Johnny Wyrostek

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: July 12, 1919 in Fairmont City, IL us

Died: December 12, 1986 in St. Louis, MO

Buried: Lake View Memorial Gardens, Fairview Heights, IL

High School: Central HS (East St. Louis, IL)

Debut: September 10, 1942 (Age 23-060d, 9,284th in major league history)
vs. PHI 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1954 (Age 35-076d)
vs. NYG 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: John Barney Wyrostek

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.1

4240

1149

.271

525

RBI

481

OBP

.349

SLG

.383

OPS

.731

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	CIN		STL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 21	CIN		STL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 22	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 24 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 24 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 25	CIN	@	STL	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	Apr 27	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-8	GS	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 28	CIN	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 29	CIN		PIT	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	10	Apr 30	CIN		PIT	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	12	May 1 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	13	May 3	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	14	May 4	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	15	May 5	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	16	May 6	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	17	May 7	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	18	May 8 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,14-7	CG	52	12.0	3	1	0	4	0
19	19	May 8 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	33	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	20	May 11	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	21	May 12	CIN	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	22	May 13	CIN		CHC	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	23	May 14	CIN		CHC	L,1-13	CG	48	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
24	24	May 15 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	25	May 15 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,5-8	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	26	May 17	CIN		BSN	W,5-4	GS	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	27	May 18	CIN		BSN	W,13-9	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	28	May 19	CIN		NYG	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	29	May 20	CIN		NYG	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	30	May 22 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	31	May 22 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,2-0	GS	29	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
32	32	May 24	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	GS	49	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
33	33	May 25	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	GS	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	34	May 27	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	35	May 28	CIN	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	39	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	36	May 29 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	37	May 29 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
38	38	May 30 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	39	May 30 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,2-9	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	41	9.2	1	0	0	1	0
41	41	Jun 2	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	42	Jun 3 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	43	Jun 3 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	44	Jun 4	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-9	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
45	45	Jun 5	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
46	46	Jun 6	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
47	47	Jun 7	CIN	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
48	48	Jun 8	CIN	@	BSN	L,7-8	CG	68	14.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	49	Jun 9	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-10	CG	44	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
50	50	Jun 10	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-10	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	51	Jun 11	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-11	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	52	Jun 12	CIN	@	BRO	L,7-20	CG	49	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	53	Jun 14	CIN		NYG	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	54	Jun 17	CIN		BSN	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	55	Jun 18	CIN		BSN	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	62 (6)	Jun 26 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	GS	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	63	Jun 26 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	66 (2)	Jul 1	CIN	@	STL	W,10-2	GF	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	67	Jul 2	CIN	@	STL	W,3-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	68	Jul 3	CIN	@	STL	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
61	70 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	71	Jul 6	CIN		CHC	W,23-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	72	Jul 7	CIN		CHC	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
64	73	Jul 8	CIN		STL	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
65	74	Jul 9	CIN		STL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	77 (2)	Jul 14	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-6	GF	17	3.1	0	0	1	1	0
67	78	Jul 15	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-11	GS	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	79	Jul 16	CIN	@	BRO	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
69	80	Jul 17 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	3	1	0	4	0
70	81	Jul 17 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
71	82	Jul 18	CIN	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
72	83	Jul 19	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-13	GS	48	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	84	Jul 20	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	85	Jul 21	CIN	@	NYG	L,5-9	CG	37	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
75	86	Jul 22	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
76	87	Jul 23	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	88	Jul 24 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	89	Jul 24 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	90	Jul 26	CIN		BSN	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	91	Jul 27	CIN		BSN	L,7-9	GS	58	13.0	5	0	0	5	0
81	92	Jul 28	CIN		BSN	L,2-11	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
82	93	Jul 29	CIN		NYG	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	94	Jul 30	CIN		NYG	L,7-8	CG	48	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
84	95	Jul 31 (1)	CIN		NYG	L,0-10	GS	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
85	96	Jul 31 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,0-9	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	97	Aug 2	CIN		PHI	W,11-3	GS	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
87	98	Aug 3	CIN		PHI	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	99	Aug 4 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
89	100	Aug 4 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	101	Aug 5	CIN		BRO	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	102	Aug 6	CIN		BRO	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	103	Aug 7 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	104	Aug 7 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	106 (1)	Aug 9	CIN	@	STL	L,1-4	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	108 (1)	Aug 13	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
96	109	Aug 14 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-2	GS	49	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
97	110	Aug 14 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	111	Aug 15	CIN		PIT	L,7-9	GS	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	112	Aug 16	CIN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
100	113	Aug 17	CIN		STL	L,3-4	GS	55	13.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	114	Aug 19	CIN		CHC	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	115	Aug 20	CIN		CHC	W,7-4	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	116	Aug 21 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,4-5	GS	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
104	117	Aug 21 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	118	Aug 23	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	55	12.2	1	0	0	1	0
106	119	Aug 25	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	120	Aug 26	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-3	GS	39	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
108	121	Aug 27	CIN	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	41	9.2	1	0	0	1	0
109	122	Aug 28 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
110	123	Aug 28 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	124	Aug 29	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	125	Sep 1 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,8-11	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	126	Sep 1 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-3	GS	40	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
114	129 (2)	Sep 4 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
115	130	Sep 5 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
116	131	Sep 5 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	132	Sep 6	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	39	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
118	133	Sep 7	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-2	GS	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
119	134	Sep 8	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-7	GS	42	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
120	135	Sep 9	CIN		STL	W,6-1	GS	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
121	136	Sep 10	CIN		STL	L,5-6	GS	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
122	137	Sep 11 (1)	CIN		STL	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
123	139 (1)	Sep 13	CIN		BRO	L,3-6	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
124	146 (6)	Sep 21 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
125	149 (2)	Sep 22 (2)	CIN		NYG	W,8-4	GS	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
126	151 (1)	Sep 25 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
127	152	Sep 25 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,3-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
128	153	Sep 27	CIN		CHC	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
129	154	Sep 30	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
							152gm		1122.1	297	10	9	316	1