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Jim Lemon played 12 major-league seasons (1950-1963) as a OF (901), 1B (30). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 13 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 22 | CLE | 12 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .176 | .537 | 41 |
| 1953 | 25 | CLE | 16 | 46 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .174 | .485 | 35 |
| 1954 | 26 | WS1 | 37 | 128 | 12 | 30 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 34 | .234 | .626 | 77 |
| 1955 | 27 | WS1 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .200 | .686 | 89 |
| 1956 | 28 | WS1 | 146 | 538 | 77 | 146 | 27 | 96 | 2 | 65 | 138 | .271 | .850 | 129 |
| 1957 | 29 | WS1 | 137 | 518 | 58 | 147 | 17 | 64 | 1 | 49 | 94 | .284 | .795 | 123 |
| 1958 | 30 | WS1 | 142 | 501 | 65 | 123 | 26 | 75 | 2 | 50 | 120 | .246 | .781 | 119 |
| 1959 | 31 | WS1 | 147 | 531 | 73 | 148 | 33 | 100 | 5 | 46 | 99 | .279 | .844 | 136 |
| 1960 | 32 | WS1 | 148 | 528 | 81 | 142 | 38 | 100 | 2 | 67 | 114 | .269 | .861 | 138 |
| 1961 | 33 | MIN | 129 | 423 | 57 | 109 | 14 | 52 | 1 | 44 | 98 | .258 | .752 | 107 |
| 1962 | 34 | MIN | 12 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .176 | .639 | 77 |
| 1963 | 35 | MIN|CHA | 43 | 97 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 37 | .186 | .519 | 52 |
| 1963 | 35 | PHI | 31 | 59 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .271 | .760 | 127 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | OF | 10 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 1953 | OF | 11 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1953 | 1B | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1954 | OF | 33 | 32 | 58 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1955 | OF | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1956 | OF | 141 | 141 | 301 | 11 | 12 | 6 |
| 1957 | OF | 131 | 130 | 227 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 1957 | 1B | 3 | 3 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 1958 | OF | 137 | 134 | 255 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 1959 | OF | 142 | 140 | 281 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| 1960 | OF | 145 | 141 | 251 | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| 1961 | OF | 120 | 119 | 182 | 7 | 12 | 0 |
| 1962 | OF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | 1B | 25 | 23 | 136 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 1963 | OF | 22 | 20 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (2 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1960, 1959.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 25 | 4 / 336 | 0 |
| 1960 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 10 | 36 / 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.