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: 9-12 / in Starts: 8-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 1

1957 Pitching Game Log

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1957 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	429	2	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	W,8-3	GS-6		99	5.1	8	3	3	2	2	0	0	5.06	2.83	25	10	4	0	0	7	40			0	0	1	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.138	2.77	-0.19%	-0.66	1b start a 1	6b 123 1 out a1
2	430	6	Apr 24	CLE	@	KCA	L,6-17	GS-2	L(0-1)	5	1.2	6	5	5	2	3	0	0	10.29	2.74	13	0	2	0	0	6	24			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.31	-0.331	3.42	-0.52%	-4.54	1b start tie	2b 1-3 2 out d5
3	431	8	Apr 26	CLE		DET	L,0-5	GS-7	L(0-2)	1	7.0	7	5	5	7	4	1	1	8.36	4.67	36	8	9	1	2	7	40			0	0	0	27	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.13	-0.091	2.58	-0.13%	-1.73	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
4	432	12	Apr 30	CLE		WSH	W,5-1	GS-8	W(1-2)	3	7.1	2	1	1	6	3	0	0	5.91	4.47	29	11	7	0	1	2	67			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	0.253	3.22	0.36%	1.87	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a2
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	433	15	May 5(1)	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	GS-3	L(1-3)	4	2.0	4	4	0	3	0	0	1	5.40	4.81	14	5	1	0	0	4	37			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	1	.96	-0.361	2.83	-0.64%	-4.89	1t start tie	3t 123 0 out d4
6	434	17	May 7	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	1-GF	W(2-3)	1	8.1	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.26	4.16	33	14	11	2	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.43	0.414	3.51	0.61%	2.84	1t --- 2 out tie	9t end a 1
7	435	20	May 11	CLE		KCA	W,2-1	GS-9	W(3-3)	3	8.1	8	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.60	3.81	34	10	11	0	2	8	64			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	0.333	4.07	0.60%	2.71	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a1
8	436	23	May 15	CLE	@	BAL	W,11-8	GS-6		3	6.0	7	5	5	3	1	0	1	4.11	3.85	28	11	5	1	2	7	36			1	0	0	21	1	1	1	0	1	0	.94	-0.264	3.00	-0.51%	-2.39	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
9	437	27	May 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS-6	L(3-4)	3	5.2	11	6	4	1	0	1	0	4.35	4.00	29	9	9	0	3	10	26			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	2	0	2	.84	-0.265	3.69	-0.70%	-3.64	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d5
10	438	30	May 24	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	GS-7		4	6.1	4	3	3	5	4	0	1	4.34	4.01	27	6	7	1	1	4	52			0	1	0	20	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.27	-0.181	5.83	-0.50%	-0.38	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d1
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
11	439	51	Jun 13	CLE		BOS	L,3-9	9-GF		19	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.42	4.17	6	0	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.003	.02	0.00%	-0.53	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 6
12	440	56	Jun 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS-7	W(4-4)	4	7.0	7	2	1	2	2	0	0	4.09	4.02	30	13	6	0	0	7	57			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	0.256	3.08	0.35%	1.47	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
13	441	60	Jun 22	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	W(5-4)	3	9.0	5	1	0	2	4	0	1	3.60	3.84	33	12	9	1	0	5	77			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	1	.54	0.088	.95	0.09%	3.13	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
14	442	64	Jun 26	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS-7	L(5-5)	3	6.1	6	3	3	8	1	0	0	3.65	4.01	34	14	8	0	2	3	42			0	1	0	23	1	1	1	1	2	3	1.11	0.008	4.14	0.02%	-0.29	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out d2
15	443	69	Jun 30	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-12	GS-6	L(5-6)	3	5.2	10	6	5	1	2	0	0	3.93	3.89	28	7	8	1	0	10	28			0	0	0	22	0	1	1	0	2	1	1.00	-0.345	2.27	-0.47%	-3.59	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d3
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
16	444	75	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS-6	L(5-7)	5	6.0	5	5	4	6	2	1	0	4.06	4.09	26	10	3	0	2	5	40			1	1	0	19	1	1	1	2	0	0	.67	-0.152	.97	-0.13%	-2.17	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
17	445	79	Jul 11(2)	CLE		BAL	L,4-5	GS-3	L(5-8)	4	3.0	3	5	5	2	2	1	2	4.41	4.26	16	3	4	0	0	3	33			3	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.317	.26	-0.07%	-3.60	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
18	446	82	Jul 14(1)	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	W(6-8)	2	9.0	7	2	2	3	5	1	0	4.20	4.22	35	12	8	0	1	7	67			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	2	0	0	.98	0.146	.39	0.04%	2.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
19	447	89	Jul 21(1)	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	GS-6	L(6-9)	6	5.2	8	4	4	4	2	2	0	4.31	4.43	29	6	10	0	2	7	35			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.138	.36	-0.02%	-0.94	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out d1
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
20	448	103	Aug 4(2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	6-9	L(6-10)	13	3.2	7	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.33	4.41	20	7	4	2	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	-0.128	.06	0.00%	0.44	6b --- 0 out tie	9b 12- 2 out tie
21	449	111	Aug 11(2)	CLE		KCA	L,8-9	3-5	L(6-11)	6	3.0	5	5	5	2	1	1	0	4.60	4.50	14	5	1	0	0	5		1	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	-0.411	.00	0.00%	-3.22	3t 1-- 0 out d1	5t 3 out d4
							9-12		W-L:6-11	3.5	117.1	129	70	60	64	45	9	7	4.60	4.50	539	1.34		3%	6%	121	45	1	0%	7	3	1	449	23	4	6	13	7	11	1.13	-1.627	2.45	-1.82%	-17.91

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