Ex-Tigers star Lemon dies

CHICAGO — Chet Lemon, a three-time All-Star outfielder who helped the Detroit Tigers win the 1984 World Series, died after a lengthy battle with blood cancer. He was 70.

The Tigers announced his death in a post on X on Thursday.

“The Detroit Tigers join all of baseball in mourning the passing of Chet Lemon,” the team said. “While he was a World Series champion and All-Star on the field, perhaps his biggest impact came off of it.”

Lemon’s wife, Gigi, said her husband had gone to sleep on his reclining sofa at their home in Apopka, Florida. “He just wasn’t responsive,” she said.

Lemon batted .273 with 215 homers and 884 RBIs over 16 seasons with Chicago and Detroit from 1975 to 1990.