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Johnny Temple
John Ellis Temple

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.
School Catawba College

Debut April 15, 1952
Final Game July 14, 1964
Born August 8, 1927 in Lexington, NC
Died January 9, 1994 in Anderson, SC

Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1952 24 CIN NL  30   97    8   19   3  0   1    5   2  1   5   1  .196  .235  .258   37   25   0           0   3
 1953 25 CIN NL  63  110   14   29   4  0   1    9   1  0   7  12  .264  .314  .327   67   36   2           1   0
 1954 26 CIN NL 146  505   60  155  14  8   0   44  21  7  62  24  .307  .384  .366   96  185   6   1       2   7
 1955 27 CIN NL 150  588   94  165  20  3   0   50  19  4  80  32  .281  .365  .325   83  191  10   5   0   1   6
 1956 28 CIN NL 154  632   88  180  18  3   2   41  14  4  58  40  .285  .344  .332   80  210  17   4   0   1  12 AS
 1957 29 CIN NL 145  557   85  158  24  4   0   37  19  5  94  34  .284  .387  .341   94  190  16   6   0   4   4 AS
 1958 30 CIN NL 141  542   82  166  31  6   3   47  15  8  91  41  .306  .405  .402  110  218  17   2   0   0   8 MVP-14
 1959 31 CIN NL 149  598  102  186  35  6   8   67  14  3  72  40  .311  .380  .430  112  257  11  13   2   2  11 MVP-16,AS
 1960 32 CLE AL  98  381   50  102  13  1   2   19  11  5  32  20  .268  .326  .323   79  123  11   0   0   1   8
 1961 33 CLE AL 129  518   73  143  22  3   3   30   9  5  61  36  .276  .351  .347   91  180   7   2   1   0  12 AS
 1962 34 TOT    109  365   42   96  12  1   1   29   8  4  43  33  .263  .341  .310   82  113  12   1   0   1   5
         BAL AL  78  270   28   71   8  1   1   17   7  4  36  22  .263  .352  .311   86   84   8   0   0   1   3
         HOU NL  31   95   14   25   4  0   0   12   1  0   7  11  .263  .311  .305   72   29   4   1   0   0   2
 1963 35 HOU NL 100  322   22   85  12  1   1   17   7  2  41  24  .264  .347  .317   98  102  13   0   1   0   3
 1964 36 CIN NL   6    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   1  .000  .400  .000   23    0   0   0   1   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1420 5218  720 1484 208 36  22  395 140 48 648 338  .284  .363  .351   92 1830 122  34   5  13  79
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        595   82  169  24  4   3   45  16  5  74  39  .284  .363  .351   92  209  14   4   1   1   9
 Career High    154  632  102  186  35  8   8   67  21  8  94  41  .311  .405  .430  112  257  17  13   2   4  12
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1952 24 CIN NL  102   82    6   2.0    97| .196  .262| .235  .334| .258  .389| .493  .724|  37  .202  -8.6  -0.9  66%
 1953 25 CIN NL  120   83   11   3.5   110| .264  .274| .314  .345| .327  .427| .641  .773|  67  .358  -5.2  -0.5 100%
 1954 26 CIN NL  576  371   73   5.3   111| .307  .276| .384  .348| .366  .427| .750  .775|  96  .543  -1.6  -0.2  75%
 1955 27 CIN NL  684  448   79   4.7   109| .281  .270| .365  .342| .325  .428| .690  .769|  83  .504 -11.7  -1.1  82%
 1956 28 CIN NL  712  489   76   4.2   107| .285  .270| .344  .337| .332  .426| .676  .763|  80  .466 -17.4  -1.7  77%
 1957 29 CIN NL  677  430   86   5.4   108| .284  .275| .387  .340| .341  .426| .728  .766|  94  .572   0.4   0.0  79%
 1958 30 CIN NL  652  411   96   6.3   111| .306  .277| .405  .345| .402  .432| .807  .778| 110  .633  12.6   1.2  65%
 1959 31 CIN NL  696  450  104   6.2   108| .311  .275| .380  .341| .430  .425| .810  .766| 112  .630  14.4   1.4  82%
 1960 32 CLE AL  425  303   41   3.6    99| .268  .260| .326  .333| .323  .398| .649  .731|  79  .406 -10.9  -1.1  68%
 1961 33 CLE AL  588  401   65   4.3   101| .276  .260| .351  .335| .347  .405| .698  .740|  91  .466  -5.0  -0.5  64%
 1962 34 TOT     422  291   43   4.0    97| .263  .257| .341  .327| .310  .398| .651  .725|  82  .437  -7.1  -0.7  66%
         BAL AL  315  214   33   4.2    97| .263  .256| .352  .327| .311  .399| .663  .726|  86  .457  -3.8  -0.4  63%
         HOU NL  107   77   10   3.5    97| .263  .261| .311  .327| .305  .397| .616  .724|  72  .379  -3.3  -0.3 100%
 1963 35 HOU NL  376  255   40   4.2    84| .264  .247| .347  .308| .317  .370| .664  .678|  98  .535   1.3   0.1  77%
