Garry Templeton stats

Shortstop

Age 70 · 6' 0"

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Garry Templeton played 16 MLB seasons, 1976 to 1991.

Stats

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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.

Standard by season
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.
1976STL53213326211711.291
1977STL1536219420087928.322
1978STL1556478218124734.280
1979STL15467210521196226.314
1980STL1185048316144331.319
1981STL8033347961338.288
1982SD1415637613966427.247
1983SD1264603912134016.263
1984SD148493401272358.258
1985SD1485466315465516.282
1986SD1475104212624410.247
1987SD1485104211354814.222
1988SD11036235903368.249
1989SD142506431296401.255
1990SD144505451259591.248
1991SD/NYM11227625613263.221

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

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.

Expanded by season
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.
1976STL22577111000
1977STL644279451300
1978STL675244461300
1979STL696308601400
1980STL524210320600
1981STL350131250300
1982SD601198391700
1983SD490154250700
1984SD5351582412300
1985SD5962063812400
1986SD5491572512100
1987SD5611512311100
1988SD3921282501000
1989SD5361793501200
1990SD541183370700
1991SD/NYM29384150300

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.

Advanced by season
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.
1976STL0.924.54.1.0700.10.22130
1977STL3.490.35.4.1270.20.277.60
1978STL2.977.94.4.0970.20.3323.50
1979STL4.1103.25.9.1440.20.274.70
1980STL4.472.95.5.0970.20.41260
1981STL2.339.34.2.1050.10.33330
1982SD2.456.33.4.1050.20.393.80
1983SD1.147.73.6.0720.10.4153.30
1984SD0.452.93.9.0630.20.5246.50
1985SD2.972.84.8.0950.20.5910
1986SD-1.048.73.4.0610.10.42550
1987SD0.846.23.1.0750.20.51020
1988SD1.6393.7.1050.20.4120.70
1989SD0.451.73.6.0990.10.384.30
1990SD-0.451.93.5.1150.20.456.10
1991SD/NYM-1.320.42.5.0830.10.3920

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
70 yearsMar 24, 1956
Height
6' 0"
Debut
1976
Birthplace
Lockney, TX
NL Silver Slugger
2x

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

All-time career rank

  • 237th in hits (2,096)
  • 256th in stolen bases (242)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

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