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Chet Lemon
Chester Earl Lemon (The Jet)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.

MLB Debut September 9, 1975
Final Game October 3, 1990
Born February 12, 1955 in Jackson, MS (age 69)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1975 20 LAN NL    6   11    2    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .455  .455  .455  .909   134     5   0   0   0   0   0  
 1976 21 LAN NL  135  469   44  111  10   5   3   48  17   9   29   70  .237  .286  .299  .584    86   140   3   2   0   4  10  
 1977 22 LAN NL  141  470   57  111  26   1  14   53   3   2   48   88  .236  .315  .385  .700    95   181  11   5   1   8   4  
 1978 23 LAN NL  141  370   50   99  18   3  15   57   3   2   44   56  .268  .369  .454  .823   120   168   9   3   5  17   5  
 1979 24 LAN NL  162  568   86  186  43   2  25   78   3   8   59   78  .327  .401  .542  .943   134   308  15   6   7  15  12  MVP-9
 1980 25 LAN NL  161  518   82  149  19   3  16   82   7   8   67   59  .288  .381  .429  .810   114   222  10   4   2  14   5  MVP-15
 1981 26 LAN NL  142  476   76  128  26   7   9   47   4   6   48   86  .269  .369  .410  .779   115   195  14   4   4  30   8  
 1982 27 DEA AL  139  458   83  123  21   0  18   86   4   5   59   55  .269  .374  .432  .806   106   198   6   5   1  21  16  
 1983 28 DEA AL  139  512   96  121  17   3  30  105   0   0   61   69  .236  .345  .457  .802   110   234   4   6   3  27  19  MVP-15
 1984 29 DEA AL  158  532   84  149  42   5  22   84   5   2   54   96  .280  .357  .502  .858   117   267   7   5   9  12   8  MVP-14
 1985 30 DEA AL  149  530   82  151  38   5  19   86   0   0   51   99  .285  .358  .483  .841   116   256   4   1   3  10   7  
 1986 31 DEA AL  126  395   44   87  21   1  12   53   3   1   37   52  .220  .302  .370  .671    93   146   2   7   3  12  10  
 1987 32 DEA AL  142  480   79  130  39   2  17   67   0   0   73   87  .271  .372  .467  .839   114   224   1   4   2   7  16  
 1988 33 DEA AL  147  543   60  136  29   4  14   67   0   3   46   68  .250  .316  .396  .712   101   215   0   4   4   8  14  
 1989 34 DEA AL  121  442   50  109  12   1  10   39   0   4   62   71  .247  .352  .346  .698    98   153   1   0   5  10   6  
 1990 35 DEA AL  103  337   41   89  21   2   5   23   0   1   48   68  .264  .361  .383  .743   105   129   2   2   0   4   7  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons     2112 7111 1016 1884 382  44 229  977  49  51  786 1102  .265  .352  .428  .779        3041  89  58  49 199 147
 Per 600 PA           518   74  137  28   3  17   71   4   4   57   80                                 221   6   4   4  14  11
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With DEA     1224 4229  619 1095 240  23 147  610  12  16  491  665  .259  .349  .431  .780        1822  27  34  30 111 103
   With LAN      888 2882  397  789 142  21  82  367  37  35  295  437  .274  .356  .423  .779        1219  62  24  19  88  44
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1988 6868  973 1875 396  61 215  884  58  76  749 1024  .273  .355  .442  .797        3038  50  54  46 151 174
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1975 20 LAN NL  64    2  10.2   3   1   0  .333   1    1    1 1.000    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e9   298   
 1976 21 LAN NL  26   39   2.8   5   1   0  .200   6   61   47  .770    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e4    -42   
 1977 22 LAN NL  22   60   4.3   9   4   0  .444  18   69   40  .580    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e13  -103   
 1978 23 LAN NL  35   65   6.1  11   4   0  .364   6   54   51  .944    0    0  .000  OF   1(0)e9    -65   
 1979 24 LAN NL  28  122   7.8   1   1   0 1.000  13   67   64  .955    0    0  .000  OF   1(0)e11    56   
 1980 25 LAN NL  24   89   6.1   4   1   0  .250   5   73   69  .945    0    0  .000  OF   1(0)e8    -20   
 1981 26 LAN NL  29   75   5.4   6   3   0  .500   5   45   40  .889    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e7    -96   
 1982 27 DEA AL  37   75   5.5  11   3   0  .273   7   45   30  .667    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e6    -9   
 1983 28 DEA AL  34   81   5.2   2   0   0  .000   8   80   74  .925    0    0  .000  OF   1(-1)e6   -12   
 1984 29 DEA AL  34   97   6.5   7   2   0  .286   2   74   72  .973    0    0  .000  OF   1(-1)e2     6   
 1985 30 DEA AL  38   94   6.5  10   3   0  .300   9   72   55  .764    0    0  .000  OF   2(-1)e5    68   
 1986 31 DEA AL  37   45   3.7   2   1   1  .500   3   57   46  .807    0    0  .000  OF   2(-1)e7   -62   
