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	24-19 / in Starts: 20-15
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	17 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 109 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	84 (43-30-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 109 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	68 (36-21-11)

Most Driven In
Self	5
G Strickland	2
J Hegan	1
C Carrasquel	1
H Naragon	1
J Busby	1
V Wertz	1
D Mitchell	0

Most Driven In By
Self	5
A Smith	2
G Woodling	1

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 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	533	1	Apr 17	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	1.04	0.034	2.60	0.05%	0.22	P
2	534	6 (4)	Apr 22 (2)	CLE		DET	W,5-2	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9	.50	-0.012	.96	-0.01%	-0.41	P
3	535	11 (4)	Apr 29 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	9	.38	-0.038	.94	-0.06%	-1.03	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
4	536	15 (3)	May 5	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	9	1.35	-0.143	3.91	-0.25%	-1.16	P
5	537	19 (3)	May 10	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.235	.071	.307	9	.54	-0.014	2.02	-0.03%	-0.51	P
6	538	24 (4)	May 14	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.250	.118	.368	9	1.69	-0.073	7.12	-0.19%	-0.17	P
7	539	28 (3)	May 20 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.250	.100	.350	9	.48	-0.025	1.77	-0.06%	-0.27	P
8	540	33 (4)	May 27 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.259	.091	.350	9	.94	0.000	3.55	0.00%	-0.18	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
9	541	38 (4)	Jun 1	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.267	.240	.507	9	1.49	0.007	3.56	0.01%	0.13	P
10	542	43 (4)	Jun 5	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.265	.241	.506	9	.19	-0.002	.61	0.00%	-0.48	P
11	543	48 (4)	Jun 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.250	.226	.476	9	.64	-0.035	3.46	-0.11%	-0.40	P
12	544	53 (4)	Jun 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,9-10	GS-5	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.289	.344	.633	9	1.35	0.156	5.18	0.36%	1.67	P
13	545	57 (3)	Jun 19	CLE		BOS	W,9-7	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.139	.262	.306	.567	9	.66	-0.080	1.39	-0.10%	-1.72	P
14	546	61 (3)	Jun 23	CLE		WSH	W,9-8	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.279	.324	.603	9	6.74	0.823	16.02	1.17%	1.79	PH
15	547	62	Jun 24	CLE		WSH	W,7-2	CG(6)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.267	.308	.574	9	.30	-0.016	.78	-0.02%	-0.28	P
16	548	66 (3)	Jun 29 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-13	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.267	.308	.574	9						P
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	549	69 (2)	Jul 1 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.265	.372	.637	9	.51	0.011	1.96	0.03%	0.97	P
18	550	73 (3)	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	L,7-13	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.260	.364	.624	9	.42	-0.011	1.46	-0.02%	-0.25	P
19	551	76 (2)	Jul 8	CLE	@	KCA	W,17-3	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.275	.444	.719	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.73	PH P
20	552	77	Jul 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-9	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.283	.447	.730	9	.49	0.007	2.47	0.02%	0.16	P
21	553	79 (1)	Jul 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.191	.283	.447	.730	9						P
22	554	81 (1)	Jul 15 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.278	.438	.715	6	3.91	-0.124	8.58	-0.16%	-0.84	PH
23	555	82	Jul 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.288	.434	.722	9	.59	0.026	.90	0.02%	-0.52	P
24	556	84 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.283	.426	.709	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.10	P
25	557	86 (1)	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.281	.414	.695	9	.77	-0.060	1.02	-0.05%	-0.35	P
26	558	91 (4)	Jul 26	CLE		WSH	W,1-0	CG(7)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.277	.407	.684	9	1.31	-0.055	3.21	-0.08%	-0.47	P
27	559	93 (1)	Jul 28	CLE		BAL	L,6-8	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.288	.417	.705	6	3.52	0.192	8.26	0.27%	1.50	PH
28	560	96 (2)	Jul 30	CLE		NYY	L,6-13	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.288	.417	.705	9						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
29	561	98 (1)	Aug 1	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.206	.275	.397	.672	9	.32	0.031	1.16	0.07%	-0.16	P
30	562	102 (3)	Aug 5	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.282	.400	.682	9	1.08	-0.013	3.26	-0.02%	-0.13	P
31	563	107 (4)	Aug 10	CLE	@	KCA	W,11-0	GS-8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.278	.394	.672	9	.91	-0.059	1.19	-0.05%	-1.22	P
32	564	111 (3)	Aug 15	CLE		DET	L,0-1	GS-9	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.224	.297	.403	.700	9	1.19	0.110	1.37	0.08%	0.92	P
33	565	115 (3)	Aug 19 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.295	.394	.689	9	.82	-0.073	.51	-0.03%	-0.60	P
34	566	119 (3)	Aug 23	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.284	.378	.662	9	1.29	-0.105	1.54	-0.08%	-0.78	P
35	567	123 (3)	Aug 27	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.282	.372	.654	9	.30	-0.013	.57	-0.02%	-0.20	P
36	568	125 (1)	Aug 29	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.282	.372	.654	9						P
Sept		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
37	569	128 (2)	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.270	.354	.623	9	1.11	-0.107	1.34	-0.08%	-1.25	P
38	570	133 (4)	Sep 7	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.261	.341	.602	9	1.26	-0.102	.52	-0.03%	-0.80	P
39	571	136 (2)	Sep 9 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.198	.258	.337	.595	7	1.30	-0.045	.24	-0.01%	-0.95	PH
40	572	137	Sep 11	CLE		BAL	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.268	.371	.639	9	.59	0.124	.03	0.00%	1.28	P
41	573	143 (5)	Sep 16 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,3-10	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.265	.367	.632	9	.73	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.17	P
42	574	147 (3)	Sep 19	CLE		WSH	W,6-0	CG(7)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.267	.359	.626	9	1.57	-0.093	.00	0.00%	-0.96	P
43	575	150 (2)	Sep 23	CLE	@	DET	L,1-11	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.275	.359	.633	9	.53	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.39	P
							24-19		109	92	8	18	0	0	5	12	9	0	21	1	7	0	2	1	0	0	.196	.275	.359	.633		.90	0.228	1.95	0.64%	-5.57

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