Johnny Temple

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: August 8, 1927 in Lexington, NC us

Died: January 9, 1994 in White Rock, SC

Buried: Bethel Lutheran Church Cemetery, White Rock, SC

School: Catawba College (Salisbury, NC)

Debut: April 15, 1952 (Age 24-251d, 10,869th in major league history)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 14, 1964 (Age 36-341d)
vs. HOU 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: John Ellis Temple

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6x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.2

5218

1484

.284

720

RBI

395

140

OBP

.363

SLG

.351

OPS

.714

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CIN		CHC	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
2	2	Apr 12	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
3	3	Apr 14	CIN		CHC	L,4-6	CG	44	10.0	7	4	0	11	1	2B
4	4	Apr 16	CIN		MLN	L,5-9	CG	47	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
5	5	Apr 17 (1)	CIN		MLN	L,1-10	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
6	6	Apr 17 (2)	CIN		MLN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	2B
7	7	Apr 18	CIN	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B
8	8	Apr 19	CIN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	45	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
9	9	Apr 20	CIN		STL	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
10	10	Apr 22	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	2B
11	11	Apr 23	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	4	3	1	8	2	2B
12	12	Apr 24	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
13	13	Apr 27	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	45	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
14	14	Apr 28	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
15	15	Apr 29	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
16	16	Apr 30	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	5	4	0	9	4	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	58	15.1	7	8	0	15	5	2B
18	18	May 3	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	4	2	1	7	2	2B
19	19	May 4	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	2B
20	20	May 6	CIN		CHC	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
21	21	May 7	CIN		CHC	W,8-7	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
22	22	May 8 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
23	23	May 8 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
24	24	May 10	CIN		NYG	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	1	8	0	9	0	2B
25	25	May 11	CIN		NYG	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
26	26	May 14	CIN		BRO	L,2-13	CG	53	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
27	27	May 15 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
28	28	May 15 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
29	29	May 17	CIN		PIT	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
30	30	May 18	CIN		PIT	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
31	31	May 20	CIN		STL	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
32	32	May 21	CIN		STL	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
33	33	May 22 (1)	CIN		STL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
34	34	May 22 (2)	CIN		STL	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	5	4	1	10	0	2B
35	35	May 25	CIN	@	MLN	W,13-2	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
36	36	May 26	CIN	@	MLN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
37	37	May 27	CIN	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
38	38	May 28	CIN	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
39	39	May 29	CIN	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
40	40	May 30 (1)	CIN		MLN	L,6-7	CG	48	9.0	4	3	2	9	1	2B
41	41	May 30 (2)	CIN		MLN	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	42	Jun 1	CIN	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
43	43	Jun 2	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
44	44	Jun 3	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	44	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
45	45	Jun 4	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
46	46	Jun 5 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	39	8.1	2	2	0	4	0	2B
47	47	Jun 5 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
48	48	Jun 7	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
49	49	Jun 8	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
50	50	Jun 12	CIN	@	PHI	L,8-12	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
51	51	Jun 13	CIN		MLN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
52	52	Jun 14	CIN		BRO	L,0-9	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
53	53	Jun 15	CIN		BRO	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
54	54	Jun 16	CIN		BRO	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
55	55	Jun 17	CIN		PIT	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
56	56	Jun 18	CIN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
57	57	Jun 19 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
58	58	Jun 19 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
59	59	Jun 20	CIN		NYG	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
60	60	Jun 21	CIN		NYG	W,10-1	GS	30	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
61	61	Jun 22	CIN		NYG	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	7	1	9	2	2B
62	62	Jun 24 (1)	CIN		PHI	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
63	63	Jun 24 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
64	64	Jun 26 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,16-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
65	65	Jun 26 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
66	66	Jun 28	CIN	@	STL	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	68 (1)	Jul 1	CIN		MLN	W,14-2	GS	22	6.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
68	69	Jul 2	CIN		MLN	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
69	70	Jul 3	CIN		MLN	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	4	7	1	12	3	2B
70	71	Jul 4 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
71	72	Jul 4 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	4	1	9	3	2B
