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Bob Lemon

Robert Granville Lemon

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 22, 1920 in San Bernardino, CA
High School: Woodrow Wilson HS (Long Beach, CA)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1941
Team: Indians 1941-1958

Final Game: July 1, 1958
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1976 (305/388 ballots).
   View Bob Lemon Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: January 11, 2000 in Long Beach, CA
Cremated
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1941 20 CLE AL 5 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 35 1 0 0 0 /5
1942 21 CLE AL 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /5
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 25 CLE AL 55 99 89 9 16 3 0 1 4 0 1 7 18 .180 .240 .247 .487 40 22 0 0 3 18O
1947 26 CLE AL 47 64 56 11 18 4 3 2 5 0 0 6 9 .321 .387 .607 .994 177 34 0 0 2 1/O89
1948 27 CLE AL 52 129 119 20 34 9 0 5 21 0 0 8 23 .286 .331 .487 .818 119 58 0 0 2 1 AS,MVP-5
1949 28 CLE AL 46 123 108 17 29 6 2 7 19 0 0 10 20 .269 .331 .556 .886 134 60 1 0 5 1 AS,MVP-9
1950 29 CLE AL 72 151 136 21 37 9 1 6 26 0 0 13 25 .272 .340 .485 .825 113 66 0 1 3 1 AS,MVP-5
1951 30 CLE AL 56 112 102 11 21 4 1 3 13 0 0 9 22 .206 .270 .353 .623 72 36 1 0 1 1 AS
1952 31 CLE AL 54 134 124 14 28 5 0 2 9 0 0 4 21 .226 .250 .315 .565 61 39 2 0 6 1 AS,MVP-8
1953 32 CLE AL 51 125 112 12 26 9 1 2 17 2 0 7 20 .232 .277 .384 .661 79 43 1 0 6 1 AS,MVP-16
1954 33 CLE AL 40 113 98 11 21 4 1 2 10 0 0 6 24 .214 .257 .337 .594 61 33 1 0 8 1 1 AS,MVP-5
1955 34 CLE AL 49 99 78 11 19 0 0 1 9 0 0 13 16 .244 .344 .282 .626 68 22 1 0 6 2 0 1
1956 35 CLE AL 43 109 93 8 18 0 0 5 12 0 0 9 21 .194 .272 .355 .627 63 33 1 1 7 0 0 1 MVP-10
1957 36 CLE AL 25 46 46 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 14 .065 .065 .152 .217 -42 7 1 0 0 0 0 1
1958 37 CLE AL 15 14 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .231 .286 .231 .516 45 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Yrs 615 1327 1183 148 274 54 9 37 147 2 1 93 241 .232 .288 .386 .674 82 457 9 2 49 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 350 312 39 72 14 2 10 39 1 0 24 63 .232 .288 .386 .674 82 120 2 1 13