 1987 32 DEA AL  33   84   6.2   6   0   0  .000   4   51   43  .843    0    0  .000  OF   2(-1)e4   -18   
 1988 33 DEA AL  26   66   4.2   4   2   0  .500   3   41   31  .756    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e9    -69   
 1989 34 DEA AL  36   56   4.5   6   2   1  .333   4   28   20  .714    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e5     32   
 1990 35 DEA AL  55   48   5.1  16   4   0  .250   8   29   16  .552    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e11     5   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 16 Seasons         1106   5.4 103  32   2  .311 102  847  699  .825    0    0  .000                 -19   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 29.1 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 18.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1975 20 LAN NL  CF     3     4     0    1    0   .800     0    11.0   3.27
                 3B     1     1     2    0    0  1.000     1     7.0   3.86
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1976 21 LAN NL  CF   120   314    12    6    0   .982   110   992.2   2.96
                 LF    27    17     0    0    0  1.000     7   104.0   1.47
                 2B     1     0     1    0    0  1.000     1     1.2   5.40
 1977 22 LAN NL  CF   134   376    18   18    1   .956   132  1143.1   3.10
 1978 23 LAN NL  CF   137   271    11    6    0   .979   107  1011.1   2.51
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1979 24 LAN NL  CF   162   426    10   13    2   .971   159  1424.0   2.76  GG
 1980 25 LAN NL  CF   158   408     8    5    2   .988   142  1326.1   2.82  GG
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1981 26 LAN NL  CF   136   315    14    5    0   .985   132  1146.0   2.58
 1982 27 DEA AL  CF    90   227    15    5    1   .980    77   717.2   3.03
                 RF    43    77     7    2    2   .977    29   297.0   2.55
 1983 28 DEA AL  CF   139   350    18    8    0   .979   132  1214.1   2.73
 1984 29 DEA AL  CF   150   385    16    2    1   .995   138  1281.0   2.82  GG
                 LF     2     2     0    0    0  1.000     2    15.0   1.20
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     1     9.0   0.00
 1985 30 DEA AL  CF   139   330    21    9    1   .975   133  1217.1   2.60
 1986 31 DEA AL  CF    92   194     9    2    0   .990    78   731.2   2.50
                 RF    17    26     1    1    0   .964    17   151.0   1.61
                 LF    15    12     0    0    0  1.000    13   103.0   1.05
 1987 32 DEA AL  LF    63    97     3    2    1   .980    60   536.2   1.68
                 CF    44    90     5    1    0   .990    36   333.2   2.56
                 RF    34    64     0    1    0   .985    33   282.2   2.04
 1988 33 DEA AL  RF   128   193     5    3    2   .985   123  1102.0   1.62
 1989 34 DEA AL  RF   105   167     7    4    1   .978   104   905.1   1.73
                 CF     3     2     0    0    0  1.000     3    25.0   0.72
 1990 35 DEA AL  RF    81    88     2    8    0   .918    67   616.2   1.31
                 CF    19    33     1    0    0  1.000    15   127.0   2.41
                 LF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     5.0   1.80
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 CF  1526  3725   158   81    8   .980  1394 12702.1   2.75
                 RF   412   615    22   19    5   .971   374  3367.2   1.70
                 LF   109   129     3    2    1   .985    82   763.2   1.56
                 3B     1     1     2    0    0  1.000     1     7.0   3.86
                 2B     1     0     1    0    0  1.000     1     1.2   5.40
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1980 NLCS  LAN MON   W    5  19  1  7  0  0  0   2  1  3  .368  .429  .368  0
      WS    LAN NYA   W    6  20  2  5  3  0  0   5  4  3  .250  .375  .400  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1975  LAN  102-60   Billy Vanson
 1976  LAN   77-85   Billy Vanson
 1977  LAN   81-81   Billy Vanson
 1978  LAN   73-89   Billy Vanson
 1979  LAN   82-80   Billy Vanson
 1980  LAN   94-68   Billy Vanson
 1981  LAN   94-68   Billy Vanson
 1982  DEA   93-69   Dennis Van Langen
 1983  DEA   90-72   Dennis Van Langen
 1984  DEA   95-67   Dennis Van Langen
 1985  DEA   77-85   Dennis Van Langen
 1986  DEA   82-80   Dennis Van Langen
 1987  DEA   65-97   Dennis Van Langen
 1988  DEA   68-94   Rob Tomlinson
 1989  DEA   63-99   Rob Tomlinson, Clint Benjamin, Mike Mashanic
 1990  DEA   78-84   Mike Mashanic

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