Editing Chet Lemon (section)

====Polycythemia and retirement====
In the spring of 1990, Lemon was diagnosed with [[polycythemia vera]], a rare blood disorder.<ref name=OS01>{{cite news|title=Lemon has spleen removed|newspaper=The Lake Sentinel|date=December 21, 2001|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17595844/lemon_has_spleen_removed/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> During the 1990 season, he missed 47 games with multiple injuries and went through a divorce that affected his concentration.<ref>{{cite news|title=Don't count Lemon out just yet|newspaper=Battle Creek Enquirer|date=March 6, 1991|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17593106/dont_count_lemon_out_just_yet/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He failed to hit a home run between early May and late September and concluded the 1990 season with a career-low 378 at bats and only 32 RBIs.<ref name=BR/><ref name=DFP91a/>

Lemon returned to [[spring training]] in 1991, but he was injured for much of the training camp. He was waived by the Tigers on April 5, three days before opening day.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tigers waive Lemon|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=April 6, 1991|page=1B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17594853/tigers_waive_lemon/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

In August 1991, Lemon was hospitalized in the [[intensive care]] unit at the [[UF Health Shands Hospital|University of Florida Shands Hospital]] with a [[blood clot]] in his [[abdomen]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Ex-Tiger Lemon hospitalized with rare blood disorder|newspaper=Tampa Bay Times|date=August 29, 1991|page=5C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17595236/tampa_bay_times/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2sFRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ylUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3821,4923490&dq=chet+lemon&hl=en|title=Ex-Tiger Chet Lemon Improving|publisher=Ludington Daily News|date=August 29, 1991}}</ref> He was discharged after almost four weeks of treatment.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lemon goes home 'happy' to be alive|newspaper=Battle Creek Enquirer|date=September 8, 1991|page=5D|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17595537/lemon_goes_home_happy_to_be_alive/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

In December 2001, he underwent surgery at the [[Mayo Clinic]] to have his spleen removed.<ref name=OS01/>