 1964 36 CIN NL    5    3    0   0.0    96| .000  .267| .400  .325| .000  .396| .400  .721|  23  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     6035 4017  720   4.8   105| .284  .268| .363  .338| .351  .417| .714  .754|  92  .523 -39.1  -4.0  74%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1952 24 CIN NL 2B 22 63 57 2 18 .984 .975 5.45 4.96 1953 25 CIN NL 2B 44 71 90 6 20 .964 .972 3.66 4.83 1954 26 CIN NL 2B 144 428 374 22 117 .973 .976 5.57 5.31 1955 27 CIN NL 2B 149 408 410 24 119 .971 .974 5.49 5.00 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.60 1956 28 CIN NL 2B 154 389 432 16 89 .981 .980 5.33 4.66 5.49 5.33 152 1344.7 AS RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 AS 1957 29 CIN NL 2B 145 391 372 20 81 .974 .977 5.26 4.97 5.41 5.37 141 1269.7 AS 1958 30 CIN NL 2B 141 395 353 16 90 .979 .975 5.30 4.76 5.46 5.33 139 1233.7 1B 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.10 25.71 9.00 0 0.7 1959 31 CIN NL 2B 149 322 390 19 96 .974 .976 4.78 4.78 4.92 5.27 149 1302.0 AS 1960 32 CLE AL 2B 77 169 164 9 55 .974 .979 4.32 4.66 4.42 5.46 76 678.7 3B 17 13 27 1 3 .976 .952 2.35 2.72 2.84 3.14 16 126.7 1961 33 CLE AL 2B 129 239 317 18 79 .969 .978 4.31 4.72 4.50 5.24 129 1111.3 AS 1962 34 TOT 2B 97 178 228 12 47 .971 .979 4.19 4.82 4.66 5.26 95 783.4 BAL AL 2B 71 141 169 6 41 .981 .980 4.37 4.87 4.70 5.25 71 593.7 HOU NL 2B 26 37 59 6 6 .941 .974 3.69 4.68 4.55 5.30 24 189.7 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 2.88 0 5.0 1963 35 HOU NL 2B 61 119 142 8 18 .970 .974 4.28 4.59 5.07 5.21 57 463.3 3B 29 27 46 8 1 .901 .941 2.52 2.54 2.64 2.93 27 249.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1958 30 CIN NL 1B 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.10 25.71 9.00 0 0.7 1952 24 CIN NL 2B 22 63 57 2 18 .984 .975 5.45 4.96 1953 25 CIN NL 2B 44 71 90 6 20 .964 .972 3.66 4.83 1954 26 CIN NL 2B 144 428 374 22 117 .973 .976 5.57 5.31 1955 27 CIN NL 2B 149 408 410 24 119 .971 .974 5.49 5.00 1956 28 CIN NL 2B 154 389 432 16 89 .981 .980 5.33 4.66 5.49 5.33 152 1344.7 1957 29 CIN NL 2B 145 391 372 20 81 .974 .977 5.26 4.97 5.41 5.37 141 1269.7 1958 30 CIN NL 2B 141 395 353 16 90 .979 .975 5.30 4.76 5.46 5.33 139 1233.7 1959 31 CIN NL 2B 149 322 390 19 96 .974 .976 4.78 4.78 4.92 5.27 149 1302.0 1960 32 CLE AL 2B 77 169 164 9 55 .974 .979 4.32 4.66 4.42 5.46 76 678.7 1961 33 CLE AL 2B 129 239 317 18 79 .969 .978 4.31 4.72 4.50 5.24 129 1111.3 1962 34 TOT 2B 97 178 228 12 47 .971 .979 4.19 4.82 4.66 5.26 95 783.4 BAL AL 2B 71 141 169 6 41 .981 .980 4.37 4.87 4.70 5.25 71 593.7 HOU NL 2B 26 37 59 6 6 .941 .974 3.69 4.68 4.55 5.30 24 189.7 1963 35 HOU NL 2B 61 119 142 8 18 .970 .974 4.28 4.59 5.07 5.21 57 463.3 1960 32 CLE AL 3B 17 13 27 1 3 .976 .952 2.35 2.72 2.84 3.14 16 126.7 1962 34 HOU NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 2.88 0 5.0 1963 35 HOU NL 3B 29 27 46 8 1 .901 .941 2.52 2.54 2.64 2.93 27 249.3 1956 28 CIN NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1956 28 CIN NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1955 27 CIN NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.60
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B*1312 3172 3329 172 829 .974 .977 4.96 4.85 938 8186.7 3B* 47 40 73 9 4 .926 .945 2.40 2.61 43 381.0 1B* 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.10 0 0.7 RF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.60 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1362 3213 3403 181 834 .973 .976 4.86 4.78
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1956   CIN NL   *   4   1   2  0  0  0   1   1   2   1  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
 1957   CIN NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
 1959-1 CIN NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
 1959-2 CIN NL   *   2   1   1  1  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
 1961-1 CLE AL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
 1961-2 CLE AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 6/6      6  15   2   3  1  0  0   1   2   4   1  0   0   0   0  .200  .294  .267 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

