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.

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, a three-time MLB All Star and a member of the 1984 World Series champion Detroit Tigers, has died. He was 70. His death was confirmed to the Detroit Free Press by Lemon's family, who said he died on Thursday, May 8 while at his home in Florida.