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1941 20 CLE AL 5 4 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .492 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /5
1942 21 CLE AL 5 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .471 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /5
1946 25 CLE AL 55 99 -7 -0 0 0 10 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .505 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $ 18O
1947 26 CLE AL 47 64 5 0 0 0 7 12 1.3 2 14 1.3 .528 .508 1.3 -0.0 14 $ 1/O89
1948 27 CLE AL 52 129 2 1 1 0 14 17 1.7 3 20 1.7 .532 .510 1.7 0.0 20 $ 1 AS,MVP-5
1949 28 CLE AL 46 123 4 0 -0 0 13 17 1.7 3 20 1.7 .537 .510 1.7 0.0 20 $ 1 AS,MVP-9
1950 29 CLE AL 72 151 1 1 1 0 18 21 1.9 4 25 1.9 .527 .512 1.9 0.0 25 $ 1 AS,MVP-5
1951 30 CLE AL 56 112 -4 -1 0 0 11 6 0.6 3 9 0.6 .512 .504 0.6 0.0 9 $ 1 AS
1952 31 CLE AL 54 134 -7 -0 0 0 15 8 0.9 4 12 0.9 .517 .506 0.9 0.0 12 $ 1 AS,MVP-8
1953 32 CLE AL 51 125 -3 0 0 0 14 11 1.1 3 14 1.1 .522 .507 1.1 0.0 14 $ 1 AS,MVP-16
1954 33 CLE AL 40 113 -5 -1 0 0 13 7 0.7 3 10 0.7 .518 .504 0.7 0.0 10 $ 1 AS,MVP-5
1955 34 CLE AL 49 99 -3 0 0 0 10 7 0.7 3 10 0.7 .515 .504 0.7 0.0 10 $50,000 1
1956 35 CLE AL 43 109 -5 -0 0 0 12 7 0.7 3 10 0.7 .516 .504 0.7 0.0 10 $ 1 MVP-10
1957 36 CLE AL 25 46 -8 -0 -0 0 5 -4 -0.4 1 -2 -0.4 .484 .498 -0.4 -0.0 -2 $ 1
1958 37 CLE AL 15 14 -1 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .507 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
15 Seasons 615 1327 -33 -0 4 0 141 112 11.2 35 147 11.2 .518 .505 11.2 0.0 147 $50,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1941 20 CLE AL 4 3 0 0.0 102 .333 .250 .270 .250 .345 .250 .397 .500 .742 35 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
1942 21 CLE AL 5 5 0 0.0 89 .000 .000 .258 .000 .332 .000 .362 .000 .693 -100 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1946 25 CLE AL 99 77 5 1.7 90 .214 .180 .255 .240 .328 .247 .367 .487 .696 40 .169 -7.0 -0.7 .378 .135 .067 .0
1947 26 CLE AL 64 40 13 8.7 94 .356 .321 .259 .387 .338 .607 .373 .994 .711 177 .792 5.3 0.5 1.053 .393 .286 .0
1948 27 CLE AL 129 87 19 5.8 103 .319 .286 .269 .331 .354 .487 .389 .818 .743 119 .605 2.4 0.2 .776 .269 .202 .0
1949 28 CLE AL 123 85 20 6.2 105 .272 .269 .268 .331 .360 .556 .390 .886 .750 134 .639 3.8 0.4 .875 .380 .287 .0
1950 29 CLE AL 151 102 22 5.7 110 .295 .272 .274 .340 .360 .485 .410 .825 .770 113 .565 2.0 0.2 .808 .309 .213 .0
1951 30 CLE AL 112 83 10 3.2 97 .234 .206 .260 .270 .340 .353 .382 .623 .722 72 .353 -4.5 -0.4 .549 .235 .147 .0
1952 31 CLE AL 134 104 10 2.6 90 .257 .226 .252 .250 .330 .315 .368 .565 .698 61 .298 -6.8 -0.7 .439 .121 .089 .0
1953 32 CLE AL 125 93 12 3.5 100 .267 .232 .266 .277 .342 .384 .392 .661 .733 79 .386 -3.6 -0.4 .598 .232 .152 2.0
1954 33 CLE AL 113 87 9 2.8 100 .260 .214 .268 .257 .344 .337 .391 .594 .735 61 .313 -5.9 -0.6 .500 .184 .122 .0
1955 34 CLE AL 99 68 9 3.5 106 .286 .244 .271 .344 .351 .282 .404 .626 .755 68 .384 -3.2 -0.3 .583 .205 .038 .0
1956 35 CLE AL 109 83 10 3.2 108 .194 .194 .270 .272 .352 .355 .412 .627 .764 63 .326 -5.8 -0.6 .566 .258 .161 .0
1957 36 CLE AL 46 44 0 0.0 99 .065 .065 .263 .065 .335 .152 .397 .217 .733 -42 .000 -9.2 -1.0 .159 .087 .087 .0
1958 37 CLE AL 14 10 1 2.7 97 .333 .231 .260 .286 .329 .231 .396 .516 .725 45 .296 -1.0 -0.1 .400 .077 .000
15 Yrs 1327 971 140 3.9 101 .261 .232 .265 .288 .346 .386 .390 .674 .735 82 .431 -35.2 -3.6 .602 .234 .155 3.8
162 Game Avg. 350 256 37 3.9 101 .261 .232 .265 .288 .346 .386 .390 .674 .735 82 .431 -35.2 -3.6 .602 .234 .155 1

