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.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	CLE		DET	L,6-7	GS	36	7.2	1	2	0	3	0	P
2	4 (2)	Apr 23 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	P
3	7 (2)	Apr 29	CLE		SLB	L,1-5	GS	24	5.1	1	3	0	4	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	10 (2)	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
5	11	May 6 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	13 (1)	May 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-10		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	16 (2)	May 10	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	GS	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
8	20 (3)	May 14 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
9	26 (5)	May 20	CLE		BOS	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
10	31 (4)	May 25	CLE		WSH	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	P
11	36 (4)	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	40 (3)	Jun 4	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-7	GS	24	4.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
13	44 (3)	Jun 8	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	GS	16	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	47 (2)	Jun 11 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-3	GS	44	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
15	51 (3)	Jun 15	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	P
16	53 (1)	Jun 17	CLE		PHA	W,8-7		6	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	56 (2)	Jun 20	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	GS	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	59 (2)	Jun 23	CLE		WSH	W,13-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
19	64 (4)	Jun 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,18-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	68 (3)	Jul 2 (1)	CLE		DET	L,5-8	GS	34	6.2	1	2	0	3	0	P
21	73 (4)	Jul 5	CLE		CHW	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
22	77 (3)	Jul 9 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
23	79 (1)	Jul 14	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
24	82 (2)	Jul 16 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-4	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	PH P
25	85 (2)	Jul 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-2	GS	34	7.0	0	5	0	5	0	P
26	90 (4)	Jul 23	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	P
27	91	Jul 25	CLE		PHA	W,7-6	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	95 (3)	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	99 (3)	Aug 2	CLE		WSH	W,11-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	P
30	102 (2)	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	L,0-9	GS	14	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	105 (2)	Aug 10	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
32	111 (5)	Aug 15	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
33	116 (4)	Aug 20 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
34	120 (3)	Aug 24 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	GS	35	7.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
35	122 (1)	Aug 26	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	124 (1)	Aug 28	CLE	@	BOS	L,14-15	GS	20	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	125	Aug 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	128 (2)	Aug 31	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS	31	7.0	4	2	0	6	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	131 (2)	Sep 4 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
40	137 (5)	Sep 8 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,0-6	GS	27	6.1	0	0	1	1	0	P
41	141 (3)	Sep 13	CLE		NYY	L,3-10	GS	24	3.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
42	146 (4)	Sep 20 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	P
43	150 (3)	Sep 24	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	43	10.0	1	5	0	6	0	P
44	153 (2)	Sep 29	CLE	@	DET	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
							44gm		288.0	22	66	4	92	6