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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
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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1946 25 CLE AL 4 5 .444 2.49 32 5 17 1 0 1 94.0 77 40 26 1 68 39 0 0 5 412 134 1.543 7.4 0.1 6.5 3.7 0.57
1947 26 CLE AL 11 5 .688 3.44 37 15 15 6 1 3 167.1 150 68 64 7 97 65 4 0 6 725 101 1.476 8.1 0.4 5.2 3.5 0.67
1948 27 CLE AL 20 14 .588 2.82 43 37 2 20 10 2 293.2 231 104 92 12 129 147 3 0 3 1214 144 1.226 7.1 0.4 4.0 4.5 1.14 AS,MVP-5
1949 28 CLE AL 22 10 .688 2.99 37 33 4 22 2 1 279.2 211 101 93 19 137 138 6 0 1 1159 133 1.244 6.8 0.6 4.4 4.4 1.01 AS,MVP-9
1950 29 CLE AL 23 11 .676 3.84 44 37 5 22 3 3 288.0 281 144 123 28 146 170 2 0 5 1254 113 1.483 8.8 0.9 4.6 5.3 1.16 AS,MVP-5
1951 30 CLE AL 17 14 .548 3.52 42 34 7 17 1 2 263.1 244 119 103 19 124 132 2 1 4 1139 108 1.397 8.3 0.6 4.2 4.5 1.06 AS
1952 31 CLE AL 22 11 .667 2.50 42 36 6 28 5 4 309.2 236 104 86 15 105 131 6 0 8 1252 134 1.101 6.9 0.4 3.1 3.8 1.25 AS,MVP-8
1953 32 CLE AL 21 15 .583 3.36 41 36 4 23 5 1 286.2 283 119 107 16 110 98 11 0 9 1216 112 1.371 8.9 0.5 3.5 3.1 0.89 AS,MVP-16
1954 33 CLE AL 23 7 .767 2.72 36 33 1 21 2 0 258.1 228 95 78 12 92 110 4 1 6 1077 136 1.239 7.9 0.4 3.2 3.8 1.20 AS,MVP-5
1955 34 CLE AL 18 10 .643 3.88 35 31 3 5 0 2 211.1 218 103 91 17 74 3 100 5 0 8 909 103 1.382 9.3 0.7 3.2 4.3 1.35
1956 35 CLE AL 20 14 .588 3.03 39 35 3 21 2 3 255.1 230 103 86 23 89 2 94 6 0 4 1074 139 1.249 8.1 0.8 3.1 3.3 1.06 MVP-10
1957 36 CLE AL 6 11 .353 4.60 21 17 2 2 0 0 117.1 129 70 60 9 64 6 45 7 0 3 540 81 1.645 9.9 0.7 4.9 3.5 0.70
1958 37 CLE AL 0 1 .000 5.33 11 1 4 0 0 0 25.1 41 15 15 3 16 2 8 1 0 1 128 69 2.250 14.6 1.1 5.7 2.8 0.50
13 Seasons 207 128 .618 3.23 460 350 73 188 31 22 2850.0 2559 1185 1024 181 1251 13 1277 57 2 63 12099 119 1.337 8.1 0.6 4.0 4.0 1.02
162 Game Avg. 17 11 .618 3.23 39 29 6 16 3 2 239 215 99 86 15 105 107 5 0 5 1016 119 1.337 8.1 0.6 4.0 4.0 1.02

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1948 27 CLE AL WS W BSN 2 0 1.000 1.65 2 2 0 1 0 0 16.1 16 4 3 0 7 0 6 0 1 0 67 1.408 8.8 0.0 3.9 3.3 0.86
1954 33 CLE AL WS L NYG 0 2 .000 6.75 2 2 0 1 0 0 13.1 16 11 10 1 8 2 11 0 0 1 64 1.800 10.8 0.7 5.4 7.4 1.38
2 Seasons (2 Series) 2 2 .500 3.94 4 4 0 2 0 0 29.2 32 15 13 1 15 2 17 0 1 1 131 1.584 9.7 0.3 4.6 5.2 1.13
2 WS 2 2 .500 3.94 4 4 0 2 0 0 29.2 32 15 13 1 15 2 17 0 1 1 131 1.584 9.7 0.3 4.6 5.2 1.13
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Standard Batting

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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
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 1O
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/O
1948 27 CLE AL 52 129 119 20 34 9 0 5 21 0 0 8 23 .286 .331 .487 .818 118 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 72 153 136 21 37 9 1 6 26 0 0 13 25 .272 .340 .485 .825 112 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 71 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 78 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 43 110 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 Seasons 615 1330 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

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.51 1.69 .955 1.99 0.83
1956 CLE AL 35 P 39 35 255.2 91 24 61 6 6 .934 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.84 0.73 .962 1.95 0.82
13 Seasons P 460 117 868.0 1003 263 709 31 78 .969 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 10.48 2.12 .926 1.97 0.98 0-13-1
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (122nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1948 AL--2.820--3rd
1949 AL--2.993--5th
1950 AL--3.844--10th
1952 AL--2.499--4th
1954 AL--2.717--3rd
1956 AL--3.031--4th

