Chet Lemon, three -time baseball of the Popular League and member of the 1984 World Series champion Detroit Tigers, died on Thursday at the age of 70.
Lemon played 16 seasons in the Premier League after the Osland Athletics made it its first round (No. 22 as a whole) in the 1972 MLB draft. He was sold in Chicago White Sox in 1975 and played seven seasons there. He headed the American league with 44 doubling in 1979, Vatin. 318 with 0.887 OPS, and was called All-Star during the second year in a row.
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In 1982, the lemon was sold for tigers in exchange for Steve Kemp, and he immediately became a valuable part of Detroit’s composition. After two seasons, he had the best season with Tigers, helping a team for the World Series title.
During his stellar season of 1984, Lemon hit. In the world series, he hit .294/.368/.294 with one RBI and two stolen bases. His outstanding moment in the series was in the game 3.
Lemon played nine seasons with tigers, also helping Detroit called “Al -Vostok” of 1987 with 30 doubling, 20 Homers, 75 ICR and 0.277/.376/.481 on average.
He joined his 1984 teammates at Comerica Park in 2024 on the 40th anniversary of this team of the World Series championship, and many learned about his worsened physical condition. Since the retirement after the 1990 season, Lemon survived several blood clots, hundreds of visits in the hospital and at least 13 strokes that left him unable to walk or talk. It was a shocking development for many who remembered the athleticism of the lemon in the center of the field.
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“I think this has added a few more months,” said Lemon’s wife, Gigi, in the Detroit free press of the celebration of the anniversary. “He was able to see his teammates. I thought it was so important. “
At that time, Gigi wanted Lemon’s story to be public, so that the fans knew why he did not attend the anniversary of the anniversary if he could not do this. In addition, the family wanted to increase the awareness of aphasia, the post -tacty state in which the lemon could not speak.
As the tigers said in an official statement, Lemon had its greatest influence from the field. His family launched the Chet Lemon Foundation to raise money for charitable organizations for strokes and aphasia. The Fund also benefits youth sports, passions for lemon, which was coined by youth baseball and secondary school in Justis at the Florida Championship.
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According to Gigi, Lemon died at home in a dream.
In his 16 seasons, MLB Lemon recorded his career.
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