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Johnny Temple

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Full Name: John Ellis Temple Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/175 First Game: April 15, 1952
Birthdate: August 8, 1927 Final Game: July 14, 1964
Birthplace: Lexington, North Carolina MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: January 9, 1994
Deathplace: White Rock, South Carolina
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Johnny Temple (John Ellis Temple) was born on August 8, 1927 in Lexington, North Carolina. He made his Major League debut on April 15, 1952 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1954, his rookie year, he hit .307 with 0 home runs and 44 RBI. Temple played for the Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Houston Colt .45s and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Johnny Temple's best season was 1959, when he hit for a .311 average and knocked in 67 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1952 CIN N 30 97 8 19 1 5 .196 .235 .258 3 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 3
1953 CIN N 63 110 14 29 1 9 .264 .314 .327 4 0 7 12 1 2 1 0 0
1954 CIN N 146 505 60 155 0 44 .307 .384 .366 14 8 62 24 2 6 21 3 7
1955 CIN N 150 588 94 165 0 50 .281 .365 .325 20 3 80 32 1 10 19 0 6
1956 CIN N 154 632 88 180 2 41 .285 .344 .332 18 3 58 40 1 17 14 0 12
1957 CIN N 145 557 85 158 0 37 .284 .387 .341 24 4 94 34 4 16 19 0 4
1958 CIN N 141 542 82 166 3 47 .306 .405 .402 31 6 91 41 0 17 15 0 8
1959 CIN N 149 598 102 186 8 67 .311 .380 .430 35 6 72 40 2 11 14 2 11
1960 CLE A 98 381 50 102 2 19 .268 .326 .323 13 1 32 20 1 11 11 0 8
1961 CLE A 129 518 73 143 3 30 .276 .351 .347 22 3 61 36 0 7 9 1 12
1962 HOU N 31 95 14 25 0 12 .263 .311 .305 4 0 7 11 0 4 1 0 2
1962 BAL A 78 270 28 71 1 17 .263 .352 .311 8 1 36 22 1 8 7 0 3
1962 Total 109 365 42 96 1 29 .263 .341 .310 12 1 43 33 1 12 8 0 5
1963 HOU N 100 322 22 85 1 17 .264 .347 .317 12 1 41 24 0 13 7 1 3
1964 CIN N 6 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .400 .000 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total NL 1115 4049 569 1168 16 329 .288 .368 .356 165 31 519 260 11 96 113 7 56
Total AL 305 1169 151 316 6 66 .270 .343 .331 43 5 129 78 2 26 27 1 23
Total 1420 5218 720 1484 22 395 .284 .363 .351 208 36 648 338 13 122 140 8 79

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1952 CIN N 2B 22 0 0 63 57 2 18 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1953 CIN N 2B 44 0 0 71 90 6 20 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1954 CIN N 2B 144 140 1239.2 428 374 22 117 1 0 0 0 0 .973
1955 CIN N 2B 149 0 0 408 410 24 119 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1955 CIN N SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1956 CIN N OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1956 CIN N 2B 154 0 0 389 432 16 89 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1957 CIN N 2B 145 141 1269.2 391 372 20 81 1 0 0 0 0 .974
1958 CIN N 1B 1 0 0.2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 CIN N 2B 141 139 1233.2 395 353 16 90 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1959 CIN N 2B 149 149 1302 322 390 19 96 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1960 CLE A 3B 17 16 126.2 13 27 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1960 CLE A 2B 77 76 678.2 169 164 9 55 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1961 CLE A 2B 129 129 1111.1 239 317 18 79 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1962 HOU N 2B 26 24 189.2 37 59 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 .941
1962 HOU N 3B 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1962 BAL A 2B 71 71 593.2 141 169 6 41 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1962 Total 2B 97 95 783.1 178 228 12 47 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1963 HOU N 2B 61 57 463.1 119 142 8 18 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1963 HOU N 3B 29 27 249.1 27 46 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 .901
Total 2B 1312 926 8081.2 3172 3329 172 829 2 0 0 0 0 .974
Total SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 3B 47 43 381 40 73 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 .926
Total 1B 1 0 0.2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Cincinnati Reds (1949).
  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Billy Martin, Gordy Coleman and Cal McLish (December 15, 1959).
  • Traded by Cleveland Indians to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Ray Barker, Harry Chiti and Art Kay (November 16, 1961).
  • Sold by Baltimore Orioles to Houston Colt .45s (August 11, 1962).
  • Released by Houston Colt .45s (October 1, 1963).
  • Signed by Cincinnati Reds (June 19, 1964).
  • Released by Cincinnati Reds (July 20, 1964).

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