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Jim Lemon

James Robert Lemon

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 23, 1928 in Covington, VA
High School: Covington HS (Covington, VA)
Signed
by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 20, 1950
Teams (by GP): Senators/Twins/WhiteSox/Phillies/Indians 1950-1963

Final Game: September 29, 1963
Died: May 14, 2006 in Brandon, MS
Buried: Emory United Methodist Church Cemetery, Alleghany County, VA
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1950 CLE AL 22 LF 10 8 7 77.0 17 13 1 3 1 .824 1.64 1.40 .977 2.41 2.37
1950 CLE AL 22 OF 10 8 7 77.0 17 13 1 3 1 .824 1.64 1.40 .979 2.51 2.47
1953 CLE AL 25 LF 11 10 8 91.0 22 19 1 2 0 .909 0 0 1.98 1.82 .973 2.22 2.21
1953 CLE AL 25 OF 11 10 8 91.0 23 20 1 2 0 .913 -1 -13 2.08 1.91 .981 2.43 2.41
1953 CLE AL 25 1B 2 1 0 7.0 8 6 0 2 0 .750 -1 -171 7.71 3.00 .989 9.77 9.65
1954 WSH AL 26 OF 33 32 32 286.2 61 58 0 3 0 .951 -2 -8 1.82 1.76 .979 2.39 2.37
1954 WSH AL 26 RF 32 32 32 285.2 60 57 0 3 0 .950 -2 -8 1.80 1.78 .975 2.05 2.03
1954 WSH AL 26 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1955 WSH AL 27 OF 6 6 6 53.0 13 12 0 1 0 .923 1 14 2.04 2.00 .982 2.39 2.38
1955 WSH AL 27 RF 5 5 5 44.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1 35 2.45 2.40 .981 2.05 2.02
1955 WSH AL 27 LF 1 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -1 -93 0.00 0.00 .980 2.30 2.20
1956 WSH AL 28 OF 141 141 134 1241.1 324 301 11 12 6 .963 -11 -11 2.26 2.21 .979 2.34 2.32
1956 WSH AL 28 RF 127 126 120 1107.1 283 266 7 10 4 .965 -11 -12 2.22 2.15 .973 2.09 2.07
1956 WSH AL 28 LF 16 15 14 134.0 43 37 4 2 2 .953 0 1 2.75 2.56 .977 2.10 2.09
1957 WSH AL 29 OF 131 130 126 1156.1 238 227 4 7 2 .971 -14 -14 1.80 1.76 .980 2.24 2.25
1957 WSH AL 29 RF 131 130 126 1156.1 237 227 4 6 2 .975 -14 -14 1.80 1.76 .976 1.93 1.93
1957 WSH AL 29 1B 3 3 2 24.0 33 26 4 3 0 .909 0 20 11.25 10.00 .992 9.68 9.70
1958 WSH AL 30 OF 137 134 120 1161.0 269 255 8 6 2 .978 -4 -4 2.04 1.92 .982 2.27 2.25
1958 WSH AL 30 RF 129 126 113 1095.0 249 235 8 6 2 .976 -6 -6 2.00 1.88 .980 1.99 1.97
1958 WSH AL 30 LF 8 8 7 66.0 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 2 36 3.14 2.88 .979 2.09 2.08
1959 WSH AL 31 OF 142 140 121 1212.0 294 281 4 9 0 .969 -2 -1 2.12 2.01 .980 2.22 2.21 MVP-25
1959 WSH AL 31 LF 117 115 97 987.2 243 234 4 5 0 .979 -1 -1 2.17 2.03 .980 2.06 2.05 MVP-25
1959 WSH AL 31 RF 25 25 24 224.1 50 47 0 3 0 .940 -0 -3 1.89 1.88 .977 1.89 1.88 MVP-25
1960 WSH AL 32 LF 145 141 95 1195.1 271 249 11 11 1 .959 -7 -7 1.96 1.79 .984 2.14 2.13 AS,MVP-10
1960 WSH AL 32 OF 145 141 95 1195.1 273 251 11 11 1 .960 -7 -7 1.97 1.81 .982 2.25 2.25 AS,MVP-10
1961 MIN AL 33 LF 120 118 48 898.2 203 186 6 11 0 .946 -2 -3 1.92 1.60 .969 2.01 1.98
1961 MIN AL 33 OF 120 119 48 904.1 201 182 7 12 0 .940 -2 -3 1.88 1.58 .977 2.25 2.22
1961 MIN AL 33 RF 1 1 0 5.2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0 -42 0.00 0.00 .980 2.06 2.00
1962 MIN AL 34 LF 3 2 0 20.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -84 0.45 0.33 .980 2.02 2.00
1962 MIN AL 34 OF 3 2 0 20.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -84 0.45 0.33 .980 2.20 2.17
1963 TOT MLB 35 OF 22 20 9 148.1 32 30 0 2 0 .938 2 19 1.82 1.36 .978 2.04 2.03
1963 TOT MLB 35 LF 20 19 8 138.0 35 33 0 2 0 .943 2 20 2.15 1.65 .973 1.83 1.81
1963 MIN AL 35 LF 4 4 2 32.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 1 30 2.53 2.25 .976 1.91 1.90
1963 MIN AL 35 OF 4 4 2 32.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 1 30 1.12 1.00 .980 2.17 2.15
1963 PHI NL 35 OF 18 16 7 116.1 27 26 0 1 0 .963 2 17 2.01 1.44 .977 2.01 2.00
1963 PHI NL 35 LF 16 15 6 106.0 25 24 0 1 0 .960 2 17 2.04 1.50 .971 1.80 1.79
1963 PHI NL 35 RF 4 1 1 10.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 12 1.74 0.50 .975 1.83 1.82
1963 CHW AL 35 1B 25 23 6 149.0 146 136 7 3 18 .979 -2 -14 8.64 5.72 .990 9.48 9.49
12 Seasons OF 901 883 706 7546.1 1746 1631 47 68 12 .961 -41 -7 2.00 1.86 .980 2.27 2.25
8 Seasons RF 454 446 421 3928.2 894 846 19 29 8 .968 -32 -10 1.98 1.91 .976 2.00 1.99
11 Seasons LF 452 437 285 3617.2 859 795 27 37 4 .957 -8 -3 2.04 1.82 .978 2.08 2.06
3 Seasons 1B 30 27 8 180.0 187 168 11 8 18 .957 -2 -15 8.95 5.97 .990 9.52 9.52
12 Seasons TOT 931 910 714 7726.1 1933 1799 58 76 30 .961 -43 -7 2.16 1.99 .981 2.44 2.49
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1950 CLE AL 22 LF
1953 CLE AL 25 LF 0 0 -1 0 -1 1
1953 CLE AL 25 1B -1 -171 -1 0 -1 0
1954 WSH AL 26 RF -2 -8 -2 1 -3 0
1954 WSH AL 26 LF -0 -240 -0 0 -0
1955 WSH AL 27 RF 1 35 0 1 -1 1
1955 WSH AL 27 LF -1 -93 -1 -1 0 0
1956 WSH AL 28 RF -11 -12 -4 1 -5 -7
1956 WSH AL 28 LF 0 1 0 -1 1 0
1957 WSH AL 29 RF -14 -14 -9 -6 -3 -5
1957 WSH AL 29 1B 0 20 0 0 0 0
1958 WSH AL 30 RF -6 -6 0 2 -2 -6
1958 WSH AL 30 LF 2 36 2 2 0 0
1959 WSH AL 31 LF -1 -1 4 2 2 -5
1959 WSH AL 31 RF -0 -3 -0 2 -2 0
1960 WSH AL 32 LF -7 -7 -7 -2 -5 0
1961 MIN AL 33 LF -2 -3 1 6 -6 -3
1961 MIN AL 33 RF -0 -42 -0 0 -0 0
1962 MIN AL 34 LF -1 -84 -1 -0 -1 0
1963 MIN AL 35 LF 1 30 1 1 0 0
