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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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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1942 PIT NL 22 OF 8 19 18 1 0 1 1.000 2.38 .979 2.15 8-0-0
1943 PIT NL 23 OF 20 37 34 0 3 0 .919 1.70 .978 2.27 5-6-9
1943 PIT NL 23 3B 2 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.50 .950 2.95
1943 PIT NL 23 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.00
1943 PIT NL 23 2B 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 5.40
1946 PHI NL 26 OF 142 414 388 18 8 4 .981 2.86 .977 2.16 6-138-0
1947 PHI NL 27 OF 126 280 261 11 8 2 .971 2.16 .977 2.19 0-27-100
1948 CIN NL 28 OF 130 347 331 8 8 1 .977 2.61 .978 2.20 0-130-0 MVP-20
1949 CIN NL 29 OF 129 312 293 10 9 1 .971 2.35 .977 2.25 2-60-67
1950 CIN NL 30 OF 129 251 238 8 5 0 .980 1.91 .978 2.14 11-9-115 AS
1950 CIN NL 30 1B 4 22 20 2 0 4 1.000 5.50 .991 9.02 AS
1951 CIN NL 31 OF 139 271 255 8 8 2 .970 1.89 .981 2.23 1-0-139 AS,MVP-19
1952 TOT NL 32 OF 117 294 272 16 6 1 .980 2.46 .981 2.10 2-26-93
1952 CIN NL 32 OF 29 76 70 6 0 0 1.000 2.62 .980 2.10 0-25-6
1952 CIN NL 32 1B 1 8 8 0 0 1 1.000 8.00 .988 9.20
1952 PHI NL 32 OF 88 218 202 10 6 1 .972 2.41 .981 2.10 2-1-87
1953 PHI NL 33 OF 110 211 192 11 8 2 .962 1.85 .981 2.11 8-0-102
1954 PHI NL 34 OF 55 48 420.0 96 90 5 1 1 .990 3.9 11.1 4.9 2.2 2.8 -1 2.04 1.73 .975 2.36 2.18
1954 PHI NL 34 RF 49 43 384.0 91 85 5 1 1 .989 3.6 11.2 4.6 1.6 3.0 -1 2.11 1.84 .969 1.99 1.80
1954 PHI NL 34 1B 22 21 192.0 199 187 9 3 20 .985 -0.2 -1.3 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 0 9.19 8.91 .991 9.81 9.26
1954 PHI NL 34 LF 6 5 36.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 10.0 0.3 0.6 -0.2 0 1.75 1.17 .971 2.22 1.98
11 Seasons OF 1105 48 420.0 2532 2372 96 64 15 .975 3.9 11.1 4.9 2.2 2.8 -1 52.89 2.23 .978 2.36 2.18 49-396-674
1 Season (incomplete) RF 49 43 384.0 91 85 5 1 1 .989 3.6 11.2 4.6 1.6 3.0 -1 2.11 1.84 .969 1.99 1.80
4 Seasons 1B 28 21 192.0 229 215 11 3 25 .987 -0.2 -1.3 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 0 10.59 8.07 .991 9.81 9.25
1 Season (incomplete) LF 6 5 36.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 10.0 0.3 0.6 -0.2 0 1.75 1.17 .971 2.22 1.98
1 Season 3B 2 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.50 .950 2.95
1 Season 2B 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 5.40
11 Seasons TOT 1136 69 612.0 2764 2587 108 69 40 .975 3.7 7.3 4.7 2.4 2.4 -1 0 39.63 2.37 .954 4.70 2.36 49-396-674
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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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

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  8. Ken Landreaux (940)
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  6. Barry Bonnell (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Russell (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Johnny Groth (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dave Philley (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

Before 1937 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

September 10, 1941: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the St. Louis Cardinals.

September 30, 1943: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Johnny Podgajny and cash to the St. Louis Cardinals for Preacher Roe.

February 4, 1946: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the St. Louis Cardinals.

February 7, 1948: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with cash to the Cincinnati Reds for Eddie Miller.

May 23, 1952: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Kent Peterson to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bubba Church.

April 5, 1955: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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