Robert Granville Lemon (September 22, 1920–January 11, 2000) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976.
Born in San Bernardino, California, Lemon virtually had three careers in the baseball: one as a light-hitting left-handed-batting third baseman, another as a stellar right-handed pitcher, and the last as a successful major league manager.
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Robert Granville Lemon (September 22, 1920–January 11, 2000) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976.
Born in San Bernardino, California, Lemon virtually had three careers in the baseball: one as a light-hitting left-handed-batting third baseman, another as a stellar right-handed pitcher, and the last as a successful major league manager.
Lemon made the switch to the mound on the suggestion of Cleveland Indians manager Lou Boudreau and eventually won 20 games seven times for the team. A sinker-ball specialist, Lemon teamed with Bob Feller, Early Wynn and Mike Garcia to form one of the greatest pitching staffs in baseball history. In 1948 he won 20 games in the regular season and two more in the Fall Classic for the World Champion Indians, and in 1954 he was 23–7 as Cleveland won the pennant. He retired in 1958 with 207 wins, all but 10 of them won in a ten-year span.
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