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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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1942 22 PIT NL 9 38 35 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 3 2 .114 .184 .171 .356 3 6 0 0 0 /O
1943 23 PIT NL 51 83 79 7 12 3 0 0 1 0 3 15 .152 .183 .190 .373 6 15 1 0 1 O/534
1946 26 PHI NL 145 628 545 73 153 30 4 6 45 7 70 42 .281 .366 .383 .749 115 209 6 3 10 *O
1947 27 PHI NL 128 523 454 68 124 24 7 5 51 7 61 45 .273 .364 .390 .754 104 177 9 4 4 *O
1948 28 CIN NL 136 567 512 74 140 24 9 17 76 7 52 63 .273 .344 .455 .799 117 233 5 3 0 *O MVP-20
1949 29 CIN NL 134 534 474 54 118 20 4 9 46 7 58 63 .249 .333 .365 .698 86 173 7 2 0 *O
1950 30 CIN NL 131 569 509 70 145 34 5 8 76 1 52 38 .285 .357 .418 .775 103 213 14 5 3 *O/3 AS
1951 31 CIN NL 142 598 537 52 167 31 3 2 61 2 1 54 54 .311 .376 .391 .767 105 210 10 2 5 *O AS,MVP-19
1952 32 TOT NL 128 496 427 57 113 17 6 2 47 2 9 62 33 .265 .359 .347 .706 97 148 12 1 6 *O/3
1952 32 CIN NL 30 125 106 12 25 1 3 1 10 1 2 18 7 .236 .347 .330 .677 89 35 6 0 1 O/3
1952 32 PHI NL 98 371 321 45 88 16 3 1 37 1 7 44 26 .274 .363 .352 .715 100 113 6 1 5 O
1953 33 PHI NL 125 452 409 42 111 14 2 6 47 0 3 38 43 .271 .339 .359 .699 83 147 9 4 1 *O
1954 34 PHI NL 92 296 259 28 62 12 4 3 28 0 0 29 39 .239 .314 .351 .665 74 91 7 1 3 4 93/7
11 Seasons 1221 4784 4240 525 1149 209 45 58 481 33 13 482 437 .271 .349 .383 .731 98 1622 80 25 33 4
162 Game Avg. 162 635 563 70 152 28 6 8 64 4 64 58 .271 .349 .383 .731 98 215 11 3 4
PHI (5 yrs) 588 2270 1988 256 538 96 20 21 208 15 10 242 195 .271 .353 .371 .724 98 737 37 13 23 4
CIN (5 yrs) 573 2393 2138 262 595 110 24 37 269 18 3 234 225 .278 .353 .404 .757 102 864 42 12 9
PIT (2 yrs) 60 121 114 7 16 3 1 0 4 0 6 17 .140 .183 .184 .368 5 21 1 0 1

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1942 22 PIT NL 38 31 1 0.9 89 .121 .114 .259 .184 .332 .171 .360 .356 .692 3 .063 -4.6 -0.5 .290 .143 .057
1943 23 PIT NL 83 69 3 1.2 92 .188 .152 .268 .183 .337 .190 .364 .373 .701 6 .097 -9.8 -1.1 .265 .076 .038
1946 26 PHI NL 628 408 76 5.0 90 .296 .281 .259 .366 .334 .383 .362 .749 .696 115 .595 13.2 1.4 .726 .244 .103 6.5
1947 27 PHI NL 523 343 64 5.0 102 .295 .273 .269 .364 .344 .390 .399 .754 .743 104 .530 4.4 0.4 .735 .267 .117 5.8
1948 28 CIN NL 567 377 79 5.6 99 .285 .273 .265 .344 .339 .455 .393 .799 .732 117 .600 11.0 1.1 .782 .297 .182 9.9
1949 29 CIN NL 534 363 57 4.2 105 .271 .249 .272 .333 .345 .365 .406 .698 .752 86 .460 -8.8 -0.9 .661 .253 .116 7.9
1950 30 CIN NL 569 381 75 5.3 108 .296 .285 .270 .357 .346 .418 .418 .775 .764 103 .548 3.4 0.3 .717 .238 .134 1.8
1951 31 CIN NL 598 386 79 5.5 105 .343 .311 .270 .376 .344 .391 .409 .767 .753 105 .589 5.9 0.6 .701 .182 .080 2.0
1952 32 TOT NL 496 341 51 4.0 97 .283 .265 .261 .359 .333 .347 .388 .706 .721 97 .483 0.5 0.1 .609 .211 .082 2.0
1952 32 CIN NL 125 90 12 3.6 97 .245 .236 .262 .347 .334 .330 .389 .677 .724 89 .432 -1.4 -0.1 .584 .255 .094 1.0
1952 32 PHI NL 371 251 39 4.2 96 .296 .274 .260 .363 .333 .352 .387 .715 .720 100 .501 1.9 0.2 .618 .196 .078 1.0
1953 33 PHI NL 452 311 48 4.1 109 .292 .271 .273 .339 .344 .359 .425 .699 .769 83 .423 -9.5 -0.9 .600 .174 .088 .0
