Bob Lemon
Robert Granville Lemon
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 22, 1920 in San Bernardino, CA
High School: Woodrow Wilson (Long Beach, CA)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1941
Final Game: July 1, 1958
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1976 (305/388 ballots).
Died: January 11, 2000 in Long Beach, CA
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1941 CLE AL 20 3B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 3.20
1942 CLE AL 21 3B 1 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00 .950 3.00
1946 CLE AL 25 P 32 42 13 28 1 5 .976 1.28 .950 1.01
1946 CLE AL 25 OF 12 36 33 2 1 2 .972 2.92 .978 2.24 0-12-0
1947 CLE AL 26 P 37 59 12 46 1 4 .983 1.57 .954 0.95
1947 CLE AL 26 OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 1.000 2.35 0-1-1
1948 CLE AL 27 P 43 113 23 86 4 8 .965 2.53 .963 0.91 AS,MVP-5
1949 CLE AL 28 P 37 109 34 71 4 5 .963 2.84 .962 1.01 AS,MVP-9
1950 CLE AL 29 P 44 92 22 66 4 6 .957 2.00 .950 0.96 AS,MVP-5
1951 CLE AL 30 P 42 83 21 60 2 5 .976 1.93 .952 0.99 AS
1952 CLE AL 31 P 42 113 32 79 2 7 .982 2.64 .965 1.03 AS,MVP-8
1953 CLE AL 32 P 41 108 31 74 3 15 .972 2.56 .956 0.88 AS,MVP-16
1954 CLE AL 33 P 36 33 258.1 82 22 57 3 8 .963 2.75 2.19 .959 2.01 0.93 AS,MVP-5
1955 CLE AL 34 P 35 31 211.1 60 16 43 1 3 .983 2.51 1.69 .955 1.99 0.83
1956 CLE AL 35 P 39 35 255.2 91 24 61 6 6 .934 2.99 2.18 .951 1.92 0.82 MVP-10
1957 CLE AL 36 P 21 17 117.1 43 12 31 0 5 1.000 3.30 2.05 .960 1.99 0.86
1958 CLE AL 37 P 11 1 25.1 8 1 7 0 1 1.000 2.84 0.73 .962 1.95 0.82
13 Seasons P 460 117 868.0 1003 263 709 31 78 .969 10.08 2.11 .957 1.97 0.93
2 Seasons OF 14 37 34 2 1 2 .973 2.57 .978 2.26 0-13-1
2 Seasons 3B 2 4 1 2 1 0 .750 1.50 .950 3.10
15 Seasons TOT 476 117 868.0 1044 298 713 33 80 .968 10.48 2.12 .926 1.97 0.98 0-13-1
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1941 CLE AL 20 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1942 CLE AL 21 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1946 CLE AL 25 55 55 55 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 12
1947 CLE AL 26 47 47 47 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
1948 CLE AL 27 52 52 52 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 CLE AL 28 46 46 46 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 CLE AL 29 72 72 72 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 CLE AL 30 56 56 56 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CLE AL 31 54 54 54 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CLE AL 32 51 51 51 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CLE AL 33 40 33 40 40 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1955 CLE AL 34 49 31 49 49 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2
1956 CLE AL 35 43 35 43 43 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1957 CLE AL 36 25 17 25 25 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1958 CLE AL 37 15 1 15 15 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
15 Seasons 615 117 615 615 460 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 1 14 30 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 CLE AL 33 1100 81% 33% 65 91% 0 21 6 15 57 43 9 3 0 2 1 2 8 6 6 2 5 80%
1955 CLE AL 34 922 81% 33% 49 94% 1 17 2 12 42 28 6 1 0 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 2 100%
1956 CLE AL 35 1095 82% 34% 72 90% 2 24 3 17 62 52 7 6 1 4 1 3 6 5 5 1 8 63%
1957 CLE AL 36 552 79% 29% 35 83% 1 11 0 8 30 20 7 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 5 0 9 89%
1958 CLE AL 37 131 81% 24% 7 86% 0 1 0 1 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
5 Seasons 3800 81% 32% 228 90% 4 74 11 53 197 146 31 10 1 7 2 6 23 19 20 3 25 80%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 89% 82%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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