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Garry Templeton

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: March 24, 1956 in Lockney, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (13th) of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Santa Ana Valley HS (Santa Ana, CA).

High School: Santa Ana Valley HS (Santa Ana, CA)

Debut: August 9, 1976 (Age 20-138d, 13,779th in major league history)
vs. HOU 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 5, 1991 (Age 35-195d)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Agents: Richie Bry

Full Name: Garry Lewis Templeton

Nicknames: Jumpsteady

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3x All-Star
2x Silver Slugger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.8

7721

2096

.272

893

RBI

728

242

OBP

.304

SLG

.369

OPS

.673

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Apr 11)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	STL		PHI	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
2	2	Apr 12	STL		PHI	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
3	3	Apr 15	STL	@	NYM	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
4	4	Apr 16	STL	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
5	5	Apr 17	STL	@	CIN	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
6	6	Apr 18	STL	@	CIN	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
7	7	Apr 20	STL		CHC	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
8	8	Apr 21	STL		CHC	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
9	9	Apr 22	STL		CHC	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
10	10	Apr 25	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
11	11	Apr 26	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
12	12	Apr 29 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
13	13	Apr 29 (2)	STL	@	CHC	T,2-2	CG	41	11.0	3	8	0	11	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	STL		CIN	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
15	15	May 2	STL		CIN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
16	16	May 3	STL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	43	11.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
17	17	May 4	STL		ATL	L,6-9	GS	16	5.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
18	19 (1)	May 6	STL		ATL	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
19	20	May 7	STL		ATL	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	5	1	7	2	SS
20	21	May 8	STL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	6	0	11	1	SS
21	22	May 9	STL		PIT	W,13-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
22	23	May 10	STL		PIT	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
23	24	May 12	STL	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
24	25	May 13	STL	@	HOU	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
25	26	May 14	STL	@	HOU	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
26	27	May 15	STL	@	ATL	L,3-11	CG	39	8.0	4	5	1	10	1	SS
27	28	May 16	STL	@	ATL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
28	29	May 17	STL	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
29	30	May 19	STL		HOU	W,15-12	CG	48	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
30	31	May 20	STL		HOU	L,3-4	CG	45	11.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
31	32	May 21	STL		HOU	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	SS
32	36 (3)	May 25	STL	@	MON	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
33	37	May 26	STL	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
34	38	May 27	STL	@	MON	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
35	39	May 29	STL	@	PHI	W,11-4	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
36	40	May 30	STL	@	PHI	L,2-10	GS	33	6.0	1	0	0	1	1	SS
37	41	May 31	STL	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	42	Jun 1	STL		MON	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
39	43	Jun 2	STL		MON	L,1-8	GS	31	6.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
40	44	Jun 3	STL		MON	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
41	46 (1)	Jun 5	STL		SDP	W,2-1	CG	47	13.0	3	5	1	9	1	SS
42	47	Jun 6	STL		SDP	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
43	48	Jun 7	STL		SDP	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	4	3	1	8	1	SS
44	49	Jun 9	STL		LAD	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
45	50	Jun 10	STL		LAD	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
46	51	Jun 11	STL		LAD	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	52	Aug 10	STL	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	2	6	0	SS
48	53	Aug 11	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	45	9.1	4	8	0	12	1	SS
49	54	Aug 12	STL	@	PHI	W,11-3	CG	41	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
50	55	Aug 13	STL	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
51	56	Aug 14	STL	@	MON	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
52	57	Aug 17	STL		SDP	W,2-1	CG	46	13.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
53	58	Aug 18	STL		SDP	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
54	59	Aug 19	STL		SDP	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
55	60	Aug 21	STL		LAD	L,0-4	GS	20	5.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
56	64 (3)	Aug 25	STL		SFG	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
57	65	Aug 26	STL		SFG	W,9-4	GS	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	82 (16)	Sep 15 (1)	STL	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
59	84 (1)	Sep 16 (1)	STL	@	MON	W,7-1	GS	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
60	85	Sep 16 (2)	STL	@	MON	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	2	2	2	6	1	SS
61	86	Sep 17	STL	@	MON	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	4	7	2	13	2	SS
62	87	Sep 18	STL	@	NYM	L,1-8	CG	35	8.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
63	88	Sep 19	STL	@	NYM	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
64	89	Sep 20	STL	@	NYM	L,6-7	CG	46	8.2	1	5	0	6	2	SS
65	90	Sep 21	STL	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
66	91	Sep 22	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	2	4	1	7	0	SS
67	92	Sep 23	STL		PHI	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
68	93	Sep 24	STL		PHI	L,6-14	GS	23	3.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
69	95 (1)	Sep 26	STL		PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
70	96	Sep 27	STL		PIT	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
71	97	Sep 28	STL		MON	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
72	98	Sep 29	STL		MON	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
73	99	Sep 30	STL	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	46	8.0	4	3	1	8	1	SS
74	100	Oct 1	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
75	101	Oct 2	STL	@	PIT	L,7-8	CG	40	8.1	2	3	1	6	1	SS
76	102	Oct 3	STL	@	PIT	W,8-3	GS	17	5.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
							76gm		657.2	160	272	18	450	54