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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Team Record in Appearances: 25-15 / in Starts: 22-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 39, Entered with runners on base: 4

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	278	1	Apr 14	CLE		CHW	W,6-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	0.00	3.26	32	18	6	0	2	1	84			1	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	2	.57	0.252	1.40	0.38%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
2	279	5	Apr 21	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	W(2-0)	6	9.0	9	3	3	4	5	1	0	1.50	3.76	38	14	6	1	2	9	58			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.65	0.321	4.53	0.53%	1.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
3	280	9	Apr 26(2)	CLE		DET	W,12-2	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	7	2	2	4	3	0	2	1.67	3.82	37	14	7	0	0	7	64			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.21	0.355	3.55	0.62%	2.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	281	12	May 1	CLE		BOS	L,1-8	GS-8	L(3-1)	4	8.0	8	7	7	4	3	0	2	3.09	3.88	38	17	4	0	0	8	37			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	0	1	.75	-0.162	2.56	-0.33%	-3.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out d6
5	282	16	May 5	CLE		NYY	L,1-11	GS-4	L(3-2)	3	3.1	6	6	6	2	0	0	1	4.23	4.00	20	5	6	0	0	6	22			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	-0.266	4.33	-0.60%	-3.45	1t start tie	4t -23 1 out d4
6	283	20	May 11	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	L(3-3)	5	9.0	8	2	2	6	1	0	0	3.80	4.07	39	15	9	1	0	8	58			1	1	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.33	0.059	5.28	0.14%	2.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
7	284	24	May 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(3-4)	4	8.0	8	1	1	2	5	1	0	3.42	4.02	31	8	8	1	0	8	65			0	1	0	28	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.247	3.34	0.45%	3.15	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
8	285	28	May 23	CLE		SLB	W,5-1	CG	W(4-4)	6	9.0	6	1	1	1	4	1	0	3.08	3.95	32	13	8	0	2	6	74			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	.48	0.256	1.22	0.39%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
9	286	32	May 27	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(4-5)	3	8.0	8	5	2	5	2	0	0	2.99	3.95	37	15	7	0	0	8	49			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	2	.77	-0.259	2.34	-0.47%	-0.93	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
10	287	37	May 31	CLE	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	W(5-5)	3	9.0	8	1	1	0	5	0	1	2.77	3.71	34	13	7	0	0	8	72			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.67	0.321	1.81	0.52%	3.40	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	288	40	Jun 4	CLE		BOS	W,8-1	CG	W(6-5)	3	9.0	7	1	1	5	2	0	0	2.59	3.72	35	12	9	1	2	7	66			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	3	0	0	.65	0.168	1.97	0.31%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
12	289	44	Jun 7(2)	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	8-GF	S(1)	2	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.55	3.71	4	1	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	0.263	8.25	0.50%	0.91	8t 12- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
13	290	45	Jun 9	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	W(7-5)	1	9.0	2	1	1	3	8	1	1	2.41	3.70	30	12	4	0	0	2	84			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.01	0.440	3.13	0.82%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
14	291	50	Jun 14(1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-6	GS-8	L(7-6)	4	8.0	10	4	4	3	3	1	0	2.57	3.76	36	14	6	0	0	10	46			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	-0.291	4.03	-0.53%	-0.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
15	292	54	Jun 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	GS-11	W(8-6)	3	11.0	9	4	4	3	3	1	0	2.63	3.79	45	19	11	0	2	9	63			1	1	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.47	0.042	1.78	0.03%	1.65	1b start tie	11b 3 out tie
16	293	59	Jun 22(2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	W(9-6)	3	9.0	8	2	2	5	6	0	0	2.59	3.73	39	12	8	1	2	8	64			0	0	0	34	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.14	0.257	1.38	0.19%	2.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
17	294	62	Jun 24	CLE	@	BOS	W,13-9	8-9	H(1)	1	0.2	1	2	2	2	0	0	1	2.71	3.79	5	1	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.69	-0.014	.88	-0.01%	-1.64	8b 1-3 1 out a4	9b 123 0 out a5
18	295	64	Jun 26	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	W(10-6)	1	9.0	5	2	2	2	4	1	0	2.67	3.79	32	15	6	1	0	5	71			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.35	0.155	1.11	0.29%	2.31	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	296	68	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	GS-7	L(10-7)	4	7.0	8	4	3	4	1	0	0	2.72	3.80	33	11	9	1	0	8	44			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.130	3.93	-0.27%	-0.58	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d2
20	297	73	Jul 5(1)	CLE		CHW	W,7-6	GS-4		3	3.2	6	6	6	1	0	2	0	3.02	3.97	18	1	10	2	0	6	24			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.299	2.40	-0.57%	-2.49	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d2
21	298	78	Jul 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-1	GS-8	W(11-7)	3	8.0	5	1	1	3	4	0	0	2.92	3.91	32	7	13	0	3	5	69			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.246	2.08	0.36%	3.07	1b start tie	8b 3 out a6
