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Johnny Wyrostek

John Barney Wyrostek

Position: Outfielder
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
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Reds/Pirates 1942-1954

Final Game: September 26, 1954
Died: December 12, 1986 in St. Louis, MO
Buried: Lake View Memorial Gardens, Belleville, IL
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 1:36PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1312. Bump Wills… #1313. Mel Hall… #1314. Pete Incaviglia… #1315. JOHNNY WYROSTEK… #1316. Everett Scott… #1317. Mike Jorgensen… #1318. Glenn Wilson… 

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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 .767 106 210 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 *98/73
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 O8/93
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 O9/78
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 3
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 .757 103 864 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1942 22 PIT NL 38 -4 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ /O
1943 23 PIT NL 83 -9 0 0 0 -1 -1 3 -8 -1.0 -7 -0.7 -0.3 $ O/534
1946 26 PHI NL 628 9 0 0 0 -4 -1 21 25 2.7 29 3.3 -0.6 $ *O
1947 27 PHI NL 523 3 1 0 0 0 -5 19 18 1.8 18 1.8 0.0 $ *O
1948 28 CIN NL 567 9 1 0 0 -7 -1 20 22 2.3 29 3.0 -0.7 $ *O MVP-20
1949 29 CIN NL 534 -9 -1 0 0 -1 -4 20 5 0.4 6 0.6 -0.2 $ *O
1950 30 CIN NL 569 3 0 0 0 2 -6 18 17 1.8 15 1.5 0.3 $ *O/3 AS
1951 31 CIN NL 598 3 -2 0 0 -6 -6 20 9 0.9 15 1.6 -0.7 $ *O AS,MVP-19
1952 32 CIN NL 125 -1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ O8/93
1952 32 PHI NL 371 2 -2 0 0 6 -4 13 15 1.5 9 0.9 0.6 $ O9/78
1953 33 PHI NL 452 -9 0 -3 2 -2 -5 16 -1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ *O
1954 34 PHI NL 296 -11 1 -2 0 4 -4 10 -2 -0.2 -6 -0.6 0.4 $ 3
11 Seasons 4784 -14 -2 -5 2 -10 -37 165 100 10.0 109 11.5 -1.5 $
PHI (5 yrs) 2270 -6 0 -5 2 3 -19 79 55 5.7 51 5.5 0.2 $
CIN (5 yrs) 2393 5 -2 0 0 -12 -17 82 56 5.7 68 7.0 -1.3 $
PIT (2 yrs) 121 -13 0 0 0 -1 -1 4 -11 -1.4 -10 -1.0 -0.4 $

