Bob Lemon

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: September 22, 1920 in San Bernardino, CA us

Died: January 11, 2000 in Long Beach, CA

Buried: Cremated

High School: Woodrow Wilson HS (Long Beach, CA)

Debut: September 9, 1941 (Age 20-352d, 9,097th in major league history)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 1, 1958 (Age 37-282d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1976. (Voted by BBWAA on 305/388 ballots)
View Bob Lemon's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1946 season

Full Name: Robert Granville Lemon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

48.2

207

128

ERA

3.23

460

350

2850.0

1277

WHIP

1.337

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Team Record in Appearances: 27-17 / in Starts: 22-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 40, Entered with runners on base: 6

1950 Pitching Game Log

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1950 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	150	1	Apr 18	CLE		DET	L,6-7	GS-8		99	7.2	9	6	3	4	3	1	0	3.52	5.06	36	15	5	0	0	9	42			0	0	0	32	4	0	1	1	0	1	1.20	-0.464	3.02	-0.70%	-2.09	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d2
2	151	4	Apr 23(1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-6	CG	W(1-0)	4	9.0	5	6	6	6	8	2	0	4.86	5.40	37	11	7	1	1	5	55			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.43	-0.035	3.28	-0.05%	-0.68	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
3	152	7	Apr 29	CLE		SLB	L,1-5	GS-6	L(1-1)	5	5.1	5	4	4	4	3	1	0	5.32	5.58	24	10	2	1	0	5	41			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.061	2.92	-0.11%	-0.68	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	153	10	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	11	4	4	3	5	0	0	4.94	4.68	40	13	8	1	0	11	51			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.51	0.346	3.78	0.52%	1.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
5	154	11	May 6(1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.88	4.66	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.79	0.180	18.66	0.30%	0.47	9b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
6	155	13	May 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-10	7-7	BS(1)	0	0.1	3	4	4	1	0	1	0	5.97	5.14	5	0	1	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.13	-0.624	5.23	-0.92%	-5.54	7b 12- 2 out a1	7b 3 out d5
7	156	16	May 10	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	GS-8	W(3-1)	2	8.0	11	4	4	4	5	0	0	5.67	4.68	37	10	7	1	0	11	45			0	2	0	32	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.281	2.94	-0.31%	0.47	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d1
8	157	20	May 14(1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	L(3-2)	3	9.0	11	3	3	3	4	0	1	5.18	4.37	41	12	10	1	0	11	54			0	1	0	35	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.096	2.80	0.14%	1.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
9	158	26	May 20	CLE		BOS	W,8-5	CG	W(4-2)	5	9.0	8	5	5	5	3	1	0	5.15	4.47	41	13	12	0	0	8	49			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	1	.98	0.059	2.89	0.10%	-0.08	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
10	159	31	May 25	CLE		WSH	W,3-0	SHO	W(5-2)	4	9.0	3	0	0	5	4	0	0	4.46	4.32	33	14	7	0	0	3	80			0	0	1	28	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.25	0.568	2.85	0.78%	4.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
11	160	36	May 30(1)	CLE	@	DET	W,4-0	SHO	W(6-2)	4	9.0	7	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.93	4.10	35	14	6	1	0	7	75			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	1	.92	0.394	2.35	0.60%	5.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	161	40	Jun 4	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-7	GS-5	L(6-3)	4	4.1	9	7	5	2	2	2	0	4.28	4.37	24	6	5	1	0	9	21			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	1	.62	-0.257	1.24	-0.31%	-4.47	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out d6
13	162	44	Jun 8	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	GS-3		3	2.2	5	6	5	2	1	0	0	4.68	4.36	16	8	0	0	0	5	25			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.36	-0.493	1.76	-0.38%	-4.84	1b start a 4	3b 12- 2 out d2
14	163	47	Jun 11(1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-3	GS-10	W(7-3)	2	9.2	8	3	3	10	6	1	0	4.48	4.51	44	17	3	1	0	8	57			0	0	0	33	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.66	0.297	2.68	0.29%	1.77	1b start tie	10b 123 2 out a3
15	164	51	Jun 15	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(8-3)	3	9.0	5	1	1	5	2	0	0	4.17	4.45	34	13	9	0	0	5	70			0	1	1	29	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.473	1.81	0.44%	3.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
16	165	53	Jun 17	CLE		PHA	W,8-7	6-7	H(1)	1	0.2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	4.15	4.51	6	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.48	-0.126	3.91	-0.12%	-0.74	6t -2- 2 out a1	7t 123 1 out a1
17	166	56	Jun 20	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	GS-3	L(8-4)	2	2.0	5	6	6	2	1	1	0	4.59	4.63	13	2	3	0	0	5	21			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.322	2.12	-0.49%	-4.92	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out d5
18	167	59	Jun 23	CLE		WSH	W,13-4	CG	W(9-4)	2	9.0	5	4	3	7	4	0	0	4.46	4.58	37	14	7	1	0	5	60			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	3	0	1	.61	0.154	1.48	0.23%	0.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
19	168	64	Jun 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,18-2	CG	W(10-4)	4	9.0	9	2	2	2	7	0	0	4.28	4.37	36	13	5	0	0	9	66			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	0	.53	0.126	1.22	0.18%	3.32	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a16
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	169	68	Jul 2(1)	CLE		DET	L,5-8	GS-7		3	6.2	10	5	5	4	2	1	0	4.41	4.44	34	10	8	0	0	10	32			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.326	6.32	-1.05%	-1.70	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out d1
21	170	73	Jul 5	CLE		CHW	W,8-3	CG	W(11-4)	2	9.0	9	3	3	1	4	2	0	4.31	4.47	35	13	8	1	0	9	60			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	2	0	1	.42	0.156	1.24	0.28%	1.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
