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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
2	2	Apr 17	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
3	3	Apr 20	CLE		DET	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 21	CLE		DET	L,2-3	CG	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	Apr 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
6	7 (1)	Apr 26	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	8	Apr 27	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	49	10.2	0	0	0	0	0
8	10 (1)	Apr 30	CLE	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	11	May 1	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
10	12	May 2	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	18 (5)	May 8	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	19	May 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	21 (1)	May 12 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,3-9	GF	11	3.0	1	1	0	2	1
14	27 (5)	May 17 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,4-9	GF	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	1
15	38 (10)	May 29	CLE		DET	L,1-4		15	3.1	0	3	0	3	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	43 (4)	Jun 3 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-3	GS	0	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
17	46 (2)	Jun 6	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-4	GS	8	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
18	49 (2)	Jun 9 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-5		9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
19	52 (2)	Jun 11	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-10		18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	61 (8)	Jun 23 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,1-5		1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0
21	62	Jun 23 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,0-6	GF	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	68 (5)	Jun 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-7		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	71 (2)	Jul 2	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	GF	9	3.0	3	2	0	5	1
24	74 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,9-8	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
25	76 (1)	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	1
26	82 (5)	Jul 14 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6		6	1.0	0	3	0	3	0
27	88 (5)	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	GF	11	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
28	92 (3)	Jul 25	CLE		PHA	W,9-8		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
29	98 (5)	Jul 29 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,4-8	GF	23	6.1	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	103 (4)	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	L,0-2		10	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
31	107 (3)	Aug 8 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7		0	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
32	113 (5)	Aug 13	CLE		DET	L,0-1	GF	5	1.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	117 (3)	Aug 18 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	120 (2)	Aug 21	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	GF	20	5.2	1	2	0	3	0
35	126 (5)	Aug 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	GS	32	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
36	128 (1)	Aug 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-9	GF	15	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	131 (2)	Sep 2 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-9		0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	133 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	GS	32	7.1	0	1	0	1	0
39	136 (2)	Sep 5	CLE	@	DET	L,0-10	GF	0	4.2	2	2	0	4	0
40	145 (8)	Sep 15 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	149 (3)	Sep 20	CLE		DET	L,1-15	GF	0	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	150	Sep 21	CLE		DET	L,3-5	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
43	152 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	CLE		DET	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	155 (2)	Sep 28	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	GF	13	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
							44gm		94.0	39	30	2	71	7