Wins s c a p y
1948 AL--20--2nd
1949 AL--22--3rd
1950 AL--23--1st
1951 AL--17--9th
1952 AL--22--3rd
1953 AL--21--2nd
1954 AL--23--1st
1955 AL--18--1st
1956 AL--20--2nd
Career--207--99th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1947 AL--.688--5th
1949 AL--.688--5th
1950 AL--.676--6th
1952 AL--.667--4th
1954 AL--.767--4th
1955 AL--.643--4th
Career--.618--71st

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1948 AL--1.226--1st
1949 AL--1.244--4th
1952 AL--1.101--2nd
1954 AL--1.239--8th
1956 AL--1.249--6th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 AL--8.068--8th
1948 AL--7.080--2nd
1949 AL--6.790--2nd
1951 AL--8.339--10th
1952 AL--6.859--1st
Career--8.081--134th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 AL--3.137--7th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 AL--4.505--6th
1949 AL--4.441--9th
1950 AL--5.313--4th
1951 AL--4.511--5th

Games Played s c a p y
1948 AL--43--9th
1950 AL--44--7th
1951 AL--42--5th
1952 AL--42--5th
1953 AL--41--10th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1948 AL--293.7--1st
1949 AL--279.7--3rd
1950 AL--288.0--1st
1951 AL--263.3--2nd
1952 AL--309.7--1st
1953 AL--286.7--1st
1954 AL--258.3--4th
1955 AL--211.3--10th
1956 AL--255.3--5th
Career--2850.0--152nd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1948 AL--147--2nd
1949 AL--138--3rd
1950 AL--170--1st
1951 AL--132--3rd
1952 AL--131--7th
1953 AL--98--10th
1955 AL--100--10th

Games Started s c a p y
1948 AL--37--2nd
1949 AL--33--3rd
1950 AL--37--1st
1951 AL--34--1st
1952 AL--36--1st
1953 AL--36--2nd
1954 AL--33--4th
1955 AL--31--6th
1956 AL--35--2nd
Career--350--186th

Complete Games s c a p y
1948 AL--20--1st
1949 AL--22--2nd
1950 AL--22--1st
1951 AL--17--5th
1952 AL--28--1st
1953 AL--23--2nd
1954 AL--21--1st
1956 AL--21--1st
Career--188--155th

Shutouts s c a p y
1948 AL--10--1st
1950 AL--3--2nd
1952 AL--5--3rd
1953 AL--5--3rd
Career--31--103rd

Home Runs s c a p y
1949 AL--19--4th
1950 AL--28--2nd
1951 AL--19--7th
1952 AL--15--8th
1956 AL--23--7th
Career--181--249th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1947 AL--97--6th
1948 AL--129--3rd
1949 AL--137--3rd
1950 AL--146--2nd
1951 AL--124--2nd
1952 AL--105--3rd
1953 AL--110--3rd
1954 AL--92--9th
Career--1251--43rd

Hits s c a p y
1948 AL--231--10th
1950 AL--281--1st
1951 AL--244--1st
1952 AL--236--4th
1953 AL--283--1st
1954 AL--228--4th
1955 AL--218--5th
1956 AL--230--8th
Career--2559--209th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1949 AL--1.007--10th
1950 AL--1.164--6th
1955 AL--1.351--10th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 AL--.377--8th
1948 AL--.368--7th
1952 AL--.436--8th
1953 AL--.502--3rd
1954 AL--.418--9th

Losses s c a p y
1948 AL--14--9th
1951 AL--14--1st
1953 AL--15--2nd
1956 AL--14--4th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1950 AL--123--2nd
1951 AL--103--4th
1952 AL--86--9th
1953 AL--107--3rd
1955 AL--91--5th
Career--1024--205th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1946 AL--5--7th
1947 AL--6--5th
1950 AL--5--9th
1951 AL--4--10th
1952 AL--8--2nd
1953 AL--9--2nd
1954 AL--6--3rd
1955 AL--8--3rd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1947 AL--4--5th
1949 AL--6--5th
1952 AL--6--9th
1953 AL--11--2nd
1956 AL--6--10th
1957 AL--7--7th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1948 AL--1214--1st
1949 AL--1159--4th
1950 AL--1254--1st
1951 AL--1139--1st
1952 AL--1252--1st
1953 AL--1216--1st
1954 AL--1077--5th
1955 AL--909--9th
1956 AL--1074--7th
Career--12099--125th

Games Finished s c a p y
1946 AL--17--6th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1948 AL--144--4th
1949 AL--133--5th
1952 AL--134--6th
1954 AL--136--3rd
1956 AL--139--4th
Career--119--128th

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 44 (32), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 179 (62), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 117 (72), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2772), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 34 (103), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1938 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

July 2, 1958: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

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