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Johnny Wyrostek
John Barney Wyrostek
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 12, 1919 in Fairmont City, IL
High School: Central (East St. Louis, IL)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1942
Final Game: September 26, 1954
Died: December 12, 1986 in St.Louis, MO
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Career Home Runs

For all seasons after 1973, the play-by-play data is complete (summary of missing data for pre-1974). For some games from 1954 to 1973, we do not have complete play-by-play.

Johnny Wyrostek: 58 Career Home Runs

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 4 go ahead, 47 lacking some details
2 Tms
CIN37
PHI21
 
vs RHP42
vs LHP16
 
Home29
Away29
 
Leverage
High Lev1
Medium Lev1
Low Lev1
8 Opps
PIT13
STL10
NYG8
CHC8
BRO7
PHI5
CIN4
BSN3
46 Pitchers
Roy Face2
Mike Budnick2
Murry Dickson2
Ralph Branca2
Ken Heintzelman2
Preacher Roe2
Red Munger2
Howie Pollet2
Elmer Riddle2
Larry Jansen2
Kirby Higbe2
Hank Borowy2
Fritz Ostermueller1
Ken Burkhart1
Ed Heusser1
Max Lanier1
Robin Roberts1
Rip Sewell1
Bob Rush1
Johnny Klippstein1
7 Parks
Crosley Fld25
Shibe Pk10
Forbes Fld6
Polo Grounds6
Ebbets Fld5
Wrigley Fld4
Sportsman Pk2
Where Hit
Unk55
92
81
General field locations when available.
 
 
Game Totals
1·HR gms54
2·HR gms2
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
Unk17
3rd13
2nd10
7th5
1st5
4th4
6th3
5th1
Outs
Unk46
07
23
12
 