22	171	77	Jul 9(1)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	W(12-4)	3	9.0	7	2	2	3	7	1	0	4.17	4.41	36	9	10	1	0	7	69			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.342	3.09	0.80%	3.27	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
23	172	79	Jul 14	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	W(13-4)	4	9.0	3	1	1	2	8	1	0	3.99	4.32	33	8	12	3	3	3	83			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	2	.86	0.485	3.56	1.20%	3.97	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
24	173	82	Jul 16(2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-4	8-GF	S(2)	1	2.0	5	3	3	0	0	1	0	4.11	4.39	9	3	1	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	.47	0.024	1.37	0.04%	-1.75	8b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 4
25	174	85	Jul 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-2	GS-7	W(14-4)	1	7.0	9	2	2	5	4	0	0	4.04	4.35	34	7	9	1	0	9	50			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.224	3.04	0.34%	1.91	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a2
26	175	90	Jul 23	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	W(15-4)	4	9.0	9	2	2	3	5	0	0	3.94	4.25	37	17	4	0	0	8	63			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	3	0	1	.61	0.203	2.22	0.45%	2.86	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
27	176	91	Jul 25	CLE		PHA	W,7-6	9-GF	S(3)	1	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.92	4.26	3	1	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.24	0.170	20.19	0.39%	-0.04	9t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 1
28	177	95	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(16-4)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.78	4.15	34	13	9	0	0	7	72			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.441	5.30	1.41%	3.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	178	99	Aug 2	CLE		WSH	W,11-0	SHO	W(17-4)	3	9.0	3	0	0	4	8	0	0	3.60	4.06	33	12	7	0	0	2	85			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.259	2.74	0.74%	4.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
30	179	102	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	L,0-9	GS-3	L(17-5)	3	2.2	5	4	4	3	0	0	0	3.74	4.09	14	5	1	0	0	5	29			1	1	0	11	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.12	-0.247	7.33	-0.97%	-2.89	1t start tie	3t 1-3 2 out d4
31	180	105	Aug 10	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	W(18-5)	3	9.0	11	4	4	6	4	0	0	3.75	4.07	41	9	11	3	0	11	47			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.83	0.377	7.95	0.98%	1.32	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
32	181	111	Aug 15	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	L(18-6)	4	9.0	7	4	0	5	5	1	0	3.59	4.09	36	12	7	1	0	7	65			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	1	.52	-0.112	4.48	-0.58%	0.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
33	182	116	Aug 20(1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	L(18-7)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	7	1	0	3.53	4.05	35	11	9	0	0	6	72			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.204	4.10	0.59%	2.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
34	183	120	Aug 24(2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	GS-8	W(19-7)	3	7.2	9	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.53	4.03	35	11	11	1	0	8	48			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	0.187	6.37	0.56%	0.86	1b start a 2	8b 12- 2 out a2
35	184	122	Aug 26	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	8-GF	W(20-7)	1	1.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.50	3.99	6	1	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.24	0.506	26.93	1.93%	1.55	8b --3 1 out a1	9b end a 1
36	185	124	Aug 28	CLE	@	BOS	L,14-15	GS-4		1	3.1	7	9	9	4	1	0	0	3.80	4.01	20	5	3	1	0	7	7			0	0	0	16	0	1	0	1	0	0	.44	-0.052	2.83	-0.20%	-5.20	1b start a 2	4b 123 1 out a6
37	186	125	Aug 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	10-GF(10)		0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.79	4.01	2	0	1	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.91	-0.162	44.97	-0.74%	-0.18	10b 123 1 out tie	10b end d 1
38	187	128	Aug 31	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS-8	L(20-8)	1	7.0	10	7	7	2	4	4	0	3.94	4.17	31	11	4	1	0	10	31			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.55	-0.183	2.56	-0.51%	-3.48	1b start tie	8b 1-3 0 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
39	188	131	Sep 4(1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG(8)	L(20-9)	3	8.0	11	7	4	4	9	1	1	3.96	4.16	41	7	9	1	0	11	43			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	1	.62	-0.134	1.75	-0.23%	-2.58	1b start tie	8b 3 out d6
40	189	137	Sep 8(2)	CLE		SLB	L,0-6	GS-7	L(20-10)	3	6.1	8	6	4	0	5	2	0	4.00	4.19	27	7	7	0	0	8	42			0	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	.67	-0.113	1.27	-0.13%	-2.63	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out d5
41	190	141	Sep 13	CLE		NYY	L,3-10	GS-4	L(20-11)	4	3.2	5	8	3	6	5	1	0	4.05	4.25	24	5	3	0	0	5	28			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	2	.78	-0.339	.10	-0.03%	-6.06	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d8
42	191	146	Sep 20(1)	CLE		BOS	W,6-3	CG	W(21-11)	6	9.0	7	3	3	5	9	0	0	4.01	4.18	36	9	6	1	0	7	65			0	2	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.293	.00	0.00%	1.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
43	192	150	Sep 24	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(22-11)	3	10.0	5	1	1	8	5	1	0	3.90	4.22	43	16	9	2	0	5	75			0	0	0	33	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.73	0.688	.00	0.00%	4.47	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
44	193	153	Sep 29	CLE	@	DET	W,12-2	CG	W(23-11)	4	9.0	6	2	2	3	5	1	0	3.84	4.21	35	14	7	1	0	6	69			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.204	.00	0.00%	3.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a10
							27-17		W-L:23-11,Sv:3,BSv:1,Hld:1	2.8	288.0	281	144	123	146	170	28	2	3.84	4.21	1254	1.57		4%	1%	278	53	11	36%	3	12	2	1095	33	7	3	36	0	19	1.06	3.125	3.09	5.46%	14.11

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