On Thursday, fans of the Detroit Tigers and baseball fans everywhere, got the sad news that former center fielder Chet Lemon had died at the age of 70. The three-time All-Star played for 16 major league seasons and was a crucial cog in the World Series champion Tigers squad of 1984.
Lemon was initially the first round pick of the Oakland Athletics in the 1972 amateur draft. He broke into the major leagues with the Chicago White Sox in 1975 and played for them through the 1981 season. Following a breakout campaign in 1977, Lemon was named to his first All-Star squad in 1978, and repeated that feat the next season.