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Bob Lemon played 15 major-league seasons (1941-1958) as a P (460), OF (14), 3B (2). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 15 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 21 | CLE | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .500 | 38 |
| 1942 | 22 | CLE | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1946 | 26 | CLE | 55 | 89 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .180 | .487 | 41 |
| 1947 | 27 | CLE | 47 | 56 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .321 | .994 | 183 |
| 1948 | 28 | CLE | 52 | 119 | 20 | 34 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 23 | .286 | .818 | 122 |
| 1949 | 29 | CLE | 46 | 108 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 20 | .269 | .886 | 140 |
| 1950 | 30 | CLE | 72 | 136 | 21 | 37 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 25 | .272 | .825 | 116 |
| 1951 | 31 | CLE | 56 | 102 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 22 | .206 | .623 | 72 |
| 1952 | 32 | CLE | 54 | 124 | 14 | 28 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .226 | .565 | 62 |
| 1953 | 33 | CLE | 51 | 112 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 20 | .232 | .661 | 83 |
| 1954 | 34 | CLE | 40 | 98 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 24 | .214 | .594 | 67 |
| 1955 | 35 | CLE | 49 | 78 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 16 | .244 | .626 | 76 |
| 1956 | 36 | CLE | 43 | 93 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 21 | .194 | .627 | 69 |
| 1957 | 37 | CLE | 25 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .065 | .217 | -40 |
| 1958 | 38 | CLE | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .231 | .516 | 48 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 26 | CLE | 32 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 94 | 39 | 68 | 2.49 | 141 |
| 1947 | 27 | CLE | 37 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 167.1 | 65 | 97 | 3.44 | 108 |
| 1948 | 28 | CLE | 43 | 37 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 293.2 | 147 | 129 | 2.82 | 152 |
| 1949 | 29 | CLE | 37 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 279.2 | 138 | 137 | 2.99 | 140 |
| 1950 | 30 | CLE | 44 | 37 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 288 | 170 | 146 | 3.84 | 119 |
| 1951 | 31 | CLE | 42 | 34 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 263.1 | 132 | 124 | 3.52 | 117 |
| 1952 | 32 | CLE | 42 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 309.2 | 131 | 105 | 2.50 | 147 |
| 1953 | 33 | CLE | 41 | 36 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 286.2 | 98 | 110 | 3.36 | 119 |
| 1954 | 34 | CLE | 36 | 33 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 258.1 | 110 | 92 | 2.72 | 137 |
| 1955 | 35 | CLE | 35 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 211.1 | 100 | 74 | 3.88 | 102 |
| 1956 | 36 | CLE | 39 | 35 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 255.1 | 94 | 89 | 3.03 | 137 |
| 1957 | 37 | CLE | 21 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 117.1 | 45 | 64 | 4.60 | 82 |
| 1958 | 38 | CLE | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25.1 | 8 | 16 | 5.33 | 71 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1946 | P | 32 | 0 | 13 | 28 | 1 | 5 |
| 1946 | OF | 12 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 1947 | P | 37 | 0 | 12 | 46 | 1 | 4 |
| 1947 | OF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | P | 43 | 0 | 23 | 86 | 4 | 8 |
| 1949 | P | 37 | 0 | 34 | 71 | 4 | 5 |
| 1950 | P | 44 | 0 | 22 | 66 | 4 | 6 |
| 1951 | P | 42 | 0 | 21 | 60 | 2 | 5 |
| 1952 | P | 42 | 0 | 32 | 79 | 2 | 7 |
| 1953 | P | 41 | 0 | 31 | 74 | 3 | 15 |
| 1954 | P | 36 | 33 | 22 | 57 | 3 | 8 |
| 1955 | P | 35 | 31 | 16 | 43 | 1 | 3 |
| 1956 | P | 39 | 35 | 24 | 61 | 6 | 6 |
| 1957 | P | 21 | 17 | 12 | 31 | 0 | 5 |
| 1958 | P | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Bob Lemon won: Baseball Magazine All-Star 1948 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1948 (ML), TSN All-Star 1948 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1950 (AL), TSN All-Star 1950 (ML), TSN All-Star 1954 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (7 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1956, 1954, 1953, 1952, 1950, 1949, 1948.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 101 / 336 | 0 |
| 1949 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 9 | 57 / 336 | 0 |
| 1950 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 102 / 336 | 0 |
| 1952 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 8 | 58 / 336 | 0 |
| 1953 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 16 | 22 / 336 | 0 |
| 1954 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 179 / 336 | 5 |
| 1956 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 10 | 40 / 336 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.