72	73	Jul 5	CIN		STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
73	74	Jul 6	CIN		STL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	6	1	9	1	2B
74	75	Jul 7	CIN		STL	L,8-9	GS	42	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B SS
75	76	Jul 8 (1)	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
76	77	Jul 8 (2)	CIN	@	MLN	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
77	78	Jul 9	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
78	79	Jul 10 (1)	CIN	@	MLN	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
79	80	Jul 10 (2)	CIN	@	MLN	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
80	81	Jul 14	CIN	@	PIT	W,19-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
81	82	Jul 15	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
82	83	Jul 16	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
83	84	Jul 17 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
84	85	Jul 17 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-8	GS	34	7.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
85	86	Jul 18	CIN	@	BRO	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	2B
86	87	Jul 19 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	2B
87	88	Jul 19 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
88	89	Jul 20 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
89	90	Jul 20 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
90	91	Jul 21	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
91	92	Jul 22	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-6	GS	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
92	93	Jul 23	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
93	96 (2)	Jul 26	CIN		BRO	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
94	97	Jul 27	CIN		BRO	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
95	98	Jul 28	CIN		BRO	L,2-10	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
96	99	Jul 29	CIN		PIT	W,16-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
97	100	Jul 30	CIN		PIT	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
98	101	Jul 31 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
99	102	Jul 31 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	5	2	1	8	2	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	103	Aug 1	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	2B
101	104	Aug 2 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
102	105	Aug 2 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
103	106	Aug 3	CIN		PHI	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	2B
104	107	Aug 4	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
105	108	Aug 5	CIN		NYG	L,9-12	CG	51	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
106	109	Aug 6	CIN		NYG	W,13-4	GS	14	4.0	0	4	0	4	2	2B
107	113 (3)	Aug 10 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
108	114	Aug 10 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	6	2	1	9	1	2B
109	115	Aug 11	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	44	11.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
110	116	Aug 12	CIN	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	38	8.2	2	5	1	8	1	2B
111	117	Aug 13	CIN	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
112	118	Aug 14	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	40	9.2	2	3	0	5	0	2B
113	119	Aug 16	CIN		CHC	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
114	120	Aug 17	CIN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
115	121	Aug 18	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
116	122	Aug 19	CIN		STL	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
117	123	Aug 20	CIN		STL	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
118	124	Aug 21	CIN		STL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
119	125	Aug 23	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
120	126	Aug 24	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
121	127	Aug 25 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	45	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
122	128	Aug 25 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
123	129	Aug 26	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
124	130	Aug 27	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
125	131	Aug 28 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
126	132	Aug 28 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
127	133	Aug 29	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
128	134	Aug 30 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
129	135	Aug 30 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,7-9	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
130	136	Aug 31	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	137	Sep 1	CIN	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
132	138	Sep 2	CIN	@	MLN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
133	139	Sep 3	CIN	@	MLN	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	5	1	1	7	1	2B
134	140	Sep 4	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
135	141	Sep 5	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.2	5	3	0	8	2	2B
136	142	Sep 7	CIN		PHI	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
137	143	Sep 8	CIN		PHI	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
138	144	Sep 9	CIN		NYG	W,5-0	GS	24	7.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
139	145	Sep 10	CIN		NYG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
140	146	Sep 11 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
141	147	Sep 11 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
142	148	Sep 13	CIN		PIT	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	6	3	0	9	2	2B
143	149	Sep 17	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	2B
144	150	Sep 18	CIN	@	CHC	W,12-5	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
145	151	Sep 20	CIN		MLN	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
146	152	Sep 21	CIN		MLN	W,14-5	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
147	153	Sep 24	CIN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
148	154	Sep 25	CIN		CHC	W,13-0	GS	26	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
							150gm		1288.0	408	410	24	842	119