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.

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	CLE		DET	L,2-4	CG	59	15.0	5	3	1	9	4	2B
2	2	Apr 20	CLE		DET	L,4-6	CG	36	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
3	3	Apr 22	CLE	@	KCA	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
4	4	Apr 23	CLE	@	KCA	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	5	3	0	8	1	2B
5	5	Apr 24	CLE	@	KCA	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
6	6	Apr 26	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	51	12.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
7	7	Apr 28	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
8	8	Apr 29	CLE		KCA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
9	9	Apr 30	CLE		KCA	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	2	1	7	2	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 1 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
11	11	May 1 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
12	12	May 2	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
13	13	May 3	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	44	8.1	0	2	1	3	1	2B
14	14	May 4	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
15	15	May 5	CLE	@	BAL	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	2B
16	16	May 6	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
17	17	May 7	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
18	18	May 10	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	39	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
19	19	May 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
20	20	May 13	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
21	21	May 14	CLE		CHW	W,10-9	CG	47	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
22	22	May 15 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
23	23	May 15 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-3	CG	38	10.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
24	24	May 17	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
25	25	May 18	CLE		NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
26	26	May 20	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
27	27	May 21	CLE		BOS	W,6-1	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	47 (19)	Jun 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-6	GS	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B 3B
29	48	Jun 14	CLE		BAL	L,4-7	GS	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
30	49	Jun 15 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,10-2	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
31	51 (1)	Jun 16	CLE		BAL	L,2-3	GS	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
32	55 (3)	Jun 19 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
33	56	Jun 21	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
34	57	Jun 22	CLE		WSH	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
35	58	Jun 23	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
36	59	Jun 24	CLE		NYY	L,6-10	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
37	60	Jun 25	CLE		NYY	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
38	61	Jun 26 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
39	62	Jun 26 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	CG	45	11.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
40	63	Jun 28	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	46	11.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
41	64	Jun 29	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
42	65	Jun 30	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	66	Jul 2	CLE	@	WSH	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
44	67	Jul 3 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
45	68	Jul 3 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
46	69	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	2B
47	70	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
48	71	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	L,5-7	GS	29	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
49	72	Jul 7	CLE		CHW	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
50	73	Jul 8	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
51	74	Jul 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
52	75	Jul 10 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
53	76	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
54	77	Jul 15	CLE		WSH	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
55	78	Jul 16	CLE		WSH	W,9-4	CG	44	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	2B
56	79	Jul 17 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
57	80	Jul 17 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
58	81	Jul 18	CLE		NYY	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	2B
59	82	Jul 19	CLE		NYY	L,11-13	CG	47	9.0	2	4	1	7	2	2B
60	83	Jul 20	CLE		NYY	W,8-6	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
61	84	Jul 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B
62	85	Jul 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	3B 2B
63	86	Jul 24 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
64	87	Jul 24 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
65	88	Jul 26	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
66	89	Jul 28 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
67	90	Jul 28 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-9	GS	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
68	91	Jul 29	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
69	92	Jul 30	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	3B
70	93	Jul 31	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	94	Aug 1	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B
72	95	Aug 2	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-9	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
73	96	Aug 3	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
74	97	Aug 5	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
75	98	Aug 6	CLE		BAL	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	2B
76	99	Aug 7 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,6-8	GS	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
77	101 (1)	Aug 9	CLE		BOS	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
78	102	Aug 10	CLE		BOS	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
79	103	Aug 11	CLE		BOS	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
80	104	Aug 12	CLE		DET	L,4-6	CG	44	10.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
81	105	Aug 13	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
82	106	Aug 14 (1)	CLE		DET	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
83	108 (1)	Aug 16	CLE		KCA	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
84	109	Aug 17	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
85	110	Aug 18	CLE		CHW	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
86	111	Aug 19	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
87	112	Aug 20	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
88	113	Aug 21 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
89	114	Aug 21 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
90	121 (6)	Aug 27 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
91	122	Aug 28	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
92	123	Aug 29	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
							94gm		805.1	182	191	10	383	58