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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
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Batting RecordBatting 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 TeamTeam
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 TeamTeam
League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague 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 RecordWorld 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 RecordAll-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 RecordFielding 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 RecordLeague 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 RecordWorld 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 RecordAll-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

TransactionsTransactions
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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