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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
2	4 (2)	Apr 21	CLE		SLB	L,1-9	GS	36	6.2	0	3	0	3	0	P
3	8 (3)	Apr 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	12 (3)	May 2	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	GS	20	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
5	18 (5)	May 9	CLE		NYY	L,2-9	GS	27	5.1	1	1	1	3	0	P
6	22 (3)	May 13 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	T,4-4	GF	13	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	24 (1)	May 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-11	GS	20	4.1	0	2	1	3	0	P
8	28 (3)	May 20 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
9	32 (3)	May 25	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	GS	27	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
10	35 (2)	May 27 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	37 (1)	May 29	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	28	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	43 (5)	Jun 3 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
13	46 (2)	Jun 6	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	49 (2)	Jun 9	CLE		BOS	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
15	53 (3)	Jun 14	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
16	55 (1)	Jun 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	58 (2)	Jun 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-9	GS	32	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
18	60 (1)	Jun 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	62 (1)	Jun 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS	30	5.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
20	66 (3)	Jun 29	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	71 (4)	Jul 3	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS	30	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	P
22	73 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH P
23	75 (1)	Jul 7	CLE	@	DET	L,3-13	GS	22	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
24	79 (3)	Jul 13	CLE		NYY	W,11-8	GS	30	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
25	85 (5)	Jul 18	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	GS	31	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	P
26	89 (3)	Jul 22 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	P
27	94 (4)	Jul 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	98 (3)	Aug 1 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-6	GS	29	5.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
29	103 (4)	Aug 5 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
30	107 (3)	Aug 10	CLE		CHW	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
31	111 (3)	Aug 14	CLE		DET	W,6-5	GS	25	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
32	116 (4)	Aug 18	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	118 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH P
34	122 (3)	Aug 23	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	126 (3)	Aug 26 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	GS	30	7.1	0	1	0	1	1	P
36	130 (3)	Aug 31	CLE		SLB	L,3-6	GS	36	7.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	135 (4)	Sep 4	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	43	11.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
38	139 (3)	Sep 8	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	GS	30	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	143 (3)	Sep 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
40	147 (3)	Sep 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	P
41	151 (3)	Sep 22	CLE	@	DET	L,4-9	GS	24	4.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
42	153 (1)	Sep 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4		14	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
							42gm		263.1	21	60	2	83	5