1963 PHI NL 35 LF 2 17 2 2 -1 0
1963 PHI NL 35 RF 0 12 0 0 -0 0
1963 CHW AL 35 1B -2 -14 -2 -2 0 0
8 Seasons RF -32 -10 -15 1 -16 -17
11 Seasons LF -8 -3 -1 10 -11 -7
3 Seasons 1B -2 -15 -2 -2 -1 0
12 Seasons TOT -43 -7 -18 9 -27 0 -25
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1950 CLE AL 22 12 8 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 4 0
1953 CLE AL 25 16 11 16 13 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 0 0 11 0 4 0
1954 WSH AL 26 37 32 37 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 32 33 0 4 0
1955 WSH AL 27 10 6 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 0 4 0
1956 WSH AL 28 146 141 146 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 127 141 0 5 0
1957 WSH AL 29 137 133 137 133 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 131 131 0 4 0
1958 WSH AL 30 142 134 142 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 129 137 0 8 0
1959 WSH AL 31 147 140 147 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 0 25 142 0 6 0
1960 WSH AL 32 148 141 148 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 145 0 7 0
1961 MIN AL 33 129 119 129 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 0 1 120 0 10 0
1962 MIN AL 34 12 2 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 10 0
1963 CHW AL 35 36 23 36 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1963 PHI NL 35 31 16 31 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 4 18 0 15 0
1963 MIN AL 35 7 4 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 3 0
12 Seasons 1010 910 1010 930 0 0 30 0 0 0 452 0 454 901 0 97 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1950 CLE AL 22 3 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13 8 61.5% 5 0 0.0% 1 333 52% 82% 29% 32 41%
1953 CLE AL 25 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 5 0 6 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 20 13 65.0% 7 0 0.0% 1 386 62% 84% 27% 56 36%
1954 WSH AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 67% 83% 0% 0
1955 WSH AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 41 83% 85% 17% 6 0%
1956 WSH AL 28 2 0 2 0 1 4 0 2 0 1 11 7 1 6 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 1 7 6 1 30 14 46.7% 13 3 10.0% 1 610 63% 81% 26% 90 43%
1958 WSH AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 11 7 63.6% 4 0 0.0% 0 277 60% 87% 32% 41 56%
1959 WSH AL 31 5 0 4 1 1 4 0 1 1 2 48 37 0 24 2 2 18 5 0 10 1 0 21 20 0 121 65 53.7% 54 2 1.7% 2 4243 64% 83% 26% 451 53%
1960 WSH AL 32 11 0 11 0 6 11 0 6 2 1 84 65 3 36 4 0 20 13 1 12 3 0 25 22 0 177 107 60.5% 67 4 2.3% 7 5137 67% 79% 27% 565 46%
1961 MIN AL 33 11 0 11 0 6 6 0 1 1 3 54 37 0 34 6 2 20 13 1 11 3 0 18 17 0 137 76 55.5% 58 3 2.2% 3 3879 66% 78% 27% 453 42%
1962 MIN AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 83 67% 88% 19% 9 11%
1963 PHI NL 35 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 14 12 85.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 446 56% 75% 26% 50 48%
1963 MIN AL 35 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 135 61% 84% 27% 24 38%
11 Seasons 37 0 36 1 17 27 0 10 5 7 225 168 4 115 19 4 67 37 2 42 8 1 85 77 1 534 309 57.9% 214 12 2.2% 15 15576 65% 80% 27% 1777 46%
MLB Averages 58.1% 2.6% 63% 80% 30% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 WSH AL 26 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 7 0 5 1 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 4 4 0 30 16 53.3% 14 0 0.0% 0 1215 71% 83% 34% 107 53%
1955 WSH AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 13 8 61.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 202 80% 80% 29% 27 44%
1956 WSH AL 28 10 0 7 3 3 7 2 2 2 1 70 29 1 41 11 0 21 12 0 21 3 1 36 16 1 189 71 37.6% 115 3 1.6% 4 5050 69% 80% 27% 514 52%
1957 WSH AL 29 6 0 6 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 64 23 1 24 4 0 30 19 0 12 4 0 21 13 0 151 63 41.7% 87 1 0.7% 3 4997 66% 82% 28% 481 47%
1958 WSH AL 30 6 0 6 0 1 8 0 2 3 2 76 25 2 25 6 0 22 12 0 12 4 1 22 13 0 157 60 38.2% 94 3 1.9% 5 4777 64% 80% 27% 492 49%
1959 WSH AL 31 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16 6 0 8 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 27 10 37.0% 17 0 0.0% 0 973 57% 82% 27% 97 48%
1961 MIN AL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 25 68% 68% 24% 2 0%
1963 PHI NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 58% 68% 26% 5 40%
8 Seasons 29 0 25 4 10 19 2 5 6 3 251 95 4 105 25 0 79 48 0 47 12 2 86 48 1 568 228 40.1% 333 7 1.2% 12 17277 66% 81% 28% 1725 50%
MLB Averages 42.1% 3.2% 63% 80% 30% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1953 CLE AL 25 28 57% 89% 29% 2 50% 0 6 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1957 WSH AL 29 107 60% 70% 32% 12 83% 0 26 2 23 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1963 CHW AL 35 624 63% 79% 26% 26 92% 0 133 6 128 1 12 6 5 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 18 0 0 0 15 0 3 0 3 1 0%
3 Seasons 759 62% 78% 27% 40 88% 0 165 9 157 2 16 10 7 3 0 0 8 3 4 1 4 18 0 0 0 15 0 3 0 3 3 33%
MLB Averages 63% 80% 27% 93% 85%

