Major League Baseball Player, Manager, Coach. For eleven seasons (1960, 1953 to 1963), he played at the outfielder position with the Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox. Born James Robert Lemon, he attended Covington High School (Virginia), prior to being signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland in 1948. He marked his Major League debut with Cleveland on August 20th, 1950 and appeared in 12 games that year. His service with the United States Military during the Korean War intervened (1951 to 1952). Lemon experienced his most productive years while with the Senators, as he led the league with 11 triples in 1956 and yielded two consecutive 30-plus home run seasons (1959 with 33 and 1960 with 38) in addition to reaching the century mark for RBIs both those years. He achieved All-Star status in 1960. In 1,010 regular season games, he compiled 901 hits with a .262 lifetime batting average. After retiring as a player, he served as a Minor League manager and returned to the Major League level as a coach on Sam Mele's staff (1965 to 1967) with Minnesota, which included the Twins' squad that captured the 1965 American League Pennant. He went onto serve a stint as manager of the Washington Senators in 1968 and returned to the Twins as a coach (1981 to 1984). He died from cancer.
Major League Baseball Player, Manager, Coach. For eleven seasons (1960, 1953 to 1963), he played at the outfielder position with the Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox. Born James Robert Lemon, he attended Covington High School (Virginia), prior to being signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland in 1948. He marked his Major League debut with Cleveland on August 20th, 1950 and appeared in 12 games that year. His service with the United States Military during the Korean War intervened (1951 to 1952). Lemon experienced his most productive years while with the Senators, as he led the league with 11 triples in 1956 and yielded two consecutive 30-plus home run seasons (1959 with 33 and 1960 with 38) in addition to reaching the century mark for RBIs both those years. He achieved All-Star status in 1960. In 1,010 regular season games, he compiled 901 hits with a .262 lifetime batting average. After retiring as a player, he served as a Minor League manager and returned to the Major League level as a coach on Sam Mele's staff (1965 to 1967) with Minnesota, which included the Twins' squad that captured the 1965 American League Pennant. He went onto serve a stint as manager of the Washington Senators in 1968 and returned to the Twins as a coach (1981 to 1984). He died from cancer.
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