Jim Lemon
1950–1963 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators (1901-60)
1,010G
.262AVG
.332OBP
.460SLG
More career statistics
901H
164HR
529RBI
13SB
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 18 | 19 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,870 | 3,873 |
| Batting · RBI | 529 | 530 |
| Batting · Walks | 363 | 366 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,010 | 3,870 | 3,445 | 446 | 901 | 121 | 35 | 164 | 529 | 363 | 787 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 38 | 1,584 | .262 | .332 | .460 | .792 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1957-05-26 to 1957-06-09
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Two Homers in an Inning | 1959-09-05 | 1 in 3,109 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1956-08-31 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1957-08-03 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 507 | 1951 | 470 | 100 | 285 | 185 | 379 | .272 | .336 | .505 |
| Away | 503 | 1922 | 431 | 64 | 245 | 181 | 408 | .251 | .318 | .414 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 89 | 331 | 75 | 14 | 45 | 32 | 68 | .255 | .323 | .456 |
| May | 199 | 777 | 173 | 30 | 118 | 87 | 160 | .255 | .335 | .450 |
| June | 193 | 751 | 199 | 36 | 114 | 76 | 138 | .300 | .366 | .521 |
| July | 179 | 683 | 155 | 34 | 94 | 53 | 136 | .252 | .305 | .468 |
| August | 165 | 650 | 141 | 28 | 73 | 63 | 147 | .243 | .314 | .435 |
| September | 182 | 670 | 154 | 22 | 86 | 54 | 136 | .256 | .310 | .422 |
| October | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .400 | .455 | .400 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 146 | 559 | 129 | 25 | 74 | 52 | 118 | .259 | .324 | .457 |
| baltimore-orioles | 139 | 531 | 116 | 15 | 67 | 46 | 118 | .243 | .305 | .400 |
| chicago-white-sox | 132 | 511 | 133 | 24 | 65 | 55 | 95 | .294 | .368 | .514 |
| boston-red-sox | 132 | 535 | 127 | 29 | 93 | 60 | 103 | .273 | .350 | .524 |
| detroit-tigers | 128 | 516 | 123 | 25 | 72 | 41 | 118 | .262 | .318 | .475 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 119 | 485 | 114 | 18 | 70 | 38 | 71 | .263 | .313 | .445 |
| cleveland-guardians | 118 | 451 | 101 | 22 | 61 | 39 | 90 | .252 | .310 | .461 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 20 | 63 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | .218 | .302 | .327 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 |  Cleveland Guardians | 12 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 1 | – | .176 | – | – |
| 1953 | Cleveland Guardians | 16 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 5 | – | .174 | – | – |
| 1954 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 37 | 128 | 30 | 2 | 13 | – | .234 | – | – |
| 1955 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 10 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 3 | – | .200 | – | – |
| 1956 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 146 | 538 | 146 | 27 | 96 | 2 | .271 | – | – |
| 1957 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 137 | 518 | 147 | 17 | 64 | 1 | .284 | – | – |
| 1958 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 142 | 501 | 123 | 26 | 75 | 2 | .246 | – | – |
| 1959 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 147 | 531 | 148 | 33 | 100 | 5 | .279 | – | – |
| 1960 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 148 | 528 | 142 | 38 | 100 | 2 | .269 | – | – |
| 1961 |  Minnesota Twins | 129 | 423 | 109 | 14 | 53 | 1 | .258 | – | – |
| 1962 | Minnesota Twins | 12 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 5 | – | .176 | – | – |
| 1963 | Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies | 74 | 156 | 34 | 3 | 15 | – | .218 | – | – |