Chet Lemon, World Series champion, 3-time All-Star, dies at 70

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. Chet Lemon led the American League with 44 doubles in 1979 and made the All-Star teams in 1978, 1979 and 1984. Lemon batted .294 with a run, an RBI and two stolen bases against the San Diego Padres as Detroit won the 1984 World Series in five games. "The Detroit Tigers join all of baseball in mourning the passing of Chet Lemon," the team said in a statement. "While he was a World Series champion and All-Star on the field, perhaps his biggest impact came off of it.