Robert G Lemon was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 1976 along with Oscar Charleston, Roger Connor, Cal Hubbard, Frederick Lindstrom and Robin Roberts. Lemon was a RHP with 13 seasons MLB experience playing all with the Cleveland Indians (1946-1958). He did not play the 1943-1945 seasons while serving in the United States Navy during World War II. For his MLB career he was 207-128 and was 3.23 ERA, 1277 K, 1.34 WHIP, 22 SV, 188 complete games, 31 shut outs in 2850.0 IP over 460 games.
I believe his three best seasons were 1954 when he was 23-7 with a 2.72 ERA, 110 K, 1.24 WHIP, 21 complete games, 2 shut outs in 258.1 IP over 36 games, 1950 when he was 23-11 with a 3.84 ERA, 170 K, 1.48 WHIP, 3 SV, 22 complete games, 3 shut outs in 288.0 IP over 44 games and 1949 when he was 22-10 with a 2.99 ERA, 138 K, 1.24 WHIP, 1 SV, 22 complete games, 2 shut outs in 279.2 IP over 37 games.
Lemon led the American League in wins in 1950, 1954 and 1955 (18). He led the AL in strikeouts in 1950. He led the AL in shut outs in 1948 (10).
He pitched a no hitter on June 30, 1948 against the Detroit Tigers. He was an All Star seven times (1948-1954). Lemon won the World Series Championship with the Indians in 1948.
Lemon also had a successful career as a manager. Starting out in the minors he was named by The Sporting News as Minor League Manager of the Year in 1966. He was manager for the Kansas City Royals (1970-1972) with a 207-218 record, Chicago White Sox (1977-1978) with a 124-112 record and New York Yankees (1978-1979, 1981-1982) with a 99-73 record. He won AL Manager of the Year with the White Sox in 1977. Lemon won the World Series Championship with the Yankees in 1978.
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