Bob Lemon
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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 | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | CLE | A | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1942 | CLE | A | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| 1946 | CLE | A | OF | 12 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .972 |
| 1946 | CLE | A | P | 32 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .976 |
| 1947 | CLE | A | P | 37 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 46 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .983 |
| 1947 | CLE | A | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1948 | CLE | A | P | 43 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 86 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .965 |
| 1949 | CLE | A | P | 37 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 71 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .963 |
| 1950 | CLE | A | P | 44 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 66 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .957 |
| 1951 | CLE | A | P | 42 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 60 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .976 |
| 1952 | CLE | A | P | 42 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 79 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .982 |
| 1953 | CLE | A | P | 41 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 74 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .972 |
| 1954 | CLE | A | P | 36 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 57 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .963 |
| 1955 | CLE | A | P | 35 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 43 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .983 |
| 1956 | CLE | A | P | 39 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 61 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .934 |
| 1957 | CLE | A | P | 21 | 17 | 117.1 | 12 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 1958 | CLE | A | P | 11 | 1 | 25.1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 | ||
| Total | OF | 14 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .973 | ||
| Total | P | 460 | 18 | 142.2 | 263 | 709 | 31 | 78 | 0 | 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 | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | CLE | A | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | CLE | A | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | CLE | A | 55 | 89 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 4 | .180 | .240 | .247 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | CLE | A | 47 | 56 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 5 | .321 | .387 | .607 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | CLE | A | 52 | 119 | 20 | 34 | 5 | 21 | .286 | .331 | .487 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | CLE | A | 46 | 108 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 19 | .269 | .331 | .556 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1950 | CLE | A | 72 | 136 | 21 | 37 | 6 | 26 | .272 | .340 | .485 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | CLE | A | 56 | 102 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 13 | .206 | .270 | .353 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1952 | CLE | A | 54 | 124 | 14 | 28 | 2 | 9 | .226 | .250 | .315 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1953 | CLE | A | 51 | 112 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 17 | .232 | .277 | .384 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1954 | CLE | A | 40 | 98 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 10 | .214 | .257 | .337 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1955 | CLE | A | 49 | 78 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 9 | .244 | .344 | .282 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1956 | CLE | A | 43 | 93 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 12 | .194 | .272 | .355 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1957 | CLE | A | 25 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .065 | .065 | .152 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1958 | CLE | A | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .231 | .286 | .231 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 615 | 1183 | 148 | 274 | 37 | 147 | .232 | .288 | .386 | 54 | 9 | 93 | 241 | 2 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1938).
- Released by Cleveland Indians (July 2, 1958).
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