Johnny Temple
John Ellis Temple
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 8, 1927 in Lexington, NC
School: Catawba College
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1952
Final Game: July 14, 1964
Died: January 9, 1994 in Anderson, SC
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1952 CIN NL 24 2B 22 122 63 57 2 18 .984 5.45 .975 4.96
1953 CIN NL 25 2B 44 167 71 90 6 20 .964 3.66 .972 4.83
1954 CIN NL 26 2B 144 140 1239.2 824 428 374 22 117 .973 -4.4 -4.3 -6.4 -1.3 -5.1 2 5.82 5.57 .976 5.57 5.31
1955 CIN NL 27 2B 149 149 1287.0 842 408 410 24 119 .971 5.8 5.4 3.8 -4.8 8.6 2 5.72 5.49 .974 5.48 5.00
1955 CIN NL 27 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.60
1956 CIN NL 28 2B 154 152 1344.2 837 389 432 16 89 .981 3.7 3.3 5.7 2.7 3.0 -2 5.50 5.33 .980 5.33 4.66 AS
1956 CIN NL 28 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00 AS
1956 CIN NL 28 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80 AS
1957 CIN NL 29 2B 145 141 1269.2 783 391 372 20 81 .974 -11.7 -11.1 -10.7 -10.8 0.1 -1 5.41 5.26 .977 5.37 4.97 AS
1958 CIN NL 30 2B 141 139 1233.2 764 395 353 16 90 .979 -5.1 -5.0 -6.1 0.4 -6.5 1 5.46 5.30 .975 5.33 4.76 MVP-14
1958 CIN NL 30 1B 1 0 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 27.00 2.00 1.000 9.45 8.10 MVP-14
1959 CIN NL 31 2B 149 149 1302.0 731 322 390 19 96 .974 -9.7 -8.9 -9.7 -9.5 -0.2 0 4.92 4.78 .976 5.27 4.78 AS,MVP-16
1960 CLE AL 32 2B 77 76 678.2 342 169 164 9 55 .974 -6.2 -11.0 -7.2 -1.3 -6.0 1 4.42 4.32 .979 5.46 4.66
1960 CLE AL 32 3B 17 16 126.2 41 13 27 1 3 .976 1.7 16.1 1.7 2.0 -0.3 0 2.84 2.35 .951 3.14 2.72
1961 CLE AL 33 2B 129 129 1111.1 574 239 317 18 79 .969 -7.3 -7.9 -6.3 -5.5 -0.8 -1 4.50 4.31 .978 5.24 4.72 AS
1962 TOT MLB 34 2B 97 95 783.4 418 178 228 12 47 .971 -0.2 -0.3 -0.2 -3.9 3.7 0 4.66 4.19 .979 5.26 4.82
1962 BAL AL 34 2B 71 71 593.2 316 141 169 6 41 .981 -0.3 -0.6 -0.3 -2.4 2.1 0 4.70 4.37 .980 5.25 4.87
1962 HOU NL 34 2B 26 24 189.2 102 37 59 6 6 .941 0.1 0.6 0.1 -1.5 1.6 0 4.56 3.69 .975 5.30 4.68
1962 HOU NL 34 3B 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -48.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.88 2.60
1963 HOU NL 35 2B 61 57 463.1 269 119 142 8 18 .970 -11.7 -30.3 -9.7 -8.2 -1.5 -2 5.07 4.28 .974 5.21 4.59
1963 HOU NL 35 3B 29 27 249.1 81 27 46 8 1 .901 -0.9 -4.3 -0.9 1.6 -2.5 0 2.64 2.52 .943 2.93 2.54
12 Seasons 2B 1312 1227 10713.1 6673 3172 3329 172 829 .974 -46.8 -5.2 -46.8 -42.2 -4.7 0 5.46 4.96 .977 5.36 4.85
3 Seasons 3B 47 43 381.0 122 40 73 9 4 .926 0.6 1.9 0.6 3.4 -2.8 0 2.67 2.40 .946 3.00 2.61
1 Season 1B 1 0 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 27.00 2.00 1.000 9.45 8.10
1 Season OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
1 Season RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1 Season SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.60
13 Seasons TOT 1362 1270 11097.0 6797 3213 3403 181 834 .973 -46.3 -5.0 -46.3 -38.8 -7.6 0 5.37 4.86 .949 5.28 4.78
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1952 CIN NL 24 30 30 30 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CIN NL 25 63 63 63 0 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CIN NL 26 146 140 146 146 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1955 CIN NL 27 150 149 150 150 0 0 0 149 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
1956 CIN NL 28 154 152 154 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