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1948 27 CLE AL WS BSN W 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 33 CLE AL WS NYG L 3 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 5 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .071 .000 .071 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 5 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .071 .000 .071 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1948 CLE AL 27 DNP
1949 CLE AL 28 DNP
1950 CLE AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 CLE AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CLE AL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CLE AL 32 DNP
1954 CLE AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs (4 GP) 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1941 20 CLE AL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 75%
1942 21 CLE AL 5 0.0% 60.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7 40%
1946 25 CLE AL 99 1.0% 18.2% 7.1% 4.0% 25% 2.57 4.9 89.0 22.3 71%
1947 26 CLE AL 64 3.1% 14.1% 9.4% 14.1% 50% 1.50 6.2 28.0 11.2 70%
1948 27 CLE AL 129 3.9% 17.8% 6.2% 10.9% 41% 2.88 5.2 23.8 5.7 1.25 71%
1949 28 CLE AL 123 5.7% 16.3% 8.1% 12.2% 52% 2.00 5.4 15.4 5.7 1.07 66%
1950 29 CLE AL 151 4.0% 16.6% 8.6% 10.6% 43% 1.92 5.4 22.7 5.2 0.95 70%
1951 30 CLE AL 112 2.7% 19.6% 8.0% 7.1% 38% 2.44 4.6 34.0 7.8 0.94 69%
1952 31 CLE AL 134 1.5% 15.7% 3.0% 5.2% 25% 5.25 5.9 62.0 13.8 1.32 75%
1953 32 CLE AL 125 1.6% 16.0% 5.6% 9.6% 46% 2.86 5.6 56.0 6.6 0.75 72%
1954 33 CLE AL 113 1.8% 21.2% 5.3% 6.2% 33% 4.00 4.1 49.0 9.8 1.40 65%
1955 34 CLE AL 99 1.0% 16.2% 13.1% 1.0% 5% 1.23 4.9 78.0 8.7 1.12 64%
1956 35 CLE AL 109 4.6% 19.3% 8.3% 4.6% 28% 2.33 4.4 18.6 7.8 1.11 61%
1957 36 CLE AL 46 2.2% 30.4% 0.0% 4.4% 67% 3.3 46.0 46.0 1.23 67%
1958 37 CLE AL 14 0.0% 28.6% 7.1% 0.0% 0% 4.00 3.3 13.0 0.20 64%
15 Yrs 1327 2.8% 18.2% 7.0% 7.5% 37% 2.59 4.9 32.0 8.0 1.07 68%
MLB Averages 1.8% 10.2% 9.3% 6.2% 27% 1.10 8.7 50.7 8.4 0.98 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1941 20 CLE AL -0.4 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 21 CLE AL -1.3 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 25 CLE AL -7.0 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 26 CLE AL 5.2 0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 27 CLE AL 2.4 0.2 130 0.0 1.8 -1.7 .72 0.3 -0.3 4.5 0.4 0.93 5.6 0.43 5
1949 28 CLE AL 3.8 0.4 123 1.5 3.4 -1.9 1.08 0.8 0.6 9.5 0.9 0.94 7.5 2.42 8
1950 29 CLE AL 1.8 0.2 153 0.3 2.9 -2.6 1.00 0.6 -0.3 2.9 0.3 0.99 6.1 1.75 25
1951 30 CLE AL -4.6 -0.5 112 -0.6 1.8 -2.4 1.12 -0.2 -0.3 -2.1 -0.2 0.95 -2.3 2.30 14
1952 31 CLE AL -7.0 -0.7 135 -0.6 1.6 -2.2 .92 -0.7 0.1 -6.8 -0.7 0.94 -8.0 2.66 8
1953 32 CLE AL -3.7 -0.4 127 0.4 2.6 -2.2 1.01 0.0 0.4 -0.4 -0.0 1.00 -2.0 2.95 6
1954 33 CLE AL -5.9 -0.6 113 0.3 1.8 -1.5 .90 -0.5 0.8 -2.2 -0.2 0.96 -4.4 2.18 3
1955 34 CLE AL -3.2 -0.3 100 0.3 1.7 -1.4 1.00 -0.1 0.4 -1.9 -0.2 0.98 -1.0 2.60 9
1956 35 CLE AL -6.0 -0.6 109 0.2 2.0 -1.8 .90 -0.5 0.7 -5.7 -0.5 0.98 -5.2 3.10 5
1957 36 CLE AL -9.2 -1.0 46 -1.4 0.2 -1.6 1.40 -0.8 -0.2 -9.0 -0.9 0.96 -8.5 5.12 4
1958 37 CLE AL -1.0 -0.1 15 0.2 0.4 -0.2 1.05 -0.0 0.2 -0.4 -0.0 0.90 -0.6 1.22 6
15 Yrs -36.1 -3.7 1163 0.6 20.1 -19.5 .98 -1.1 1.7 -11.6 -1.3 0.96 -12.6 2.25 93

