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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CLE	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
2	2	Apr 14	CLE	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
3	3	Apr 15	CLE	@	WSA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
4	4	Apr 16	CLE	@	WSA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
5	5	Apr 19	CLE		DET	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
6	6	Apr 20	CLE		DET	L,4-11	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
7	7	Apr 21	CLE	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
8	8	Apr 22	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
9	9	Apr 23	CLE	@	KCA	W,10-8	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
10	10	Apr 24	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
11	11	Apr 25	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
12	12	Apr 26	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-3	GS	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
13	13	Apr 27	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
14	14	Apr 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
15	15	Apr 30 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
16	16	Apr 30 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 2	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
18	18	May 3	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
19	19	May 5	CLE		WSA	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
20	20	May 7 (1)	CLE		WSA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
21	21	May 7 (2)	CLE		WSA	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
22	22	May 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
23	23	May 10	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	43	11.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
24	24	May 12	CLE		BAL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
25	25	May 13	CLE		BAL	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
26	26	May 14 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,1-0	CG	56	15.0	6	6	0	12	0	2B
27	27	May 14 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
28	28	May 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,13-2	GS	31	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
29	29	May 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	43	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
30	30	May 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
31	31	May 19	CLE		NYY	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
32	32	May 20	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
33	33	May 21 (1)	CLE	@	MIN	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
34	34	May 21 (2)	CLE	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
35	35	May 22	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-5	CG	63	15.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
36	36	May 23	CLE	@	LAA	L,0-9	GS	30	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
37	37	May 24	CLE	@	LAA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
38	38	May 25	CLE	@	LAA	W,13-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	2B
39	39	May 27	CLE		KCA	L,5-7	CG	53	12.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
40	40	May 28 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,9-1	GS	20	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	44 (3)	Jun 2	CLE		LAA	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	2B
42	45	Jun 3	CLE		LAA	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
43	46	Jun 4 (1)	CLE		LAA	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	2	2	0	2B
44	47	Jun 4 (2)	CLE		LAA	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
45	48	Jun 5	CLE	@	WSA	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
46	49	Jun 6	CLE	@	WSA	W,14-3	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
47	50	Jun 7	CLE	@	WSA	W,11-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
48	51	Jun 8 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
49	52	Jun 8 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	2	2B
50	53	Jun 9	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	1	8	3	2B
51	54	Jun 10	CLE	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
52	55	Jun 11 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
53	56	Jun 11 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
54	57	Jun 12	CLE		KCA	L,5-7	GS	40	8.2	2	3	0	5	0	2B
55	58	Jun 13	CLE		NYY	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
56	59	Jun 14	CLE		NYY	L,5-11	CG	47	9.0	3	5	1	9	2	2B
57	60	Jun 15	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	45	11.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
58	61	Jun 16	CLE		BAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
59	62	Jun 17	CLE		BAL	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	2B
60	63	Jun 18 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
61	64	Jun 18 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,5-8	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
62	65	Jun 20	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
63	66	Jun 21 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-15	GS	37	6.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
64	67	Jun 21 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-11	CG	44	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
65	68	Jun 23	CLE		DET	L,7-15	CG	49	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
66	69	Jun 24	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	78 (8)	Jul 2	CLE	@	BOS	W,12-6	GS	35	7.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
68	79	Jul 3	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
69	80	Jul 4	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
70	81	Jul 5	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
71	82	Jul 6	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
72	83	Jul 7	CLE		CHW	W,9-0	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
73	84	Jul 8	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
74	85	Jul 9 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,5-7	GS	28	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
75	87 (1)	Jul 13	CLE		MIN	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
76	88	Jul 14	CLE		LAA	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
77	89	Jul 15	CLE		LAA	L,5-6	CG	58	12.0	4	2	1	7	1	2B
78	90	Jul 16 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
79	91	Jul 16 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,5-12	CG	48	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
80	92	Jul 18	CLE		BOS	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
81	93	Jul 19 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
82	94	Jul 19 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	2B
83	95	Jul 20	CLE		BOS	W,12-11	CG	50	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
84	96	Jul 21	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	6	2	1	9	2	2B
85	100 (3)	Jul 26	CLE	@	KCA	W,12-5	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
86	101	Jul 27	CLE	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
87	102	Jul 28	CLE	@	LAA	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	2B
88	103	Jul 29	CLE	@	LAA	W,8-3	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
89	104	Jul 30	CLE	@	LAA	L,6-8	GS	31	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	105	Aug 2 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
91	106	Aug 2 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	1	6	1	8	2	2B
92	107	Aug 3	CLE		CHW	L,6-8	CG	48	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
93	108	Aug 4	CLE	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
94	109	Aug 5	CLE	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
95	110	Aug 6 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
96	112 (1)	Aug 8	CLE		WSA	W,6-5	CG	40	10.0	4	5	1	10	1	2B
97	113	Aug 9	CLE		WSA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
98	114	Aug 11	CLE		LAA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
99	115	Aug 12	CLE		LAA	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
100	116	Aug 13	CLE		LAA	L,7-8	GS	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
101	117	Aug 15	CLE		BOS	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
102	118	Aug 16	CLE		BOS	W,6-4	GS	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
103	124 (5)	Aug 22	CLE		DET	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
104	125	Aug 23	CLE		DET	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
105	126	Aug 24	CLE		DET	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
106	127	Aug 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
107	128	Aug 26	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-10	CG	38	8.0	6	3	0	9	3	2B
108	129	Aug 27 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-10	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
109	131 (1)	Aug 29	CLE	@	WSA	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	2B
110	132	Aug 30	CLE	@	WSA	W,9-0	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
111	133	Aug 31	CLE	@	WSA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	134	Sep 1	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
113	135	Sep 2 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
114	136	Sep 2 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
115	137	Sep 3	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	42	10.1	4	3	0	7	1	2B
116	138	Sep 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
117	139	Sep 5	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	2B
118	140	Sep 6	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	4	4	2	10	1	2B
119	141	Sep 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
120	142	Sep 8	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	4	6	0	10	3	2B
121	143	Sep 9	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	43	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	2B
122	144	Sep 10 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
123	146 (1)	Sep 13	CLE		BAL	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
124	147	Sep 15	CLE		MIN	L,2-3	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
125	148	Sep 16	CLE		MIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
126	157 (8)	Sep 27	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-10	CG	44	8.0	2	4	1	7	0	2B
127	158	Sep 28	CLE	@	MIN	W,12-5	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
128	159	Sep 29	CLE	@	LAA	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
							129gm		1111.1	239	317	18	574	79