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Chet
Lemon		  
Nickname: The Jet
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: February 12, 1955 in Usa, MS, JACKSON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1983    1987   
All-Star Selections 1985   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1975 20 STL NL     4 4 5 6 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 5 7 6 6
1976 21 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 8 8 8 6 5 5 7 6 7
1977 22 PHN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 9 8 8 6 5 5 7 7 7
1978 23 PHN NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 9 8 8 6 5 5 7 7 7
1979 24 PHN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 6 5 5 8 7 7
1980 25 PHN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 9 8 9 6 5 5 7 7 7
1981 26 PHN NL $ 1,371,429   8 8 8 6 5 5 9 8 8 5 4 5 7 6 7
1982 27 PHN NL $ 2,928,571   7 7 7 6 5 5 9 8 8 5 4 4 7 6 6
1983 28 PHN NL $ 3,257,143   7 7 7 6 6 6 9 8 8 5 4 4 7 6 7
1984 29 BOS AL $ 6,400,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 8 8 8 5 4 5 6 5 6
1985 30 BOS AL $ 6,400,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 5 5
1986 31 BOS AL $ 6,400,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 5 5
1987 32 BOS AL $ 6,400,000   5 5 6 6 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 4 5
1988 33 BOS AL $ 2,830,000   5 5 6 6 5 5 6 5 6 6 5 5 3 3 3
1989 34 COL NL $ 2,830,000   2 2 2 3 2 3 4 3 3 6 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 3 2 3 4 3 3 5 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,400,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 6 5 5 8 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1975 20 AAA   137 519 70 128 33 2 17 89 2 3 68 75 .247 .334 .416 .750 73.3  
1976 21 STL NL 28 90 7 13 1 0 2 7 0 0 11 14 .144 .250 .222 .472 4.9 0.0
    AAA   107 387 59 101 15 2 21 67 2 8 55 50 .261 .353 .473 .826 63.7  
1977 22 PHN NL 48 136 21 35 13 0 7 22 0 0 10 17 .257 .311 .507 .819 22.2 4.5
    AAA   80 308 40 80 27 2 5 38 2 2 37 45 .260 .339 .409 .748 42.1  
1978 23 PHN NL 102 358 36 86 16 6 8 32 3 1 32 35 .240 .306 .385 .691 40.3 6.1
    AAA   53 191 26 45 12 0 8 21 0 1 14 24 .236 .288 .424 .712 23.1  
1979 24 PHN NL 151 522 52 116 26 0 10 69 1 1 57 62 .222 .305 .330 .634 51.6 5.7
1980 25 PHN NL 150 506 50 126 29 3 5 56 2 0 43 53 .249 .307 .348 .655 51.6 8.1
1981 26 PHN NL 152 573 70 160 37 4 9 66 0 1 44 76 .279 .336 .405 .741 74.2 14.9
1982 27 PHN NL 153 536 77 155 39 4 14 85 1 1 40 67 .289 .344 .455 .799 77.7 15.4
1983 28 PHN NL 138 489 72 131 36 3 13 74 1 0 31 91 .268 .318 .434 .751 65.8 14.0
1984 29 BOS AL 138 500 66 126 40 3 12 87 4 0 44 68 .252 .321 .416 .737 65.6 11.4
1985 30 BOS AL 152 552 66 147 42 3 14 100 1 0 34 116 .266 .311 .429 .740 72.2 12.2
1986 31 BOS AL 128 357 44 96 30 3 8 42 0 2 28 54 .269 .331 .437 .768 47.2 8.9
1987 32 BOS AL 125 359 39 78 24 1 9 52 1 0 20 73 .217 .265 .365 .630 32.0 2.7
1988 33 BOS AL 94 179 24 50 23 0 2 24 0 0 14 41 .279 .342 .441 .783 24.5 5.3
1989 34 COL NL 43 126 18 35 9 0 1 15 1 0 14 27 .278 .348 .373 .721 16.6 3.5
    AAA   29 38 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 14 .053 .182 .053 .234 -0.4  
14 Years Sim 1602 5283 642 1354 365 30 114 731 15 6 422 794 .256 .316 .401 .718 646.3 112.6
5 Years AAA 406 1443 197 356 87 6 51 217 6 14 180 208 .247 .339 .421 .760 201.8  
162 Game Average 534 64 136 36 3 11 73 1 0 42 80 .256 .316 .401 .718 65.4  
Career Highs 153 573 77 160 42 6 14 100 4 2 57 116 .289 .348 .507 .819 77.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3586 414 892 236 22 71 468 9 5 264 562 .249 .305 .386 .692 407.7
vs LH   1697 228 462 129 8 43 263 6 1 158 232 .272 .339 .434 .773 240.0
Home 779 2511 308 659 186 16 53 371 6 2 199 363 .262 .323 .413 .735 319.2
Away 823 2772 334 695 179 14 61 360 9 4 223 431 .251 .311 .391 .702 328.5
RISP   1358 0 374 113 9 39 585 0 0 132 206 .275 .337 .458 .795 203.8
Pinch Hitting   78 11 24 9 1 3 24 0 0 5 8 .308 .353 .564 .917 13.9
Close/Late   613 59 157 44 4 12 78 0 0 64 92 .256 .333 .400 .733 79.6
Mar/Apr 241 768 95 196 49 6 16 118 4 1 66 116 .255 .322 .397 .719 95.0
May 235 738 92 192 58 3 18 113 1 1 55 115 .260 .317 .420 .737 93.4
June 267 906 98 228 58 5 19 110 3 2 55 132 .252 .299 .390 .688 100.8
July 264 843 114 239 58 5 16 119 5 1 78 126 .284 .348 .421 .769 119.1
August 318 1073 129 264 72 6 26 152 2 0 82 160 .246 .304 .397 .701 126.1
Sep/Oct 277 955 114 235 70 5 19 119 0 1 86 145 .246 .314 .390 .704 113.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1976 21 STL NL LF 28 28 221.0 55 2 0 2 1.000 2.32   0.0
1977 22 PHN NL RF 35 31 275.3 60 4 0 1 1.000 2.09   0.8
    CF 10 0 34.0 6 1 0 1 1.000 1.85    
    1B 1 0 3.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 12.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1978 23 PHN NL RF 98 98 853.0 213 5 3 4 .986 2.30   1.9
