Jim Lemon
James Robert Lemon
 
 
Born: March 23, 1928 in Covington, VA
Died: May 14, 2006 - 78 years old
Bats: R Throws: R Ht: 6'4" Wt: 200
(legend)
Fielding Ratings(?)
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Notes:
- Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an Amateur Free Agent in 1948
- High School: Covington (Covington, VA)
- Visit Lemon's Managerial Page

Comparison

Comparison
Right Fielders
 
All Positions
 
#
Player
 
1 Hank Aaron
1954 - 1976
RF
142.4
Pl
Y
 
131.6
-4.8
0.0
-15.6
2 Frank Robinson
1956 - 1976
RF
107.1
Pl
 
106.6
-15.0
0.0
-15.6
3 Roberto Clemente
1955 - 1972
RF
94.3
Pl
 
70.8
12.1
0.0
-11.4
4 Al Kaline
1953 - 1974
RF
92.7
Pl
 
78.1
2.5
0.0
-12.1
5 Enos Slaughter
1938 - 1959
RF
55.1
Pl
WW2
 
53.8
-8.2
0.0
-9.5
6 Rocky Colavito
1955 - 1968
RF
45.0
 
40.4
-4.7
0.3
-8.9
7 Felipe Alou
1958 - 1974
RF
42.1
 
35.8
-3.2
0.0
-9.5
8 Johnny Callison
1958 - 1973
RF
38.5
 
32.2
-2.8
0.0
-9.2
9 Roger Maris
1957 - 1968
RF
38.3
 
34.4
-1.7
0.0
-5.6
10 Carl Furillo
1946 - 1960
RF
35.0
WW2
 
31.1
-2.1
0.0
-6.0
11 Bob Allison
1958 - 1970
RF
34.0
 
32.4
-5.3
0.0
-6.8
12 Elmer Valo
1940 - 1961
RF
28.4
WW2
 
28.3
-6.4
0.0
-6.5
13 Jackie Jensen
1950 - 1961
RF
27.6
 
25.3
-4.0
0.0
-6.4
14 Vic Wertz
1947 - 1963
RF
27.3
WW2
 
28.2
-9.1
0.0
-8.2
15 Hank Bauer
1948 - 1961
RF
26.5
WW2
 
23.8
-4.1
0.0
-6.8
16 Al Smith
1953 - 1964
RF
20.2
Y
 
25.1
-9.5
0.0
-4.6
17 Willard Marshall
1942 - 1955
RF
19.6
WW2
 
19.3
-4.5
0.0
-4.8
18 Wally Post
1949 - 1964
RF
18.3
 
18.6
-4.8
0.0
-4.4
19 Wally Westlake
1947 - 1956
RF
15.1
WW2
 
14.8
-2.1
0.0
-2.4
20 Ron Northey
1942 - 1957
RF
14.9
WW2
 
19.1
-8.3
0.0
-4.0
21 Jim King
1955 - 1967
RF
11.2
 
10.0
-2.6
0.0
-3.8
22 Walt Moryn
1954 - 1961
RF
10.0
WW2
 
9.6
-2.7
0.0
-3.0
23 Willie Kirkland
1958 - 1966
RF
9.4
 
7.8
-2.8
0.0
-4.4
24 Cal Abrams
1949 - 1956
RF
8.5
WW2
 
8.8
-2.0
0.0
-1.7
25 Lee Walls
1952 - 1964
RF
7.9
 
8.4
-3.0
0.0
-2.4
26 Frank Baumholtz
1947 - 1957
RF
7.6
WW2
 
9.3
-4.3
0.0
-2.7
27 Dave Philley
1941 - 1962
RF
7.4
WW2
 
8.1
-6.5
0.0
-5.8
28 Jim Rivera
1952 - 1961
RF
6.9
 
5.9
-2.9
0.0
-4.0
29 Jim Lemon
1950 - 1963
RF
6.8
 
12.0
-9.8
0.0
-4.6
30 Harry Simpson
1951 - 1959
RF
5.0
WW2
Y
 
5.8
-4.4
0.0
-3.6
31 Don Mueller
1948 - 1959
RF
3.6
 
6.6
-7.4
0.0
-4.4
32 Whitey Herzog
1956 - 1963
RF
3.0
Ma
 
3.9
-2.9
0.0
-1.9
33 Earl Robinson
1958 - 1964
RF
2.3
 
1.1
0.7
0.0
-0.5
34 Al Pilarcik
1956 - 1961
RF
1.8
 
2.6
-2.7
0.0
-1.8
35 Gene Green
1957 - 1963
RF
1.7
 
3.6
-1.7
0.0
0.1
36 Bob Hazle
1955 - 1958
RF
1.5
 
1.9
-0.7
0.0
-0.3
37 Mel Clark
1951 - 1957
RF
1.4
WW2
 
0.3
0.4
0.0
-0.7
38 Gino Cimoli
1956 - 1965
RF
1.3
 
0.9
-2.9
0.0
-3.3
39 Sam Mele
1947 - 1956
RF
1.3
WW2
 
4.1
-7.1
0.0
-4.3
40 Roman Mejias
1955 - 1964
RF
1.3
 
2.6
-3.2
0.0
-1.9
41 Leo Burke
1958 - 1965
RF
0.6
 
0.8
-0.3
0.0
-0.1
42 Ted Tappe
1950 - 1955
RF
0.6
 
0.6
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
43 Frank Ernaga
1957 - 1958
RF
0.5
 
0.6
-0.2
0.0
-0.0
44 Bill Renna
1953 - 1959
RF
0.4
WW2
 
0.8
-1.6
0.0
-1.2
45 Joe Frazier
1947 - 1956
RF
0.4
WW2
 
0.7
-0.6
0.0
-0.2
46 Tom Wright
1948 - 1956
RF
0.4
 
0.4
-1.0
0.0
-0.9
47 Bob Bowman
1955 - 1959
RF
0.4
 
0.9
-1.1
-0.1
-0.7
48 Bob Martyn
1957 - 1959
RF
0.3
 
-0.3
-0.1
0.0
-0.6
49 Glen Gorbous
1955 - 1957
RF
0.2
 
-0.5
0.4
0.0
-0.3
50 Jim McAnany
1958 - 1962
RF
0.1
 
-0.3
0.1
0.0
-0.3
 
  Jim Lemon
1950 - 1963
RF
6.8
 
12.0
-9.8
0.0
-4.6
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