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

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1958-NL-14-0.08
1959-NL-16-0.02
Car-893-0.10 shares

Batting Average
1958 NL-.306-9
1959 NL-.311-7

On-base %
1954 NL-.384-10
1957 NL-.387-5
1958 NL-.405-4
1959 NL-.380-9

Games
1956 NL-154-4

At Bats
1956 NL-632-1
1959 NL-598-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1955 NL-684-3
1956 NL-712-2
1957 NL-677-5
1958 NL-652-6
1959 NL-696-2

Runs
1959 NL-102-7

Hits
1956 NL-180-6
1958 NL-166-9
1959 NL-186-4

Doubles
1958 NL-31-8
1959 NL-35-5

Triples
1954 NL-8-7

Bases on Balls
1955 NL-80-5
1957 NL-94-1
1958 NL-91-2
1959 NL-72-6

Stolen Bases
1954 NL-21-2
1955 NL-19-4
1956 NL-14-4
1957 NL-19-4
1958 NL-15-6
1960 AL-11-9

Singles
1954 NL-133-6
1955 NL-142-2
1956 NL-157-1
1957 NL-130-6
1958 NL-126-6
1959 NL-137-2

Runs Created
1959 NL-104-10

Times on Base
1955 NL-246-8
1956 NL-239-9
1957 NL-256-5
1958 NL-257-3
1959 NL-260-4

Sac. Hits
1955 NL-10-7
1956 NL-17-3
1957 NL-16-1
1958 NL-17-1
1959 NL-11-3
1960 AL-11-8
1963 NL-13-2

Sac. Flies
1957 NL-6-8
1959 NL-13-1

Caught Stealing
1954 NL-7-6
1957 NL-5-10
1958 NL-8-5
1960 AL-5-9

At Bats per Strikeout
1954 NL-21.0-3
1955 NL-18.4-4
1956 NL-15.8-5
1957 NL-16.4-5
1958 NL-13.2-5
1959 NL-15.0-3
1961 AL-14.4-7

Outs
1955 NL-448-4
1956 NL-489-2
1959 NL-450-6

     

Black Ink: Batting - 3 (507) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 48 (509) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 21.9 (546) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 29.5 (593) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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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 Billy Martin, Gordy Coleman, and Cal McLish.

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

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.


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