Chet Lemon
Chet Lemon
Full name: Chester Earl Lemon
Born: February 12, 1955, Jackson, Mississippi
First Game: September 9, 1975 ; Final Game: October 3, 1990
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 190
Photo by Legend in Time, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com
Chet Lemon
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1975 CHI A Daily Splits 9 35 2 9 2 0 0 1 2 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 .257 .297 .314 -0.4 1975 CHI A
1976 CHI A Daily Splits 132 451 46 111 15 5 4 38 28 0 65 7 7 4 0 8 9 13 7 .246 .298 .328 -0.6 1976 CHI A
1977 CHI A Daily Splits 150 553 99 151 38 4 19 67 52 1 88 11 4 7 0 8 7 8 7 .273 .343 .459 3.5 1977 CHI A
1978 CHI A Daily Splits 105 357 51 107 24 6 13 55 39 2 46 8 8 4 0 7 11 5 9 .300 .377 .510 3.1 1978 CHI A
1979 CHI A Daily Splits 148 556 79 177 44 2 17 86 56 6 68 13 3 4 0 6 15 7 11 .318 .391 .496 2.8 1979 CHI A
1980 CHI A Daily Splits 147 514 76 150 32 6 11 51 71 6 56 12 4 3 0 7 12 6 6 .292 .388 .442 1.6 1980 CHI A
1981 CHI A Daily Splits 94 328 50 99 23 6 9 50 33 0 48 13 5 4 0 5 10 5 8 .302 .384 .491 2.0 1981 CHI A
1982 DET A Daily Splits 125 436 75 116 20 1 19 52 56 2 69 15 4 1 0 5 13 1 4 .266 .368 .447 0.6 1982 DET A
1983 DET A Daily Splits 145 491 78 125 21 5 24 69 54 1 70 20 4 4 0 8 11 0 7 .255 .350 .464 1.5 1983 DET A
1984 DET A Daily Splits 141 509 77 146 34 6 20 76 51 9 83 7 2 4 1 8 16 5 5 .287 .357 .495 2.7 1984 DET A
1985 DET A Daily Splits 145 517 69 137 28 4 18 68 45 3 93 10 0 3 0 7 5 0 2 .265 .334 .439 0.6 1985 DET A
1986 DET A Daily Splits 126 403 45 101 21 3 12 53 39 3 53 8 3 4 0 7 15 2 1 .251 .326 .407 -0.1 1986 DET A
1987 DET A Daily Splits 146 470 75 130 30 3 20 75 70 1 82 8 0 5 0 4 17 0 0 .277 .376 .481 2.1 1987 DET A
1988 DET A Daily Splits 144 512 67 135 29 4 17 64 59 6 65 7 1 3 0 6 18 1 2 .264 .346 .436 1.0 1988 DET A
1989 DET A Daily Splits 127 414 45 98 19 2 7 47 46 3 71 8 2 2 0 11 7 1 5 .237 .323 .343 -1.7 1989 DET A
1990 DET A Daily Splits 104 322 39 83 16 4 5 32 48 3 61 4 2 2 0 4 8 3 2 .258 .359 .379 0.6 1990 DET A
Total Splits 1988 6868 973 1875 396 61 215 884 749 46 1024 151 50 54 1 102 174 58 76 .273 .355 .442 19.3 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
League Championship Series Batting Record League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1984 DET A Daily Splits 3 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1984 DET A
1987 DET A Daily Splits 5 18 4 5 0 0 2 4 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .278 .300 .611 1987 DET A
Total Splits 8 31 5 5 0 0 2 4 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 .161 .182 .355 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1984 DET A Daily Splits 5 17 1 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 .294 .368 .294 1984 DET A
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1978 AL Daily 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1978 AL
1979 AL Daily Splits 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 1979 AL
1984 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1984 AL
Total Splits 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .500 .250 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1975 CHI A Daily 3B 6 5 4 43 5 7 1 0 0 .923
1975 CHI A DH 2 2 2 -
1975 CHI A OF 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0
1975 CHI A CF 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 -
1976 CHI A Daily OF 131 118 106 1043 353 12 3 1 0 .992 1 130 0
1976 CHI A CF 130 118 106 1042 358 12 3 1 0 .992
1976 CHI A LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1977 CHI A Daily OF 149 149 136 1301.2 512 12 12 2 0 .978 0 149 0
1977 CHI A CF 149 149 136 1301.2 509 12 12 2 0 .977
1978 CHI A Daily OF 95 94 80 778.2 284 8 5 2 0 .983 0 84 11
