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Historical player · 1941–1958 · ★ Hall of Fame 1976

Bob Lemon

B/T L/R · HT 72 · WT 180 · Born 9/22/1920 · From San Bernardino, CA USA · Debut 1941-09-09 · Final 1958-07-01

Career · batting

615

1,183

274

RBI

147

AVG/OPS

0.232 · 0.674

Career · pitching

460

350

2,850.0

W-L

207-128

1,277

ERA

3.23

WHIP

1.34

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Cleveland Indians · 1941–1958

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#94 on the Indians

↑ 1 B. Naylor

↓ 1 R. Weatherly

Hits

274

#180 on the Indians

↑ 2 H. Simpson

↓ 3 T. Uhlaender

RBI

147

#154 on the Indians

↑ 1 O. Gamble

↓ 3 E. Robinson

#444 on the Indians

↑ 1 M. Allison

↓ 1 J. Adcock

Runs

148

#169 on the Indians

↑ 1 W. Kirby

↓ 2 R. Sexson

#177 on the Indians

↑ 2 L. Marson

↓ 1 J. Ellis

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#2,256 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Alyea

↓ 1 T. Womack

Hits

274

#3,985 all-time MLB

↑ 1 A. Rios

↓ 1 D. Wilson

RBI

147

#3,525 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Alyea

↓ 1 R. Washington

#7,016 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Abbey

↓ 1 J. Abadie

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1941	Indians	AL	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.250	—	0.250
1942	Indians	AL	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	—	0.000
1946	Indians	AL	55	89	9	16	3	0	1	4	0	7	18	0.180	—	0.247
1947	Indians	AL	47	56	11	18	4	3	2	5	0	6	9	0.321	—	0.607
1948	Indians	AL	52	119	20	34	9	0	5	21	0	8	23	0.286	—	0.487
1949	Indians	AL	46	108	17	29	6	2	7	19	0	10	20	0.269	—	0.556
1950	Indians	AL	72	136	21	37	9	1	6	26	0	13	25	0.272	—	0.485
1951	Indians	AL	56	102	11	21	4	1	3	13	0	9	22	0.206	—	0.353
1952	Indians	AL	54	124	14	28	5	0	2	9	0	4	21	0.226	—	0.315
1953	Indians	AL	51	112	12	26	9	1	2	17	2	7	20	0.232	—	0.384
1954	Indians	AL	40	98	11	21	4	1	2	10	0	6	24	0.214	0.257	0.337
1955	Indians	AL	49	78	11	19	0	0	1	9	0	13	16	0.244	0.344	0.282
1956	Indians	AL	43	93	8	18	0	0	5	12	0	9	21	0.194	0.272	0.355
1957	Indians	AL	25	46	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	14	0.065	0.065	0.152
1958	Indians	AL	15	13	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0.231	0.286	0.231
Career			615	1,183	148	274	54	9	37	147	2	93	241	0.232	0.288	0.386

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1946	Indians	AL	4	5	32	5	1	94.0	77	26	68	39	2.49	1.54
1947	Indians	AL	11	5	37	15	3	167.3	150	64	97	65	3.44	1.48
1948	Indians	AL	20	14	43	37	2	293.7	231	92	129	147	2.82	1.23
1949	Indians	AL	22	10	37	33	1	279.7	211	93	137	138	2.99	1.24
1950	Indians	AL	23	11	44	37	3	288.0	281	123	146	170	3.84	1.48
1951	Indians	AL	17	14	42	34	2	263.3	244	103	124	132	3.52	1.40
1952	Indians	AL	22	11	42	36	4	309.7	236	86	105	131	2.50	1.10
1953	Indians	AL	21	15	41	36	1	286.7	283	107	110	98	3.36	1.37
1954	Indians	AL	23	7	36	33	0	258.3	228	78	92	110	2.72	1.24
1955	Indians	AL	18	10	35	31	2	211.3	218	91	74	100	3.88	1.38
1956	Indians	AL	20	14	39	35	3	255.3	230	86	89	94	3.03	1.25
1957	Indians	AL	6	11	21	17	0	117.3	129	60	64	45	4.60	1.64
1958	Indians	AL	0	1	11	1	0	25.3	41	15	16	8	5.33	2.25
Career			207	128	460	350	22	2,850.0	2,559	1,024	1,251	1,277	3.23	1.34

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	460	117	868.0	263	709	31	78
OF	14	0	0.0	34	2	1	2
3B	2	0	0.0	1	2	1	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1976	BBWAA	305	291	Inducted
1975	BBWAA	233	272	Ballot
1974	BBWAA	190	274	Ballot
1973	BBWAA	177	285	Ballot
1972	BBWAA	117	297	Ballot
1971	BBWAA	90	270	Ballot
1970	BBWAA	75	225	Ballot
1969	BBWAA	56	255	Ballot
1968	BBWAA	47	213	Ballot
1967	BBWAA	35	219	Ballot
1967	Run Off	7		Ballot
1966	BBWAA	21	227	Ballot
1964	BBWAA	24	151	Ballot
1964	Run Off	3		Ballot