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Chet Lemon

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: February 12, 1955 in Jackson, MS us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (22nd) of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Fremont HS (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Fremont HS (Los Angeles, CA)

School: Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)

Debut: September 9, 1975 (Age 20-209d, 13,705th in major league history)
vs. CAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1990 (Age 35-233d)
vs. NYY 5 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Full Name: Chester Earl Lemon

Nicknames: The Jet

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

55.7

6868

1875

215

.273

973

RBI

884

OBP

.355

SLG

.442

OPS

.797

OPS+

121

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	DET	@	MIN	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
2	2	Apr 6	DET	@	MIN	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
3	3	Apr 7	DET	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
4	4	Apr 8	DET		CHW	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
5	5	Apr 10	DET		CHW	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
6	6	Apr 12	DET	@	NYY	W,13-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
7	7	Apr 13	DET	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
8	8	Apr 14	DET	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
9	9	Apr 15	DET	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
10	10	Apr 16	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
11	11	Apr 17	DET	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
12	12	Apr 20	DET		KCR	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
13	13	Apr 22	DET		SEA	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
14	14	Apr 23	DET		SEA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
15	15	Apr 24	DET		SEA	W,4-2	GF	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
16	16	Apr 27	DET	@	CAL	L,3-13	CG	48	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
17	17	Apr 29	DET	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 1 (1)	DET	@	OAK	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
19	19	May 1 (2)	DET	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	27	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
20	20	May 3	DET	@	SEA	W,2-1	GS	41	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
21	21	May 4	DET	@	SEA	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
22	23 (1)	May 7	DET		CAL	L,5-6	CG	51	12.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
23	24	May 8	DET		CAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
24	25	May 10	DET		OAK	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
25	26	May 11	DET		OAK	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
26	28 (1)	May 13	DET	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
27	29	May 14	DET	@	KCR	W,11-10	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
28	30	May 15	DET	@	KCR	W,6-4	CG	44	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
29	31	May 16	DET		NYY	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
30	32	May 17	DET		NYY	L,5-7	CG	50	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
31	33	May 18	DET		NYY	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
32	36 (2)	May 21	DET		TEX	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
33	37	May 22	DET		TEX	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
34	38	May 23	DET	@	TOR	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
35	39	May 24	DET	@	TOR	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
36	40	May 25	DET	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
37	41	May 27 (1)	DET		MIN	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
38	42	May 27 (2)	DET		MIN	W,2-1	CG	47	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
39	43	May 28	DET		MIN	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
40	44	May 29	DET		MIN	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	46 (1)	Jun 1	DET		TOR	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
42	47	Jun 2	DET		TOR	L,1-6	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
43	48	Jun 3	DET	@	TEX	W,12-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
44	50 (1)	Jun 5	DET	@	TEX	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
45	51	Jun 6	DET	@	BOS	W,11-6	GS	34	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
46	52	Jun 7	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
47	53	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
48	54	Jun 9	DET	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
49	55	Jun 10	DET		CLE	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
50	57 (1)	Jun 12 (1)	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
51	58	Jun 12 (2)	DET		CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
52	59	Jun 14	DET		BOS	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
53	60	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
54	61	Jun 16	DET		BOS	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
55	62	Jun 17	DET	@	CLE	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
56	63	Jun 18	DET	@	CLE	L,8-12	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
57	64	Jun 19	DET	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
58	65	Jun 20	DET		MIL	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
59	66	Jun 21	DET		MIL	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
60	67	Jun 22	DET		MIL	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
61	68	Jun 24	DET	@	BAL	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
62	69	Jun 25	DET	@	BAL	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
63	70	Jun 26	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
64	71	Jun 28	DET	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
65	72	Jun 29	DET	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	CF
66	73	Jun 30	DET	@	MIL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	74	Jul 1	DET		BAL	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
68	75	Jul 2	DET		BAL	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
69	76	Jul 3	DET		BAL	W,10-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
