Chet Lemon, World Series champion with Tigers, dies at 70

The Detroit Tigers mislaid 1 of their beloved stars Thursday erstwhile Chet Lemon died astatine the property of 70.

Lemon, an outfielder, won the World Series with the famed 1984 Tigers team.

Lemon spent the archetypal 7 seasons of his vocation with the Chicago White Sox, earning back-to-back All-Star nods successful 1978 and 1979 and starring the American League with 44 doubles successful the second season.

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Chet Lemon of the Detroit Tigers bats against the California Angels during a crippled successful 1983 astatine Tiger Stadium successful Detroit. Lemon played for the Tigers from 1982-90. (Focus connected Sport/Getty Images)

Ahead of the 1982 season, the Sox traded him to the Tigers, and the determination looked similar an aboriginal triumph for Chicago. Lemon's batting mean dipped from .302 to .266. The pursuing season, helium deed .255.

But helium had a resurgence successful 1984, raising his mean to .287 with a .495 slugging percentage, the second-best of his career. He earned his 3rd and last All-Star motion that season.

In the '84 World Series, Lemon deed .294 successful 5 games. He and his teammates were honored astatine Comerica Park successful September to commemorate the 40th day of that title.

Marcus Lemon takes his father, Chet Lemon, to a ceremonial to grant the 1984 Detroit Tigers World Series squad astatine Comerica Park successful Detroit Aug. 31, 2024. (Junfu Han/USA Today Network)

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"While helium was a World Series champion and All-Star connected the field, possibly his biggest interaction came disconnected of it. That includes creating the Chet Lemon Foundation and dedicating overmuch of his post-playing vocation to younker shot development," the Tigers said successful a statement. "Our thoughts are with Chet’s family, friends and each those helium coached, mentored and inspired."

"Chet was a cherished teammate and friend," erstwhile teammate and Hall of Famer Alan Trammell said successful a connection of his own. "I'm truthful thankful for the clip we spent unneurotic past summertime erstwhile the 1984 squad had its 40th reunion astatine Comerica Park. Today is simply a bittersweet time for us. He volition beryllium dearly missed."

Lemon besides led the league successful being deed by pitches 4 times.

Chet Lemon, right, adjusts a emblem connected the 1984 World Series trophy astatine Comerica Park successful Detroit Aug. 31, 2024. (Junfu Han/USA Today Network)

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A humor upset successful 1990 played a relation successful Lemon's vocation being chopped abbreviated aft 16 seasons. A twelvemonth later, helium was successful intensive attraction owed to a humor clot. Over the years, helium had galore wellness issues, including a bid of strokes. He had been surviving successful Florida astatine the clip of his death.

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