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: 23-12 / in Starts: 20-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 3

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 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	355	1	Apr 12	CLE		CHW	W,5-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	1	1	3	3	0	0	1.00	2.70	36	13	12	2	0	5	73			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	.62	0.274	1.61	0.43%	3.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
2	356	6	Apr 17(2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	5	2	2	3	5	1	0	1.50	3.20	33	14	6	0	0	5	71			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.06	0.390	3.13	0.69%	2.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
3	357	9	Apr 22	CLE		DET	W,8-5	GS-8	W(3-0)	4	7.1	6	5	5	6	2	2	0	2.84	4.54	33	11	8	1	0	6	42			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.62	-0.101	1.86	-0.18%	-1.79	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a3
4	358	12	Apr 26	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	W(4-0)	3	9.0	9	2	2	2	6	0	0	2.62	3.79	37	13	8	2	0	8	65			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.63	0.536	4.54	0.90%	2.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
5	359	15	Apr 30	CLE		BAL	W,5-2	CG	W(5-0)	3	9.0	4	2	0	1	7	0	0	2.08	3.24	32	11	9	0	0	4	81			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.88	0.319	2.38	0.52%	2.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
6	360	20	May 4	CLE		NYY	L,5-11	GS-8	L(5-1)	3	7.2	6	8	8	5	6	1	0	3.18	3.43	34	7	10	2	0	6	36			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	-0.454	6.22	-1.13%	-2.64	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out d1
7	361	25	May 10	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-6	GS-8	W(6-1)	5	7.1	9	6	6	2	2	2	0	3.70	3.77	34	11	10	0	0	9	36			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.126	4.21	-0.39%	-2.57	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a3
8	362	28	May 15(1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-4	GS-7	L(6-2)	4	7.0	9	4	4	1	1	1	0	3.86	3.84	29	7	11	0	0	9	43			0	2	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.153	2.53	-0.40%	-0.80	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
9	363	32	May 20	CLE	@	DET	L,4-11	GS-3	L(6-3)	4	2.1	5	4	4	2	0	0	0	4.26	3.87	13	3	3	0	0	5	29			0	0	0	10	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.08	-0.319	5.43	-0.97%	-3.44	1b start a 1	3b 12- 1 out d3
10	364	36	May 26(1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	GS-6	L(6-4)	5	5.2	6	3	3	6	5	0	0	4.30	3.87	28	10	1	0	0	6	44			0	0	0	20	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.30	-0.066	6.12	-0.19%	-0.68	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out d3
11	365	40	May 30(1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	W(7-4)	3	9.0	6	1	1	5	5	0	0	3.94	3.76	37	4	17	0	0	6	71			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.73	0.193	3.35	0.53%	3.57	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a8
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	366	45	Jun 3	CLE		WSH	L,1-3	GS-8	L(7-5)	3	8.0	5	3	3	1	6	2	0	3.89	3.83	29	11	6	1	0	5	65			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.008	3.36	-0.02%	1.14	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
13	367	50	Jun 8	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	GS-8		4	8.0	7	4	4	3	6	1	0	3.94	3.81	33	8	9	0	0	7	55			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.078	3.23	-0.14%	0.14	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
14	368	55	Jun 12(2)	CLE		NYY	W,7-3	GS-9	W(8-5)	3	8.1	9	3	2	8	6	1	1	3.80	3.96	42	12	6	0	0	9	53			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.45	0.057	6.59	0.16%	0.07	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out a4
15	369	56	Jun 14(1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	11-GF(11)	S(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.79	3.94	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.46	0.087	11.30	0.17%	0.42	11b 12- 2 out a2	11b end a 2
16	370	59	Jun 16	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-5	GS-8	W(9-5)	1	8.0	10	5	5	0	3	0	0	3.91	3.78	35	20	2	0	0	10	45			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	0	0	1	.67	0.147	2.25	0.30%	-1.18	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a3
17	371	64	Jun 21	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-1	GS-6	W(10-5)	4	6.0	7	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.79	3.74	25	8	7	0	0	7	53			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.218	3.86	0.42%	1.74	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
