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.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	CHW		BAL	L,3-5	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
2	2	Apr 11	CHW		BAL	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
3	3	Apr 12	CHW		BAL	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
4	4	Apr 13	CHW		BAL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
5	5	Apr 15	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	56	14.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
6	6	Apr 16	CHW		NYY	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
7	7	Apr 17	CHW		NYY	W,8-6	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
8	8	Apr 18	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
9	9	Apr 19	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	50	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
10	10	Apr 20	CHW	@	BAL	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
11	11	Apr 21	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
12	12	Apr 22	CHW	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
13	13	Apr 24	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
14	14	Apr 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
15	15	Apr 26	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	52	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
16	17 (1)	Apr 29	CHW		BOS	L,1-11	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
17	18	Apr 30	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	19	May 1	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
19	20	May 2	CHW		MIL	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
20	21	May 3	CHW		MIL	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
21	23 (1)	May 5	CHW		MIL	W,11-7	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	CF
22	24	May 6	CHW		KCR	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
23	25	May 7	CHW		KCR	L,5-12	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
24	26	May 8	CHW		KCR	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
25	27	May 9	CHW	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	33	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
26	28	May 10	CHW	@	TEX	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
27	29	May 11	CHW	@	TEX	L,1-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
28	30	May 13	CHW	@	MIL	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
29	31	May 14	CHW	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
30	32	May 15	CHW	@	MIL	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
31	33	May 16	CHW		SEA	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
32	34	May 17	CHW		SEA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
33	35	May 18	CHW		SEA	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
34	36	May 19	CHW		MIN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
35	37	May 20	CHW		MIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
36	38	May 21	CHW		MIN	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
37	39	May 23	CHW	@	SEA	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
38	40	May 24	CHW	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
39	41	May 25	CHW	@	SEA	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
40	42	May 26	CHW	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
41	43	May 27	CHW	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
42	44	May 28	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-6	GF	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
43	45	May 29	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
44	46	May 30	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	0	0	2	2	0	CF
45	47	May 31	CHW	@	KCR	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	48	Jun 1	CHW	@	KCR	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
47	49	Jun 2	CHW		TEX	T,1-1	CG	20	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
48	50	Jun 3	CHW		TEX	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
49	51	Jun 4 (1)	CHW		TEX	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
50	53 (1)	Jun 6	CHW		CLE	W,8-7	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
51	54	Jun 8	CHW		CLE	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
52	55	Jun 10	CHW		TOR	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
53	56	Jun 11	CHW		TOR	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
54	57	Jun 13	CHW	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
55	58	Jun 14	CHW	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
56	59	Jun 16	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
57	60	Jun 17	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
58	62 (1)	Jun 18 (2)	CHW	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
59	63	Jun 20	CHW		DET	L,3-5	CG	46	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
60	64	Jun 21	CHW		DET	L,1-4	CG	44	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
61	65	Jun 22 (1)	CHW		DET	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
62	67 (1)	Jun 24	CHW	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
63	68	Jun 25	CHW	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
64	69	Jun 26	CHW	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
65	70	Jun 27	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
66	71	Jun 28	CHW	@	OAK	W,3-0	GS	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	74 (2)	Jul 1	CHW		CAL	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
68	75	Jul 2	CHW		CAL	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
69	76	Jul 3	CHW		CAL	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
70	78 (1)	Jul 5	CHW		OAK	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
71	81 (2)	Jul 10	CHW		BAL	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
72	82	Jul 11	CHW		BAL	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
73	83	Jul 12	CHW		NYY	L,0-8	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
74	84	Jul 13	CHW		NYY	L,1-3	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
75	85	Jul 14	CHW		NYY	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
76	86	Jul 15	CHW	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
77	87	Jul 16	CHW	@	TEX	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
78	88	Jul 17	CHW	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	7	0	0	7	0	CF
79	89	Jul 18	CHW	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
80	90	Jul 19	CHW	@	MIL	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
81	91	Jul 20	CHW	@	MIL	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
82	92	Jul 21	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
83	93	Jul 22	CHW	@	KCR	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
84	94	Jul 23	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
85	95	Jul 24	CHW	@	KCR	L,4-12	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
86	96	Jul 25	CHW		TEX	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
87	97	Jul 26 (1)	CHW		TEX	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
88	98	Jul 26 (2)	CHW		TEX	T,1-1	CG	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
89	99	Jul 27 (1)	CHW		TEX	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
90	100	Jul 27 (2)	CHW		TEX	L,3-4	CG	54	13.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
91	101	Jul 29	CHW		MIL	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
92	102	Jul 30	CHW		MIL	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	103	Aug 1	CHW		KCR	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
94	104	Aug 2	CHW		KCR	L,2-8	GS	32	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
95	105	Aug 3	CHW		KCR	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
96	109 (3)	Aug 8	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
97	110	Aug 9	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
98	111	Aug 10	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
99	112	Aug 11	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	CF
100	113	Aug 12	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	47	9.1	0	0	0	0	0	CF
101	114	Aug 13	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
102	115	Aug 15	CHW		BOS	L,5-8	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
103	116	Aug 18 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
104	122 (5)	Aug 23	CHW		TOR	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
105	123	Aug 24	CHW		TOR	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
106	124	Aug 26	CHW		DET	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
107	125	Aug 27	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	55	14.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
108	126	Aug 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
109	127	Aug 30	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
110	128	Aug 31 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,10-8	GS	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF 2B
111	129	Aug 31 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	130	Sep 1	CHW	@	DET	W,11-3	GS	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
113	131	Sep 2 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
114	133 (1)	Sep 3	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	2	1	0	3	1	CF
115	134	Sep 4	CHW	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	CF
116	135	Sep 5	CHW	@	TOR	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
117	136	Sep 7 (1)	CHW	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
118	137	Sep 7 (2)	CHW	@	TOR	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
119	138	Sep 8	CHW		SEA	W,3-2	CG	47	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
120	140 (1)	Sep 10	CHW		SEA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
121	141	Sep 12	CHW		MIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
122	142	Sep 13	CHW		MIN	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
123	143	Sep 14	CHW		MIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
124	144	Sep 15	CHW	@	SEA	L,1-12	GS	30	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
125	145	Sep 16	CHW	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
126	147 (1)	Sep 18	CHW	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
127	149 (1)	Sep 21 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
128	150	Sep 21 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-6	GS	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
129	151	Sep 23	CHW	@	OAK	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
130	152	Sep 24	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
131	153	Sep 25	CHW	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
132	154	Sep 26	CHW	@	CAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
133	155	Sep 27	CHW	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
134	156	Sep 28	CHW	@	CAL	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
135	157	Sep 30	CHW		OAK	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
136	158	Oct 1	CHW		OAK	L,3-11	GS	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
137	159	Oct 2	CHW		OAK	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
138	160	Oct 3	CHW		CAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
139	162 (1)	Oct 5	CHW		CAL	W,5-3	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
							140gm		1187.1	343	11	7	361	1