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Bob Lemon

Baseball is an outdoor sport in which a pitcher pitches a hard, fist sized ball to the hitting area of a batter. The batter hits the hard ball with a tapered, smooth, cylindrical bat made up of wood or metal. The batsman scores by running counter-clockwise within the four markers called the bases arranged at the corners of a diamond. Baseball is sometimes called hardball to differentiate it from similar games such as softball.

It is a popular game in North America, parts of Latin America, the Caribbean and East Asia. The modern game initially developed in the United States from an early bat-and-ball game called rounders, and now it has become the national sport of United States.

Bob Lemon was born on September 22nd, 1920, in San Bernardino, California. He was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 9th, 1941, with the Cleveland Indians. He batted in left hand and threw right handed. His height is 6 foot and his weight is 185 pounds. He played his first game on 9th September 1941 and his last game on 1st June 1958.

Lemon became the leader of the outstanding Indians pitching staffs of the 1950s. In an extremely consistent nine-year stretch from 1948 to 1956, he won more than 20 games seven times. He missed the magic number only in 1951 with 17 victories and 1955 when his 18 wins topped the league. He was also named as the Outstanding American league, AL Pitcher three times in 1948, 50 and 54.

Lemon pitched briefly in the PCL, Pacific Coast League, then turned to scouting, coaching, and managing. In 1966 he was named the Minor League Manager of the Year when his Seattle team won the PCL championship. From 1970 to 72 he managed the Kansas City Royals, with a 1971 second place earning him Manager of the Year honors. He was elected into the Hall of Fame in 1976.

Bob Lemon with all his dedication and devotion in his play has achieved many hallmarks in his overall baseball-playing career. He had the ability of defeating the opponent easily by giving some extra hard work and efforts.

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