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: 6-26 / in Starts: 2-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 10

1946 Pitching Game Log

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1946 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	1	21	May 12(2)	CLE		SLB	L,3-9	7-GF		99	3.0	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.00	1.58	11	5	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	.01	-0.002	.01	0.00%	0.27	7t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 6
2	2	27	May 17(2)	CLE		WSH	L,4-9	3-GF(8)		4	6.0	3	1	0	6	6	0	0	1.00	2.92	26	7	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.09	0.006	.10	0.00%	1.54	3t --- 0 out d6	8t end d 6
3	3	38	May 29	CLE		DET	L,1-4	4-7		11	3.1	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.73	3.64	15	5	3	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.066	.36	0.02%	1.47	4t 1-- 2 out d3	7t 3 out d3
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
4	4	43	Jun 3(2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-3	GS-	L(0-1)	4	3.2	4	3	2	4	3	0	0	1.69	3.77	19						42						15					0
5	5	46	Jun 6	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-4	GS-1	L(0-2)	2	0.2	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	1.62	4.26	8	3	0	0	0	2	39			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.45	-0.293	.38	-0.05%	-3.29	1b start tie	1b 123 2 out d3
6	6	49	Jun 9(1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-5	6-8	W(1-2)	2	1.2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.47	4.44	9	2	3	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	-0.013	.30	0.00%	-0.39	6b 1-- 2 out tie	8b 123 1 out a3
7	7	52	Jun 11	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-10	5-8		1	3.0	5	3	3	4	2	0	0	2.53	4.55	18	6	1	1	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.019	.09	0.00%	-1.19	5b --- 1 out d2	8b 12- 1 out d4
8	8	61	Jun 23(1)	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	7-7		11	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.49	4.52	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.042	.44	0.01%	0.39	7t 12- 2 out d1	7t 3 out d1
9	9	62	Jun 23(2)	CLE		BOS	L,0-6	4-GF		-1	6.0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	2.28	4.21	21	16	3	0	0	1		0	0	2	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	.14	-0.021	.02	0.00%	0.54	4t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 6
10	10	68	Jun 30(1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-7	5-6		6	2.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.12	4.30	8	5	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.14	0.019	.01	0.00%	0.88	5b --- 0 out d5	6b 3 out d3
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
11	11	71	Jul 2	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	7-GF	W(2-2)	1	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	4.14	9	4	4	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.239	.08	0.01%	1.27	7t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 2
12	12	74	Jul 4(2)	CLE	@	DET	W,9-8	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	4.11	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.33	0.456	.51	0.02%	1.17	9b 1-3 1 out a1	9b end a 1
13	13	76	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	8-GF		1	2.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.78	4.14	8	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.37	0.034	.02	0.00%	0.85	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
14	14	82	Jul 14(2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	7-7		7	1.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	1.98	4.26	6	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.52	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d4
15	15	88	Jul 21(1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	6-GF(8)	L(2-3)	6	2.2	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.08	4.22	11	6	0	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	10	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.87	-0.052	.03	0.00%	0.69	6b 12- 1 out tie	8b end d 1
16	16	92	Jul 25	CLE		PHA	W,9-8	4-5		3	1.1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.01	4.27	7	2	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.161	.00	0.00%	-1.18	4t 12- 2 out d1	5t 3 out d3
17	17	98	Jul 29(2)	CLE		WSH	L,4-8	3-GF		3	6.1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	1.93	4.13	23	12	6	0	1	2		1	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.002	.00	0.00%	1.83	3t -2- 2 out d6	9t end d 4
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
18	18	103	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	L,0-2	7-9	L(2-4)	5	1.2	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.23	4.16	10	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.82	-0.333	.00	0.00%	-1.90	7t --- 2 out tie	9t 12- 1 out d2
19	19	107	Aug 8(2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7			3	3.2	3	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.42	4.01	15												13					0
20	20	113	Aug 13	CLE		DET	L,0-1	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.38	4.00	5	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.42	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
21	21	117	Aug 18(1)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	11-GF(11)		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.33	4.03	4	3	0	0	0	0		3	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.020	.00	0.00%	1.23	11t 123 0 out d1	11t end d 2
22	22	120	Aug 21	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	3-GF(8)		2	5.2	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.11	3.89	20	8	3	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	1	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	.35	0.109	.00	0.00%	2.60	3b 1-- 1 out d3	8b end d 2
23	23	126	Aug 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	GS-7	L(2-5)	4	7.0	6	5	3	6	2	0	0	2.30	3.96	32	10	8	1	1	6	45			0	0	1	24	3	0	0	0	0	1	.62	-0.242	.00	0.00%	-1.62	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d4
24	24	128	Aug 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-9	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	4	5	1	4	0	0	0	2.36	4.10	15	2	5	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	.12	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-4.08	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 8
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
25	25	131	Sep 2(1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-9			3	0.0	3	4	3	2	0	0	0	2.75	4.18	5												3					0
26	26	133	Sep 3(1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	GS-8	W(3-5)	0	7.1	8	2	2	4	5	0	0	2.72	4.06	32	11	4	1	1	8	55			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.08	0.133	.00	0.00%	0.94	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a3
27	27	136	Sep 5	CLE	@	DET	L,0-10			1	4.2	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	2.68	4.12	16												15					0
28	28	145	Sep 15(1)	CLE		PHA	W,8-1	CG	W(4-5)	9	9.0	5	1	1	3	2	0	0	2.51	4.02	35	13	12	1	0	5	72			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.55	0.111	.00	0.00%	2.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
29	29	149	Sep 20	CLE		DET	L,1-15			4	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.58	4.04	6												5					0
30	30	150	Sep 21	CLE		DET	L,3-5	11-GF(11)		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.57	4.03	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.39	11t 12- 2 out d2	11t end d 2
31	31	152	Sep 22(2)	CLE		DET	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.54	4.03	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.042	.00	0.00%	0.42	8t --- 0 out d1	8t end d 1
32	32	155	Sep 28	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	6-GF(8)		5	3.0	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	2.46	4.05	13	6	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	-0.003	.00	0.00%	0.46	6b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
							6-26		W-L:4-5,Sv:1	3.0	95.0	77	40	26	68	39	1	0	2.46	4.05	414	2.26		2%	1%	63	51	17	18%	4	0	3	338	11	1	1	9	0	6	.65	0.148	.05	0.02%	6.00

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