Chet Lemon
| Chet Lemon | |||
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| Center fielder / Right fielder | |||
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Born: February 12, 1955 Jackson, Mississippi |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 9, 1975, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 3, 1990, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .273 | ||
| Home runs | 215 | ||
| Runs batted in | 884 | ||
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Chester Earl Lemon (born February 12, 1955) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. A three-time All-Star, he was a member of the World Series champion 1984 Detroit Tigers.
Lemon was drafted in the first round (22nd overall) of the 1972 Major League Baseball draft by the Oakland Athletics out of John C. Fremont High School in Los Angeles. Midway through his fourth season in Oakland's farm system, Lemon was dealt to the Chicago White Sox with Dave Hamilton for Stan Bahnsen and Skip Pitlock. He batted .307 with eight home runs and 49 runs batted in for the triple A Denver Bears to earn a call up to the White Sox that September.
An infielder in the minor leagues, Lemon played third base during his brief stint with the Chicago White Sox in 1975. He entered Spring training 1976 as the leading candidate for the third base job, but after failing to impress manager Paul Richards with his glove, was moved to the outfield. He made the transition seamlessly, as he made only three errors all season while logging a .992 fielding percentage in centerfield. He batted .246 with four home runs, 38 RBIs and 46 runs scored to earn Topps All-Star Rookie Teams honors.
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