2BCINMLB4× All-Star📈 Late Developer · 1959

Johnny Temple

5'11" · 175 lbsBorn August 8, 19271952–1964MLB.com ↗

MLB Stats

Career Snapshot

Sport-specific career totals from the active profile tables, with VAL shown whenever the sport has a value file.

MLB profile

Peak 3Y VAL

11.4

1957, 1958, 1959 avg

Career VAL

87.0

Value Above League

Games

1,420

Hits

1,484

Home Runs

Runs Batted In

395

Batting Avg

.284

Career Shape

Balanced

39% in peak 3y

All-time standings

Career boards only, within MLB

Cross-sport prominence: 89.3th percentile among MLB careers — a within-sport percentile, because career value is not comparable across sports.

Boards that rank MLB careers

MLB Advanced — ERA+ & OPS+ Leaders MLB Career Arc Types MLB Career Dominance — top-25 in multiple all-time categories MLB Clutch Delta — Who Rises in October MLB Compilers vs Comets — Career Shape MLB Era-Adjusted Seasons — Greatest Seasons in Modern Terms MLB Franchise Mt. Rushmores — Four Faces of Every Team MLB Only Club — Statistical Exclusivity MLB VAL Leaders — Value Above League Career Twins Cross-Sport Era-Adjusted Careers — The Greatest Careers, One Axis Cross-Sport Era-Adjusted Seasons — The Greatest Years, One Axis

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Similar careers

Players whose careers had the same shape — total value, peak, best three-season stretch, length and when the value came — measured with VAL against their own leagues.

Where this data comes from

Bio, rosters, and year-by-year/career stat splits come directly from MLB's own official public StatsAPI.

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Methodology · Trust Center

Season	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VAL
1952	24–25	CIN	30	97	8	19	3	0	1	5	2	5	1	.196	.235	.258	.493	0.8
1953	25–26	CIN	63	110	14	29	4	0	1	9	1	7	12	.264	.314	.327	.641	1.7
1954	26–27	CIN	146	505	60	155	14	8	0	44	21	62	24	.307	.384	.366	.750	9.5
1955	27–28	CIN	150	588	94	165	20	3	0	50	19	80	32	.281	.365	.325	.690	9.6
1956	28–29	CIN	154	632	88	180	18	3	2	41	14	58	40	.285	.344	.332	.676	8.9
1957	29–30	CIN	145	557	85	158	24	4	0	37	19	94	34	.284	.387	.341	.728	9.7
1958	30–31	CIN	141	542	82	166	31	6	3	47	15	91	41	.306	.405	.402	.807	11.3
1959	31–32	CIN	149	598	102	186	35	6	8	67	14	72	40	.311	.380	.430	.810	13.1
1960	32–33	CLE	98	381	50	102	13	1	2	19	11	32	20	.268	.326	.323	.649	5.4
1961	33–34	CLE	129	518	73	143	22	3	3	30	9	61	36	.276	.351	.347	.698	7.6
1962	34–35	All teams	109	365	42	96	12	1	1	29	8	43	33	.263	—	.310	—	4.7
1963	35–36	HOU	100	322	22	85	12	1	1	17	7	41	24	.264	.347	.317	.664	4.7
1964	36–37	CIN	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.400	.000	.400	—