Chet Lemon, a center fielder who made two All-Star teams during seven seasons with the Chicago White Sox, then went on to have a third All-Star season with the 1984 World Series champion Detroit Tigers, has died. He was 70.

The Tigers confirmed the news Thursday. The Sox also expressed condolences to Lemon’s “family, friends and fans” in a social media post.

The Sox traded Lemon to the Tigers for Steve Kemp after the 1981 season, and he spent the final nine seasons of his 16-year major-league career in Detroit.

His best season with the Tigers came during their title run in 1984, when he posted a .287/.357/.495 slash line with 20 home runs and 76 RBIs and earned his third All-Star nod. He hit .294 with a run, an RBI and two stolen bases during the Tigers’ five-game World Series triumph over the San Diego Padres.

Lemon was among more than 20 former Tigers who returned to Comerica Park last year for the 40-year anniversary of the 1984 champs. Lemon — whose health problems, including a stroke and global aphasia, had left him unable to walk or talk — made the trip from Florida with his family.

Born on Feb. 12, 1955, in Jackson, Miss., Lemon grew up in Los Angeles and was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the first round of the 1972 MLB draft. The A’s dealt him to the Sox at the trade deadline in June 1975, and he made his big-league debut that September as a third baseman. He became the starting center fielder the next year at 21 and made back-to-back All-Star teams in 1978 (.300/.377/.510, 13 homers, 55 RBIs) and ’79 (.318/.391/.496, 17 homers, 86 RBIs), leading the American League with 44 doubles the latter year.

Lemon also led the majors four times in being hit by pitches and ranks 25th on the career list with 151 HBPs. Over 1,988 major-league games, Lemon hit .273 with a .355 on-base percentage and a .442 slugging percentage. He had 1,875 hits, including 396 doubles and 215 homers, and his career WAR was 55.7.

Chicago Tribune staff contributed.