Born on September 22, 1920 in San Bernardino, California, Bob Lemon (Robert Granville Lemon) played for the Cleveland Indians for his entire 15 year career. Lemon broke into the bigs on September 9, 1941 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 2.49 ERA in 94 innings pitched in 1946, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bob Lemon's best season was 1952, when he posted a 2.50 ERA, won 22 games and struck out 131 batters.
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
1946
CLE
A
32
5
4
5
2.49
39
40
26
1
0
1
94
77
1
68
0
5
0
1947
CLE
A
37
15
11
5
3.44
65
68
64
6
1
3
167.1
150
7
97
0
6
4
1948
CLE
A
43
37
20
14
2.82
147
104
92
20
10
2
293.2
231
12
129
0
3
3
1949
CLE
A
37
33
22
10
2.99
138
101
93
22
2
1
279.2
211
19
137
0
1
6
1950
CLE
A
44
37
23
11
3.84
170
144
123
22
3
3
288
281
28
146
0
5
2
1951
CLE
A
42
34
17
14
3.52
132
119
103
17
1
2
263.1
244
19
124
0
4
2
1952
CLE
A
42
36
22
11
2.50
131
104
86
28
5
4
309.2
236
15
105
0
8
6
1953
CLE
A
41
36
21
15
3.36
98
119
107
23
5
1
286.2
283
16
110
0
9
11
1954
CLE
A
36
33
23
7
2.72
110
95
78
21
2
0
258.1
228
12
92
0
6
4
1955
CLE
A
35
31
18
10
3.88
100
103
91
5
0
2
211.1
218
17
74
3
8
5
1956
CLE
A
39
35
20
14
3.03
94
103
86
21
2
3
255.1
230
23
89
2
4
6
1957
CLE
A
21
17
6
11
4.60
45
70
60
2
0
0
117.1
129
9
64
6
3
7
1958
CLE
A
11
1
0
1
5.33
8
15
15
0
0
0
25.1
41
3
16
2
1
1
Total
460
350
207
128
3.23
1277
1185
1024
188
31
22
2850
2559
181
1251
13
63
57
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1941
CLE
A
3B
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1942
CLE
A
3B
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.500
1946
CLE
A
OF
12
0
0
33
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
.972
1946
CLE
A
P
32
0
0
13
28
1
5
0
0
0
0
0
.976
1947
CLE
A
P
37
0
0
12
46
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
.983
1947
CLE
A
OF
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1948
CLE
A
P
43
0
0
23
86
4
8
0
0
0
0
0
.965
1949
CLE
A
P
37
0
0
34
71
4
5
0
0
0
0
0
.963
1950
CLE
A
P
44
0
0
22
66
4
6
0
0
0
0
0
.957
1951
CLE
A
P
42
0
0
21
60
2
5
0
0
0
0
0
.976
1952
CLE
A
P
42
0
0
32
79
2
7
0
0
0
0
0
.982
1953
CLE
A
P
41
0
0
31
74
3
15
0
0
0
0
0
.972
1954
CLE
A
P
36
0
0
22
57
3
8
0
0
0
0
0
.963
1955
CLE
A
P
35
0
0
16
43
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
.983
1956
CLE
A
P
39
0
0
24
61
6
6
0
0
0
0
0
.934
1957
CLE
A
P
21
17
117.1
12
31
0
5
0
0
7
3
1
1.000
1958
CLE
A
P
11
1
25.1
1
7
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1.000
Total
3B
2
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.750
Total
OF
14
0
0
34
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
.973
Total
P
460
18
142.2
263
709
31
78
0
1
7
4
1
.969
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1941
CLE
A
5
4
0
1
0
0
.250
.250
.250
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1942
CLE
A
5
5
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1946
CLE
A
55
89
9
16
1
4
.180
.240
.247
3
0
7
18
0
3
0
0
0
1947
CLE
A
47
56
11
18
2
5
.321
.387
.607
4
3
6
9
0
2
0
0
0
1948
CLE
A
52
119
20
34
5
21
.286
.331
.487
9
0
8
23
0
2
0
0
0
1949
CLE
A
46
108
17
29
7
19
.269
.331
.556
6
2
10
20
0
5
0
0
1
1950
CLE
A
72
136
21
37
6
26
.272
.340
.485
9
1
13
25
1
3
0
0
0
1951
CLE
A
56
102
11
21
3
13
.206
.270
.353
4
1
9
22
0
1
0
0
1
1952
CLE
A
54
124
14
28
2
9
.226
.250
.315
5
0
4
21
0
6
0
0
2
1953
CLE
A
51
112
12
26
2
17
.232
.277
.384
9
1
7
20
0
6
2
0
1
1954
CLE
A
40
98
11
21
2
10
.214
.257
.337
4
1
6
24
0
8
0
0
1
1955
CLE
A
49
78
11
19
1
9
.244
.344
.282
0
0
13
16
0
6
0
0
1
1956
CLE
A
43
93
8
18
5
12
.194
.272
.355
0
0
9
21
1
7
0
0
1
1957
CLE
A
25
46
2
3
1
1
.065
.065
.152
1
0
0
14
0
0
0
0
1
1958
CLE
A
15
13
1
3
0
1
.231
.286
.231
0
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
Total
615
1183
148
274
37
147
.232
.288
.386
54
9
93
241
2
49
2
0
9
Transactions[]
Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1938).
