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Bob Lemon's number 21 was retired by the Cleveland Indians in 1998. Lemon retired in 1958 with 207 wins, all but ten of them occurring in a ten-year span. He recorded 274 hits in 1,183 at-bats (.232), had 147 RBI, and his 37 career home runs are second on the all-time career list for pitchers (behind Wes Ferrell 's 38).
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About Bob Lemon. Bob Lemon didn’t want to be a pitcher. But thanks to the testimonials of those who faced him early on, he grudgingly became one of the game’s best. “If it hadn’t been for baseball,” Lemon said, “I’d still be pumping gas back home Long Beach.”.
Jan 13, 2000 · Bob Lemon, who pitched his way to Hall of Fame with Cleveland Indians, then managed Yankees in their memorable pennant-winning comeback of 1978, dies at age of 79; photo (M)
Jan 4, 2012 · Bob Lemon died at a nursing home January 11, 2000, at the age of 79, after several years of failing health. He was survived by his wife, Jane, and two sons, Jeff and James. Though he was always regarded as unflappable, Lemon told a reporter late in life that he had suffered inside.
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From 1950 through 1956 – with fellow future Hall of Famers Bob Feller and Early Wynn usually in the Indians’ rotation – Lemon was Cleveland’s Opening Day starter five out of seven years. Following his playing career, Bob Lemon managed for the Royals, White Sox and Yankees.
Bob Lemon Bio. Fullname: Robert Granville Lemon; Born: 9/22/1920 in San Bernardino, CA; High School: Woodrow Wilson, Long Beach, CA; Debut: 9/09/1941; Hall of Fame: 1976; Died: 1/11/2000
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Over his five decades in baseball, Bob Lemon kept all the pundits guessing. Think his career was over as an infielder? Lemon reinvented himself as a Hall of Fame pitcher. Think he didn’t have what it took to be a manager? Lemon won a World Series title with the 1978 Yankees.
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