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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.
The right-handed Lemon, who would spend his entire 15-year big league career with the Indians, would go on to toss a no-hitter in 1948, win 20 games seven times and lead the American League in complete games five times, innings pitched four times, wins three times and strikeouts once.
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. Batting. Pitching.
Bob Lemon, the Major League Baseball player, was born on Wednesday, September 22, 1920, in San Bernardino, California. Lemon was 20 years old when he broke into the major leagues on September 9, 1941, with the Cleveland Indians.
Jan 4, 2012 · A power hitter in the minor leagues who couldn’t hit the changeup in the majors. A loyal friend of George Steinbrenner, but twice a victim of the dictatorial Yankee owner’s managerial ax. Robert Granville Lemon was born in San Bernardino, California, on September 22, 1920.
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.
