Johnny Temple

Johnny Temple

1952–1964 · Bats R · Throws R · 5'11", 175 lb · b. 1927 Lexington, NC

Career 1,420 G · 1,484 H · 22 HR · 395 RBI · .284 AVG

Seasons leading his league

6

3 best in baseball 3 league only

34 Top-5 finishes

5 Title seasons

4 Categories led

1956 Best season

Spanning 1954–1958, peaking at 2 titles in 1956.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

954th League titles 6
898th Best in baseball 3
770th Top-5 finishes 34

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

55th Second Base Putouts 3,172
57th Second Base Double Plays 829
71st Second Base Range Factor 4.96
89th Second Base Assists 3,329
89th Second Base Fielding Percentage .974
405th On-Base Percentage .363
463rd Walks 648

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Second Base Putouts	3	1st	—	1954 428 1956 NL 389 1958 NL 395 1955 #2 1957 #2
Walks	1	1st	—	1957 NL 94 1958 #2
Second Base Double Plays	1	1st	—	1955 119 1954 #2 1956 #3
Second Base Assists	1	1st	—	1956 432 1955 #2
Second Base Range Factor	—	#2	—	1954 #3 1955 #3 1956 #2 1958 #2
Second Base Fielding Percentage	—	#3	—	1955 #3 1956 #3
Stolen Bases	—	#2	—	1954 #2

Title Seasons

5 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1958	1	2B PO 395
1957	1	BB 94
1956	2	2B A 432 2B PO 389
1955	1	2B DP 119
1954	1	2B PO 428

Batting

led the league 13 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1952	CIN	NL	30	97	8	19	3	0	1	5	5	1	2	.196	.235	.258	.493
1953	CIN	NL	63	110	14	29	4	0	1	9	7	12	1	.264	.314	.327	.641
1954	CIN	NL	146	505	60	155	14	8	0	44	62	24	21	.307	.384	.366	.751
1955	CIN	NL	150	588	94	165	20	3	0	50	80	32	19	.281	.365	.325	.690
1956	CIN	NL	154	632	88	180	18	3	2	41	58	40	14	.285	.344	.332	.676
1957	CIN	NL	145	557	85	158	24	4	0	37	94	34	19	.284	.387	.341	.728
1958	CIN	NL	141	542	82	166	31	6	3	47	91	41	15	.306	.405	.402	.807
1959	CIN	NL	149	598	102	186	35	6	8	67	72	40	14	.311	.380	.430	.809
1960	CLE	AL	98	381	50	102	13	1	2	19	32	20	11	.268	.326	.323	.649
1961	CLE	AL	129	518	73	143	22	3	3	30	61	36	9	.276	.351	.348	.699
1962	BAL +1	AL	109	365	42	96	12	1	1	29	43	33	8	.263	.342	.310	.651
1963	HOU	NL	100	322	22	85	12	1	1	17	41	24	7	.264	.347	.317	.664
1964	CIN	NL	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	.000	.400	.000	.400
Career	—	—	1,420	5,218	720	1,484	208	36	22	395	648	338	140	.284	.363	.351	.714

Fielding

5 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1952	CIN	NL	2B	22	—	—	63	57	2	18	122	.984	5.46
1953	CIN	NL	2B	44	—	—	71	90	6	20	167	.964	3.66
1954	CIN	NL	2B	144	140	1239.2	428	374	22	117	824	.973	5.57
1955	CIN	NL	2B	149	149	1287.0	408	410	24	119	842	.972	5.49
			SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1956	CIN	NL	2B	154	152	1344.2	389	432	16	89	837	.981	5.33
			OF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1957	CIN	NL	2B	145	141	1269.2	391	372	20	81	783	.975	5.26
1958	CIN	NL	2B	141	139	1233.2	395	353	16	90	764	.979	5.31
			1B	1	0	0.2	1	1	0	1	2	1.000	2.00
1959	CIN	NL	2B	149	149	1302.0	322	390	19	96	731	.974	4.78
1960	CLE	AL	2B	77	76	678.2	169	164	9	55	342	.974	4.33
			3B	17	16	126.2	13	27	1	3	41	.976	2.35
1961	CLE	AL	2B	129	129	1111.1	239	317	18	79	574	.969	4.31
1962	BAL	AL	2B	97	95	783.1	178	228	12	47	418	.971	4.19
			3B	1	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1963	HOU	NL	2B	61	57	463.1	119	142	8	18	269	.970	4.28
			3B	29	27	249.1	27	46	8	1	81	.901	2.52
Career	—	—	2B	1,312	1,227	10713.1	3,172	3,329	172	829	6,673	.974	4.96
	—	—	3B	47	43	381.0	40	73	9	4	122	.926	2.40
	—	—	1B	1	0	0.2	1	1	0	1	2	1.000	2.00
	—	—	OF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
	—	—	SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00