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.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	BAL	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
2	2	Apr 14	BAL		BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
3	3	Apr 15 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	5	3	0	8	3	2B
4	5 (1)	Apr 17	BAL		NYY	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
5	6	Apr 18	BAL		NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
6	7	Apr 19	BAL		NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
7	8	Apr 20	BAL	@	WSA	W,5-4	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
8	9	Apr 21	BAL	@	WSA	W,3-0	GS	26	6.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
9	11 (1)	Apr 24	BAL		MIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	5	6	0	11	2	2B
10	12	Apr 25	BAL		MIN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	2B
11	13	Apr 26	BAL		MIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
12	14	Apr 27	BAL	@	KCA	L,5-14	GS	34	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
13	15	Apr 28	BAL	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
14	16	Apr 29	BAL	@	KCA	W,8-3	GS	29	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	17	May 1	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-8	GS	27	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
16	18	May 2	BAL	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
17	19	May 3	BAL	@	MIN	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
18	20	May 4	BAL	@	LAA	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
19	21	May 5	BAL	@	LAA	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
20	22	May 6	BAL	@	LAA	L,7-15	GS	36	5.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
21	23	May 9	BAL		KCA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
22	24	May 10	BAL		KCA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
23	25	May 11	BAL		WSA	L,1-12	GS	39	7.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
24	26	May 12	BAL		WSA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
25	27	May 13	BAL		WSA	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
26	28	May 15	BAL		LAA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
27	29	May 16	BAL		LAA	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
28	30	May 17	BAL		LAA	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
29	31	May 18	BAL	@	CHW	W,7-4	GS	39	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
30	33 (1)	May 20 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
31	42 (8)	May 29	BAL	@	DET	L,4-12	CG	42	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
32	43	May 30 (1)	BAL		CLE	L,0-7	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
33	44	May 30 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
34	45	May 31	BAL		CLE	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	46	Jun 1	BAL		CHW	L,2-3	CG	44	11.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
36	47	Jun 2 (1)	BAL		CHW	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
37	48	Jun 2 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,11-4	CG	36	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	2B
38	49	Jun 3	BAL		CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
39	50	Jun 5	BAL		WSA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
40	51	Jun 6	BAL		WSA	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
41	52	Jun 7	BAL		WSA	W,12-5	GS	17	3.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
42	53	Jun 8	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
43	54	Jun 9	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
44	55	Jun 10 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
45	56	Jun 10 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
46	57	Jun 11	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
47	58	Jun 12	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
48	59	Jun 13	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
49	66 (6)	Jun 22 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,1-2	CG	39	10.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
50	68 (1)	Jun 23	BAL		BOS	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
51	69	Jun 24 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
52	71 (1)	Jun 26	BAL		CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	7	3	0	10	3	2B
53	72	Jun 27	BAL		CHW	W,3-1	GS	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
54	73	Jun 28	BAL		CHW	W,6-0	GS	26	6.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
55	74	Jun 29	BAL		DET	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
56	76 (1)	Jun 30 (2)	BAL		DET	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	77	Jul 1	BAL		DET	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
58	78	Jul 2	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
59	79	Jul 4 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
60	80	Jul 4 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
61	81	Jul 5	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
62	82	Jul 6	BAL	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	22	4.2	2	0	0	2	0	2B
63	95 (12)	Jul 21	BAL	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
64	98 (2)	Jul 24 (1)	BAL	@	LAA	W,3-2	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
65	99	Jul 24 (2)	BAL	@	LAA	L,5-8	CG	43	8.0	4	3	1	8	1	2B
66	100	Jul 25	BAL	@	LAA	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
67	101	Jul 27	BAL		KCA	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
68	102	Jul 28 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	4	7	0	11	2	2B
69	103	Jul 28 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
70	104	Jul 29	BAL		KCA	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
71	105	Jul 31	BAL		MIN	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Baltimore Orioles to Houston Colt .45s
72	124	Aug 20	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-7	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
73	125	Aug 21 (1)	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
74	128 (2)	Aug 23	HOU	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
75	129	Aug 24	HOU	@	CIN	L,2-4	GS	28	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
76	130	Aug 25	HOU	@	CIN	L,6-7	GS	29	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
77	132 (1)	Aug 26 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	W,6-4	GS	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
78	133	Aug 28	HOU	@	STL	W,4-2	GS	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
79	134	Aug 29	HOU	@	STL	W,3-2	GS	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	135	Sep 1	HOU	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
81	136	Sep 2	HOU	@	CHC	W,3-1	GS	34	8.0	3	4	1	8	1	2B
82	137	Sep 3 (1)	HOU		PHI	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	1	4	1	6	2	2B
83	138	Sep 3 (2)	HOU		PHI	L,3-5	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
84	139	Sep 4	HOU		PHI	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	2	5	0	2B
85	140	Sep 5	HOU		PIT	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
86	141	Sep 6	HOU		PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
87	142	Sep 7	HOU		NYM	W,4-2	GS	27	7.0	5	1	1	7	0	2B
88	143	Sep 8 (1)	HOU		NYM	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
89	145 (1)	Sep 9	HOU		NYM	T,7-7	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
90	146	Sep 12	HOU		LAD	L,0-1	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
91	147	Sep 14	HOU	@	MLN	L,1-3	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B 3B
92	148	Sep 15	HOU	@	MLN	L,8-9	CG	44	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	2B
93	158 (9)	Sep 26	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-13	CG	46	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
94	159	Sep 27	HOU	@	LAD	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	2B
95	160	Sep 29 (1)	HOU	@	SFG	L,5-11	GS	27	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
96	161	Sep 29 (2)	HOU	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
97	162	Sep 30	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
							98gm		788.1	178	228	12	418	47