You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Encyclopedia of Players > T Listing > Johnny Temple Statistics and History

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
    About biographical information

Standard Batting

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1952 24 CIN NL 30 102 97 8 19 3 0 1 5 2 1 5 1 .196 .235 .258 .493 37 25 3 0 0 4
1953 25 CIN NL 63 120 110 14 29 4 0 1 9 1 0 7 12 .264 .314 .327 .641 67 36 0 1 2 4
1954 26 CIN NL 146 576 505 60 155 14 8 0 44 21 7 62 24 .307 .384 .366 .751 96 185 7 2 6 1 *4
1955 27 CIN NL 150 684 588 94 165 20 3 0 50 19 4 80 32 .281 .365 .325 .690 82 191 6 1 10 5 0 *4/6
1956 28 CIN NL 154 712 632 88 180 18 3 2 41 14 4 58 40 .285 .344 .332 .676 79 210 12 1 17 4 0 *4/9 AS
1957 29 CIN NL 145 677 557 85 158 24 4 0 37 19 5 94 34 .284 .387 .341 .728 94 190 4 4 16 6 0 *4 AS
1958 30 CIN NL 141 652 542 82 166 31 6 3 47 15 8 91 41 .306 .405 .402 .807 110 218 8 0 17 2 0 *4/3 MVP-14
1959 31 CIN NL 149 696 598 102 186 35 6 8 67 14 3 72 40 .311 .380 .430 .809 112 257 11 2 11 13 2 *4 AS,MVP-16
1960 32 CLE AL 98 425 381 50 102 13 1 2 19 11 5 32 20 .268 .326 .323 .649 79 123 8 1 11 0 0 45
1961 33 CLE AL 129 588 518 73 143 22 3 3 30 9 5 61 36 .276 .351 .347 .699 91 180 12 0 7 2 1 *4 AS
1962 34 TOT MLB 109 422 365 42 96 12 1 1 29 8 4 43 33 .263 .341 .310 .651 82 113 5 1 12 1 0 4/5
1962 34 BAL AL 78 315 270 28 71 8 1 1 17 7 4 36 22 .263 .352 .311 .663 86 84 3 1 8 0 0 4
1962 34 HOU NL 31 107 95 14 25 4 0 0 12 1 0 7 11 .263 .311 .305 .616 72 29 2 0 4 1 0 4/5
1963 35 HOU NL 100 376 322 22 85 12 1 1 17 7 2 41 24 .264 .347 .317 .664 98 102 3 0 13 0 1 45
1964 36 CIN NL 6 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .400 .000 .400 23 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Seasons 1420 6035 5218 720 1484 208 36 22 395 140 48 648 338 .284 .363 .351 .713 91 1830 79 13 122 34 5
162 Game Avg. 162 689 595 82 169 24 4 3 45 16 5 74 39 .284 .363 .351 .713 91 209 9 1 14
CIN (9 yrs) 984 4224 3632 533 1058 149 30 15 300 105 32 471 225 .291 .372 .361 .733 93 1312 51 11 79 31 3
CLE (2 yrs) 227 1013 899 123 245 35 4 5 49 20 10 93 56 .273 .341 .337 .678 86 303 20 1 18 2 1
HOU (2 yrs) 131 483 417 36 110 16 1 1 29 8 2 48 35 .264 .339 .314 .653 92 131 5 0 17 1 1
BAL (1 yr) 78 315 270 28 71 8 1 1 17 7 4 36 22 .263 .352 .311 .663 86 84 3 1 8 0 0
NL (11 yrs) 1115 4707 4049 569 1168 165 31 16 329 113 34 519 260 .288 .368 .356 .725 93 1443 56 11 96 32 4
AL (3 yrs) 305 1328 1169 151 316 43 5 6 66 27 14 129 78 .270 .343 .331 .674 86 387 23 2 26 2 1

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Hide Partial Seasons
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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1956 (2B)
1957 (2B)
1959-1 (2B)
1959-2 (2B)
1961-1 (2B)
1961-2 (2B)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1958-NL-14-8%
1959-NL-16-2%
0.10 Career Shares (893rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1958 NL--.306--9th
1959 NL--.311--7th

On-Base% s c a p y
1954 NL--.384--10th
1957 NL--.387--5th
1958 NL--.405--4th
1959 NL--.380--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1956 NL--154--4th

At Bats s c a p y
1956 NL--632--1st
1959 NL--598--7th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1955 NL--684--3rd
1956 NL--712--2nd
1957 NL--677--5th
1958 NL--652--6th
1959 NL--696--2nd

Runs Scored s c a p y
1959 NL--102--7th

Hits s c a p y
1956 NL--180--6th
1958 NL--166--9th
1959 NL--186--4th

Doubles s c a p y
1958 NL--31--8th
1959 NL--35--5th

Triples s c a p y
1954 NL--8--7th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 NL--80--5th
1957 NL--94--1st
1958 NL--91--2nd
1959 NL--72--6th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1954 NL--21--2nd
1955 NL--19--4th
1956 NL--14--4th
1957 NL--19--4th
1958 NL--15--6th
1960 AL--11--9th

Singles s c a p y
1954 NL--133--6th
1955 NL--142--2nd
1956 NL--157--1st
1957 NL--130--6th
1958 NL--126--6th
1959 NL--137--2nd

Runs Created s c a p y
1959 NL--104--10th

Times On Base s c a p y
1955 NL--246--8th
1956 NL--239--9th
1957 NL--256--5th
1958 NL--257--3rd
1959 NL--260--4th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1955 NL--10--7th
1956 NL--17--3rd
1957 NL--16--1st
1958 NL--17--1st
1959 NL--11--3rd
1960 AL--11--8th
1963 NL--13--2nd

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1957 NL--6--8th
1959 NL--13--1st

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1954 NL--7--6th
1957 NL--5--10th
1958 NL--8--5th
1960 AL--5--9th

AB per SO s c a p y
1954 NL--21.042--3rd
1955 NL--18.375--4th
1956 NL--15.800--5th
1957 NL--16.382--5th
1958 NL--13.220--5th
1959 NL--14.950--3rd
1961 AL--14.389--7th
Career--15.440--235th

Outs Made s c a p y
1955 NL--448--4th
1956 NL--489--2nd
1959 NL--450--6th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 40 (489), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 30 (591), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (559), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Glenn Beckert (958)
  2. Dave Cash (957)
  3. Ron Hunt (952)
  4. Felix Millan (946)
  5. Sparky Adams (946)
  6. Tom Herr (936)
  7. Bobby Richardson (931)
  8. Woody English (928)
  9. Bucky Harris (924) *
  10. Tito Fuentes (924)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. George Pinkney (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Duane Kuiper (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Duane Kuiper (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Wally Backman (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Wally Backman (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Damaso Garcia (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. David Eckstein (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tom Herr (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Glenn Beckert (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Phil Rizzuto (940) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Phil Rizzuto (944) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1949 Season: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.

December 15, 1959: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs to the Cleveland Indians for Gordy Coleman, Billy Martin and Cal McLish.

November 16, 1961: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Baltimore Orioles for Art Kay (minors), Ray Barker and Harry Chiti.

August 11, 1962: Purchased by the Houston Colt .45's from the Baltimore Orioles.

October 1, 1963: Released by the Houston Colt .45's.

June 19, 1964: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

July 20, 1964: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2009.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     DeadBallEra Obituary     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Johnny Temple    

Viewed 41,272 times through November 11, 2009.
Name and misspellings: John Ellis jonny jonnie johny Johnny johnnie johney john johhny Temple

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.