1957 CIN NL 29 145 141 145 145 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1958 CIN NL 30 141 139 141 141 0 0 1 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1959 CIN NL 31 149 149 149 149 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CLE AL 32 98 92 98 98 0 0 0 77 17 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1961 CLE AL 33 129 129 129 129 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 BAL AL 34 78 71 78 78 0 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1962 HOU NL 34 31 24 31 31 0 0 0 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1963 HOU NL 35 100 84 100 100 0 0 0 61 29 0 0 0 0 0 13 1
1964 CIN NL 36 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
13 Seasons 1420 1270 1420 1420 0 0 1 1312 47 1 0 0 1 1 41 10
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 CIN NL 26 5516 62% 82% 24% 512 91% 1 424 172 190 63 375 318 49 1 3 23 1 22 0 17 120 42 29 29 7 112 36 72 8 2 6
1955 CIN NL 27 5584 65% 83% 28% 548 92% 1 398 167 169 62 420 347 64 3 7 22 1 17 4 19 123 52 21 32 2 110 34 76 8 5 3
1956 CIN NL 28 5856 62% 81% 26% 584 94% 1 392 170 146 76 437 355 74 0 3 16 1 14 1 12 95 31 12 30 6 83 39 43 9 4 5
1957 CIN NL 29 5604 61% 81% 25% 518 93% 3 383 168 139 76 373 302 56 2 8 20 1 16 3 12 84 24 16 19 5 69 25 40 13 8 5
1958 CIN NL 30 5317 64% 81% 26% 480 93% 4 386 160 158 69 353 281 55 2 8 16 5 11 0 11 96 31 16 31 2 86 35 49 9 4 3
1959 CIN NL 31 5758 57% 80% 25% 490 91% 1 322 116 155 51 392 309 71 1 6 19 1 15 3 14 96 33 15 32 5 86 37 48 7 1 5
1960 CLE AL 32 3006 64% 76% 23% 224 87% 0 167 66 80 21 164 135 23 1 0 9 0 6 3 7 53 18 10 13 2 46 15 29 5 4 1
1961 CLE AL 33 4951 60% 78% 23% 385 90% 1 243 82 115 47 317 247 59 2 2 18 1 14 3 13 80 31 11 25 0 69 26 43 10 6 3
1962 BAL AL 34 2639 59% 76% 23% 203 93% 1 140 48 64 29 168 134 28 0 4 6 1 5 0 5 41 14 9 13 2 38 15 23 3 2 1
1962 HOU NL 34 854 55% 74% 27% 79 90% 0 35 17 14 4 57 48 8 0 0 6 0 5 1 3 9 2 0 4 1 7 5 2 2 1 1
1963 HOU NL 35 2097 53% 78% 27% 186 90% 1 113 40 39 34 140 109 24 1 3 8 0 8 0 6 18 6 2 8 1 17 9 8 0 0 0
10 Seasons 47182 61% 80% 25% 4209 92% 14 3003 1206 1269 532 3196 2585 511 13 44 163 12 133 18 119 815 284 141 236 33 723 276 433 74 37 33
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1960 CLE AL 32 559 60% 77% 24% 41 90% 0 13 12 1 0 25 16 8 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 2 0%
1962 HOU NL 34 18 67% 94% 39% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 HOU NL 35 1039 50% 79% 28% 75 89% 0 26 21 1 4 49 42 5 0 0 8 0 7 1 8 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1616 54% 79% 27% 116 90% 0 39 33 2 4 74 58 13 0 0 9 0 8 1 9 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 2 0%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 89% 60%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1955 CIN NL 27 3 33% 100% 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 3 33% 100% 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1956 CIN NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50% 75% 25% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50% 75% 25% 0
MLB Averages 42.6% 3.1% 62% 78% 28% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1958 CIN NL 30 1 100% 100% 0% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1 Season 1 100% 100% 0% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 94% 85%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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