    LF 3 2 19.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.95    
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1979 24 PHN NL RF 112 110 971.7 208 5 1 0 .995 1.97   3.0
    LF 20 20 177.3 32 0 1 0 .970 1.62    
    1B 14 12 105.0 121 6 1 11 .992 10.89   0.3
    2B 4 0 7.3 2 3 0 1 1.000 6.14   0.0
1980 25 PHN NL 2B 102 96 861.0 203 375 8 77 .986 6.04   4.3
    CF 17 16 148.0 46 0 1 0 .979 2.80   1.1
    RF 15 15 133.7 25 2 0 1 1.000 1.82    
    LF 5 3 30.3 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.97    
    1B 6 3 29.0 43 2 0 1 1.000 13.97   0.1
1981 26 PHN NL 2B 152 149 1304.7 296 476 14 128 .982 5.33   6.2
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1982 27 PHN NL 2B 151 147 1275.7 264 491 15 119 .981 5.33   5.1
    1B 2 0 8.0 7 0 0 1 1.000 7.88   0.0
1983 28 PHN NL 2B 138 136 1175.3 218 455 14 95 .980 5.15   4.6
1984 29 BOS AL LF 128 128 1145.3 223 5 9 1 .962 1.79   3.9
    2B 3 0 5.0 3 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
    RF 3 0 4.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 2.25    
    CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1985 30 BOS AL RF 32 31 271.3 67 1 2 0 .971 2.26   1.3
    LF 10 10 89.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.72    
    CF 5 5 44.0 17 0 1 0 .944 3.48    
    2B 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1986 31 BOS AL 1B 83 51 504.7 638 37 4 55 .994 12.04   1.1
    2B 24 18 161.3 41 53 3 12 .969 5.24   0.8
    LF 15 13 117.0 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.85   0.6
    RF 6 3 41.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.32    
    CF 4 1 14.7 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.68    
1987 32 BOS AL RF 41 39 321.7 58 1 0 1 1.000 1.65   0.8
    2B 35 21 217.3 53 79 6 21 .957 5.47   0.9
    1B 29 7 113.0 150 2 1 14 .993 12.11   0.2
    LF 10 10 86.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.26    
    CF 9 6 49.3 10 1 2 0 .846 2.01    
1988 33 BOS AL 1B 41 12 145.7 162 10 1 17 .994 10.63   0.2
    2B 25 10 116.3 25 47 3 7 .960 5.57   0.3
    LF 8 7 59.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.22   0.2
    CF 6 4 37.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.95    
    RF 4 3 27.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.33    
1989 34 COL NL LF 28 26 208.0 34 3 1 0 .974 1.60   0.6
    1B 5 2 21.0 26 0 0 2 1.000 11.14   0.0
    CF 2 2 15.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40    
    RF 6 0 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
    2B 1 1 8.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
  2B 638 578 5136.0 1108 1983 63 461 .980 5.42   22.2
  RF 352 330 2911.6 647 19 6 8 .991 2.06   7.9
  LF 256 247 2153.0 417 10 11 3 .975 1.78   5.3
  1B 184 87 935.3 1158 58 7 103 .994 11.70   2.0
  CF 55 34 345.0 96 3 4 1 .961 2.58   1.1
Career Totals   1485 1276 11480.9 3426 2073 91 576 .984 4.31   38.4
Career Highs   153 149 1306.7 714 491 15 129 1.000 8.64    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1981 26 PHN NL 6 24 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .280 .250 .530
1983 28 PHN NL 17 53 4 13 5 0 1 7 0 0 1 11 .245 .268 .396 .664
1986 31 BOS AL 4 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833
1987 32 BOS AL 11 9 2 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 2 .444 .538 .444 .983
Career Post-Season Batting 38 92 8 25 6 0 1 12 0 0 4 15 .272 .310 .370 .680
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Doubles
1981-5-37
1982-8-39
1984-9-40
1985-6-42
 Triples
1978-9-6
 RBIs
1985-7-100
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 13    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  8. Ken Henderson (923)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1975
Had first career hit on 7/31/1976, off Jim Shellenback (CLN)
Hit first career homerun on 8/7/1976, off Tippy Martinez (LAD)
Injured on 4/8/1978 with a Fractured Nose, out for 6 days
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,371,429 through salary arbitration
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1982, hitting .545 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,257,143 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Philadelphia in 1983
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/6/1984 to a 4-year deal worth $6,400,000 per year
Injured on 5/13/1984 with a Fractured Hand, out for 3 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/30/1984, hitting .462 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 6/24/1985
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
9/1/1987: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $2,830,000 per year, for 2 years
Won World Championship with Boston (A) in 1987
Traded from Boston (A) to Colorado on 2/2/1989 (Going to COL: LF Chet Lemon. Going to BOS: 2B Juan Castillo)
 
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