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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	30-16 / in Starts: 24-9
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	17 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 123 PAs	19
Actual Runners on Base	71 (36-28-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 123 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	82 (43-26-13)

Most Driven In
Self	7
B Kennedy	5
J Hegan	3
M Vernon	2
M Nielsen	1
L Boudreau	1
T Tucker	0

Most Driven In By
Self	7
D Mitchell	3
R Boone	2
L Boudreau	2
K Keltner	1
M Vernon	1

1949 Batting Game Log

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1949 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	165	2 (1)	Apr 20	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	9	.77	-0.037	1.91	-0.06%	-0.62	P
2	166	6 (3)	Apr 26	CLE		SLB	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	9	.58	-0.044	1.50	-0.07%	-0.52	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	167	10 (3)	May 1	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	9	1.45	-0.119	4.55	-0.22%	-0.86	P
4	168	13 (2)	May 7	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	GS-11	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.077	.143	.077	.220	9	1.26	-0.083	4.05	-0.16%	-0.40	P
5	169	17 (3)	May 11	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.077	.143	.077	.220	9						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	170	37 (19)	Jun 2	CLE		BOS	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.222	.235	.458	9	.54	0.124	.82	0.11%	1.45	P
7	171	43 (5)	Jun 7	CLE		WSH	W,13-11	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.211	.222	.433	9	1.08	-0.028	1.31	-0.02%	-0.24	P
8	172	44	Jun 8	CLE		WSH	W,8-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.190	.227	.381	.608	9	.58	0.055	.81	0.05%	1.13	P
9	173	47 (2)	Jun 12 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.269	.520	.789	9	.73	0.033	.98	0.03%	1.19	P
10	174	50 (2)	Jun 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.259	.500	.759	9	.71	-0.035	1.14	-0.03%	-0.50	P
11	175	52 (1)	Jun 17	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-4	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.267	.586	.853	9	.42	0.027	1.16	0.05%	0.72	P
12	176	56 (3)	Jun 21	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.250	.548	.798	9	.93	-0.047	2.02	-0.06%	-0.41	P
13	177	57	Jun 22	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-3	8-GF(14)	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.314	.576	.890	9	3.03	0.300	5.79	0.35%	1.62	P
14	178	60 (2)	Jun 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.306	.559	.864	9	1.82	-0.046	4.18	-0.06%	-0.16	P
15	179	62 (1)	Jun 28	CLE		DET	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.308	.568	.875	9	.82	0.074	2.11	0.12%	0.51	P
16	180	64 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	CLE		DET	W,8-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.325	.605	.930	9	6.95	0.822	16.29	1.16%	2.55	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	181	67 (2)	Jul 2	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.302	.561	.863	9	1.44	-0.124	2.68	-0.14%	-0.80	P
18	182	74 (6)	Jul 7	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.313	.587	.899	9	.36	0.057	.87	0.08%	0.68	P
19	183	77 (2)	Jul 14	CLE		PHA	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.280	.308	.600	.908	9	.26	-0.012	.99	-0.03%	0.90	P
20	184	83 (5)	Jul 19	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.288	.315	.654	.969	9	1.91	0.157	12.28	0.61%	0.95	P
21	185	88 (4)	Jul 24 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,7-5	GS-9	4	3	3	2	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.309	.345	.764	1.108	9	1.42	0.357	5.33	0.81%	2.29	P
22	186	91 (2)	Jul 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.310	.344	.741	1.086	9	.94	-0.056	7.11	-0.26%	-0.37	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	187	96 (4)	Aug 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.328	.705	1.033	9	.89	-0.067	4.17	-0.19%	-0.63	P
24	188	98 (1)	Aug 4 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-3	9-GF(12)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.338	.705	1.043	9	4.48	0.057	20.16	0.16%	0.34	P
25	189	101 (2)	Aug 6	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.362	.719	1.081	9	1.37	0.115	7.29	0.37%	0.71	P
26	190	102	Aug 7 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.357	.708	1.065	8	1.43	-0.037	7.09	-0.11%	-0.11	PH
27	191	103	Aug 7 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.352	.697	1.049	8	.98	-0.025	4.10	-0.06%	-0.16	PH
28	192	105 (1)	Aug 10	CLE		SLB	L,4-5	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.304	.351	.725	1.076	9	1.38	0.076	5.48	0.18%	0.95	P
29	193	106	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.347	.714	1.061	9	1.08	-0.027	3.57	-0.05%	-0.17	PH
30	194	108 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.333	.685	1.018	9	1.05	-0.084	2.74	-0.13%	-0.74	P
31	195	114 (5)	Aug 18	CLE	@	SLB	W,14-4	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.337	.662	1.000	9	.12	0.016	.37	0.03%	-0.01	P
32	196	116 (1)	Aug 21 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.337	.662	1.000	9						PR
33	197	118 (1)	Aug 23	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.329	.646	.975	9	.81	-0.042	2.46	-0.08%	-0.35	P
34	198	123 (4)	Aug 28	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.326	.627	.952	9	1.59	-0.132	2.63	-0.13%	-0.84	P
35	199	125 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	9-10	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.631	.964	8	2.64	0.109	5.16	0.13%	0.66	PH
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	200	128 (2)	Sep 1	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG(11)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.330	.609	.939	9	1.16	-0.099	2.41	-0.12%	-0.69	P
37	201	129	Sep 3	CLE		SLB	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.337	.614	.950	8	2.68	0.098	5.73	0.13%	0.27	PH
38	202	132 (2)	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-4	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.286	.343	.615	.959	9	.73	0.113	1.48	0.14%	0.90	P
39	203	136 (3)	Sep 10	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.280	.337	.602	.939	9	1.21	-0.040	1.17	-0.02%	-0.48	P
40	204	137	Sep 11	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.333	.596	.929	8	2.17	-0.057	2.63	-0.04%	-0.26	PH
41	205	139 (1)	Sep 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-6	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.268	.324	.577	.901	9	1.00	0.040	.18	0.00%	0.15	P
42	206	140	Sep 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.330	.582	.912	9	1.43	0.043	.38	0.01%	0.13	PH
43	207	144 (3)	Sep 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.324	.570	.894	9	.74	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.37	P
44	208	148 (3)	Sep 25	CLE		DET	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.321	.553	.875	9	.56	-0.020	.00	0.00%	0.45	P
45	209	150 (1)	Sep 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.264	.328	.547	.875	9	.56	0.083	.00	0.00%	0.49	P
46	210	154 (3)	Oct 2	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	GS-6	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	.269	.331	.556	.886	9	1.08	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.14	P
							30-16		123	108	17	29	6	2	7	19	10	0	20	0	5		3	1	0	0	.269	.331	.556	.886		1.09	1.489	2.88	2.42%	9.48

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