Chet Lemon

**Chester Earl Lemon** (Fabrairu 12, 1955 - Mayu 8, 2025) ya kasance ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na ƙwallon baseball na Amurka. Ya buga wasanni goma sha shida a Major League Baseball (MLB), ya fara ne da Chicago White Sox a 1975, inda ya buga wasanni shida. Daga nan aka sayar da shi zuwa Detroit Tigers, inda ya buga sauran aikinsa daga 1982 zuwa 1990.

Dan asalin Jackson, Mississippi, ya girma a Los Angeles. An tsara shi a zagaye na farko na shirin Kwallon Kwando na 1972 . An zaba shi a matsayin dan wasan Amurka na All-Star a 1978, 1979, da 1984 kuma ya kasance dan wasan tsakiya na kungiyar Tigers wanda ya lashe gasar World Series ta 1984. Lemon an san shi da daya daga cikin mafi kyawun masu tsaron tsakiya a wasan baseball daga 1977 zuwa 1987. A shekara ta 1977, ya jagoranci Ƙungiyar Amirka tare da 512 outfield putouts, karo na huɗu mafi girma a cikin tarihin manyan wasanni kuma mafi girma tun daga shekara ta 1951.  Ya kuma kai sama da 400 outfield putouts a cikin wasu shekaru hudu (1979 da 1983-1985).  Ya jagoranci Kungiyar Amurka tare da sau 44 a shekarar 1979 kuma ya jagoranci gasar a lokutan da filin wasa ya buga (HBP) sau hudu, gami da HBP 20 a shekarar 1983. Bayan aikinsa na wasa ya ƙare, ya zama malami da kocin baseball.

## Shekaru na farko
An haifi Lemon a ranar 12 ga Fabrairu, 1955, a Jackson, Mississippi, kuma ya koma Los Angeles lokacin da yake da watanni shida. Ya halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta John C. Fremont, inda ya taka leda a filin wasa tare da Ricky Bell a kungiyar kwallon kafa kuma ya taka leda.

## Kwallon kwando na sana'a

### Ƙananan ƙungiyoyi
An tsara Lemon a zagaye na farko (22nd overall) na 1972 Major League Baseball draft ta Oakland Athletics. Ya fara sana'arsa ta wasan ƙwallon ƙafa a shekarar 1972 yana wasa ga ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwararrun a Coos Bay-North Bend, Oregon . Bayan wasanni 38 a Oregon, ya koma Burlington Bees a cikin Midwest League . Ya kasance tare da Burlington a cikin lokutan 1973 da 1974. 

An sayar da Lemon tare da Dave Hamilton daga Athletics zuwa Chicago White Sox don Stan Bahnsen da Skip Pitlock a ranar 15 ga Yuni, 1975.  A lokacin kakar 1975, ya buga .307 tare da gidaje takwas da kuma gudu 49 da aka buga a Triple A Denver Bears.

## Rayuwa, rashin lafiya da mutuwa
Lemon ya auri Valerie Jones. Suna da 'ya'ya hudu, Geneva (an haife shi a shekara ta 1972), Chester Jr. (an haifi shi a shekara de 1977), David (an haifee shi a shekara ya 1981), da Marcus (an haifu shi a shekara a shekara ta 1988).  David da Marcus dukansu sun bi mahaifinsu zuwa wasan baseball. Marcus ya buga wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na ƙarami daga 2006 zuwa 2017 . 

Lemon ya sake auren matarsa ta farko a shekarar 1990. Ya auri Gigi Partee a farkon shekarun 1990. Suna da 'yar, Brianna, an haife ta a shekarar 1998.

Lemon ya zama memba na Shaidun Jehobah yayin da yake wasa a cikin ƙananan ƙungiyoyi a cikin shekarun 1970s. Jerry Hairston Sr. ne ya gabatar da shi ga addinin yayin da suke abokan aiki a kungiyar Chicago White Sox. Saboda bangaskiyarsa ta addini, Lemon ya ki tsayawa ga "The Star-Spangled Banner", wani batu wanda wani lokacin ake sukar sa. A cikin wata hira da aka yi da ita a shekarar 1987, Lemon ya bayyana cewa:Na yi imani da mulkin Allah. Na amince da mulkin Allah a duniya. Na ba da amincina ga shi ba ga tutar ba. Ina godiya da kasancewa a Amurka, ina godiya da iya zama a Amurka kuma ina da damar samun imanin na kuma in je kofa zuwa kofa don raba su. Amma taken kasa al'ada ce. Dole ne kuyi tunani game da abin da ake fada - ja haske na rokoki, bama-bamai suna fashewa a cikin iska? Ba mu yarda da kuma gaishe da yaki ba.

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