Editing Chet Lemon (section)

===Chicago White Sox===
An [[infielder]] in the minor leagues, Lemon played third base during his brief stint with the Chicago White Sox in {{mlby|1975}}. He entered [[spring training]] 1976 as the leading candidate for the third base job, but after failing to impress manager [[Paul Richards (baseball)|Paul Richards]] with his glove, was moved to the [[outfield]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=C1VjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O20NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1456,3607207&dq=morris+nettles+white+sox&hl=en|title=Chisox to be Nearly All New This Season|date=March 27, 1976|publisher=The Rochester Sentinel}}</ref> He made the transition seamlessly, as he made only three [[error (baseball)|errors]] all season while logging a .992 [[fielding percentage]] in [[Center fielder|centerfield]]. He batted .246 with four home runs, 38 RBIs, and 46 [[runs scored]].<ref name=BR/>

He came into his own as both a hitter and [[centerfielder]] in 1977. He scored a career high 99 [[run (baseball)|runs]], while showing a dramatic increase in power, hitting fifteen more home runs than he had his rookie season. He also set an [[American League]] record with 524 [[total chances]] and 512 [[putout]]s in the outfield, a record that still stands.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/rb_ofpu.shtml|title=Outfielder Putout Records by Baseball Almanac}}</ref>

With the White Sox in sixth place in the [[American League West]], ahead only of the expansion [[Seattle Mariners]], Lemon was selected as his team's lone representative at the [[1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1978 All-Star Game]]. Though he did not receive an [[at-bat]], he entered the game in left field in the eighth inning, and committed an error in the [[National League (baseball)|National League]]'s four-run eighth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NLS/NLS197807110.shtml|title=1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|date=July 11, 1978|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref> The White Sox finished the season in fifth, eventually passing the Oakland A's in the standings. Lemon went 2-for-5 on the second-to-last day of the season to bring his season [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] to .300.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CAL/CAL197809300.shtml|title=Chicago White Sox 6, California Angels 5|date=September 30, 1978|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref> 

In 1979, Lemon was again the sole White Sox player on the [[1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|American League All-Star team]]. He entered the game in the second inning, and scored in the third after being hit by a [[Joaquín Andújar]] pitch.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ALS/ALS197907170.shtml|title=1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|date=July 17, 1979|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref> He ended the season with a .318 batting average, a career high. He also hit 44 [[double (baseball)|doubles]], tying the [[Milwaukee Brewers]]' [[Cecil Cooper]] for the American League season best total.<ref name=BR/><ref>{{cite web|title=1979 American League Batting Leaders|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=May 15, 2025|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1979-batting-leaders.shtml}}</ref> Lemon recorded 411 putouts in 1979. That season was the first of four seasons that he led the league in times [[hit by pitch]].<ref name=BR/>

The White Sox finished near the bottom of the division standings during most of Lemon's tenure with the club. With the addition of free agent [[catcher]] [[Carlton Fisk]] and [[designated hitter]] [[Greg Luzinski]], the team improved to 31–22 and finished in third in the first half of the [[1981 Major League Baseball strike|strike]] shortened 1981 season. For his part, Lemon batted .299 with three home runs and 22 RBIs in the first half. Though his team finished in sixth place in the second half, his stats improved, as he batted .305 with six home runs and drove in 28. Following the season, Lemon was traded to the [[Detroit Tigers]] for outfielder [[Steve Kemp]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3HNNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-FEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5546,5697477&dq=chet+lemon&hl=en|title=Lemon In, Kemp Out|publisher=The Bryan Times|date=November 28, 1981}}</ref>