Jim Lemon

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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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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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

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

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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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