1954 34 PHI NL 296 211 29 3.7 109 .267 .239 .274 .314 .345 .351 .424 .665 .769 74 .382 -9.9 -1.0 .593 .224 .112 .0
11 Seasons 4784 3221 562 4.7 102 .291 .271 .267 .349 .341 .383 .400 .731 .741 98 .517 -4.2 -0.4 .675 .230 .112 42.1
162 Game Avg. 635 427 75 4.7 102 .291 .271 .267 .349 .341 .383 .400 .731 .741 98 .517 -4.2 -0.4 .675 .230 .112 6
PHI (5 yrs) 2270 1524 256 4.5 100 .291 .271 .266 .353 .339 .371 .396 .724 .735 98 .503 0.2 0.1 .666 .224 .100 17.5
CIN (5 yrs) 2393 1597 302 5.1 104 .297 .278 .269 .353 .343 .404 .406 .757 .749 102 .548 10.0 1.0 .708 .242 .126 24.2
PIT (2 yrs) 121 100 4 1.1 91 .165 .140 .266 .183 .336 .184 .363 .368 .698 5 .087 -14.3 -1.6 .273 .096 .044

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1950 CIN NL 30 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 CIN NL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1942 22 PIT NL 38 0.0% 5.3% 7.9% 2.6% 25% 0.67 17.5 11.7 87%
1943 23 PIT NL 83 0.0% 18.1% 3.6% 3.6% 25% 5.00 5.3 79.0 77%
1946 26 PHI NL 628 1.0% 6.7% 11.2% 6.4% 26% 0.60 13.0 90.8 12.1 79%
1947 27 PHI NL 523 1.0% 8.6% 11.7% 6.9% 29% 0.74 10.1 90.8 8.9 77%
1948 28 CIN NL 567 3.0% 11.1% 9.2% 8.8% 36% 1.21 8.1 30.1 6.7 76%
1949 29 CIN NL 534 1.7% 11.8% 10.9% 6.2% 28% 1.09 7.5 52.7 10.3 75%
1950 30 CIN NL 569 1.4% 6.7% 9.1% 8.3% 32% 0.73 13.4 63.6 6.7 81%
1951 31 CIN NL 598 0.3% 9.0% 9.0% 6.0% 22% 1.00 9.9 268.5 8.8 80%
1952 32 TOT NL 496 0.4% 6.7% 12.5% 5.0% 22% 0.53 12.9 213.5 9.1 79%
1952 32 CIN NL 125 0.8% 5.6% 14.4% 4.0% 20% 0.39 15.1 106.0 10.6 78%
1952 32 PHI NL 371 0.3% 7.0% 11.9% 5.4% 23% 0.59 12.3 321.0 8.7 79%
1953 33 PHI NL 452 1.3% 9.5% 8.4% 4.9% 20% 1.13 9.5 68.2 8.7 80%
1954 34 PHI NL 296 1.0% 13.2% 9.8% 6.4% 31% 1.34 6.6 86.3 9.3 0.74 75%
11 Seasons 4784 1.2% 9.1% 10.1% 6.5% 27% 0.91 9.7 73.1 8.8 0.74 78%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 34 PHI NL 1 0 28% 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 36% 14 9 5 1 1 0 7 4 3
11 Seasons 1 0 29% 73 33 13 194% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 36% 14 9 5 1 1 0 7 4 3
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 34 PHI NL 250 85% 62 16 4 0 2 1.84 3 0 9 3 0 1 2 0 2 3 150% 55 7 13% 25 10 40% 175 25 14% 20 10 50% 15 7 47% 46
11 Seasons 250 85% 1149 16 4 0 2 1.84 58 0 9 3 0 1 2 0 2 33 1650% 55 80 145% 25 10 40% 175 25 14% 20 10 50% 15 7 47% 46
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1942 22 9 38 35 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 3 2 .114 .184 .171 .356 3 6 0 0 0
1943 23 60 121 114 7 16 3 1 0 4 0 6 17 .140 .183 .184 .368 5 21 1 0 1
1944 24 60 121 114 7 16 3 1 0 4 0 6 17 .140 .183 .184 .368 5 21 1 0 1
1945 25 60 121 114 7 16 3 1 0 4 0 6 17 .140 .183 .184 .368 5 21 1 0 1
1946 26 205 749 659 80 169 33 5 6 49 7 76 59 .256 .336 .349 .685 97 230 7 3 11
1947 27 333 1272 1113 148 293 57 12 11 100 14 137 104 .263 .348 .366 .713 100 407 16 7 15
1948 28 469 1839 1625 222 433 81 21 28 176 21 189 167 .266 .346 .394 .740 105 640 21 10 15
1949 29 603 2373 2099 276 551 101 25 37 222 28 247 230 .263 .344 .387 .731 101 813 28 12 15
1950 30 734 2942 2608 346 696 135 30 45 298 29 299 268 .267 .346 .393 .740 101 1026 42 17 18
