Bob Lemon

Full Name: Robert Granville Lemon	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: September 9, 1941
Birthdate: September 22, 1920	Final Game: July 1, 1958
Birthplace: San Bernardino, California	MLB Experience: 15 years
Died: January 11, 2000
Deathplace: Long Beach, California
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976

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[edit] Biography

Born on September 22, 1920 in San Bernardino, California, Bob Lemon (Robert Granville Lemon) played for the Cleveland Indians for his entire 15 year career. Lemon broke into the bigs on September 9, 1941 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 2.49 ERA in 94 innings pitched in 1946, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bob Lemon's best season was 1952, when he posted a 2.50 ERA, won 22 games and struck out 131 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1946	CLE	A	32	5	4	5	2.49	39	40	26	1	0	1	94	77	1	68	0	5	0
1947	CLE	A	37	15	11	5	3.44	65	68	64	6	1	3	167.1	150	7	97	0	6	4
1948	CLE	A	43	37	20	14	2.82	147	104	92	20	10	2	293.2	231	12	129	0	3	3
1949	CLE	A	37	33	22	10	2.99	138	101	93	22	2	1	279.2	211	19	137	0	1	6
1950	CLE	A	44	37	23	11	3.84	170	144	123	22	3	3	288	281	28	146	0	5	2
1951	CLE	A	42	34	17	14	3.52	132	119	103	17	1	2	263.1	244	19	124	0	4	2
1952	CLE	A	42	36	22	11	2.50	131	104	86	28	5	4	309.2	236	15	105	0	8	6
1953	CLE	A	41	36	21	15	3.36	98	119	107	23	5	1	286.2	283	16	110	0	9	11
1954	CLE	A	36	33	23	7	2.72	110	95	78	21	2	0	258.1	228	12	92	0	6	4
1955	CLE	A	35	31	18	10	3.88	100	103	91	5	0	2	211.1	218	17	74	3	8	5
1956	CLE	A	39	35	20	14	3.03	94	103	86	21	2	3	255.1	230	23	89	2	4	6
1957	CLE	A	21	17	6	11	4.60	45	70	60	2	0	0	117.1	129	9	64	6	3	7
1958	CLE	A	11	1	0	1	5.33	8	15	15	0	0	0	25.1	41	3	16	2	1	1
Total			460	350	207	128	3.23	1277	1185	1024	188	31	22	2850	2559	181	1251	13	63	57

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1941	CLE	A	3B	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1942	CLE	A	3B	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1946	CLE	A	OF	12	0	0	33	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	.972
1946	CLE	A	P	32	0	0	13	28	1	5	0	0	0	0	.976
1947	CLE	A	P	37	0	0	12	46	1	4	0	0	0	0	.983
1947	CLE	A	OF	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1948	CLE	A	P	43	0	0	23	86	4	8	0	0	0	0	.965
1949	CLE	A	P	37	0	0	34	71	4	5	0	0	0	0	.963
1950	CLE	A	P	44	0	0	22	66	4	6	0	0	0	0	.957
1951	CLE	A	P	42	0	0	21	60	2	5	0	0	0	0	.976
1952	CLE	A	P	42	0	0	32	79	2	7	0	0	0	0	.982
1953	CLE	A	P	41	0	0	31	74	3	15	0	0	0	0	.972
1954	CLE	A	P	36	0	0	22	57	3	8	0	0	0	0	.963
1955	CLE	A	P	35	0	0	16	43	1	3	0	0	0	0	.983
1956	CLE	A	P	39	0	0	24	61	6	6	0	0	0	0	.934
1957	CLE	A	P	21	17	117.1	12	31	0	5	0	7	3	1	1.000
1958	CLE	A	P	11	1	25.1	1	7	0	1	1	0	1	0	1.000
Total			3B	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.750
Total			OF	14	0	0	34	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	.973
Total			P	460	18	142.2	263	709	31	78	1	7	4	1	.969

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1941	CLE	A	5	4	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1942	CLE	A	5	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
1946	CLE	A	55	89	9	16	1	4	.180	.240	.247	3	0	7	18	0	3	0	0
1947	CLE	A	47	56	11	18	2	5	.321	.387	.607	4	3	6	9	0	2	0	0
1948	CLE	A	52	119	20	34	5	21	.286	.331	.487	9	0	8	23	0	2	0	0
1949	CLE	A	46	108	17	29	7	19	.269	.331	.556	6	2	10	20	0	5	0	1
1950	CLE	A	72	136	21	37	6	26	.272	.340	.485	9	1	13	25	1	3	0	0
1951	CLE	A	56	102	11	21	3	13	.206	.270	.353	4	1	9	22	0	1	0	1
1952	CLE	A	54	124	14	28	2	9	.226	.250	.315	5	0	4	21	0	6	0	2
1953	CLE	A	51	112	12	26	2	17	.232	.277	.384	9	1	7	20	0	6	2	1
1954	CLE	A	40	98	11	21	2	10	.214	.257	.337	4	1	6	24	0	8	0	1
1955	CLE	A	49	78	11	19	1	9	.244	.344	.282	0	0	13	16	0	6	0	1
1956	CLE	A	43	93	8	18	5	12	.194	.272	.355	0	0	9	21	1	7	0	1
1957	CLE	A	25	46	2	3	1	1	.065	.065	.152	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	1
1958	CLE	A	15	13	1	3	0	1	.231	.286	.231	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0
Total			615	1183	148	274	37	147	.232	.288	.386	54	9	93	241	2	49	2	9