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Jim Lemon
James Robert Lemon

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 200 lb.

Debut August 20, 1950
Final Game September 29, 1963
Born March 23, 1928 in Covington, VA
Died May 14, 2006 in Brandon, MS

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1950 22 CLE AL  12   34    4    6   1  0   1    1   0  0   3  12  .176  .243  .294   39   10   0           0   2
 1953 25 CLE AL  16   46    5    8   1  0   1    5   0  0   3  15  .174  .224  .261   32   12   0           0   0
 1954 26 WSH AL  37  128   12   30   2  3   2   13   0  0   9  34  .234  .283  .344   75   44   1   1       0   4
 1955 27 WSH AL  10   25    3    5   2  0   1    3   0  0   3   4  .200  .286  .400   86   10   0   0   0   0   0
 1956 28 WSH AL 146  538   77  146  21 11  27   96   2  4  65 138  .271  .349  .502  127  270   2   6   2   2  12
 1957 29 WSH AL 137  518   58  147  23  6  17   64   1  7  49  94  .284  .345  .450  118  233   0   6   3   3  13
 1958 30 WSH AL 142  501   65  123  15  9  26   75   2  4  50 120  .246  .314  .467  114  234   1   2   3   1  11
 1959 31 WSH AL 147  531   73  148  18  3  33  100   5  2  46  99  .279  .334  .510  129  271   0   6   0   1   9 MVP-25
 1960 32 WSH AL 148  528   81  142  10  1  38  100   2  0  67 114  .269  .354  .508  130  268   0   9   8   7   9 MVP-10,AS
 1961 33 MIN AL 129  423   57  109  26  1  14   52   1  1  44  98  .258  .329  .423   95  179   2   6   2   4  11
 1962 34 MIN AL  12   17    1    3   0  0   1    5   0  0   3   4  .176  .286  .353   69    6   0   1   0   0   1
 1963 35 TOT     74  156   10   34   2  1   3   15   0  0  21  55  .218  .309  .301   75   47   0   1   1   0   1
         TOT AL  43   97    4   18   0  1   1    9   0  0  13  37  .186  .282  .237   49   23   0   0   0   0   0
         MIN AL   7   17    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   5  .118  .167  .118  -19    2   0   0   0   0   0
         PHI NL  31   59    6   16   2  0   2    6   0  0   8  18  .271  .353  .407  120   24   0   1   1   0   1
         CHW AL  36   80    4   16   0  1   1    8   0  0  12  32  .200  .304  .263   63   21   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1010 3445  446  901 121 35 164  529  13 18 363 787  .262  .332  .460  114 1584   6  38  19  18  73
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        553   72  145  19  6  26   85   2  3  58 126  .262  .332  .460  114  254   1   6   3   3  12
 Career High    148  538   81  148  26 11  38  100   5  7  67 138  .284  .354  .510  130  271   2   9   8   7  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1950 22 CLE AL   37   30    2   1.8   111| .176  .275| .243  .361| .294  .412| .537  .773|  39  .132  -3.3  -0.3   0%
 1953 25 CLE AL   49   38    3   2.1   101| .174  .267| .224  .343| .261  .393| .485  .736|  32  .204  -4.6  -0.5   0%
 1954 26 WSH AL  139  104   13   3.4    95| .234  .259| .283  .334| .344  .379| .627  .713|  75  .392  -5.1  -0.5   0%
 1955 27 WSH AL   28   20    3   4.0   100| .200  .263| .286  .342| .400  .391| .686  .733|  86  .439  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1956 28 WSH AL  613  416   94   6.0   103| .271  .262| .349  .344| .502  .401| .851  .744| 127  .603  18.3   1.8  33%
 1957 29 WSH AL  576  397   77   5.2    98| .284  .261| .345  .332| .450  .393| .795  .726| 118  .580  12.4   1.3  12%
 1958 30 WSH AL  555  396   71   4.8    96| .246  .259| .314  .328| .467  .394| .781  .722| 114  .550   7.1   0.7  33%
 1959 31 WSH AL  584  400   91   6.1    98| .279  .260| .334  .332| .510  .398| .844  .729| 129  .646  18.7   1.9  71%
 1960 32 WSH AL  611  404   99   6.6   102| .269  .265| .354  .338| .508  .405| .862  .743| 130  .669  21.3   2.1 100%
 1961 33 MIN AL  479  334   59   4.7   109| .258  .271| .329  .347| .423  .421| .752  .768|  95  .506  -2.8  -0.3  50%
 1962 34 MIN AL   21   16    2   3.4   106| .176  .268| .286  .341| .353  .417| .639  .758|  69  .364  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1963 35 TOT     178  124   16   3.5    92| .218  .254| .309  .318| .301  .387| .610  .705|  75  .427  -4.9  -0.5   0%
         TOT AL  110   79    7   2.4    93| .186  .254| .282  .320| .237  .392| .519  .712|  49  .263  -6.7  -0.7   0%
         MIN AL   18   15    0   0.0    96| .118  .258| .167  .324| .118  .398| .285  .722| -19  .000  -2.8  -0.3   0%
         PHI NL   68   45    9   5.4    88| .271  .253| .353  .315| .407  .378| .760  .693| 120  .642   1.8   0.2   0%
         CHW AL   92   64    7   3.0    93| .200  .253| .304  .319| .263  .391| .567  .710|  63  .344  -3.9  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     3870 2679  530   5.3   100| .262  .262| .332  .336| .460  .400| .792  .736| 114  .577  55.8   5.5  41%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1950 22 CLE AL  OF   10     13    1    3    1  .824  .979  1.40  2.34                           10    0    0
 1953 25 CLE AL  OF   11     20    1    2    0  .913  .981  1.91  2.18                           11    0    0
                 1B    2      6    0    2    0  .750  .984  3.00  8.85                        
 1954 26 WSH AL  OF   33     58    0    3    0  .951  .980  1.76  2.17                            1    0   32
 1955 27 WSH AL  OF    6     12    0    1    0  .923  .984  2.00  2.08                            1    0    5
 1956 28 WSH AL  OF  141    301   11   12    6  .963  .979  2.21  2.04  2.26  2.34  141 1241.3
                 RF  127    266    7   10    4  .965  .973  2.15  1.80  2.22  2.09  126 1107.3
                 LF   16     37    4    2    2  .953  .976  2.56  1.69  2.75  2.10   15  134.0
 1957 29 WSH AL  RF  131    227    4    6    2  .975  .976  1.76  1.68  1.80  1.93  130 1156.3
                 1B    3     26    4    3    0  .909  .993 10.00  8.37 11.25  9.68    3   24.0
 1958 30 WSH AL  OF  137    255    8    6    2  .978  .982  1.92  1.94  2.04  2.27  134 1161.0
                 RF  129    235    8    6    2  .976  .980  1.88  1.69  2.00  1.99  126 1095.0
                 LF    8     23    0    0    0 1.000  .979  2.88  1.62  3.14  2.09    8   66.0
 1959 31 WSH AL  OF  142    281    4    9    0  .969  .980  2.01  1.96  2.12  2.22  140 1212.0
                 LF  117    234    4    6    0  .975  .980  2.03  1.68  2.17  2.06  115  987.7
                 RF   25     47    0    3    0  .940  .975  1.88  1.64  1.89  1.89   25  224.3
 1960 32 WSH AL  LF  145    249   11   11    1  .959  .984  1.79  1.67  1.96  2.14  141 1195.3 AS
 1961 33 MIN AL  LF  120    186    6   11    0  .946  .969  1.60  1.62  1.92  2.00  118  898.7
                 OF  120    182    7   12    0  .940  .977  1.57  1.98  1.88  2.25  119  904.3
                 RF    1      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  1.80  0.00  2.05    1    5.7
 1962 34 MIN AL  LF    3      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.33  1.60  0.45  2.02    2   20.0
 1963 35 TOT     OF   22     30    0    2    0  .938  .977  1.36  1.78  1.82  2.05   20  148.3
         TOT     LF   20     33    0    2    0  .943  .973  1.65  1.42  2.15  1.83   19  138.0
         MIN AL  LF    4      9    0    1    0  .900  .978  2.25  1.57  2.53  1.91    4   32.0
         PHI NL  OF   18     26    0    1    0  .963  .977  1.44  1.75  2.01  2.01   16  116.3
                 LF   16     24    0    1    0  .960  .972  1.50  1.38  2.04  1.80   15  106.0
                 RF    4      2    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.50  1.60  1.75  1.83    1   10.3
         CHW AL  1B   25    136    7    3   18  .979  .990  5.72  8.59  8.64  9.48   23  149.0

