	18	4	0	0	6	70			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.03	0.364	9.19	1.94%	2.18	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
36	271	133	Sep 1(2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG(5)	L(17-10)	2	5.0	2	2	2	1	5	1	0	2.68	3.32	18	7	3	1	0	2	59			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.008	7.15	0.05%	0.37	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
37	272	137	Sep 6	CLE		SLB	W,8-3	CG	W(18-10)	4	9.0	5	3	3	4	0	0	0	2.69	3.34	36	17	10	0	0	5	61			0	0	0	32	2	0	1	1	0	1	.80	-0.014	7.68	-0.08%	0.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
38	273	141	Sep 10	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	GS-9	W(19-10)	3	8.1	4	3	1	5	3	0	0	2.64	3.34	35	10	13	0	0	4	65			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.72	0.254	8.44	1.79%	0.40	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out a3
39	274	144	Sep 13	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(19-11)	2	10.0	9	4	4	3	8	1	0	2.67	3.33	42	13	9	0	0	9	63			0	0	0	39	5	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.185	11.75	-1.41%	0.32	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
40	275	147	Sep 17	CLE		WSH	W,6-1	CG	W(20-11)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.62	3.32	34	14	11	1	0	7	67			0	0	0	32	5	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.278	10.55	1.57%	2.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
41	276	150	Sep 21	CLE		DET	W,7-1	CG	W(21-11)	3	9.0	4	1	1	2	8	0	1	2.57	3.27	34	14	5	0	0	4	81			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	2	.48	0.166	6.95	1.44%	2.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
42	277	153	Sep 24	CLE		CHW	W,6-0	SHO	W(22-11)	2	9.0	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.50	3.25	32	17	8	0	0	3	81			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.94	0.436	14.05	3.93%	3.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
							27-14		W-L:22-11,Sv:4	2.9	309.2	236	103	86	105	131	15	6	2.50	3.25	1252	1.61		3%	1%	231	61	11	36%	9	5	0	1132	42	6	2	35	0	23	1.00	4.784	6.15	17.72%	39.54

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