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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
2	2	Apr 8	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
3	3	Apr 9	CHW		BOS	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
4	4	Apr 11	CHW		TOR	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
5	5	Apr 12	CHW		TOR	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
6	6	Apr 13	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
7	7	Apr 15	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
8	8	Apr 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
9	9	Apr 17	CHW	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	47	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
10	10	Apr 21	CHW	@	TOR	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
11	11	Apr 22	CHW	@	TOR	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
12	12	Apr 23	CHW	@	TOR	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
13	13	Apr 24	CHW		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
14	14	Apr 25	CHW		DET	L,4-8	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
15	15	Apr 26	CHW		DET	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
16	16	Apr 28	CHW		BAL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
17	17	Apr 29	CHW		BAL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
18	18	Apr 30	CHW		BAL	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	19	May 2	CHW	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
20	20	May 3	CHW	@	MIL	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
21	21	May 6 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	42	9.1	6	0	0	6	0	CF
22	22	May 6 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
23	23	May 7	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
24	24	May 10	CHW		MIN	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
25	25	May 12	CHW		MIL	W,4-3	CG	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
26	26	May 13	CHW		MIL	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
27	27	May 14	CHW		MIL	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
28	28	May 15	CHW		NYY	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
29	29	May 16	CHW		NYY	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	CF
30	30	May 17	CHW		CAL	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
31	31	May 18	CHW		CAL	L,5-9	GS	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
32	38 (6)	May 25	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-6	GS	22	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
33	41 (2)	May 28 (1)	CHW		OAK	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
34	44 (2)	May 30	CHW		CAL	W,6-2	GS	17	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
35	45	May 31	CHW		CAL	W,17-2	GS	23	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	46	Jun 2	CHW	@	KCR	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
37	47	Jun 3	CHW	@	KCR	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
38	48	Jun 4	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-13	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
39	49	Jun 5	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
40	50	Jun 6	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
41	59 (8)	Jun 15	CHW		TEX	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
42	60	Jun 16	CHW		KCR	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
43	61	Jun 17	CHW		KCR	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
44	62	Jun 18 (1)	CHW		KCR	L,2-3	CG	44	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
45	63	Jun 18 (2)	CHW		KCR	W,11-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
46	64	Jun 19	CHW		SEA	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
47	65	Jun 20	CHW		SEA	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
48	66	Jun 22	CHW		SEA	L,6-8	CG	46	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
49	67	Jun 23	CHW		MIN	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
50	68	Jun 24	CHW		MIN	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
51	69	Jun 25 (1)	CHW		MIN	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
52	70	Jun 25 (2)	CHW		MIN	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
53	71	Jun 26	CHW	@	SEA	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
54	72	Jun 27	CHW	@	SEA	W,10-6	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
55	73	Jun 28	CHW	@	SEA	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
56	74	Jun 29	CHW	@	SEA	L,7-9	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	75	Jul 1	CHW	@	MIN	L,0-10	CG	49	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
58	76	Jul 2 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
59	77	Jul 2 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
60	78	Jul 3	CHW		TEX	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	CF
61	79	Jul 4	CHW		TEX	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
62	80	Jul 5	CHW		BOS	L,2-9	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
63	81	Jul 6	CHW		BOS	L,6-7	CG	44	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
64	82	Jul 7	CHW		TOR	L,2-3	GS	21	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
65	85 (2)	Jul 13	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-1	GS	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
66	88 (2)	Jul 16	CHW	@	MIL	L,1-10	GS	25	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	113 (24)	Aug 11	CHW		DET	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
68	129 (15)	Aug 28	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	RF
69	130	Aug 29	CHW	@	KCR	W,9-3	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
70	131	Aug 30	CHW	@	KCR	L,0-12	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	132	Sep 1 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
72	133	Sep 1 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
73	135 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
74	136	Sep 3	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	RF
75	137	Sep 4	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-2	GS	21	5.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
76	138	Sep 5	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-3	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
77	139	Sep 6	CHW	@	MIN	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
78	140	Sep 7	CHW		SEA	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
79	141	Sep 8	CHW		SEA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
80	142	Sep 9	CHW		SEA	L,6-9	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
81	145 (2)	Sep 12	CHW		MIN	W,6-1	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
82	146	Sep 14	CHW	@	SEA	W,6-5	GS	18	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
83	147	Sep 15	CHW	@	SEA	W,8-3	CG	38	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	CF
84	148	Sep 16	CHW	@	SEA	W,9-1	GS	22	6.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
85	149	Sep 17	CHW	@	SEA	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
86	150	Sep 18	CHW	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
87	151	Sep 19 (1)	CHW	@	OAK	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
88	153 (1)	Sep 22	CHW		CAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
89	154	Sep 23	CHW		CAL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
90	155	Sep 24	CHW		CAL	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
91	156	Sep 25	CHW		OAK	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
92	157	Sep 26	CHW		OAK	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
93	158	Sep 28	CHW	@	CAL	L,7-11	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
94	159	Sep 29	CHW	@	CAL	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
95	160	Sep 30	CHW	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
							95gm		778.2	282	7	5	294	2