22	299	83	Jul 12(2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(11-8)	2	8.0	13	3	2	2	2	0	2	2.89	3.89	41	13	9	0	2	13	46			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	1	.93	-0.021	2.48	-0.03%	1.11	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
23	300	85	Jul 17	CLE		PHA	W,5-0	SHO	W(12-8)	4	9.0	5	0	0	3	0	0	0	2.74	3.87	33	17	8	0	3	5	74			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	.88	0.396	1.47	0.40%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
24	301	89	Jul 21	CLE		NYY	W,8-3	CG	W(13-8)	3	9.0	7	3	3	5	2	0	0	2.75	3.87	38	14	10	0	3	7	58			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.094	.88	0.06%	1.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
25	302	93	Jul 25	CLE		WSH	W,6-4	CG(10)	W(14-8)	3	10.0	11	4	2	3	5	1	0	2.70	3.87	45	15	11	4	1	11	60			2	0	0	41	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	-0.017	1.81	-0.02%	0.84	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
26	303	97	Jul 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	GS-6	L(14-9)	3	5.1	8	7	5	5	0	1	0	2.86	3.97	28	6	9	0	3	8	23			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	-0.420	2.16	-0.42%	-3.63	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	304	101	Aug 2(1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-1	CG	W(15-9)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	2	1	0	2.78	3.97	33	14	10	0	2	6	72			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.288	1.05	0.27%	3.62	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a9
28	305	106	Aug 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(15-10)	4	8.0	12	4	4	3	3	0	1	2.84	3.95	39	10	10	1	1	12	42			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.98	-0.121	.78	-0.06%	0.15	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
29	306	109	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	L,2-6	GS-7	L(15-11)	3	6.1	12	6	6	2	2	1	0	3.00	3.98	30	10	4	0	0	12	25			0	0	1	28	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.47	-0.431	.82	-0.15%	-2.87	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out d4
30	307	112	Aug 14	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-7	7-GF	W(16-11)	2	2.1	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.01	3.97	12	4	1	0	0	5		2	2	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.63	0.123	.73	0.02%	-1.37	7b -23 2 out a3	9b end a 1
31	308	114	Aug 16(2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-7	GS-5	L(16-12)	1	4.2	10	6	5	2	2	2	0	3.15	4.06	26	9	3	0	1	10	22			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.463	.28	-0.06%	-3.90	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d1
32	309	117	Aug 20	CLE	@	DET	W,13-7	GS-7	W(17-12)	3	6.2	10	7	6	2	3	0	0	3.29	4.02	31	9	7	1	0	10	29			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.225	.01	0.00%	-4.01	1b start a 4	7b 12- 2 out a6
33	310	123	Aug 25	CLE		WSH	L,4-8	GS-4	L(17-13)	4	3.1	7	8	8	3	2	1	0	3.54	4.08	19	4	3	1	0	7	13			0	1	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.400	.04	-0.01%	-4.96	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d4
34	311	127	Aug 29	CLE		NYY	W,6-0	SHO	W(18-13)	3	9.0	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.42	4.03	31	12	10	0	2	3	81			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.57	0.328	.05	0.02%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
35	312	132	Sep 2	CLE		PHA	W,6-3	GS-1		3	0.0	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.52	4.06	5	0	0	0	0	3	30			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.347	.05	-0.01%	-4.34	1t start tie	1t 1-3 0 out d3
36	313	134	Sep 4	CLE		CHW	T,6-6	8-GF(10)	BS(1)	1	3.0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.48	4.05	15	4	4	0	1	6		1	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.45	0.208	.13	0.01%	0.83	8t 1-- 0 out a1	10t end tie
37	314	138	Sep 7(1)	CLE		SLB	W,3-0	SHO	W(19-13)	2	9.0	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.36	4.00	33	9	13	2	2	6	76			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.39	0.603	.01	0.00%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
38	315	142	Sep 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG(8)	L(19-14)	3	8.0	11	6	5	4	4	0	0	3.43	3.98	37	10	8	0	2	11	38			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	2	0	0	.94	-0.411	.01	0.00%	-2.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
39	316	146	Sep 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,1-0	SHO	W(20-14)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.32	3.93	33	14	10	1	2	7	73			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.81	0.823	.00	0.00%	4.31	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
40	317	149	Sep 20(1)	CLE	@	DET	L,6-8	8-GF(8)	L(20-15)	4	1.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.37	3.92	7	1	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.94	-0.323	.00	0.00%	-1.51	8b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 2
41	318	152	Sep 23	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	W(21-15)	2	9.0	7	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.36	3.90	34	17	8	0	1	7	59			1	1	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.282	.00	0.00%	1.62	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
							25-15		W-L:21-15,Sv:1,BSv:1,Hld:1	3.1	286.2	283	119	107	110	98	16	11	3.36	3.90	1217	1.50		3%	6%	283	54	7	43%	9	9	1	1082	27	5	2	38	0	9	1.08	1.927	1.83	2.76%	23.23

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