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Johnny Wyrostek

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Full Name: John Barney Wyrostek Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/180 First Game: September 10, 1942
Birthdate: July 12, 1919 Final Game: September 26, 1954
Birthplace: Fairmont City, Illinois MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: December 12, 1986
Deathplace: St. Louis, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Johnny Wyrostek (John Barney Wyrostek) was born on July 12, 1919 in Fairmont City, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on September 10, 1942 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1946, his rookie year, he hit .281 with 6 home runs and 45 RBI. Wyrostek played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Johnny Wyrostek's best season was 1948, when he slugged 17 home runs and knocked in 76 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1942 PIT N 9 35 0 4 0 3 .114 .184 .171 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
1943 PIT N 51 79 7 12 0 1 .152 .183 .190 3 0 3 15 0 1 0 0 1
1946 PHI N 145 545 73 153 6 45 .281 .366 .383 30 4 70 42 3 10 7 0 6
1947 PHI N 128 454 68 124 5 51 .273 .364 .390 24 7 61 45 4 4 7 0 9
1948 CIN N 136 512 74 140 17 76 .273 .344 .455 24 9 52 63 3 0 7 0 5
1949 CIN N 134 474 54 118 9 46 .249 .333 .365 20 4 58 63 2 0 7 0 7
1950 CIN N 131 509 70 145 8 76 .285 .357 .418 34 5 52 38 5 3 1 0 14
1951 CIN N 142 537 52 167 2 61 .311 .376 .391 31 3 54 54 2 5 2 0 10
1952 PHI N 98 321 45 88 1 37 .274 .363 .352 16 3 44 26 1 5 1 0 6
1952 CIN N 30 106 12 25 1 10 .236 .347 .330 1 3 18 7 0 1 1 0 6
1952 TOT N 128 427 57 113 2 47 .265 .359 .347 17 6 62 33 1 6 2 0 12
1953 PHI N 125 409 42 111 6 47 .271 .339 .359 14 2 38 43 4 1 0 0 9
1954 PHI N 92 259 28 62 3 28 .239 .314 .351 12 4 29 39 1 3 0 5 7
Total 1221 4240 525 1149 58 481 .271 .349 .383 209 45 482 437 25 33 33 5 80

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1942 PIT N OF 8 0 0 18 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1943 PIT N 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1943 PIT N OF 20 0 0 34 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .919
1943 PIT N 2B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1943 PIT N 3B 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
1946 PHI N OF 142 0 0 388 18 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1947 PHI N OF 126 0 0 261 11 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1948 CIN N OF 130 0 0 331 8 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1949 CIN N OF 129 0 0 293 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1950 CIN N OF 129 0 0 238 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1950 CIN N 1B 4 0 0 20 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 CIN N OF 139 0 0 255 8 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1952 PHI N OF 88 0 0 202 10 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1952 CIN N OF 29 0 0 70 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 CIN N 1B 1 0 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 TOT N OF 117 0 0 272 16 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1952 TOT N RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1952 TOT N CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1953 PHI N OF 110 0 0 192 11 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1954 PHI N 1B 22 21 192 187 9 3 20 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1954 PHI N OF 55 48 420 90 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1954 PHI N LF 6 5 36 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1954 PHI N RF 49 43 384 85 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .989
Total 2B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total OF 1105 48 420 2372 96 64 15 0 0 0 0 0 .975
Total 3B 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Total RF 49 43 384 85 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .989
Total 1B 28 21 192 215 11 3 25 0 0 0 0 0 .987
Total LF 6 5 36 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1937).
  • Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Pittsburgh Pirates (September 10, 1941).
  • Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Johnny Podgajny and cash to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Preacher Roe (September 30, 1943).
  • Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Philadelphia Phillies with Al Jurisich (February 4, 1946).
  • Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with cash to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Eddie Miller (February 7, 1948).
  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Kent Peterson to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Bubba Church (May 23, 1952).
  • Released by Philadelphia Phillies (April 5, 1955).

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