Garry Templeton stats
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1976
- NL Silver Slugger
- 2x
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1976
- NL Silver Slugger
- 2x
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 2,079
- AB
- 7,721
- R
- 893
- H
- 2,096
- HR
- 70
- RBI
- 728
- SB
- 242
- AVG
- .271
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | STL | 53 | 213 | 32 | 62 | 1 | 17 | 11 | .291 |
| 1977 | STL | 153 | 621 | 94 | 200 | 8 | 79 | 28 | .322 |
| 1978 | STL | 155 | 647 | 82 | 181 | 2 | 47 | 34 | .280 |
| 1979 | STL | 154 | 672 | 105 | 211 | 9 | 62 | 26 | .314 |
| 1980 | STL | 118 | 504 | 83 | 161 | 4 | 43 | 31 | .319 |
| 1981 | STL | 80 | 333 | 47 | 96 | 1 | 33 | 8 | .288 |
| 1982 | SD | 141 | 563 | 76 | 139 | 6 | 64 | 27 | .247 |
| 1983 | SD | 126 | 460 | 39 | 121 | 3 | 40 | 16 | .263 |
| 1984 | SD | 148 | 493 | 40 | 127 | 2 | 35 | 8 | .258 |
| 1985 | SD | 148 | 546 | 63 | 154 | 6 | 55 | 16 | .282 |
| 1986 | SD | 147 | 510 | 42 | 126 | 2 | 44 | 10 | .247 |
| 1987 | SD | 148 | 510 | 42 | 113 | 5 | 48 | 14 | .222 |
| 1988 | SD | 110 | 362 | 35 | 90 | 3 | 36 | 8 | .249 |
| 1989 | SD | 142 | 506 | 43 | 129 | 6 | 40 | 1 | .255 |
| 1990 | SD | 144 | 505 | 45 | 125 | 9 | 59 | 1 | .248 |
| 1991 |  SD/NYM | 112 | 276 | 25 | 61 | 3 | 26 | 3 | .221 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 10
- AB
- 34
- R
- 3
- H
- 11
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 2
- SB
- 1
- AVG
- .324
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 8,208
- TB
- 2,847
- XBH
- 505
- HBP
- 9
- IBB
- 144
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | STL | 225 | 77 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | STL | 644 | 279 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | STL | 675 | 244 | 46 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | STL | 696 | 308 | 60 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | STL | 524 | 210 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | STL | 350 | 131 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | SD | 601 | 198 | 39 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | SD | 490 | 154 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | SD | 535 | 158 | 24 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | SD | 596 | 206 | 38 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | SD | 549 | 157 | 25 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | SD | 561 | 151 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | SD | 392 | 128 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | SD | 536 | 179 | 35 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | SD | 541 | 183 | 37 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | SD/NYM | 293 | 84 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 24.9
- RC
- 895.2
- RC/27
- 4.10
- ISOP
- .097
- SECA
- .160
- BB/K
- 0.34
- AB/HR
- 110.3
- GO/FO
- 0.00
Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | STL | 0.9 | 24.5 | 4.1 | .070 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 213 | 0 |
| 1977 | STL | 3.4 | 90.3 | 5.4 | .127 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 77.6 | 0 |
| 1978 | STL | 2.9 | 77.9 | 4.4 | .097 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 323.5 | 0 |
| 1979 | STL | 4.1 | 103.2 | 5.9 | .144 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 74.7 | 0 |
| 1980 | STL | 4.4 | 72.9 | 5.5 | .097 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 126 | 0 |
| 1981 | STL | 2.3 | 39.3 | 4.2 | .105 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 333 | 0 |
| 1982 | SD | 2.4 | 56.3 | 3.4 | .105 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 93.8 | 0 |
| 1983 | SD | 1.1 | 47.7 | 3.6 | .072 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 153.3 | 0 |
| 1984 | SD | 0.4 | 52.9 | 3.9 | .063 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 246.5 | 0 |
| 1985 | SD | 2.9 | 72.8 | 4.8 | .095 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 91 | 0 |
| 1986 | SD | -1.0 | 48.7 | 3.4 | .061 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 255 | 0 |
| 1987 | SD | 0.8 | 46.2 | 3.1 | .075 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 102 | 0 |
| 1988 | SD | 1.6 | 39 | 3.7 | .105 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 120.7 | 0 |
| 1989 | SD | 0.4 | 51.7 | 3.6 | .099 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 84.3 | 0 |
| 1990 | SD | -0.4 | 51.9 | 3.5 | .115 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 56.1 | 0 |
| 1991 | SD/NYM | -1.3 | 20.4 | 2.5 | .083 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 92 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Garry Templeton's career stats?
Garry Templeton played 16 seasons for the Cardinals and the Padres. He was a career .271 hitter with 2,096 hits, 70 home runs and 728 RBI. His best season was 1977: a .322 batting average, 8 home runs and 79 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
16 seasons, 1 postseason, 1976 to 1991
Garry Templeton finished top 10 in a stat 3 times.
Awards
- NL Silver Slugger ×2: 1980, 1984
All-time career rank
- 237th in hits (2,096)
- 256th in stolen bases (242)
Among the 10,340 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
- Batting Average: 1977 (9th)
- Hits: 1977 (6th), 1979 (2nd)
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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