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Johnny Temple

John Ellis Temple

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 8, 1927 in Lexington, NC
School: Catawba College (Salisbury, NC)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1952 (Age 24)   vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Redlegs/Indians/Colt.45's/Reds/Orioles 1952-1964

Final Game: July 14, 1964 (Age 36)   vs. HOU 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Died: January 9, 1994 in White Rock, SC
Cremated
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Career Home Runs

For all seasons after 1973, the play-by-play data is complete (summary of missing data for pre-1974). For some games from 1954 to 1973, we do not have complete play-by-play.

Johnny Temple: 22 Career Home Runs

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 8 go ahead

4 Tms
CIN	15
CLE	5
HOU	1
BAL	1

vs LHP	14
vs RHP	8

Away	14
Home	8

Leverage
High Lev	4
Medium Lev	9
Low Lev	9

11 Opps
NYG/SFG	6
STL	3
PIT	2
LAD/BRO	2
NYY	2
DET	2
NYM	1
MLN	1
PHI	1
KCA	1
BAL	1

19 Pitchers
Vinegar Bend Mizell	2
Whitey Ford	2
Johnny Antonelli	2
Carl Willey	1
Seth Morehead	1
Sam Jones	1
Dick Littlefield	1
Chuck Templeton	1
Warren Spahn	1
Paul LaPalme	1
Stu Miller	1
Don Mossi	1
Jim Umbricht	1
Jim Hearn	1
Bud Daley	1
Stan Williams	1
Dean Stone	1
Phil Regan	1
Gordon Jones	1

11 Parks
Crosley Fld	6
Seals Stad	3
Polo Grounds	3
ClevelandStd	2
Yankee Stad	2
Shibe Pk	1
Memor. Stad	1
LA Coliseum	1
Ebbets Fld	1
Tiger Stad	1
Forbes Fld	1

Where Hit
7	18
Unk	2
8	1
78	1
General field locations when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	22
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.

OrderPos
1st	20
7th	1
2nd	1

Outs
2	8
1	7
0	7

DefPos
2B	21
RP	1

Bases
---	12
12-	3
123	2
--3	2
1--	2
-23	1

40 RBI
RISP	8
0 on	12
1 on	4
2 on	4
3 on	2
Any on	10

Inning
1	1
2	1
3	7
4	3
5	4
6	3
9	2
Extra	1

1-3	9
4-6	10
7-end	3

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	3
+2	3
Tied	6
-1	2
-2	2
-3	3
-4..	1

Ahead	8
Tied	6
Behind	8
Before event, for batter

Play By Play

· WE and WPA Explanation

1952 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1952-09-12 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	Jim Hearn	behind 1-3	t 2	2	123	4	1	4	0.358	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); Adcock Scores; McMillan Scores; Rossi Scores
1953 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1953-06-06	CIN	@	PIT	Paul LaPalme	ahead 13-7	t 9	2	--3	2	7	0	0.002	100%		Home Run; Marshall Scores
1956 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1956-05-19	CIN	@	BRO	Chuck Templeton	ahead 6-1	t 5	2	12-	3	1	4	0.051	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); McMillan Scores; Klippstein Scores
4	4	2	1	1956-06-17 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	Dick Littlefield	ahead 5-2	t 4	1	---	1	1	4	0.065	88%		Home Run
1958 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1958-04-29	CIN		STL	Vinegar Bend Mizell	behind 1-2	b 3	1	---	1	1	4	0.120	53%		Home Run
6	6	2	1	1958-06-01 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	Seth Morehead	ahead 6-3	t 6	1	123	4	1	4	0.074	99%		Home Run; Bailey Scores/unER; Bell Scores; Acker Scores
7	7	3	1	1958-08-20	CIN	@	SFG	Stu Miller	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	---	1	1	4	0.094	83%		Home Run
1959 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1959-04-25	CIN		MLN	Warren Spahn	behind 0-3	b 3	0	12-	3	1	4	0.219	56%		Home Run (Deep LF); Dotterer Scores; Acker Scores/unER
9	9	2	1	1959-05-18	CIN	@	LAD	Stan Williams	behind 2-5	t 5	0	---	1	1	4	0.085	25%		Home Run (Line Drive)
10	10	3	1	1959-06-05	CIN		SFG	Johnny Antonelli	tied 1-1	b 6	0	---	1	1	4	0.166	74%		Home Run
11	11	4	1	1959-06-17	CIN	@	SFG	Sam Jones	behind 4-7	t 9	2	---	1	1	4	0.008	1%		Home Run
12	12	5	1	1959-07-27	CIN		STL	Vinegar Bend Mizell	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	-23	3	1	4	0.097	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); Dotterer Scores; Kasko Scores
13	13	6	1	1959-08-22	CIN		STL	Dean Stone	ahead 5-2	b 6	1	12-	3	1	4	0.061	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); Kasko Scores; Hook Scores
14	14	7	1	1959-09-14	CIN	@	SFG	Johnny Antonelli	tied 0-0	t 3	2	---	1	1	4	0.123	58%		Home Run
15	15	8	1	1959-09-26	CIN		PIT	Jim Umbricht	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	4	0.098	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
1960 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1960-06-11	CLE	@	NYY	Whitey Ford	behind 0-1	t 3	1	1--	2	1	4	0.215	60%		Home Run (Deep LF); Grant Scores
17	17	2	1	1960-06-28	CLE	@	BAL	Gordon Jones	tied 2-2	t 11	0	---	1	1	4	0.341	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1961 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1961-05-27	CLE		KCA	Bud Daley	behind 2-4	b 4	2	1--	2	1	4	0.242	51%		Home Run (Deep LF); Phillips Scores
19	19	2	1	1961-08-05	CLE	@	DET	Phil Regan	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	1	1	4	0.114	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	3	1	1961-08-23	CLE		DET	Don Mossi	tied 1-1	b 5	2	--3	2	1	4	0.240	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); Power Scores
1962 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1962-04-10	BAL	@	NYY	Whitey Ford	ahead 2-0	t 3	0	---	1	1	4	0.084	80%		Home Run
1963 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1963-07-15 (1)	HOU	@	NYM	Carl Willey	behind 2-6	t 3	0	---	1	2	4	0.062	18%		Home Run

About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia

Much of the data on Baseball-Reference.com's Home Run Logs comes from the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Log, a database of all homers hit in the major leagues since 1876. This project was begun in the 1940's by John C. Tattersall and was continued after Tattersall's death in 1981 by Bob McConnell, one of SABR's original 16 members. David Vincent, another SABR member, has since assumed the leadership of the project. Baseball-Reference.com has licensed this remarkable database from the Society for American Baseball Research. All credit for the data therein goes to the intrepid researchers who digitized this data from archival sources.

For years from 1916 to 2013, RetroSheet play-by-play data has been used whenever the home run occurred in a game for which we have complete play-by-play data.

There are a handful of cases where the home run logs totals do not agree with the totals on our player pages. We are working to reconcile all of those differences, but believe that in all cases the Home Run Encyclopedia is correct.

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