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 27 CLE AL 1 0 41% 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 39% 6 5 1 4 3 1 8 3 5
1949 28 CLE AL 3 0 31% 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 36% 8 5 3 1 1 0 5 3 2
1950 29 CLE AL 0 0 33% 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 44% 12 8 4 1 1 0 5 1 4
1951 30 CLE AL 1 0 30% 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14% 4 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
1952 31 CLE AL 2 0 40% 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21% 13 11 2 3 3 0 3 1 2
1953 32 CLE AL 3 0 32% 48 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 33% 11 9 2 2 1 1 5 2 3
1954 33 CLE AL 2 0 36% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 38% 3 3 0 1 0 0 4 1 3
1955 34 CLE AL 1 0 32% 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10% 7 7 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
1956 35 CLE AL 2 0 13% 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 36 CLE AL 1 0 50% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1958 37 CLE AL 0 0 25% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 16 0 33% 413 2 1 67% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 9 30% 67 54 12 14 11 2 35 14 21

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1948 27 CLE AL 129 71% 34 5 1 0 1 0.43 5 0 4 5 0 3 2 0 2 2 100% 20 0 0% 22 5 23% 85 16 19% 4 2 50% 9 4 44% 0
1949 28 CLE AL 123 68% 29 8 4 0 1 2.42 7 0 1 5 2 6 1 0 6 5 83% 23 1 4% 17 3 18% 71 13 18% 3 2 67% 9 6 67% 0
1950 29 CLE AL 151 54% 37 25 6 1 6 1.75 6 0 9 3 3 4 2 0 3 3 100% 26 0 0% 25 9 36% 117 21 18% 11 6 55% 4 2 50% 0
1951 30 CLE AL 112 63% 21 14 4 0 2 2.30 3 0 5 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 100% 25 1 4% 19 3 16% 79 10 13% 8 4 50% 3 3 100% 0
1952 31 CLE AL 134 74% 28 8 1 0 0 2.66 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 7 6 86% 25 2 8% 21 4 19% 80 7 9% 3 1 33% 2 2 100% 0
1953 32 CLE AL 125 60% 26 6 1 0 0 2.95 2 0 7 2 0 1 1 0 6 6 100% 19 1 5% 18 3 17% 97 16 16% 8 4 50% 4 2 50% 0
1954 33 CLE AL 113 64% 21 3 1 0 1 2.18 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 9 8 89% 27 1 4% 20 5 25% 73 8 11% 4 2 50% 3 1 33% 0
1955 34 CLE AL 99 64% 19 9 4 0 4 2.60 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 8 6 75% 23 1 4% 19 4 21% 72 9 13% 6 4 67% 4 2 50% 0
1956 35 CLE AL 109 67% 18 5 3 1 3 3.10 5 0 4 4 1 2 3 0 7 7 100% 23 1 4% 21 2 10% 84 8 10% 5 1 20% 5 3 60% 0
1957 36 CLE AL 46 87% 3 4 0 0 0 5.12 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 1 10% 10 0 0% 26 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1958 37 CLE AL 14 86% 3 6 3 0 1 1.22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 2 0 0% 7 1 14% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
15 Yrs 1155 66% 274 93 28 2 19 2.25 37 0 38 26 8 23 11 0 49 49 100% 225 9 4% 194 38 20% 791 109 14% 54 26 48% 43 25 58% 0
MLB Averages 50% 160% 19% 32% 14% 50% 54%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1941 20 5 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 35 1 0 0 0
1942 21 10 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .111 .111 .111 .222 -38 1 0 0 0
1943 22 10 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .111 .111 .111 .222 -38 1 0 0 0
1944 23 10 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .111 .111 .111 .222 -38 1 0 0 0
1945 24 10 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .111 .111 .111 .222 -38 1 0 0 0
1946 25 65 108 98 9 17 3 0 1 4 0 1 7 22 .173 .229 .235 .463 33 23 0 0 3