18	372	70	Jun 26(2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-2	GS-1	L(10-6)	4	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.84	3.73	5	2	0	0	0	3	43			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	-0.059	5.47	-0.16%	-0.51	1b start tie	1b 3 out d1
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
19	373	75	Jul 3	CLE		CHW	W,14-9	GS-5		6	4.2	10	6	3	1	1	2	0	3.91	3.89	25	8	5	0	0	10	26			0	1	0	24	4	0	0	0	0	1	.98	-0.426	2.34	-0.61%	-3.74	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d1
20	374	76	Jul 4(1)	CLE		DET	W,6-5	13-GF(15)	W(11-6)	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.82	3.84	10	2	6	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	0.422	5.33	0.66%	1.55	13t --- 0 out tie	15t end tie
21	375	81	Jul 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	GS-8	W(12-6)	3	8.0	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	3.60	3.80	30	19	5	0	0	4	73			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.646	7.09	1.86%	4.06	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a1
22	376	85	Jul 14	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	GS-4		5	3.0	6	4	4	3	1	0	1	3.77	3.84	18	4	3	0	0	6	29			0	0	0	14	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.362	6.64	-1.30%	-3.79	1t start tie	4t 1-3 0 out d2
23	377	89	Jul 17(2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	9-GF	S(2)	2	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.76	3.82	3	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.10	0.178	17.43	0.46%	0.20	9t 1-3 1 out a2	9t end a 1
24	378	90	Jul 19	CLE		WSH	L,1-8	GS-4	L(12-7)	1	3.2	9	7	2	3	3	0	0	3.79	3.80	25	9	1	0	0	9	25			0	0	0	22	3	1	0	0	0	2	1.05	-0.306	4.27	-0.75%	-5.26	1t start tie	4t -2- 2 out d7
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
25	379	109	Aug 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-9	6-6		18	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.78	3.80	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.004	1.03	0.02%	0.42	6b 12- 2 out d5	6b 3 out d5
26	380	113	Aug 12(1)	CLE	@	KCA	W,17-1	GS-6	W(13-7)	4	6.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.63	3.73	20	7	8	3	0	4	65			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.041	1.01	0.18%	2.99	1b start a 7	6b 3 out a13
27	381	118	Aug 17	CLE	@	DET	L,5-9	GS-3	L(13-8)	4	3.0	6	5	5	2	0	0	0	3.85	3.74	15	6	2	0	0	5	25			0	0	0	13	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.342	7.73	-1.37%	-3.54	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
28	382	122	Aug 21	CLE		KCA	W,9-4	GS-3		3	2.1	6	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.02	3.74	14	5	2	0	0	6	28			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.329	8.02	-1.45%	-3.38	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d2
29	383	126	Aug 26	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	GS-9	W(14-8)	4	8.1	9	2	2	2	3	2	0	3.93	3.83	34	16	5	4	0	8	58			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	.75	0.274	8.03	1.75%	2.12	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a3
30	384	130	Aug 30	CLE		BAL	W,7-4	GS-9	W(15-8)	3	8.2	12	4	4	2	5	0	0	3.94	3.73	40	15	6	1	0	12	47			0	1	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	-0.006	8.34	-0.03%	0.22	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a3
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
31	385	134	Sep 4(1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	GS-7	W(16-8)	4	7.0	5	3	3	0	1	2	0	3.94	3.81	25	14	5	0	0	5	56			1	0	1	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.092	9.64	0.71%	0.63	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
32	386	140	Sep 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-1	GS-8	W(17-8)	4	7.2	6	1	1	3	3	0	1	3.82	3.78	32	13	6	0	0	6	63			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.06	0.342	14.79	2.87%	2.88	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a2
33	387	145	Sep 13(2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-2	GS-8	W(18-8)	3	8.0	6	2	2	3	6	0	1	3.76	3.73	33	12	5	1	0	6	65			0	1	0	29	2	3	0	0	0	0	.76	0.281	8.80	1.94%	1.82	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a6
34	388	148	Sep 17	CLE		DET	L,1-3	GS-8	L(18-9)	3	8.0	11	3	2	1	4	0	0	3.70	3.65	35	12	8	2	0	10	53			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.04	0.019	17.44	0.19%	1.14	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
35	389	151	Sep 21	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	GS-8	L(18-10)	3	7.0	11	7	7	2	5	0	0	3.88	3.59	33	10	5	0	0	11	30			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	2	1	0	1.20	-0.077	7.57	-0.29%	-3.29	1b start a 1	8b 123 0 out d4
							23-12		W-L:18-10,Sv:2	3.3	211.1	218	103	91	74	100	17	5	3.88	3.59	909	1.62		4%	0%	214	50	6	17%	2	7	1	820	29	8	3	18	3	10	1.02	1.308	5.83	5.37%	0.09

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