Johnny Temple
Cincinnati Reds 1952–1953; Cincinnati Redlegs 1954–1959; Cleveland Indians 1960–1961; Baltimore Orioles 1962; Houston Colt .45's 1962–1963; Cincinnati Reds 1964
Percentile snapshot
1961 season — qualified batters
of 85 qualified 1961 batters (min 499 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 30 | 102 | 97 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .196 | .235 | .258 | .493 | 27.4 | 36.5 | .230 | -0.5 |
| 1953 | 63 | 120 | 110 | 14 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .264 | .314 | .327 | .641 | 64.1 | 66.1 | .293 | -0.1 |
| 1954 | 146 | 576 | 505 | 60 | 155 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 44 | 62 | 24 | 21 | 7 | .307 | .384 | .366 | .751 | 99.7 | 94.8 | .349 | 2.1 |
| 1955 | 150 | 684 | 588 | 94 | 165 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 80 | 32 | 19 | 4 | .281 | .365 | .325 | .690 | 88.2 | 81.8 | .325 | 1.5 |
| 1956 | 154 | 712 | 632 | 88 | 180 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 58 | 40 | 14 | 4 | .285 | .344 | .332 | .676 | 82.7 | 79.1 | .313 | 1.1 |
| 1957 | 145 | 677 | 557 | 85 | 158 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 94 | 34 | 19 | 5 | .284 | .387 | .341 | .728 | 102.8 | 93.7 | .344 | 2.7 |
| 1958 | 141 | 652 | 542 | 82 | 166 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 47 | 91 | 41 | 15 | 8 | .306 | .405 | .402 | .807 | 119.9 | 110.0 | .374 | 4.0 |
| 1959 | 149 | 696 | 598 | 102 | 186 | 35 | 6 | 8 | 67 | 72 | 40 | 14 | 3 | .311 | .380 | .430 | .809 | 116.8 | 112.9 | .365 | 4.0 |
| 1960 | 98 | 425 | 381 | 50 | 102 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 32 | 20 | 11 | 5 | .268 | .326 | .323 | .649 | 80.9 | 78.9 | .306 | 0.6 |
| 1961 | 129 | 588 | 518 | 73 | 143 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 61 | 36 | 9 | 5 | .276 | .351 | .347 | .699 | 93.6 | 90.2 | .326 | 1.7 |
| 1962 | 109 | 422 | 365 | 42 | 96 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 43 | 33 | 8 | 4 | .263 | .341 | .310 | .651 | 88.1 | 83.0 | .309 | 0.9 |
| 1963 | 100 | 376 | 322 | 22 | 85 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 41 | 24 | 7 | 2 | .264 | .347 | .317 | .664 | 105.0 | 98.5 | .316 | 1.6 |
| 1964 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 1.9 | 23.0 | .185 | 0.0 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959-06-17 | CIN @ SF Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 1955-07-14 | CIN @ PIT Gameday | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 1958-08-24 | CIN @ LAD Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1959-07-27 | STL @ CIN Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 1955-06-28 | CIN @ STL Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.