DefPos
CF30
RF26
1B1
LF1
Bases
Unk55
1--3
 
91 RBI
0 on30
1 on23
2 on5
Any on28
Inning
19
25
37
48
55
68
74
89
93
 
1-321
4-621
7-end16
RelScore
+31
Tied3
-11
-24
-32
Unk47
 
Ahead1
Tied3
Behind7
Unk47
Before event, for batter

Play By Play

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1946 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1946-05-04 PHI @ CIN Nate Andrews t 5 2 2 8
2 2 2 1 1946-05-15 PHI CHC Hank Borowy b 7 1 2 8
3 3 3 1 1946-05-19 (1) PHI STL Max Lanier b 7 2 2 8
4 4 4 1 1946-05-30 (1) PHI NYG Hal Schumacher b 3 0 1 3 8
5 5 5 1 1946-07-06 PHI @ NYG Mike Budnick t 4 2 1 8
6 6 6 1 1946-08-30 PHI @ NYG Mike Budnick t 1 1 2 8
1947 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
7 7 1 1 1947-06-06 PHI PIT Ed Bahr b 1 3 4 9
8 8 2 1 1947-07-10 (2) PHI PIT Kirby Higbe b 6 1 2 9
9 9 3 1 1947-07-24 (1) PHI @ PIT Rip Sewell t 2 2 2 9
10 10 4 1 1947-07-30 PHI @ CHC Bob Carpenter t 1 3 4 9
11 11 5 1 1947-07-31 PHI @ CHC Paul Erickson t 8 1 4 9
1948 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
12 12 1 1 1948-04-23 CIN PIT Kirby Higbe b 4 1 8
13 13 2 1 1948-04-29 CIN STL Red Munger b 3 1 8
14 14 3 1 1948-05-01 CIN @ PIT Fritz Ostermueller t 8 1 8
15 15 4 1 1948-05-28 CIN CHC Bob Rush b 4 1 8
16 16 5 1 1948-06-11 CIN PHI Ken Heintzelman b 6 1 8
17 17 6 2 1948-06-11 CIN PHI Nick Strincevich b 8 2 8
18 18 7 1 1948-06-16 CIN @ BRO Ralph Branca behind 1-3 t 8 2 2 1 8
19 19 8 1 1948-06-29 CIN PIT Elmer Riddle b 9 1 8
20 20 9 1 1948-07-02 CIN STL Red Munger b 2 1 1 8
21 21 10 1 1948-07-04 (1) CIN STL Ted Wilks b 2 1 1 8
22 22 11 2 1948-07-04 (1) CIN STL Ken Burkhart b 8 1 1 8
23 23 12 1 1948-07-20 CIN BSN Clyde Shoun b 6 3 8
24 24 13 1 1948-08-25 CIN PHI Ed Heusser b 8 1 8
25 25 14 1 1948-09-01 (1) CIN BSN Warren Spahn b 6 2 8
26 26 15 1 1948-09-04 CIN STL Harry Brecheen b 4 1 8
27 27 16 1 1948-09-10 CIN @ STL Howie Pollet t 8 2 8
28 28 17 1 1948-09-12 CIN @ STL Murry Dickson t 4 2 8
1949 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
29 29 1 1 1949-04-22 CIN @ PIT Bob Chesnes t 1 1 2 8
30 30 2 1 1949-04-24 (2) CIN @ PIT Cliff Chambers t 6 1 2 8
31 31 3 1 1949-04-30 CIN PIT Elmer Riddle b 1 2 2 8
32 32 4 1 1949-05-15 (1) CIN CHC Emil Kush b 9 2 9
33 33 5 1 1949-06-05 CIN @ NYG Larry Jansen t 5 1 9
34 34 6 1 1949-06-06 CIN @ NYG Sheldon Jones t 3 3 3 8
35 35 7 1 1949-07-26 CIN BSN Bobby Hogue b 8 1 6 8
36 36 8 1 1949-08-05 CIN BRO Preacher Roe behind 2-5 b 5 0 1 7 8
37 37 9 1 1949-08-06 CIN BRO Ralph Branca behind 0-2 b 8 0 1 7 9
1950 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
38 38 1 1 1950-05-21 CIN @ BRO Preacher Roe behind 2-4 t 3 2 1 3 9
39 39 2 1 1950-06-02 CIN NYG Monte Kennedy b 4 1 9
40 40 3 1 1950-06-17 CIN @ PHI Robin Roberts t 1 2 3 9
41 41 4 1 1950-06-25 (2) CIN @ NYG Sal Maglie tied 3-3 t 6 0 1 3 9
42 42 5 1 1950-07-04 (2) CIN PIT Hank Borowy b 1 2 9
43 43 6 1 1950-08-16 CIN @ CHC Frank Hiller t 1 2 3 9
44 44 7 1 1950-09-02 CIN @ CHC Paul Minner t 3 2 4 9
45 45 8 1 1950-09-04 (2) CIN STL Howie Pollet b 6 2 3 9
1951 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
46 46 1 1 1951-05-02 CIN @ PHI Ken Heintzelman t 2 2 6 9
47 47 2 1 1951-05-05 CIN @ BRO Chris Van Cuyk behind 2-5 t 7 1 1 6 9
1952 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
48 48 1 1 1952-04-20 (1) CIN @ PIT Murry Dickson t 5 2 3 8
49 49 2 1 1952-07-26 PHI CHC Johnny Klippstein b 5 1 3 9
1953 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
50 50 1 1 1953-04-20 PHI @ NYG Larry Jansen behind 0-1 t 6 2 1 3 9
51 51 2 1 1953-05-20 PHI @ CIN Howie Judson t 3 2 3 9
52 52 3 1 1953-06-21 (2) PHI @ CIN Fred Baczewski t 9 1 5 9
53 53 4 1 1953-08-19 PHI PIT Roy Face b 4 1 3 9
54 54 5 1 1953-09-06 PHI @ PIT Roy Face t 4 2 7 9
55 55 6 1 1953-09-19 PHI @ BRO Russ Meyer behind 0-2 t 2 0 3 7 9
1954 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
56 56 1 1 1954-05-16 (2) PHI STL Carl Scheib tied 2-2 b 3 0 1-- 2 3 3 18% 77% Home Run; Ashburn Scores
57 57 2 1 1954-05-27 PHI @ BRO Bob Milliken ahead 8-5 t 7 1 1-- 2 7 9 7% 96% Home Run; Burgess Scores
58 58 3 1 1954-08-31 PHI @ CIN Bud Podbielan tied 0-0 t 1 0 1-- 2 2 7 15% 69% Home Run (Deep RF); Ashburn Scores

About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia

Much of the data on Baseball-Reference.com's Home Run Logs comes from the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Log, a database of all homers hit in the major leagues since 1876. This project was begun in the 1940's by John C. Tattersall and was continued after Tattersall's death in 1981 by Bob McConnell, one of SABR's original 16 members. David Vincent, another SABR member, has since assumed the leadership of the project. Baseball-Reference.com has licensed this remarkable database from the Society for American Baseball Research. All credit for the data therein goes to the intrepid researchers who digitized this data from archival sources.

For years from 1954 to 2009, RetroSheet play-by-play data has been used whenever the home run occurred in a game for which we have complete play-by-play data.

There are a handful of cases where the home run logs totals do not agree with the totals on our player pages. We are working to reconcile all of those differences, but believe that in all cases the Home Run Encyclopedia is correct.