70	77	Jul 8	DET		OAK	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
71	78	Jul 9	DET		OAK	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
72	79	Jul 10	DET		OAK	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
73	80	Jul 11	DET		CAL	W,12-6	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	CF
74	81	Jul 12	DET		CAL	W,5-4	CG	52	14.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
75	82	Jul 13	DET		CAL	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
76	83	Jul 14	DET	@	SEA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
77	84	Jul 15	DET	@	SEA	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
78	85	Jul 16	DET	@	SEA	L,0-1	CG	34	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	CF
79	86	Jul 17	DET	@	SEA	W,8-1	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
80	87	Jul 18	DET	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
81	88	Jul 19	DET	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
82	89	Jul 20	DET	@	OAK	L,2-9	GF	14	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
83	90	Jul 21 (1)	DET	@	CAL	W,5-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
84	91	Jul 21 (2)	DET	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
85	92	Jul 22	DET	@	CAL	W,13-11	GF	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH CF
86	93	Jul 23	DET	@	CAL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
87	94	Jul 24	DET	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
88	95	Jul 26	DET		SEA	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
89	96	Jul 27	DET		SEA	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
90	97	Jul 28	DET		SEA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
91	98	Jul 29 susp	DET		KCR	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
92	99	Jul 30	DET		KCR	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
93	100	Jul 31 (1)	DET		KCR	W,8-6	GS	8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	111 (10)	Aug 9	DET		CHW	L,5-6	GF	13	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
95	112	Aug 11	DET		NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	10.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
96	113	Aug 12	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	40	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
97	114	Aug 13	DET		NYY	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
98	115	Aug 14	DET		NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
99	116	Aug 15	DET	@	KCR	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	CF
100	117	Aug 16	DET	@	KCR	L,7-18	GS	43	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
101	118	Aug 17	DET	@	KCR	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
102	119	Aug 19	DET	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
103	120	Aug 20	DET	@	MIN	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
104	121	Aug 21	DET	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
105	122	Aug 22	DET	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
106	123	Aug 23	DET	@	TEX	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
107	124	Aug 24	DET	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
108	125	Aug 25	DET		CHW	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
109	126	Aug 26	DET		TOR	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
110	127	Aug 27	DET		TOR	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
111	128	Aug 28	DET		TOR	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
112	129	Aug 29	DET		MIN	L,4-5	CG	48	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
113	130	Aug 30	DET		MIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
114	131	Aug 31	DET		TEX	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	132	Sep 1	DET		TEX	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
116	133	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	TOR	W,9-8	CG	46	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
117	134	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	TOR	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
118	135	Sep 3	DET	@	TOR	W,7-4	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
119	136	Sep 4	DET	@	TOR	L,3-6	CG	42	9.2	2	0	1	3	0	CF
120	137	Sep 5	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS	20	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
121	138	Sep 7 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
122	139	Sep 7 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
123	140	Sep 9 (1)	DET	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
124	141	Sep 9 (2)	DET	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
125	142	Sep 10	DET	@	MIL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
126	143	Sep 11	DET	@	MIL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
127	144	Sep 12	DET		CLE	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
128	145	Sep 13	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
129	146	Sep 14	DET		CLE	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
130	147	Sep 16	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
131	148	Sep 17	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	CF
132	149	Sep 18	DET	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
133	150	Sep 20	DET		BAL	W,14-1	CG	20	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
134	151	Sep 21 (1)	DET		BAL	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
135	152	Sep 21 (2)	DET		BAL	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	CF
136	153	Sep 22	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	47	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
137	154	Sep 23	DET		BOS	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
138	155	Sep 24	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
139	156	Sep 25	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
140	157	Sep 27	DET	@	BAL	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
141	158	Sep 28	DET	@	BAL	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
142	159	Sep 29	DET	@	BAL	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
143	160	Sep 30	DET		MIL	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
144	161	Oct 1	DET		MIL	L,1-10	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
145	162	Oct 2	DET		MIL	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
							146gm		1258.1	403	9	5	417	3