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.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CIN		PHI	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
2	2	Apr 18	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	7	3	0	10	2	2B
3	3	Apr 19	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	2B
4	4	Apr 20	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	2	5	0	7	0	2B
5	5	Apr 21	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	61	14.0	7	1	0	8	1	2B
6	6	Apr 23	CIN		MLN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
7	7	Apr 24	CIN		MLN	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
8	8	Apr 25	CIN		PIT	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
9	9	Apr 26	CIN		PIT	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
10	10	Apr 29	CIN		STL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
11	11	Apr 30	CIN		STL	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 2	CIN	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
13	13	May 4 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	1	4	0	5	0	2B
14	14	May 4 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	54	14.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
15	15	May 6	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
16	16	May 7	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	3	2B
17	17	May 8	CIN	@	CHC	W,10-8	GS	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
18	18	May 9	CIN	@	MLN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
19	19	May 10	CIN	@	MLN	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	4	6	0	10	3	2B
20	20	May 11	CIN	@	MLN	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
21	21	May 13	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
22	22	May 14	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
23	23	May 15	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
24	24	May 17	CIN		MLN	L,1-5	CG	45	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
25	25	May 18	CIN		MLN	W,11-7	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
26	26	May 19	CIN		MLN	L,3-4	CG	49	12.0	5	3	0	8	3	2B
27	27	May 20	CIN		SFG	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
28	28	May 21	CIN		SFG	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	3	2	1	6	0	2B
29	29	May 23	CIN		LAD	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	2	2B
30	30	May 24	CIN		LAD	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
31	31	May 25 (1)	CIN		STL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
32	32	May 25 (2)	CIN		STL	W,7-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
33	33	May 27	CIN		CHC	W,4-3	CG	35	10.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
34	34	May 28	CIN		CHC	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	2B
35	35	May 30	CIN	@	PHI	W,10-1	GS	20	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
36	36	May 31	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	37	Jun 1 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
38	38	Jun 1 susp	CIN	@	PHI	W,12-11	CG	65	13.0	7	5	1	13	0	2B
39	39	Jun 2	CIN		PIT	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B
40	40	Jun 3	CIN	@	LAD	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
41	41	Jun 4	CIN	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
42	42	Jun 5	CIN	@	LAD	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	2B
43	43	Jun 6	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
44	44	Jun 7	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	5	2	1	8	1	2B
45	45	Jun 8	CIN	@	SFG	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
46	46	Jun 9	CIN	@	SFG	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
47	47	Jun 11	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	49	11.0	7	3	0	10	2	2B
48	48	Jun 12	CIN	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
49	49	Jun 14	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B 1B
50	50	Jun 15 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
51	51	Jun 15 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
52	52	Jun 16	CIN		STL	L,5-6	CG	49	11.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
53	53	Jun 17	CIN		STL	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	0	4	3	7	3	2B
54	54	Jun 18	CIN		STL	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
55	55	Jun 20	CIN		CHC	L,3-11	CG	46	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
56	56	Jun 21	CIN		CHC	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
57	57	Jun 22 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
58	58	Jun 22 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
59	59	Jun 23	CIN		LAD	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
60	60	Jun 24 (1)	CIN		LAD	L,10-13	CG	52	10.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
61	61	Jun 24 (2)	CIN		LAD	L,2-7	CG	43	11.0	3	3	1	7	3	2B
62	62	Jun 26	CIN		SFG	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
63	63	Jun 27	CIN		SFG	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
64	64	Jun 28	CIN		SFG	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	2B
65	65	Jun 29	CIN		SFG	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	2B
66	66	Jun 30	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-9	CG	37	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	67	Jul 1	CIN	@	MLN	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
68	68	Jul 2	CIN	@	MLN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
69	69	Jul 3	CIN		PIT	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	2B
70	70	Jul 4 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
71	71	Jul 4 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	2B
72	72	Jul 5	CIN		PHI	L,5-8	CG	55	12.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
73	73	Jul 6 (1)	CIN		PHI	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
74	74	Jul 6 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
75	75	Jul 10	CIN	@	SFG	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
76	76	Jul 11	CIN	@	SFG	L,4-7	CG	50	11.1	3	5	1	9	1	2B
77	77	Jul 12	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
78	78	Jul 13 (1)	CIN	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
79	79	Jul 13 (2)	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
80	80	Jul 14	CIN	@	LAD	L,5-8	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
81	81	Jul 16 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
82	82	Jul 16 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
83	83	Jul 17	CIN	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
84	84	Jul 18 (1)	CIN		STL	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
85	85	Jul 18 (2)	CIN		STL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
86	86	Jul 19	CIN		STL	L,0-1	CG	36	10.0	1	4	0	5	3	2B
87	87	Jul 20	CIN		STL	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
88	88	Jul 21	CIN		CHC	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
89	89	Jul 23	CIN		CHC	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
90	90	Jul 24	CIN		CHC	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
91	91	Jul 25 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	2	4	0	6	1	2B
92	92	Jul 25 (2)	CIN	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
93	93	Jul 26	CIN	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
94	94	Jul 27 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
95	95	Jul 27 (2)	CIN	@	STL	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
96	96	Jul 29	CIN		SFG	L,3-4	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
97	97	Jul 30	CIN		SFG	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
98	98	Jul 31	CIN		SFG	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	99	Aug 1	CIN		LAD	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
100	100	Aug 2	CIN		LAD	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
101	101	Aug 3 (1)	CIN		LAD	L,6-8	CG	49	10.0	2	3	1	6	2	2B
102	102	Aug 3 (2)	CIN		LAD	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
103	103	Aug 5	CIN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
104	104	Aug 6	CIN		PHI	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
105	105	Aug 7	CIN		PHI	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
106	106	Aug 8	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-1	GS	26	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
107	107	Aug 9	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
108	108	Aug 10 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	3	3	0	6	0	2B
109	109	Aug 10 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
110	113 (3)	Aug 13 (2)	CIN		MLN	L,2-4	GF	6	2.0	2	1	0	3	1	PR 2B
111	116 (2)	Aug 16	CIN		PIT	L,4-13	CG	46	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
112	117	Aug 17 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
113	118	Aug 17 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	4	2B
114	119	Aug 19	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	2B
115	120	Aug 20	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
116	121	Aug 21	CIN	@	SFG	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
117	122	Aug 22	CIN	@	SFG	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
118	123	Aug 23	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
119	124	Aug 24	CIN	@	LAD	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
120	125	Aug 25	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
121	126	Aug 26	CIN	@	LAD	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
122	127	Aug 27	CIN	@	LAD	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	2B
123	128	Aug 29	CIN		PHI	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
124	129	Aug 30	CIN		PHI	W,12-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
125	130	Aug 31 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	3	2B
126	131	Aug 31 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	132	Sep 1 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	3	4	1	8	1	2B
128	133	Sep 1 (2)	CIN	@	STL	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
129	134	Sep 2	CIN	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
130	135	Sep 3	CIN		PIT	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
131	136	Sep 5	CIN	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	4	8	0	12	0	2B
132	137	Sep 6	CIN	@	PHI	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
133	138	Sep 7 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
134	139	Sep 7 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
135	140	Sep 8	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
136	141	Sep 9	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	4	1	0	5	1	2B
137	142	Sep 10	CIN	@	MLN	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
138	143	Sep 12	CIN		CHC	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
139	144	Sep 13	CIN		CHC	W,9-2	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
140	145	Sep 14 (1)	CIN		SFG	W,4-3	GS	30	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
141	146	Sep 14 (2)	CIN		SFG	L,4-6	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
							142gm		1235.1	396	354	16	766	91