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: 28-8 / in Starts: 26-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 2

1954 Pitching Game Log

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1954 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	319	2	Apr 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	3	3	2	3	4	0	0	2.00	2.51	32	14	8	2	0	3	72			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	2	0	2	1.06	0.261	2.90	0.43%	1.39	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
2	320	6	Apr 21	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	W(2-0)	6	9.0	8	1	1	2	3	0	0	1.50	2.45	36	16	7	0	2	8	68			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.372	2.84	0.52%	2.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
3	321	10	Apr 25	CLE	@	DET	W,10-9	GS-6		3	5.2	8	5	4	5	1	0	0	2.66	2.99	28	8	6	0	1	8	31			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.258	2.54	-0.33%	-2.69	1b start a 1	6b 1-3 2 out a2
4	322	12	Apr 30	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG(10)	W(3-0)	4	10.0	6	4	1	0	4	0	2	2.14	2.75	40	14	15	1	1	5	74			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	1	1	3	1.23	0.121	3.04	0.18%	0.54	1b start tie	10b 3 out a5
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	323	17	May 5	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	W(4-0)	4	9.0	9	2	2	5	3	1	0	2.11	3.19	39	14	8	1	0	9	59			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	2	0	0	.64	0.192	1.89	0.34%	2.26	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
6	324	21	May 10	CLE		NYY	W,8-7	GS-2		4	1.1	7	5	4	1	1	0	0	2.86	3.19	13	3	1	0	0	7	22			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	-0.457	3.59	-0.96%	-5.59	1t start tie	2t 123 1 out a3
7	325	23	May 12	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.80	3.13	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.035	1.69	0.08%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
8	326	25	May 14	CLE		WSH	W,5-2	CG	W(5-0)	1	9.0	6	2	2	3	6	1	0	2.67	3.19	36	13	8	1	0	6	70			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.240	2.03	0.48%	2.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
9	327	30	May 19	CLE		BOS	W,5-3	CG	W(6-0)	4	9.0	4	3	2	3	6	0	0	2.57	3.03	33	13	7	1	2	4	72			1	0	0	29	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.281	4.84	0.68%	1.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
10	328	35	May 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(6-1)	5	8.0	8	4	2	6	2	0	0	2.54	3.16	39	11	12	1	2	8	50			1	0	0	31	2	0	2	0	1	2	1.17	-0.201	7.12	-0.74%	-0.10	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
11	329	38	May 29	CLE		DET	W,12-0	SHO	W(7-1)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.25	3.04	31	13	8	1	2	6	77			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	3	0	0	.22	0.121	1.03	0.34%	4.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
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
12	330	43	Jun 3	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(7-2)	4	8.0	4	2	2	2	1	1	0	2.25	3.17	32	14	11	0	3	4	65			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.07	0.042	6.50	0.15%	1.63	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
13	331	47	Jun 6(2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-5	9-9	H(1)	2	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.24	3.15	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.61	0.008	16.63	0.02%	0.02	9b 1-- 1 out a2	9b 1-3 2 out a2
14	332	50	Jun 10	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-8	GS-6	L(7-3)	3	5.2	8	8	6	7	2	0	0	2.68	3.28	33	10	6	0	0	8	20			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.388	3.56	-1.01%	-5.54	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d7
15	333	55	Jun 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,13-5	GS-7	W(8-3)	3	7.0	11	4	4	4	4	0	0	2.85	3.26	36	11	6	2	1	11	39			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	0	.60	0.200	2.88	0.57%	-0.36	1b start tie	7b 3 out a5
16	334	60	Jun 19	CLE		BOS	L,3-6	GS-6	L(8-4)	4	5.1	11	5	5	4	3	0	0	3.13	3.27	30	4	8	1	1	11	25			0	1	0	23	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.64	-0.325	8.32	-0.99%	-2.30	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out d1
17	335	64	Jun 23	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	W(9-4)	3	9.0	7	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.04	3.30	35	11	11	0	3	7	67			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.327	5.24	0.99%	2.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
18	336	68	Jun 27	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	GS-2		3	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.07	3.27	7	3	1	0	1	2	49			0	0	1	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.015	6.17	-0.06%	-0.05	1t start tie	2t 3 out d1
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