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1942 PIT NL 22 OF 8 19 18 1 0 1 1.000 2.38 .981 2.34
1942 PIT NL 22 LF 8 8 8 19 18 1 0 1 1.000 2.38 .983 2.33
1943 PIT NL 23 OF 20 37 34 0 3 0 .919 1.70 .977 2.41
1943 PIT NL 23 3B 2 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.50 .950 3.15
1943 PIT NL 23 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.50
1943 PIT NL 23 2B 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 .970 5.80
1943 PIT NL 23 RF 9 6 6 20 18 0 2 0 .900 2.00 .976 2.21
1943 PIT NL 23 CF 6 1 0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .978 2.75
1943 PIT NL 23 LF 5 2 2 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .977 2.26
1946 PHI NL 26 OF 142 414 388 18 8 4 .981 2.86 .977 2.38
1946 PHI NL 26 CF 138 137 133 402 377 17 8 4 .980 2.86 .979 2.85
1946 PHI NL 26 LF 6 4 4 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .975 2.27
1947 PHI NL 27 OF 126 280 261 11 8 2 .971 2.16 .977 2.42
1947 PHI NL 27 RF 100 93 89 214 198 9 7 1 .967 2.07 .978 2.14
1947 PHI NL 27 CF 27 25 24 67 64 2 1 1 .985 2.44 .978 2.79
1948 CIN NL 28 OF 130 347 331 8 8 1 .977 2.61 .978 2.39 MVP-20
1948 CIN NL 28 CF 130 129 128 346 330 8 8 1 .977 2.60 .984 2.84 MVP-20
1949 CIN NL 29 OF 129 312 293 10 9 1 .971 2.35 .977 2.48
1949 CIN NL 29 RF 80 58 54 126 116 6 4 0 .968 1.53 .978 2.08
1949 CIN NL 29 CF 69 65 45 186 177 4 5 1 .973 2.62 .979 2.97
1949 CIN NL 29 LF 3 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 .974 2.47
1950 CIN NL 30 OF 129 251 238 8 5 0 .980 1.91 .978 2.31 AS
1950 CIN NL 30 1B 4 22 20 2 0 4 1.000 5.50 .990 9.60 AS
1950 CIN NL 30 RF 113 104 95 931.0 200 190 5 5 0 .975 1.89 1.73 .976 1.86 1.84 AS
1950 CIN NL 30 LF 13 10 8 88.0 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 3.17 2.38 .977 2.29 2.27 AS
1950 CIN NL 30 CF 9 9 6 73.0 16 13 3 0 0 1.000 1.97 1.78 .980 2.76 2.73 AS
1951 CIN NL 31 OF 139 271 255 8 8 2 .970 1.89 .981 2.41 AS,MVP-19
1951 CIN NL 31 RF 139 138 136 1232.1 270 254 8 8 2 .970 1.91 1.88 .981 2.03 2.03 AS,MVP-19
1951 CIN NL 31 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30 AS,MVP-19
1952 TOT NL 32 OF 117 112 107 996.0 294 272 16 6 1 .980 2.60 2.46 .981 24.57 2.29
1952 TOT NL 32 RF 96 89 86 785.0 228 211 11 6 1 .974 2.55 2.31 .980 2.07 2.05
1952 TOT NL 32 CF 23 22 20 194.0 68 63 5 0 1 1.000 3.15 2.96 .983 2.76 2.73
1952 CIN NL 32 OF 29 27 25 242.0 76 70 6 0 0 1.000 2.83 2.62 .981 24.57 2.29
1952 CIN NL 32 CF 22 21 20 188.0 65 60 5 0 1 1.000 3.11 2.95 .983 2.76 2.73
1952 CIN NL 32 RF 9 6 5 54.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.67 1.11 .980 2.07 2.04
1952 CIN NL 32 1B 1 0 0 6.0 8 8 0 0 1 1.000 12.00 8.00 .990 100.05 9.80
1952 PHI NL 32 OF 88 85 82 754.0 218 202 10 6 1 .972 2.53 2.41 .981 24.57 2.29
1952 PHI NL 32 RF 87 83 81 731.0 218 202 10 6 1 .972 2.61 2.44 .980 2.07 2.05
1952 PHI NL 32 LF 2 1 1 17.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.59 1.50 .980 2.01 2.00
1952 PHI NL 32 CF 1 1 0 6.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 3.00 .983 2.70 2.70
1953 PHI NL 33 OF 110 211 192 11 8 2 .962 -2 1.85 .980 2.32
1953 PHI NL 33 RF 102 95 91 848.0 199 181 10 8 3 .960 -0 -0 2.03 1.87 .981 2.01 1.97
1953 PHI NL 33 LF 8 7 6 59.0 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -39 2.14 1.75 .976 2.17 2.12
1954 PHI NL 34 OF 55 96 90 5 1 1 .990 4 1.73 .975 2.34
1954 PHI NL 34 1B 22 199 187 9 3 20 .985 -0 8.91 .991 9.75
1954 PHI NL 34 RF 49 43 34 384.0 90 84 5 1 1 .989 4 11 2.09 1.82 .970 1.96 1.95
1954 PHI NL 34 LF 6 5 3 36.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 10 1.75 1.17 .971 2.17 2.17
11 Seasons OF 1105 112 107 996.0 2532 2372 96 64 15 .975 2 2 2.60 2.23 .978 24.57 2.38
8 Seasons RF 688 626 591 4180.1 1347 1252 54 41 8 .970 3 1 2.06 1.90 .979 1.99 2.01
7 Seasons CF 402 388 356 267.0 1091 1030 39 22 8 .980 2.83 2.66 .981 2.76 2.85
9 Seasons LF 52 37 32 201.0 101 97 4 0 1 1.000 -2 -10 2.46 1.94 .977 2.21 2.24
4 Seasons 1B 28 0 0 6.0 229 215 11 3 25 .987 -0 -40 12.00 8.07 .991 100.05 9.76
1 Season 3B 2 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.50 .950 3.15
1 Season 2B 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 .970 5.80
11 Seasons TOT 1136 112 107 1002.0 2764 2587 108 69 40 .975 2 2 2.66 2.37 .979 25.02 2.56
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (1113th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1952 NL  0.6 (6th)

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)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  41 (84th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1946 NL  142 (4th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1946 NL  388 (1st)
1948 NL  331 (5th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1946 NL  18 (2nd)
1952 NL  16 (4th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1946 NL  8 (4th)
1947 NL  8 (5th)
1951 NL  8 (4th)
1953 NL  8 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1946 NL  2.86 (1st)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1946 NL  .980 (3rd)
1948 NL  .977 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1950 NL  1.89 (4th)
1952 NL  2.55 (1st)
1953 NL  2.03 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1947 NL  2.07 (4th)
1950 NL  1.73 (3rd)
1952 NL  2.31 (1st)
1953 NL  1.87 (3rd)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1950 NL  .975 (5th)
1952 NL  .974 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1946 NL  2.86 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 23 (932), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1244), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1497), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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