Lemon played in the majors from 1975 to 1990, making his debut with the White Sox at 20. He spent the last nine years of his career, beginning in 1982, with the Tigers.

Chet Lemon enjoyed a 16-year MLB career after being drafted out of Fremont High. After he retired, he taught baseball in Florida despite battling a blood disorder.

Three-time All-Star center fielder Chet Lemon, who won a World Series with the 1984 Detroit Tigers, died Thursday at his home in Florida. He was 70. "He was sleeping on his reclining sofa," his wife,