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.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CIN		CHC	L,5-6	CG	46	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
2	2	Apr 17	CIN		CHC	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
3	3	Apr 18	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-3	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF CF
4	4	Apr 19	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-3	GS	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF RF
5	5	Apr 20 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
6	6	Apr 20 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
7	7	Apr 22	CIN		STL	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
8	8	Apr 25	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
9	9	Apr 26	CIN		PIT	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
10	10	Apr 27 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	CF
11	11	Apr 27 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
12	12	Apr 29	CIN		NYG	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
13	13	Apr 30	CIN		NYG	L,1-4	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	CIN		BSN	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
15	15	May 2	CIN		BSN	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
16	16	May 3	CIN		BSN	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
17	17	May 4 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
18	18	May 4 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
19	19	May 6	CIN		BRO	L,4-5	CG	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
20	20	May 7	CIN		BRO	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
21	21	May 9	CIN	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
22	22	May 10	CIN	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	23	May 11	CIN	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
24	24	May 13	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
25	25	May 14	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
26	26	May 15	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
27	27	May 16	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
28	28	May 17	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-3	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
29	29	May 21	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-19	GF	25	6.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
30	30	May 22	CIN	@	BRO	L,7-8	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
				Player went from Cincinnati Reds to Philadelphia Phillies
31	33	May 27 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,5-4	CG	37	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
32	34	May 29	PHI		NYG	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
33	35	May 30 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
34	36	May 30 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
35	37	May 31	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-5	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	38	Jun 1 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
37	39	Jun 1 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	31	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	RF
38	40	Jun 3	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
39	41	Jun 4	PHI	@	CIN	L,8-10	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
40	42	Jun 5	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	43	Jun 6	PHI	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	44	Jun 7	PHI	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	RF
43	45	Jun 8	PHI	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	46	Jun 10	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
45	47	Jun 11	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
46	48	Jun 12	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
47	49	Jun 14	PHI		PIT	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
48	51 (1)	Jun 15 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,6-3	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
49	52	Jun 16	PHI		PIT	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	RF
50	53	Jun 17 (1)	PHI		STL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
51	54	Jun 17 (2)	PHI		STL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
52	55	Jun 18	PHI		STL	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
53	56	Jun 19	PHI		STL	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
54	57	Jun 20	PHI		CIN	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
55	58	Jun 22 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
56	59	Jun 22 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,3-0	CG	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
57	60	Jun 24 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
58	61	Jun 24 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	62	Jun 25	PHI		CHC	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
60	63	Jun 27	PHI		NYG	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
61	64	Jun 28	PHI		NYG	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
62	65	Jun 29	PHI		NYG	L,3-12	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
63	66	Jun 30	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	67	Jul 1	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
65	69 (1)	Jul 2 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
66	70	Jul 3	PHI	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
67	71	Jul 4 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	41	10.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
68	73 (1)	Jul 5	PHI	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
69	75 (1)	Jul 6 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
70	76	Jul 10	PHI	@	STL	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
71	77	Jul 11	PHI	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	79 (1)	Jul 13 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
73	82 (2)	Jul 16	PHI	@	PIT	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
74	83	Jul 17 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
75	84	Jul 17 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
76	86 (1)	Jul 19	PHI	@	CIN	W,7-5	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	88 (1)	Jul 20 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	89	Jul 22 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,14-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
79	90	Jul 22 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
80	91	Jul 23	PHI		PIT	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
81	92	Jul 25	PHI		CHC	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
82	93	Jul 26	PHI		CHC	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
83	95 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
84	96	Jul 29 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
85	97	Jul 29 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
86	98	Jul 30	PHI		CIN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	99	Aug 1	PHI		STL	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
88	100	Aug 2	PHI		STL	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	101	Aug 3	PHI		STL	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	RF
90	102	Aug 7 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
91	103	Aug 7 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
92	104	Aug 8	PHI		BRO	L,3-6	GF	13	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	PH RF
93	105	Aug 9 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
94	106	Aug 9 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
95	107	Aug 11 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
96	108	Aug 11 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
97	109	Aug 13 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
98	110	Aug 13 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
99	112 (1)	Aug 15	PHI	@	BRO	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
100	113	Aug 16	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-15	CG	40	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
101	114	Aug 17	PHI	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
102	115	Aug 19	PHI	@	PIT	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
103	116	Aug 20	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
104	117	Aug 22	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	118	Aug 23	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
106	119	Aug 24 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
107	125 (5)	Aug 30 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
108	135 (9)	Sep 6 susp	PHI		BSN	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
109	136	Sep 7	PHI		BSN	W,2-1	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
110	137	Sep 9	PHI		STL	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
111	138	Sep 10	PHI		STL	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
112	139	Sep 11	PHI		STL	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
113	140	Sep 12 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
114	141	Sep 12 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
115	142	Sep 14 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
116	143	Sep 14 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
117	144	Sep 16	PHI		CIN	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
118	145	Sep 17	PHI		CIN	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
							122gm		1002.0	281	17	6	304	3