19	337	83	Jul 11(2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-8	GS-5	L(9-5)	13	4.0	6	6	6	3	1	1	0	3.41	3.40	22	8	4	0	2	6	24			1	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	1	.84	-0.205	6.39	-0.94%	-2.88	1b start tie	5b 123 0 out d3
20	338	88	Jul 18(2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-4	GS-4		6	4.0	6	4	4	2	5	0	0	3.59	3.34	19	4	3	1	0	5	37			0	0	0	16	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.46	-0.335	8.08	-1.12%	-2.22	1b start a 2	4b 3 out d2
21	339	93	Jul 22(2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	W(10-5)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.48	3.37	35	12	13	0	3	7	66			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.359	4.05	1.27%	2.68	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
22	340	95	Jul 24	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	7-10	W(11-5)	1	2.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.49	3.37	10	5	2	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.29	0.200	23.82	1.25%	0.64	7b --3 2 out tie	10b -2- 0 out a2
23	341	97	Jul 27	CLE		BOS	W,6-3	CG	W(12-5)	2	9.0	10	3	2	4	5	1	0	3.40	3.41	40	11	10	0	2	10	58			0	1	0	35	1	0	0	2	1	2	1.12	0.244	6.60	0.86%	1.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
24	342	101	Jul 31	CLE		WSH	W,6-0	SHO	W(13-5)	3	9.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.20	3.32	30	7	15	1	5	3	84			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.33	0.177	1.96	0.63%	4.30	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
25	343	105	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	GS-7	W(14-5)	3	7.0	5	2	2	3	5	0	0	3.17	3.28	28	7	8	1	3	5	61			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	.97	0.111	11.19	0.77%	1.34	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
26	344	109	Aug 8(1)	CLE		PHA	W,7-2	CG	W(15-5)	3	9.0	7	2	1	5	2	0	0	3.06	3.29	36	17	5	1	1	7	64			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.20	0.326	8.05	1.31%	2.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
27	345	113	Aug 12	CLE	@	DET	W,10-1	GS-8	W(16-5)	3	8.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.97	3.24	30	15	4	0	2	7	66			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	2	0	0	.44	0.239	2.79	0.90%	2.71	1b start tie	8b 3 out a9
28	346	118	Aug 17	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	W(17-5)	4	9.0	8	3	3	1	4	1	1	2.97	3.26	36	13	9	0	4	8	62			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.54	-0.243	9.73	-0.92%	1.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
29	347	123	Aug 21	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	W(18-5)	3	9.0	8	1	1	5	3	0	1	2.88	3.28	36	11	8	1	0	8	65			0	1	0	28	1	0	1	2	1	0	1.35	0.341	8.28	1.26%	2.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
30	348	126	Aug 25	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	GS-10	W(19-5)	3	9.2	9	3	3	2	1	0	0	2.88	3.26	39	17	10	1	3	9	58			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.08	0.237	5.59	0.73%	1.42	1b start a 1	10b -2- 2 out a1
31	349	130	Aug 29(1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	W(20-5)	3	9.0	8	2	2	2	7	1	0	2.84	3.24	36	10	9	1	3	8	68			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	1	0	.93	0.169	5.46	0.60%	2.68	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
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
32	350	135	Sep 2	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-7	L(20-6)	3	7.0	3	3	1	4	5	1	0	2.79	3.28	29	16	2	0	0	2	64			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	1	0	2	1.11	-0.157	7.81	-0.66%	0.18	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
33	351	139	Sep 6(1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-1	CG	W(21-6)	3	9.0	8	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.72	3.24	36	14	10	1	0	8	69			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.266	2.71	0.48%	2.88	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
34	352	145	Sep 12(1)	CLE		NYY	W,4-1	CG	W(22-6)	5	9.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.66	3.19	35	7	15	1	0	6	74			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.16	0.369	.64	0.12%	3.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
35	353	148	Sep 17	CLE	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	W(23-6)	4	9.0	6	3	1	2	3	0	0	2.60	3.16	37	16	10	0	2	6	68			0	1	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.08	0.087	.00	0.00%	1.18	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
36	354	154	Sep 24	CLE		DET	L,4-6	CG	L(23-7)	6	9.0	10	6	6	4	2	2	0	2.72	3.27	39	13	10	1	4	10	41			0	0	0	34	2	0	1	1	1	0	.40	-0.234	.00	0.00%	-1.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out d5
							28-8		W-L:23-7,Hld:1	3.4	258.1	228	95	78	92	110	12	4	2.72	3.27	1078	1.38		3%	8%	225	57	2	0%	4	6	1	960	40	2	7	26	13	20	.99	2.507	4.72	7.22%	27.05

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