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Robert Granville Lemon (September 22, 1920 – January 11, 2000) was an American right-handed pitcher and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). Lemon was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976. Lemon was raised in California, where he played high school baseball and was the state player of the year in 1938.
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Jan 4, 2012 · Baseball was central to Bob’s life growing up in Southern California. He pitched and played the infield for Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, and attracted the attention of scouts for the Cleveland Indians. After graduating, the 17-year-old Lemon signed with the Indians for $100 a month.
Bob Lemon served as pitching coach for the California Angels from 1967-1968. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) A seven-time 20-game winner, Lemon worked as a coach with the Indians and Phillies before taking over the Islanders and then managing Seattle in 1965 and 1966.
In July of 1978, he took over for Billy Martin as manager of the Yankees and led them to a World Series title. “I’ve never looked back and regretting anything,” Lemon said. “I’ve had everything in baseball a man could ask for. I’ve been so fortunate.”. Lemon was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1976.
Bob Lemon and then-Commissioner Bowie Kuhn pose following Lemon's induction into the Hall of Fame on Aug. 9, 1976. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) “He made himself a great pitcher,” Mel Harder, Indians pitching coach from 1946-58, said to the Akron Beacon Journal in 2000.
Jan 11, 2000 · Bob Lemon. Position: Manager. Born: September 22, 1920 in San Bernardino, CA us. Died: January 11, 2000 in Long Beach, CA. High School: Woodrow Wilson HS (Long Beach, CA) Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1976. (Voted by BBWAA on 305/388 ballots) Full Name: Robert Granville Lemon View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen
Feb 10, 2014 · Bob Lemon was born in San Bernardino, California a few weeks prior to the Indians winning their first World Series in 1920. He attended Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach where he was the California Interscholastic Federation and State Baseball Player of the Year in 1938, as a shortstop.
