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.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 11	HOU		SFG	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
2	6 (2)	Apr 14	HOU		LAD	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
3	7	Apr 16	HOU	@	SFG	L,0-7	GS	27	5.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
4	8	Apr 17	HOU	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	48	13.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
5	9	Apr 18	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
6	10	Apr 19	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG	27	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
7	11	Apr 20	HOU	@	LAD	W,9-6	GS	23	6.0	2	5	1	8	1	2B
8	12	Apr 21 (1)	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-11	GS	29	5.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
9	13	Apr 21 (2)	HOU	@	LAD	L,5-6	GS	35	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	2B
10	14	Apr 22	HOU		STL	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
11	15	Apr 23	HOU		STL	L,0-15	GS	33	6.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
12	16	Apr 24	HOU		MLN	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
13	17	Apr 25	HOU		MLN	W,7-5	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 2B
14	18	Apr 26	HOU		CIN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
15	19	Apr 27	HOU		CIN	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
16	20	Apr 28	HOU		CIN	W,3-2	GS	17	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	21	May 2	HOU	@	NYM	L,3-10	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
18	22	May 3	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	2B
19	23	May 4	HOU	@	PHI	L,0-7	GS	33	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
20	24	May 5 (1)	HOU	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
21	26 (1)	May 7	HOU	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS	31	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
22	27	May 8	HOU	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
23	28	May 9	HOU	@	CIN	L,3-13	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
24	29	May 10	HOU		CHC	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
25	30	May 11 (1)	HOU		CHC	W,5-3	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
26	32 (1)	May 12	HOU		CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	10.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
27	33	May 13	HOU		NYM	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
28	34	May 14	HOU		NYM	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
29	35	May 15	HOU		NYM	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
30	36	May 16	HOU		PHI	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
31	37	May 17	HOU		PHI	W,4-1	GS	28	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
32	38	May 18	HOU		PHI	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
33	39	May 19	HOU		PIT	L,0-5	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
34	40	May 20	HOU		PIT	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
35	41	May 21	HOU		PIT	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
36	42	May 22	HOU		PIT	L,3-4	GS	30	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
37	43	May 24	HOU	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	58	12.0	5	1	1	7	0	2B
38	45 (1)	May 26	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
39	46	May 28	HOU	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	46	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	2B
40	47	May 29	HOU	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.1	2	2	0	4	0	3B
41	48	May 30	HOU	@	STL	L,5-9	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
42	49	May 31	HOU	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	50	Jun 1	HOU	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	29	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
44	51	Jun 2	HOU	@	MLN	W,3-1	CG	65	17.0	0	8	1	9	0	3B
45	52	Jun 3	HOU		LAD	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
46	53	Jun 4	HOU		LAD	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
47	54	Jun 5	HOU		LAD	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
48	64 (9)	Jun 16 (1)	HOU	@	SFG	W,3-0	GS	23	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
49	65	Jun 16 (2)	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
50	67 (1)	Jun 19	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
51	68	Jun 20	HOU	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
52	69	Jun 21	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
53	70	Jun 22	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
54	71	Jun 23 (1)	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
55	72	Jun 23 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-8	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	PH 3B
56	73	Jun 24	HOU	@	MLN	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
57	74	Jun 25	HOU	@	MLN	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
58	75	Jun 26	HOU	@	MLN	W,7-2	CG	53	13.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
59	76	Jun 28	HOU		STL	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
60	77	Jun 29	HOU		STL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
61	78	Jun 30	HOU		STL	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	79	Jul 1	HOU		STL	W,4-3	CG	48	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
63	80	Jul 2	HOU		CIN	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
64	81	Jul 3	HOU		CIN	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
65	82	Jul 4 (1)	HOU		CIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
66	83	Jul 4 (2)	HOU		CIN	W,6-2	GS	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B 3B
67	84	Jul 5	HOU		MLN	W,4-2	GS	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
68	85	Jul 6 (1)	HOU		MLN	L,1-7	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
69	86	Jul 6 (2)	HOU		MLN	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
70	87	Jul 7	HOU		MLN	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
71	90 (2)	Jul 12	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
72	92 (1)	Jul 14	HOU	@	NYM	W,8-3	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
73	93	Jul 15 (1)	HOU	@	NYM	L,5-14	CG	48	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
74	95 (1)	Jul 16	HOU	@	NYM	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
75	98 (2)	Jul 19	HOU	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
76	99	Jul 20	HOU	@	STL	L,1-8	GS	37	7.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
77	100	Jul 21	HOU	@	STL	L,4-9	GS	28	5.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
78	101	Jul 23	HOU		PHI	W,6-5	GF	35	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	PH 2B
79	105 (3)	Jul 27	HOU		NYM	W,1-0		13	4.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
80	106	Jul 28	HOU		NYM	W,8-2	GS	28	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
81	107	Jul 30	HOU		PIT	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
82	108	Jul 31	HOU		PIT	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	110 (1)	Aug 3	HOU		LAD	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	2B
84	111	Aug 4	HOU		LAD	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
85	112	Aug 5	HOU		SFG	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
86	113	Aug 6	HOU		SFG	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	2B
87	114	Aug 7	HOU		SFG	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
88	115	Aug 9 (1)	HOU	@	PIT	W,7-6	GS	27	6.1	1	3	2	6	0	2B
							90gm		712.2	146	188	16	350	19