Cika wannan jumla: Da ya kai wasan bayan kakar wasa a karon farko a rayuwarsa, Lemon ya tafi ba tare da nasara ba a cikin wasanni goma sha uku a cikin Tigers 'wasanni uku na Kansas City Royals a cikin
Gasar Zakarun Amurka ta 1984. Ya inganta a gasar cin kofin duniya, yana buga.294 tare da gudu da aka yi da gudu a ciki. Har ila yau, yana da "Willy Mays style back-to-the-plate catch" a kan Terry Kennedy drive don kiyaye jagorancin Tigers a cikin na bakwai na wasan 3.