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1953 25 CLE AL  1B    2      6    0    2    0  .750  .984  3.00  8.85                        
 1957 29 WSH AL  1B    3     26    4    3    0  .909  .993 10.00  8.37 11.25  9.68    3   24.0
 1963 35 CHW AL  1B   25    136    7    3   18  .979  .990  5.72  8.59  8.64  9.48   23  149.0

 1956 28 WSH AL  LF   16     37    4    2    2  .953  .976  2.56  1.69  2.75  2.10   15  134.0
 1958 30 WSH AL  LF    8     23    0    0    0 1.000  .979  2.88  1.62  3.14  2.09    8   66.0
 1959 31 WSH AL  LF  117    234    4    6    0  .975  .980  2.03  1.68  2.17  2.06  115  987.7
 1960 32 WSH AL  LF  145    249   11   11    1  .959  .984  1.79  1.67  1.96  2.14  141 1195.3
 1961 33 MIN AL  LF  120    186    6   11    0  .946  .969  1.60  1.62  1.92  2.00  118  898.7
 1962 34 MIN AL  LF    3      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.33  1.60  0.45  2.02    2   20.0
 1963 35 TOT     LF   20     33    0    2    0  .943  .973  1.65  1.42  2.15  1.83   19  138.0
         MIN AL  LF    4      9    0    1    0  .900  .978  2.25  1.57  2.53  1.91    4   32.0
         PHI NL  LF   16     24    0    1    0  .960  .972  1.50  1.38  2.04  1.80   15  106.0

