Editing Chet Lemon (section)

===Minor leagues===
Lemon was drafted in the first round (22nd overall) of the [[1972 Major League Baseball draft]] by the [[Oakland Athletics]]. He began his professional baseball career in 1972 playing for the Athletics' minor league team in [[Coos Bay, Oregon|Coos Bay]]-[[North Bend, Oregon]]. After 38 games in Oregon, he moved up to the [[Burlington Bees]] in the [[Midwest League]]. He remained with Burlington through the 1973 and 1974 seasons.<ref name="BRM" />

Lemon was traded along with [[Dave Hamilton (baseball)|Dave Hamilton]] from the Athletics to the [[Chicago White Sox]] for [[Stan Bahnsen]] and [[Skip Pitlock]] at the non-waiver trade deadline on June 15, {{mlby|1975}}.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1975/06/17/archives/as-obtain-bahnsen-on-deadline.html "A's Obtain Bahnsen on Deadline," ''The New York Times'', Tuesday, June 17, 1975.] Retrieved October 26, 2020.</ref> During the 1975 season, he batted .307 with eight [[home run]]s and 49 [[runs batted in]] for the Triple A [[Denver Bears]].<ref name="BRM">{{cite web|title=Chet Lemon Minor League Statistics|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference.com|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=lemon-001che|access-date=May 15, 2025}}</ref>