1978 CHI A CF 84 83 72 690.1 245 6 3 2 0 .988
1978 CHI A RF 11 11 8 88.1 37 1 2 0 0 .950
1978 CHI A DH 10 8 7 -
1979 CHI A Daily OF 147 147 140 1281.1 411 10 10 2 0 .977 0 147 0
1979 CHI A CF 147 147 140 1281.1 411 11 10 2 0 .977
1979 CHI A DH 1 1 1 -
1980 CHI A Daily OF 139 135 126 1185.1 347 11 7 2 0 .981 0 139 0
1980 CHI A CF 139 135 126 1185.1 343 11 7 2 0 .981
1980 CHI A DH 6 6 6 -
1980 CHI A 2B 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1981 CHI A Daily OF 93 93 81 781 240 2 4 1 0 .984 0 93 0
1981 CHI A CF 93 93 81 781 241 2 4 1 0 .984
1982 DET A Daily OF 122 117 107 1027 242 11 4 2 0 .984 0 27 96
1982 DET A RF 96 92 83 809.2 177 10 4 2 0 .979
1982 DET A CF 27 25 24 217.1 63 2 0 0 0 1.000
1982 DET A DH 1 1 1 -
1983 DET A Daily OF 145 140 134 1258.1 406 6 5 3 0 .988 0 144 2
1983 DET A CF 144 139 133 1247.1 403 9 5 2 0 .988
1983 DET A RF 2 1 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 -
1984 DET A Daily OF 140 135 120 1207.2 427 6 2 1 0 .995 0 140 0
1984 DET A CF 140 135 120 1207.2 430 6 2 1 0 .995
1984 DET A DH 1 0 0 -
1985 DET A Daily OF 144 143 135 1272.1 411 6 4 3 0 .990 0 144 0
1985 DET A CF 144 143 135 1272.1 412 4 4 3 0 .990
1986 DET A Daily OF 124 111 103 1001.2 316 6 5 1 0 .985 0 124 0
1986 DET A CF 124 111 103 1001.2 314 6 5 1 0 .985
1987 DET A Daily OF 145 130 116 1171.1 350 4 3 1 0 .992 0 145 0
1987 DET A CF 145 130 116 1171.1 348 4 3 1 0 .992
1988 DET A Daily OF 144 141 127 1240 296 8 8 3 0 .974 0 0 144
1988 DET A RF 144 141 127 1240 295 9 8 3 0 .974
1989 DET A Daily OF 111 103 93 896.1 189 6 3 0 0 .985 0 0 111
1989 DET A RF 111 103 93 896.1 190 6 3 0 0 .985
1989 DET A DH 14 10 8 -
1990 DET A Daily OF 96 88 77 783 209 7 6 1 0 .973 0 3 94
1990 DET A RF 94 86 75 765 203 7 6 1 0 .972
1990 DET A DH 6 2 1 -
1990 DET A CF 3 2 2 18 4 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 1926 1845 1681 16236.2 4993 115 81 25 0 .984 1 1470 458
Total CF 1470 1411 1294 12425.1 4081 85 58 18 0 .986
Total RF 458 434 387 3810.1 902 33 23 6 0 .976
Total DH 41 30 26 -
Total 3B 6 5 4 43 5 7 1 0 0 .923
Total 2B 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
League Championship Series Fielding Record League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1984 DET A Daily OF 3 3 3 29 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0
1984 DET A CF 3 3 3 29 8 0 0 0 0 1.000
1987 DET A Daily OF 5 5 5 43 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0
1987 DET A CF 5 5 5 43 13 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 8 8 8 72 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 8 0
Total CF 8 8 8 72 21 1 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1984 DET A Daily OF 5 5 5 44 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0
1984 DET A CF 5 5 5 44 15 0 0 0 0 1.000
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1978 AL Daily OF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1978 AL LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000
1979 AL Daily OF 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0
1979 AL CF 1 0 0 8 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 AL Daily OF 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0
1984 AL CF 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total OF 3 1 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 2 0
Total CF 2 1 0 15 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Transactions Transactions
Selected by Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (22nd pick overall) of the free-agent
draft (June 6, 1972 ).
Traded by Oakland Athletics with Dave Hamilton to Chicago White Sox in exchange for
Stan Bahnsen and Skip Pitlock (June 15, 1975 ).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Steve Kemp (November
27, 1981 ).
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