 1950 22 CLE AL  OF   10     13    1    3    1  .824  .979  1.40  2.34                           10    0    0
 1953 25 CLE AL  OF   11     20    1    2    0  .913  .981  1.91  2.18                           11    0    0
 1954 26 WSH AL  OF   33     58    0    3    0  .951  .980  1.76  2.17                            1    0   32
 1955 27 WSH AL  OF    6     12    0    1    0  .923  .984  2.00  2.08                            1    0    5
 1956 28 WSH AL  OF  141    301   11   12    6  .963  .979  2.21  2.04  2.26  2.34  141 1241.3
 1957 29 WSH AL  OF  131    227    4    7    2  .971  .980  1.76  1.97  1.80  2.24  130 1156.3
 1958 30 WSH AL  OF  137    255    8    6    2  .978  .982  1.92  1.94  2.04  2.27  134 1161.0
 1959 31 WSH AL  OF  142    281    4    9    0  .969  .980  2.01  1.96  2.12  2.22  140 1212.0
 1960 32 WSH AL  OF  145    251   11   11    1  .960  .982  1.81  1.95  1.97  2.25  141 1195.3
 1961 33 MIN AL  OF  120    182    7   12    0  .940  .977  1.57  1.98  1.88  2.25  119  904.3
 1962 34 MIN AL  OF    3      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.33  1.93  0.45  2.21    2   20.0
 1963 35 TOT     OF   22     30    0    2    0  .938  .977  1.36  1.78  1.82  2.05   20  148.3
         MIN AL  OF    4      4    0    1    0  .800  .976  1.00  1.90  1.12  2.17    4   32.0
         PHI NL  OF   18     26    0    1    0  .963  .977  1.44  1.75  2.01  2.01   16  116.3

 1956 28 WSH AL  RF  127    266    7   10    4  .965  .973  2.15  1.80  2.22  2.09  126 1107.3
 1957 29 WSH AL  RF  131    227    4    6    2  .975  .976  1.76  1.68  1.80  1.93  130 1156.3
 1958 30 WSH AL  RF  129    235    8    6    2  .976  .980  1.88  1.69  2.00  1.99  126 1095.0
 1959 31 WSH AL  RF   25     47    0    3    0  .940  .975  1.88  1.64  1.89  1.89   25  224.3
 1961 33 MIN AL  RF    1      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  1.80  0.00  2.05    1    5.7
 1963 35 PHI NL  RF    4      2    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.50  1.60  1.75  1.83    1   10.3

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF* 901   1631   47   68   12  .961  .980  1.86  1.98              827 7038.7  452    0  454#
                 LF* 429    763   25   32    3  .961  .978  1.84  1.65              418 3439.7
                 RF* 417    777   19   26    8  .968  .976  1.91  1.72              409 3599.0
                 1B*  30    168   11    8   18  .957  .991  5.97  8.59               26  173.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       931   1799   58   76   30  .961  .981  1.99  2.20
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1960-1 WSH AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1960-2 WSH AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .500  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1960-1 *
1960-2

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1959-AL-25-0.01
1960-AL-10-0.11
Car-839-0.12 shares

Slugging %
1959 AL-.510-5
1960 AL-.508-6

OPS
1959 AL-.844-10
1960 AL-.861-6

Runs
1960 AL-81-10

Total Bases
1956 AL-270-7
1959 AL-271-6
1960 AL-268-5

Triples
1956 AL-11-1
1957 AL-6-6
1958 AL-9-2

Home Runs
1956 AL-27-6
1958 AL-26-8
1959 AL-33-3
1960 AL-38-3

RBI
1956 AL-96-8
1959 AL-100-4
1960 AL-100-4

Strikeouts
1956 AL-138-1
1957 AL-94-1
1958 AL-120-1
1959 AL-99-4
1960 AL-114-2
1961 AL-98-9

Adjusted OPS+
1959 AL-129-10
1960 AL-130-7

Runs Created
1960 AL-99-4

Extra-Base Hits
1956 AL-59-6
1959 AL-54-8

Offensive Win%
1960 AL-.669-6

Hit By Pitch
1960 AL-7-9

Sac. Flies
1956 AL-6-8
1957 AL-6-9
1959 AL-6-7
1960 AL-9-1

Intentional Walks
1960 AL-8-1

Caught Stealing
1957 AL-7-7

At Bats per Home Run
1956 AL-19.9-8
1958 AL-19.3-8
1959 AL-16.1-3
1960 AL-13.9-3

          

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 40 (602) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.7 (1063) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 17.0 (866) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

May 12, 1954: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the Cleveland Indians.

May 4, 1963: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Minnesota Twins.

June 28, 1963: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Philadelphia Phillies.

October 18, 1963: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

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