1947 26 112 172 154 20 35 7 3 3 9 0 1 13 31 .227 .287 .370 .658 87 57 0 0 5
1948 27 164 301 273 40 69 16 3 8 30 0 1 21 54 .253 .306 .421 .727 101 115 0 0 7
1949 28 210 424 381 57 98 22 5 15 49 0 1 31 74 .257 .313 .459 .772 111 175 1 0 12
1950 29 282 575 517 78 135 31 6 21 75 0 1 44 99 .261 .320 .466 .786 111 241 1 1 15
1951 30 338 687 619 89 156 35 7 24 88 0 1 53 121 .252 .312 .447 .760 105 277 2 1 16
1952 31 392 821 743 103 184 40 7 26 97 0 1 57 142 .248 .302 .425 .727 98 316 4 1 22
1953 32 443 946 855 115 210 49 8 28 114 2 1 64 162 .246 .299 .420 .719 96 359 5 1 28
1954 33 483 1059 953 126 231 53 9 30 124 2 1 70 186 .242 .295 .411 .706 92 392 6 1 36 1
1955 34 532 1158 1031 137 250 53 9 31 133 2 1 83 202 .242 .299 .402 .700 90 414 7 1 42 3 0
1956 35 575 1267 1124 145 268 53 9 36 145 2 1 92 223 .238 .296 .398 .694 88 447 8 2 49 3 0
1957 36 600 1313 1170 147 271 54 9 37 146 2 1 92 237 .232 .288 .388 .676 83 454 9 2 49 3 0
1958 37 615 1327 1183 148 274 54 9 37 147 2 1 93 241 .232 .288 .386 .674 82 457 9 2 49 3 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1941 20 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1942 21 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1946 25 57 105 94 11 18 3 0 1 5 0 8 19 .191 .255 .255 .510 6 55
1947 26 49 66 58 12 19 4 3 2 6 0 6 9 .328 .391 .603 .994 15 47
1948 27 54 133 123 20 34 9 0 5 21 0 8 24 .276 .321 .472 .792 19 52
1949 28 48 128 113 17 30 6 2 7 19 0 10 21 .265 .325 .540 .865 20 46
1950 29 75 156 139 20 36 9 1 6 25 0 13 26 .259 .327 .468 .794 21 72
1951 30 59 117 107 12 22 4 1 3 14 0 9 23 .206 .267 .346 .613 11 56
1952 31 56 141 131 17 31 6 0 2 11 0 4 22 .237 .259 .328 .588 11 54
1953 32 53 130 117 13 27 9 1 2 18 2 7 21 .231 .274 .376 .650 13 51
1954 33 42 119 103 12 23 4 1 2 11 0 7 25 .223 .270 .340 .610 9 40
1955 34 51 102 81 10 19 0 0 1 9 0 13 17 .235 .333 .272 .605 7 49
1956 35 45 113 96 8 18 0 0 5 11 0 9 22 .188 .264 .344 .608 8 43
1957 36 26 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 25
1958 37 16 14 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 .231 .286 .231 .516 1 15
15 Yrs 641 1381 1232 153 280 54 9 36 151 2 95 252 .227 .283 .373 .656 141 615
162 Game Avg. 162 349 311 39 71 14 2 9 38 1 24 64 .227 .283 .373 .656 36 615

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1964 BBWAA (11.9%)
1964 Run Off ( 1.5%)
1966 BBWAA ( 7.0%)
1967 BBWAA (12.0%)
1967 Run Off ( 2.3%)
1968 BBWAA (16.6%)
1969 BBWAA (16.5%)
1970 BBWAA (25.0%)
1971 BBWAA (25.0%)
1972 BBWAA (29.5%)
1973 BBWAA (46.6%)
1974 BBWAA (52.1%)
1975 BBWAA (64.4%)
1976 BBWAA (78.6%)
Selected to HOF in 1976 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1948
1949
1950 *
1951 *
1952 *
1953
1954 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1948 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1950 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1954 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1948 AL (5, 30%)
1949 AL (9, 17%)
1950 AL (5, 30%)
1952 AL (8, 17%)
1953 AL (16, 7%)
1954 AL (5, 53%)
1956 AL (10, 12%)
1.66 Career Shares (124th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1948 AL  6.2 (6th)
1949 AL  6.9 (3rd)
1950 AL  4.5 (10th)
1952 AL  5.4 (6th)
1956 AL  5.6 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1941 AL  born 1920-09-22 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2360), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Name and misspellings: Robert Bob bobby Granville robert lemmon Lemon

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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