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1959 AL (25, 1%)
1960 AL (10, 11%)
0.12 Career Shares (859th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1959 AL  117 (4th)
1960 AL  145 (2nd)
1961 AL  120 (5th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1959 AL  234 (3rd)
1960 AL  249 (4th)
1961 AL  186 (5th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1960 AL  11 (2nd)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1959 AL  5 (1st)
1960 AL  11 (1st)
1961 AL  11 (2nd)
Career  37 (90th)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1956 AL  127 (4th)
1957 AL  131 (4th)
1958 AL  129 (3rd)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1956 AL  266 (3rd)
1957 AL  227 (4th)
1958 AL  235 (3rd)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1958 AL  8 (5th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1956 AL  10 (2nd)
1957 AL  6 (3rd)
1958 AL  6 (1st)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1960 AL  145 (5th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1956 AL  11 (5th)
1960 AL  11 (4th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1956 AL  12 (1st)
1957 AL  7 (4th)
1959 AL  9 (2nd)
1960 AL  11 (1st)
1961 AL  12 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)s c a p y
1959 AL  2.17 (5th)
1961 AL  1.92 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1959 AL  2.03 (4th)
1960 AL  1.79 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)s c a p y
1956 AL  2.22 (2nd)
1958 AL  2.00 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1956 AL  2.15 (2nd)
1957 AL  1.76 (4th)
1958 AL  1.88 (4th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1957 AL  .975 (5th)

                           

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