Chet Lemon

[tycobb420]

Born: February 12, 1955
1972: Drafted by A's
1975: Traded to White Sox
1975: Debut (White Sox)
1977: Set record for putouts and chances for CF
1979: Disco Demolition Night
1981: Traded to Tigers
1984: Tigers win World Series
1987: Tigers win AL East
1988: Lemon moves to Right Field
1988: Hit 200th career home run the same time day Darrell Evans hit his 400th
1990: Became seriously ill.
1991: Retired
1996: 0.2% of Hall of Fame vote
2001 and 2003: Had surgery for polycythemia vera
2006: His son was drafted by Texas Rangers
Today: He coaches two AAU teams
Accomplishments:
1984 World Champion
3x All Star
1979 doubles champ (44)
Led league in HBP: 4x
.273 average
215 HR
884 RBI
396 doubles
.797 OPS
151 HBP
973 runs
1875 hits
30+ doubles: 5x
20+ HR: 3x
Hit .300: 3x
Postseason: .208 with 2 HR and 5 RBI. .583 OPS (3 series)

 

[biggunsbob]

If I remember it right he stood right on the plate and dared a pitcher to throw inside... Hence the high HBP...I think anyways...

 

[tycobb420]

He did crowd the plate. If memory serves, he got hit in the butt a lot

 

[Mitchrapp]

I loved Chet Lemon. It was great when he hit a grounder in the IF and he went straight to the pitcher. Payback is a bitch, lol.

 

[tycobb420]

and sliding headfirst into first

 

[kalinecountry]

Memories of Chet Lemon are him in that whitesox uniform with shorts, the head first dives into first base, and one of a few great defensive CF'ers the Tigers have had that ran everything down....
Before Jackson, Kaline for a couple of years, Mickey Stanley, and Chet Lemon.

 

[byco42]

I saw Chet play CF in Tiger Stadium as a White Sox in 1976 and they wore those hideous carnival unis. The Bird stifled the Sox 3-1. I wish I could claim they were wearing their shorts, but I don't think so.

 

[tonyballs]

I loved watching Lemon play...one of my favorites

 

[byco42]

Chet in shorts. He does not look amused.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Chet in shorts. He does not look amused.

Dumbest idea for a uniform ever.

 

[jdeb]

That was Minny Minoso in the background of that pic. 102 year old pinch hitter wearing shorts is a scary thing.

 

[tycobb420]

Chet in shorts. He does not look amused.

Thanks for posting this!