1951 31 876 3540 3145 398 863 166 33 47 359 31 1 353 322 .274 .351 .393 .744 102 1236 52 19 23
1952 32 1004 4036 3572 455 976 183 39 49 406 33 10 415 355 .273 .352 .387 .740 101 1384 64 20 29
1953 33 1129 4488 3981 497 1087 197 41 55 453 33 13 453 398 .273 .351 .385 .735 99 1531 73 24 30
1954 34 1221 4784 4240 525 1149 209 45 58 481 33 13 482 437 .271 .349 .383 .731 98 1622 80 25 33 4

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1942 22 10 40 37 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 3 2 .108 .175 .162 .337 1 9
1943 23 53 86 83 8 13 3 0 0 1 0 3 16 .157 .186 .193 .379 3 51
1946 26 152 667 584 88 174 34 5 7 54 8 80 44 .298 .385 .409 .795 91 145
1947 27 134 543 475 72 130 25 7 5 54 7 64 47 .274 .365 .387 .752 67 128
1948 28 142 596 538 80 149 26 10 18 82 7 55 66 .277 .347 .463 .810 86 136
1949 29 139 551 490 54 120 20 4 9 46 7 59 65 .245 .328 .357 .686 57 134
1950 30 137 585 527 69 147 34 5 8 75 1 53 40 .279 .350 .408 .758 74 131
1951 31 147 611 554 52 170 32 3 2 61 2 55 56 .307 .372 .386 .758 79 142
1952 32 134 515 448 64 120 18 6 2 52 2 66 34 .268 .363 .348 .711 56 128
1953 33 130 461 419 41 110 14 2 6 46 0 38 45 .263 .330 .348 .678 47 125
1954 34 97 306 271 29 64 12 4 3 29 0 30 41 .236 .310 .343 .654 29 92
11 Seasons 1275 4961 4426 557 1201 218 47 60 503 34 506 456 .271 .349 .383 .732 590 1221
162 Game Avg. 162 630 562 71 153 28 6 8 64 4 64 58 .271 .349 .383 .732 75 1221

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1950 *
1951 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1948 NL (20, 3%)
1951 NL (19, 2%)
0.05 Career Shares (1094th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1951 NL  .311 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1946 NL  145 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
1946 NL  545 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1946 NL  628 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1946 NL  153 (9th)
1951 NL  167 (10th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1946 NL  209 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1946 NL  30 (5th)
1950 NL  34 (6th)
1951 NL  31 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1948 NL  9 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1946 NL  70 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1948 NL  63 (7th)
1949 NL  63 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1947 NL  7 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1946 NL  113 (9th)
1951 NL  131 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1946 NL  76 (10th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1946 NL  226 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1946 NL  3 (10th)
1947 NL  4 (8th)
1950 NL  5 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1952 NL  9 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1948 NL  9.9 (8th)
1949 NL  7.9 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1946 NL  408 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 23 (913), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1201), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1649), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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