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	31-21 / in Starts: 23-14
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	16 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 129 PAs	21
Actual Runners on Base	85 (40-35-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 129 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	87 (44-28-14)

Most Driven In
J Hegan	7
Self	5
J Berardino	2
L Boudreau	2
K Keltner	1
P Seerey	1
J Gordon	1
E Robinson	1

Most Driven In By
Self	5
A Clark	4
L Boudreau	2
D Mitchell	2
L Doby	2
H Edwards	2
E Robinson	1
J Berardino	1

1948 Batting Game Log

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1948 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	113	2 (1)	Apr 23	CLE	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	9	.64	0.044	1.80	0.08%	1.10	P
2	114	6 (3)	Apr 29	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.750	1.125	9	.84	-0.058	3.06	-0.13%	-0.56	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
3	115	8 (1)	May 2	CLE		DET	L,2-4	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.455	.455	1.000	1.455	9	1.00	0.166	3.66	0.37%	1.28	P
4	116	11 (2)	May 7	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-0	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.533	.533	.933	1.467	9	.37	0.036	1.14	0.07%	0.67	P
5	117	16 (4)	May 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.529	.875	1.404	9	1.41	-0.028	6.36	-0.08%	-0.35	P
6	118	18 (1)	May 16 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.421	.450	.737	1.187	9	.45	-0.034	1.66	-0.07%	-0.64	P
7	119	22 (3)	May 20	CLE		BOS	W,13-4	CG	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.364	.440	.636	1.076	9	.32	0.043	1.34	0.11%	0.94	P
8	120	27 (4)	May 25	CLE		WSH	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.385	.448	.654	1.102	9	.47	0.100	1.93	0.25%	1.14	P
9	121	30 (2)	May 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.379	.455	.621	1.075	9	.51	-0.012	1.96	-0.03%	0.69	P
10	122	32 (1)	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,13-8	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.379	.455	.621	1.075	9						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
11	123	35 (2)	Jun 2	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.344	.417	.563	.979	9	1.41	-0.112	6.10	-0.29%	-0.77	P
12	124	38 (2)	Jun 6 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.371	.450	.600	1.050	9	.91	0.096	5.83	0.37%	0.86	P
13	125	42 (3)	Jun 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-8	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.368	.442	.579	1.021	9	.76	-0.001	5.04	0.00%	-0.11	P
14	126	43	Jun 12 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.368	.442	.579	1.021	9						P
15	127	46 (2)	Jun 15	CLE		BOS	L,3-7	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.359	.444	.564	1.009	9	1.83	-0.040	9.45	-0.12%	-0.22	P
16	128	49 (2)	Jun 18	CLE		PHA	L,4-5	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.350	.435	.550	.985	9	.43	-0.011	2.87	-0.05%	-0.11	PH P
17	129	52 (2)	Jun 20 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,10-0	CG	4	3	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.372	.460	.651	1.111	9	.23	0.082	1.55	0.34%	1.79	P
18	130	57 (4)	Jun 25	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.370	.453	.652	1.105	9	1.15	0.075	5.71	0.22%	0.72	P
19	131	62 (4)	Jun 30	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.347	.429	.612	1.041	9	.54	-0.043	2.63	-0.12%	-0.63	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
20	132	63	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	L,5-9	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.340	.421	.600	1.021	2	1.18	-0.035	6.10	-0.11%	-0.25	PH
21	133	64	Jul 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-6	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.340	.421	.600	1.021	2						P
22	134	66 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.340	.417	.585	1.002	9	.65	-0.002	3.39	-0.01%	0.06	P
23	135	71 (4)	Jul 9	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.410	.574	.984	9	1.68	-0.102	8.87	-0.32%	-1.08	P
24	136	73 (1)	Jul 11 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.310	.385	.534	.919	9	.48	-0.048	2.36	-0.14%	-1.01	P
25	137	75 (1)	Jul 15 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-5	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.317	.388	.533	.921	9	.53	0.004	4.23	0.02%	0.02	P
26	138	79 (3)	Jul 18 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	8-10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.328	.397	.541	.938	9	.37	0.009	2.06	0.03%	0.13	P
27	139	80	Jul 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-6	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.323	.391	.532	.924	9	.72	-0.018	4.30	-0.06%	-0.30	P
28	140	85 (4)	Jul 24 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.384	.561	.944	9	1.34	0.029	10.19	0.13%	0.61	P
29	141	89 (3)	Jul 28	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.319	.382	.565	.947	9	.83	0.025	5.63	0.10%	0.19	P
30	142	91 (1)	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,10-9	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.319	.382	.565	.947	2						PR
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
31	143	92	Aug 1 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,12-2	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.342	.400	.616	1.016	9	.40	0.090	2.60	0.35%	2.89	P
32	144	97 (4)	Aug 7	CLE		NYY	L,0-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.329	.386	.592	.978	9	.50	-0.039	3.87	-0.18%	-0.65	P
33	145	98	Aug 8 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,8-6	7-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.329	.386	.592	.978	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
34	146	101 (2)	Aug 10	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	6-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.329	.386	.592	.978	7						PR
35	147	102	Aug 11 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	GS-7	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.338	.391	.588	.978	9	.65	0.010	4.20	0.04%	0.99	P
36	148	109 (6)	Aug 15 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.385	.571	.956	9	.83	-0.031	6.06	-0.13%	-0.82	P
37	149	113 (3)	Aug 21	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.383	.575	.958	9	1.12	0.088	8.61	0.40%	0.52	P
38	150	115 (1)	Aug 22 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.383	.575	.958	7		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
39	151	117 (1)	Aug 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-0	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.341	.388	.582	.970	9	.46	0.122	5.19	0.83%	0.63	P
40	152	120 (2)	Aug 27 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.348	.394	.598	.992	9	.02	0.001	.22	0.01%	1.09	PH
41	153	122 (1)	Aug 29 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.344	.388	.594	.982	9	.90	-0.042	6.06	-0.17%	0.24	P
42	154	123	Aug 29 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.340	.385	.588	.972	9	.15	-0.004	1.08	-0.02%	-0.11	PH
43	155	125 (1)	Aug 31	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.340	.385	.588	.972	9						P
Sep/Oct		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
44	156	127 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-0	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1		0	0	0	0	.330	.380	.570	.950	9	.27	-0.006	2.22	-0.03%	-0.52	P
45	157	132 (4)	Sep 8	CLE		DET	W,8-7	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.330	.378	.563	.941	9	.93	-0.003	3.57	-0.01%	-0.38	P
46	158	133	Sep 9	CLE		DET	W,3-2	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.330	.378	.563	.941	7						PR
47	159	136 (2)	Sep 11 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,9-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.365	.542	.907	9	.27	-0.027	1.93	-0.12%	-0.88	P
48	160	139 (2)	Sep 13	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	2-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.315	.362	.537	.899	9	.38	-0.010	3.21	-0.05%	-0.11	PH
49	161	140	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.309	.356	.527	.883	9	.82	-0.042	8.02	-0.25%	-0.35	P
50	162	144 (3)	Sep 19 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.347	.513	.860	9	.98	-0.058	7.67	-0.27%	-0.67	P
51	163	148 (3)	Sep 24	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.339	.500	.839	9	1.39	-0.109	23.26	-1.09%	-0.90	P
52	164	153 (4)	Oct 1	CLE		DET	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.331	.487	.818	9	.99	-0.076	20.51	-0.95%	-0.65	P
							31-21		129	119	20	34	9	0	5	21	8	0	23	0	2		1	0	0	0	.286	.331	.487	.818		.72	0.029	4.90	-1.08%	4.51

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