Chet Lemon, a three-time Major League Baseball All-Star and member of the 1984 World Series champion Detroit Tigers, died on Thursday at the age of 70.
Lemon played 16 seasons in the major leagues after the Oakland Athletics made him their first-round pick (No. 22 overall) in the 1976 MLB Draft. He was traded to the Chicago White Sox in 1975 and played seven seasons there.. He led the American League with 44 doubles in 1979, batting .318 with an .887 OPS, and was named an All-Star for the second consecutive year.