Chet Lemon

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: February 12, 1955 in Jackson, MS us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (22nd) of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Fremont HS (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Fremont HS (Los Angeles, CA)

School: Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)

Debut: September 9, 1975 (Age 20-209d, 13,705th in major league history)
vs. CAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1990 (Age 35-233d)
vs. NYY 5 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Full Name: Chester Earl Lemon

Nicknames: The Jet

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

55.7

6868

1875

215

.273

973

RBI

884

OBP

.355

SLG

.442

OPS

.797

OPS+

121

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	CHW	@	TOR	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
2	2	Apr 9	CHW	@	TOR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
3	3	Apr 10	CHW	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
4	4	Apr 12	CHW		BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
5	5	Apr 13	CHW		BOS	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
6	6	Apr 15	CHW		TOR	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
7	7	Apr 16	CHW		TOR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
8	8	Apr 17	CHW		TOR	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
9	9	Apr 19	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
10	10	Apr 20	CHW	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
11	11	Apr 22	CHW	@	OAK	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
12	12	Apr 23	CHW	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
13	13	Apr 24 (1)	CHW	@	OAK	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
14	14	Apr 24 (2)	CHW	@	OAK	L,4-11	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
15	15	Apr 26	CHW	@	DET	W,10-7	CG	57	14.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
16	16	Apr 27	CHW	@	DET	L,9-10	GS	37	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
17	17	Apr 29	CHW		TEX	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
18	18	Apr 30	CHW		TEX	L,4-14	CG	53	9.0	2	0	2	4	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	19	May 1	CHW		TEX	W,12-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
20	20	May 2	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
21	21	May 3	CHW	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
22	22	May 4	CHW	@	KCR	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
23	23	May 5	CHW	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
24	24	May 6	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
25	25	May 7	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
26	26	May 8	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
27	27	May 9	CHW	@	TEX	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
28	28	May 10	CHW	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
29	29	May 11	CHW	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	36	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
30	30	May 13	CHW		CLE	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
31	31	May 14	CHW		CLE	W,18-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
32	32	May 15	CHW		CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
33	33	May 18	CHW		KCR	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
34	34	May 19	CHW		KCR	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
35	35	May 20	CHW		DET	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	CF
36	36	May 21	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
37	37	May 22	CHW		DET	L,3-14	GS	23	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
38	38	May 25	CHW	@	MIL	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
39	39	May 26	CHW	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
40	40	May 27	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
41	41	May 28	CHW	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
42	42	May 29	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-5	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	45 (2)	Jun 1	CHW		BAL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	CF
44	46	Jun 2	CHW		BAL	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
45	47	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
46	48	Jun 4	CHW		NYY	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	CF
47	49	Jun 5	CHW		NYY	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
48	50	Jun 6	CHW	@	MIN	W,9-5	CG	48	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
49	51	Jun 7	CHW	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	50	10.2	4	1	0	5	0	CF
50	52	Jun 8	CHW	@	TEX	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
51	53	Jun 9	CHW	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	54	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	CF
52	54	Jun 10	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
53	55	Jun 11	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
54	56	Jun 12	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	47	11.0	5	0	1	6	0	CF
55	57	Jun 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	36	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	CF
56	59 (1)	Jun 16	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
57	60	Jun 18	CHW		OAK	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
58	61	Jun 19 (1)	CHW		OAK	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
59	62	Jun 19 (2)	CHW		OAK	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
60	63	Jun 20	CHW		OAK	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
61	64	Jun 21	CHW		CAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
62	65	Jun 22	CHW		CAL	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
63	66	Jun 23	CHW		CAL	L,6-10	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
64	67	Jun 24	CHW	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
65	68	Jun 25	CHW	@	MIN	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
66	69	Jun 26	CHW	@	MIN	L,12-19	CG	52	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
67	70	Jun 27	CHW		SEA	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
68	71	Jun 28	CHW		SEA	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
69	72	Jun 29	CHW		SEA	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	73	Jul 1	CHW		MIN	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	CF
