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Johnny
Temple		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: August 8, 1927 in Usa, NC, LEXINGTON
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 24 NYA AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1953 25 NYA AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1954 26 NYA AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1955 27 NYA AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 28 NYA AL $ 350,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 30 PIT NL $ 310,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 31 PIT NL $ 310,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 32 PIT NL $ 310,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 33 PIT NL $ 310,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 7 6 7 9 9 9
1953 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 7 6 6 9 9 9
1954 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 9 9
1955 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 5 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1956 28 NYA AL $ 350,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 5 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1958 30 PIT NL $ 310,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 5 6 9 9 9
1959 31 PIT NL $ 310,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 5 6 8 8 8
1960 32 PIT NL $ 310,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 5 6 8 8 8
1961 33 PIT NL $ 310,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 4 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 4 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 6 7 9 9 9
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1952 24 NYA AL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.3 2 2 1 2 0 13.53 .333 .500 1.000 1.500 0.0
1 Years Sim 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.3 2 2 1 2 0 13.53 .333 .500 1.000 1.500 0.0
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   0 0 0 0 0   .000 .000 .000 .000
vs LH   2 2 1 2 0   .500 .667 1.500 2.167
Away 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.3 2 2 1 2 0 13.53 .333 .500 1.000 1.500
Sep/Oct 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.3 2 2 1 2 0 13.53 .333 .500 1.000 1.500
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 24 NYA AL 16 31 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 .129 .206 .129 .335 0.8 0.0
    AAA   135 549 81 142 25 3 9 52 9 1 85 36 .259 .358 .364 .722 77.7  
1953 25 NYA AL 125 368 37 101 19 2 3 37 7 0 29 15 .274 .327 .361 .689 40.6 4.7
1954 26 NYA AL 150 537 71 145 24 0 3 61 12 1 62 26 .270 .346 .331 .677 60.8 9.9
1955 27 NYA AL 156 550 52 128 27 4 2 51 10 4 69 38 .233 .318 .307 .625 54.0 3.7
1956 28 NYA AL 88 227 25 60 17 1 0 11 1 0 20 20 .264 .324 .348 .672 25.4 3.0
1957 29 AAA   137 530 71 142 24 2 9 36 12 2 46 42 .268 .326 .372 .698 65.7  
1958 30 PIT NL 72 83 15 23 3 0 0 7 1 0 11 4 .277 .362 .313 .675 10.6 1.6
1959 31 AA   137 534 67 160 27 1 8 52 6 3 61 47 .300 .371 .399 .770 79.0  
1960 32 AA   137 514 64 141 34 1 5 68 19 2 69 58 .274 .360 .374 .734 73.7  
1961 33 AA   137 571 63 156 25 2 2 43 15 7 68 55 .273 .351 .335 .685 70.2  
6 Years Sim 607 1796 204 461 90 7 8 167 32 5 194 106 .257 .329 .328 .657 192.2 23.0
2 Years AAA 272 1079 152 284 49 5 18 88 21 3 131 78 .263 .341 .368 .709 143.4  
3 Years AA 411 1619 194 457 86 4 15 163 40 12 198 160 .282 .360 .368 .728 222.8  
5 Years Minors 683 2698 346 741 135 9 33 251 61 15 329 238 .275 .352 .368 .721 366.2  
162 Game Average 479 54 123 24 1 2 44 8 1 51 28 .257 .329 .328 .657 51.3  
Career Highs 156 550 71 145 27 4 3 61 12 4 69 38 .277 .362 .361 .689 60.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1094 125 278 51 6 3 102 26 5 115 59 .254 .325 .320 .645 120.1
vs LH   702 79 183 39 1 5 65 6 0 79 47 .261 .335 .340 .676 83.4
Home 302 886 120 224 54 3 6 84 15 1 109 63 .253 .335 .341 .676 107.0
Away 305 910 84 237 36 4 2 83 17 4 85 43 .260 .323 .315 .638 96.5
RISP   383 0 101 18 1 1 142 0 0 49 17 .264 .342 .324 .666 45.5
Pinch Hitting   85 10 28 5 0 0 14 0 0 9 3 .329 .389 .388 .778 12.7
Close/Late   203 24 60 14 2 1 33 0 0 21 10 .296 .358 .399 .757 28.5
Mar/Apr 112 347 49 88 22 0 2 40 6 1 47 23 .254 .345 .334 .679 42.6
May 106 312 32 92 17 1 2 29 5 0 27 20 .295 .352 .375 .727 41.1
June 91 254 22 63 13 2 0 17 2 0 27 16 .248 .322 .315 .637 26.6
July 87 253 29 65 12 2 1 21 5 0 23 12 .257 .317 .332 .649 27.8
August 105 328 36 77 16 0 2 26 9 1 29 18 .235 .296 .302 .598 31.0
Sep/Oct 106 302 36 76 10 2 1 34 5 3 41 17 .252 .339 .308 .647 34.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1952 24 NYA AL 2B 8 4 38.3 11 13 0 5 1.000 5.64   0.2
    SS 5 3 31.0 7 14 0 3 1.000 6.10   0.2
    P 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1953 25 NYA AL 2B 73 68 607.7 148 249 7 59 .983 5.88   2.5
    SS 22 20 181.3 41 66 4 19 .964 5.31   0.5
    RF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1954 26 NYA AL 2B 139 128 1137.3 278 507 16 101 .980 6.21   4.0
    SS 4 2 23.7 5 7 0 2 1.000 4.56   0.1
1955 27 NYA AL 2B 75 68 584.7 128 274 16 69 .962 6.19   1.8
    SS 62 60 524.7 85 245 9 49 .973 5.66   2.7
    3B 18 18 147.0 15 32 3 3 .940 2.88   0.3
1956 28 NYA AL 2B 54 50 419.7 99 148 9 21 .965 5.30   1.3
    SS 16 5 56.7 5 18 2 1 .920 3.65   0.2
1958 30 PIT NL SS 27 9 108.7 19 46 1 9 .985 5.38   0.5
    2B 27 4 85.3 19 41 2 7 .968 6.33   0.4
    3B 9 0 25.0 1 8 0 1 1.000 3.24   0.1
  2B 376 322 2873.0 683 1232 50 262 .975 6.00   10.1
  SS 136 99 926.0 162 396 16 83 .972 5.42   4.2
  3B 27 18 172.0 16 40 3 4 .949 2.93   0.4
  RF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  P 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   541 439 3977.3 861 1668 69 349 .973 5.72   14.8
Career Highs   155 146 1256.3 283 551 28 121 1.000 6.18    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1955-4-156
 Stolen Bases
1954-10-12
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by New York (A) in 1952
Had first career hit on 9/1/1952, off Dick Donovan (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 7/17/1953, off Gene Conley (OAK)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Minnesota on 8/7/1953
Injured on 9/1/1953 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by New York (A) on 10/16/1957
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/5/1958 to a 4-year deal worth $310,000 per year
4/2/1958: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
 
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