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Jim Lemon

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Full Name: James Robert Lemon Primary Position: OF,LF,RF
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/200 First Game: August 20, 1950
Birthdate: March 23, 1928 Final Game: September 29, 1963
Birthplace: Covington, Virginia MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: May 14, 2006
Deathplace: Brandon, Mississippi
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

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James Robert Lemon entered the major leagues through the Cleveland Indians, when that organization signed him as a free agent in 1948. He played for the Indians for two seasons (1950 & 1953) before having his contract purchased by the Washington Senators in 1954. Lemon played for the Senators franchise for most of the rest of his career (1954-1963), though the organization moved to Minnesota in 1961 and started to call themselves the Minnesota Twins. In his last year, 1963, Lemon played for three different teams, the Twins (7 games), the Philadelphia Phillies (31 games) and the Chicago White Sox (36 games). In the last year that the Senators operated out of Washington, Lemon was named an All-Star, the only year he was an All-Star. Lemon lead the league in triples, with 11, in 1956, in sac. flies, with 9, in 1960, and lead the league in strike-outs in 1956-1958 (138, 94, 120).

Jim Lemon returned to baseball in Washington, D.C. in 1968. At the age of 40, Lemon managed the Washington Senators (the one that existed from 1961-1971 before moving to Texas to become the Rangers). The team finished in last place in the American League with a record of 65-96. That was Lemon's only major league level managing job.


There is some disagreement on what was Jim Lemon's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1960, when he slugged 38 home runs and knocked in 100 runs. However, others believe that it was 1959, when he slugged 33 home runs, hit for a .279 average and knocked in 100 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1950 CLE A 12 34 4 6 1 1 .176 .243 .294 1 0 3 12 0 0 0 0 2
1953 CLE A 16 46 5 8 1 5 .174 .224 .261 1 0 3 15 0 0 0 0 0
1954 WAS A 37 128 12 30 2 13 .234 .283 .344 2 3 9 34 0 1 0 0 4
1955 WAS A 10 25 3 5 1 3 .200 .286 .400 2 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0
1956 WAS A 146 538 77 146 27 96 .271 .349 .502 21 11 65 138 2 2 2 2 12
1957 WAS A 137 518 58 147 17 64 .284 .345 .450 23 6 49 94 3 0 1 3 13
1958 WAS A 142 501 65 123 26 75 .246 .314 .467 15 9 50 120 1 1 2 3 11
1959 WAS A 147 531 73 148 33 100 .279 .334 .510 18 3 46 99 1 0 5 0 9
1960 WAS A 148 528 81 142 38 100 .269 .354 .508 10 1 67 114 7 0 2 8 9
1961 MIN A 129 423 57 109 14 52 .258 .329 .423 26 1 44 98 4 2 1 2 11
1962 MIN A 12 17 1 3 1 5 .176 .286 .353 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 1
1963 PHI N 31 59 6 16 2 6 .271 .353 .407 2 0 8 18 0 0 0 1 1
1963 MIN A 7 17 0 2 0 1 .118 .167 .118 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CHI A 36 80 4 16 1 8 .200 .304 .262 0 1 12 32 0 0 0 0 0
1963 Total 74 156 10 34 3 15 .218 .309 .301 2 1 21 55 0 0 0 1 1
1963 TOT A 43 97 4 18 1 9 .186 .282 .237 0 1 13 37 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 31 59 6 16 2 6 .271 .353 .407 2 0 8 18 0 0 0 1 1
Total AL 979 3386 440 885 162 523 .261 .331 .461 119 35 355 769 18 6 13 18 72
Total 1010 3445 446 901 164 529 .262 .332 .460 121 35 363 787 18 6 13 19 73

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1950 CLE A OF 10 0 0 13 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .824
1953 CLE A OF 11 0 0 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .913
1953 CLE A 1B 2 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750
1954 WAS A OF 33 0 0 58 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .951
1955 WAS A OF 6 0 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1956 WAS A OF 141 0 0 301 11 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1957 WAS A OF 131 130 1156.1 227 4 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1957 WAS A RF 131 130 1156.1 227 4 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1957 WAS A 1B 3 3 24 26 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .909
1958 WAS A OF 137 134 1161 255 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1958 WAS A RF 129 126 1095 235 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1958 WAS A LF 8 8 66 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 WAS A RF 25 25 224.1 47 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .940
1959 WAS A OF 142 140 1212 281 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1959 WAS A LF 117 115 987.2 234 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1960 WAS A OF 145 141 1195.1 251 11 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1960 WAS A LF 145 141 1195.1 249 11 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1961 MIN A OF 120 119 904.1 182 7 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 .940
1961 MIN A LF 120 118 898.2 186 6 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 .946
1961 MIN A RF 1 1 5.2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1962 MIN A OF 3 2 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 MIN A LF 3 2 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 PHI N RF 4 1 10.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 PHI N OF 18 16 116.1 26 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1963 PHI N LF 16 15 106 24 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1963 MIN A LF 4 4 32 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1963 MIN A OF 4 4 32 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800
1963 CHI A 1B 25 23 149 136 7 3 18 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1963 Total LF 20 19 138 33 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .943
1963 Total OF 22 20 148.1 30 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .938
Total LF 413 403 3305.2 726 21 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 .961
Total OF 901 686 5797.1 1631 47 68 12 0 0 0 0 0 .961
Total 1B 30 26 173 168 11 8 18 0 0 0 0 0 .957
Total RF 290 283 2491.2 511 12 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 .970

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1948).
  • Sold by Cleveland Indians to Washington Senators (May 12, 1954).
  • Sold by Minnesota Twins to Philadelphia Phillies (May 4, 1963).
  • Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Chicago White Sox (June 28, 1963).
  • Released by Chicago White Sox (October 18, 1963).

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