Garry Templeton

Shortstop

1976—1991

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Shortstop RANK
#76

Player Detail

Garry Lewis
GIVEN NAME
Templeton
SURNAME
March 24, 1956, in Lockney, TX
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1976—1991
Playing Career
Played from 20-35
PLAYING AGE
St. Louis Cardinals
San Diego Padres
Teams Played For
Shortstop
PRIMARY POSITION
San Diego Padres
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
Jumpsteady
NICKNAME
1
UNIFORM NUMBER
#8 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-11 / 175
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Both / Right
BATTED / THREW
August 9, 1976
Major League Debut
October 5, 1991
FINAL GAME

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WHO IS Garry Templeton?

Great start, never fulfilled great promise after Padres got him in trade for Ozzie Smith.
Garry was named team captain of the San Diego Padres by manager Larry Bowa in 1987.

50

HITTING

40

POWER

60

RUNNING

60

FIELDING

60

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
2079
2096
70
728
.271
3 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
25.7
55.4

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.673
.649
104.0

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.271
.304
.369

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:

Garry Templeton Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Templeton
564
153
65
24
8
5
53
27
80
18
208
181
.271
.304
.369
673
AVG SS
542
136
62
22
5
6
44
73
16
185
182
.251
.308
.341
.649

Garry Templeton Rankings

AT Shortstop BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
76
80
95
77
66
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Shortstop BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
77
84
70
98
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Garry Templeton PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
27.9
23.6
19.1
12.4
2.17
67.7
43.1
30.3
21.6
4.89
BLUE = Garry Templeton
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
207.5
137.0
97.8
70.8
16.1
327.4
189.4
134.4
92.3
24.2
BLUE = Garry Templeton
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS