Chet Lemon, World Series champion with Tigers, dies at 70

The Detroit Tigers lost one of their beloved stars Thursday when Chet Lemon died at the age of 70.

Lemon, an outfielder, won the World Series with the famed 1984 Tigers team.

Lemon spent the first seven seasons of his career with the Chicago White Sox, earning back-to-back All-Star nods in 1978 and 1979 and leading the American League with 44 doubles in the latter season.

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Ahead of the 1982 season, the Sox traded him to the Tigers, and the move looked like an early win for Chicago. Lemon's batting average dipped from .302 to .266. The following season, he hit .255.

But he had a resurgence in 1984, raising his ave...