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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Aug 27)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	CIN		MLN	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
2	2	Apr 15	CIN	@	CHC	W,11-5	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
3	3	Apr 17	CIN	@	MLN	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
4	4	Apr 18 (1)	CIN	@	MLN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	2	6	1	2B
5	5	Apr 18 (2)	CIN	@	MLN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
6	6	Apr 19	CIN	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
7	7	Apr 20	CIN	@	STL	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	6	5	0	11	1	2B
8	8	Apr 21	CIN		STL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
9	9	Apr 23	CIN		CHC	L,3-10	CG	49	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
10	10	Apr 24	CIN		CHC	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
11	11	Apr 25 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,2-9	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
12	12	Apr 25 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
13	13	Apr 27	CIN		PIT	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
14	14	Apr 28	CIN		PIT	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
15	15	Apr 29	CIN		BRO	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
16	16	Apr 30	CIN		BRO	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	CIN		BRO	W,7-6	CG	47	11.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
18	18	May 2	CIN		PHI	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
19	19	May 5	CIN		NYG	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
20	20	May 6	CIN		NYG	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	8	0	12	2	2B
21	21	May 7	CIN		STL	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
22	22	May 8	CIN		STL	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
23	23	May 9 (1)	CIN		STL	L,7-10	CG	50	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
24	24	May 9 (2)	CIN		STL	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
25	25	May 11	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	5	3	1	9	2	2B
26	26	May 12	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	27	8.1	2	3	0	5	1	2B
27	27	May 13	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	3	6	1	10	2	2B
28	28	May 14	CIN	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
29	29	May 15	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	4	3	1	8	3	2B
30	30	May 16 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
31	31	May 16 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
32	32	May 18	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	6	4	1	11	2	2B
33	33	May 19	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS	20	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
34	34	May 21	CIN	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	4	2	1	7	2	2B
35	35	May 22	CIN	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
36	36	May 23	CIN	@	STL	W,13-6	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
37	37	May 25	CIN		MLN	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
38	38	May 26	CIN		MLN	L,6-7	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
39	39	May 28	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
40	40	May 29	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
41	41	May 30 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
42	42	May 30 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 2	CIN		PHI	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
44	44	Jun 4	CIN		NYG	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	7	2	1	10	1	2B
45	45	Jun 5	CIN		NYG	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	4	2B
46	46	Jun 6 (1)	CIN		NYG	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
47	47	Jun 6 (2)	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
48	48	Jun 8	CIN		PIT	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
49	49	Jun 9	CIN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
50	50	Jun 10	CIN		PIT	W,6-0	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
51	51	Jun 11	CIN		BRO	L,8-10	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	2B
52	52	Jun 12	CIN		BRO	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
53	53	Jun 13 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
54	54	Jun 13 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,2-14	GF	17	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
55	55	Jun 15	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	39	8.2	3	5	0	8	1	2B
56	56	Jun 16	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	40	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
57	57	Jun 17	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
58	58	Jun 18	CIN	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
59	59	Jun 19	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
60	60	Jun 20 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
61	61	Jun 20 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,15-6	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
62	62	Jun 22	CIN	@	BRO	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
63	63	Jun 23	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
64	64	Jun 24	CIN	@	BRO	L,6-9	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
65	65	Jun 25	CIN	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	2B
66	66	Jun 26	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	2B
67	67	Jun 27 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
68	68	Jun 27 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	5	4	0	9	2	2B
69	69	Jun 29	CIN		STL	W,11-4	GS	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	73 (3)	Jul 3	CIN	@	MLN	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
71	74	Jul 4	CIN	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	5	0	11	1	2B
72	75	Jul 5 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,6-5	CG	48	10.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
73	76	Jul 5 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
74	77	Jul 6	CIN	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	3	5	1	9	1	2B
75	78	Jul 7	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	53	10.2	1	1	0	2	0	2B
76	79	Jul 8	CIN	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	3	0	7	3	2B
77	80	Jul 9	CIN		MLN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
78	81	Jul 10	CIN		MLN	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	5	5	0	10	3	2B
79	82	Jul 11 (1)	CIN		MLN	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
80	83	Jul 11 (2)	CIN		MLN	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
81	84	Jul 15 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
82	85	Jul 15 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	2B
83	86	Jul 16 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,7-6	CG	48	10.0	2	3	2	7	1	2B
84	87	Jul 16 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	4	2B
85	88	Jul 17	CIN		PHI	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
86	89	Jul 18 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,14-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
87	90	Jul 18 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
88	91	Jul 19	CIN		NYG	W,1-0	CG	43	12.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
89	92	Jul 20	CIN		NYG	L,1-2	GS	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
90	93	Jul 21	CIN		BRO	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B
91	94	Jul 22	CIN		BRO	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
92	95	Jul 23	CIN		PIT	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
93	96	Jul 24	CIN		PIT	W,5-3	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
94	97	Jul 25 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
95	98	Jul 25 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
96	99	Jul 27	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-8	GS	36	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
97	103 (3)	Jul 31	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-7	GF	10	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	105 (1)	Aug 1 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-5	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
99	106	Aug 3	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
100	107	Aug 4	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	4	3	0	7	1	2B
101	108	Aug 6	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-8	GS	32	7.0	0	3	1	4	0	2B
102	111 (2)	Aug 10	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
103	112	Aug 11	CIN		CHC	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
104	113	Aug 12	CIN		CHC	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	2B
105	114	Aug 13	CIN		STL	L,8-10	GS	39	8.0	5	5	1	11	1	2B
106	115	Aug 14	CIN		STL	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
107	116	Aug 15	CIN		STL	L,12-14	CG	49	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
108	117	Aug 17 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
109	118	Aug 17 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
110	119	Aug 19 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
111	120	Aug 19 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
112	121	Aug 20	CIN	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
113	122	Aug 21	CIN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	49	10.1	3	5	0	8	2	2B
114	123	Aug 22	CIN	@	STL	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
115	124	Aug 24	CIN		BRO	L,4-12	CG	45	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	2B
116	125	Aug 25	CIN		BRO	L,2-13	CG	48	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
117	126	Aug 27	CIN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
118	127	Aug 28	CIN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	2B
119	128	Aug 29 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
120	129	Aug 29 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
121	130	Aug 30	CIN		PHI	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
122	131	Aug 31	CIN		PHI	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	132	Sep 1	CIN		NYG	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
124	133	Sep 3	CIN		MLN	L,2-3	CG	47	12.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
125	134	Sep 4	CIN		MLN	L,4-5	CG	44	11.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
126	135	Sep 5 (1)	CIN		MLN	L,8-11	CG	48	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
127	137 (1)	Sep 6	CIN		STL	L,1-8	CG	46	9.0	2	1	2	5	0	2B
128	138	Sep 8	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-3	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
129	139	Sep 10	CIN	@	NYG	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
130	140	Sep 11	CIN	@	NYG	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
131	141	Sep 12 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
132	142	Sep 12 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,13-2	CG	37	9.0	7	4	1	12	3	2B
133	143	Sep 13	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
134	144	Sep 14	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
135	145	Sep 15	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
136	146	Sep 16	CIN	@	BRO	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
137	147	Sep 18	CIN		CHC	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
138	148	Sep 19	CIN		CHC	W,7-6	CG	44	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
139	149	Sep 20 (1)	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
140	150	Sep 20 (2)	CIN	@	MLN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
141	151	Sep 21	CIN	@	MLN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B
142	152	Sep 22 susp	CIN	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	2B
143	153	Sep 25	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
144	154	Sep 26	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	2B
							144gm		1239.2	428	374	22	824	117