71	74	Jul 2	CHW		MIN	W,13-8	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
72	75	Jul 3 (1)	CHW		MIN	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
73	76	Jul 3 (2)	CHW		MIN	W,10-8	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
74	82 (5)	Jul 10	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	GS	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
75	83	Jul 11	CHW		KCR	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
76	84	Jul 12	CHW		KCR	L,3-8	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
77	85	Jul 13 (1)	CHW		TOR	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
78	86	Jul 13 (2)	CHW		TOR	L,3-5	CG	43	11.0	3	0	2	5	0	CF
79	87	Jul 14	CHW		TOR	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
80	88	Jul 15	CHW		BOS	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
81	89	Jul 16	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
82	90	Jul 17	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
83	91	Jul 22	CHW	@	TOR	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
84	92	Jul 23	CHW	@	TOR	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
85	93	Jul 24	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
86	94	Jul 25	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
87	95	Jul 26	CHW		DET	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
88	96	Jul 27	CHW		DET	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
89	97	Jul 29	CHW		KCR	W,11-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
90	98	Jul 30	CHW		KCR	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
91	99	Jul 31 (1)	CHW		KCR	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
92	100	Jul 31 (2)	CHW		KCR	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	101	Aug 1	CHW		TEX	L,6-11	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
94	102	Aug 2	CHW		TEX	L,8-9	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
95	103	Aug 3	CHW		TEX	L,10-12	CG	59	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
96	104	Aug 4	CHW		TEX	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
97	105	Aug 5	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-12	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
98	106	Aug 6	CHW	@	KCR	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
99	107	Aug 7	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	33	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	CF
100	108	Aug 8	CHW		SEA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
101	109	Aug 9	CHW		SEA	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
102	110	Aug 10	CHW		CLE	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
103	111	Aug 11	CHW		CLE	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
104	112	Aug 12	CHW	@	TEX	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
105	113	Aug 13	CHW	@	TEX	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
106	114	Aug 14	CHW	@	TEX	L,9-12	CG	46	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
107	115	Aug 15	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
108	116	Aug 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,10-11	GS	38	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
109	117	Aug 19	CHW	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
110	118	Aug 20	CHW	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
111	119	Aug 21 (1)	CHW	@	MIL	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
112	120	Aug 21 (2)	CHW	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
113	121	Aug 22	CHW		NYY	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
114	122	Aug 23	CHW		NYY	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
115	123	Aug 24	CHW	@	BAL	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
116	124	Aug 25	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
117	126 (1)	Aug 27	CHW		MIL	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
118	127	Aug 28	CHW		MIL	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
119	128	Aug 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	CF
120	129	Aug 30	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	130	Sep 2	CHW		BAL	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
122	131	Sep 3	CHW		BAL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
123	132	Sep 4	CHW		BAL	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
124	133	Sep 5 (1)	CHW	@	OAK	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
125	134	Sep 5 (2)	CHW	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	CF
126	135	Sep 6	CHW	@	OAK	W,7-2	GS	33	6.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
127	136	Sep 7	CHW	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
128	137	Sep 8 (1)	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
129	138	Sep 8 (2)	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
130	139	Sep 9	CHW	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
131	140	Sep 10	CHW	@	CAL	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
132	141	Sep 11 (1)	CHW	@	CAL	W,6-2	GS	25	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
133	142	Sep 11 (2)	CHW	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	CF
134	143	Sep 12	CHW		MIN	W,7-3	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
135	144	Sep 13	CHW		MIN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
136	145	Sep 14	CHW		MIN	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
137	146	Sep 15	CHW		MIN	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
138	147	Sep 16	CHW		CAL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
139	148	Sep 17	CHW		CAL	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
140	149	Sep 18 (1)	CHW		CAL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
141	150	Sep 18 (2)	CHW		CAL	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	CF
142	151	Sep 19	CHW		OAK	W,8-0	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
143	152	Sep 20	CHW		OAK	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
144	153	Sep 21	CHW		OAK	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
145	154	Sep 22	CHW	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
146	155	Sep 23	CHW	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
147	156	Sep 24	CHW	@	SEA	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
148	157	Sep 25	CHW	@	SEA	L,4-5	GS	34	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
149	160 (2)	Oct 1 (1)	CHW		SEA	L,3-5	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
							149gm		1301.2	509	12	12	533	2