Playing Career

Born in Covington, Virginia, lemon signed originally with Cleveland Indians, but he never won a regular job with Cleveland, and in fact he was a "late-blooming plant," who a few trips to requiring little leagues will before finally won a regular berth with 1956 Senators at the age of 28 A free-swinger, who three times led the American League hit in out, benefited Lemon and his teammates from the new Washington owner Calvin Griffith, "the s decision on the move left catch fences closer to home plate in the Senators' deep baseball stadium at Griffith Stadium . Lemon smashed 27 homers in 1956 and also led the league within three groups, then followed with 26 (1958), 33 (1959) and 38 (1960). He compiled over 100 runs twice struck the inside and was a favorite of U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower.

However, the home run exploits of the lemon and his teammates more than offset by poor pitching and were repeated after a second division finished in the AL, Griffith moved the Senators to Minneapolis-St. Paul to the campaign of 1960, the Minnesota Twins to be. But Lemon was his attack on Washington, and after only 14 homers in 1961 and Minnesota inside injury-ruined 1962, his career wound down quickly. His last year as a player, 1963, was divided among the Twins, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox. All told, he appeared in 1010 with a surplus of all the games or parts of 12 major league seasons and hit .262 with 164 home runs.

Coaches and managers
Lemon remained in the game as a coach for the Twins and served two different terms in this role including 1965 pennant-winning team. Between, in 1968, he came back to Washington as Manager of expansion Senators, but his popularity did not translate as a player to a successful management record. His club, the (terminated .404) last in the league, 65 games and losing 96 - but it featured a fearsome winning, right-handed power-hitter: Sincere Howard. Lemon was fired after only one season. As to honor native son and his striking designs with the original Senators, he was elected to the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1988.
Jim Lemon died of cancer at the age of 78 inches in Brandon, Mississippi.