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Johnny Wyrostek
John Barney Wyrostek

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 180 lb.

Debut September 10, 1942
Final Game September 26, 1954
Born July 12, 1919 in Fairmont City, IL
Died December 12, 1986 in St.Louis, MO

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1942 22 PIT NL   9   35    0    4   0  1   0    3   0      3   2  .114  .184  .171    3    6   0           0   0
 1943 23 PIT NL  51   79    7   12   3  0   0    1   0      3  15  .152  .183  .190    6   15   1           0   1
 1946 26 PHI NL 145  545   73  153  30  4   6   45   7     70  42  .281  .366  .383  115  209  10           3   6
 1947 27 PHI NL 128  454   68  124  24  7   5   51   7     61  45  .273  .364  .390  104  177   4           4   9
 1948 28 CIN NL 136  512   74  140  24  9  17   76   7     52  63  .273  .344  .455  117  233   0           3   5 MVP-20
 1949 29 CIN NL 134  474   54  118  20  4   9   46   7     58  63  .249  .333  .365   86  173   0           2   7
 1950 30 CIN NL 131  509   70  145  34  5   8   76   1     52  38  .285  .357  .418  103  213   3           5  14 AS
 1951 31 CIN NL 142  537   52  167  31  3   2   61   2  1  54  54  .311  .376  .391  105  210   5           2  10 MVP-19,AS
 1952 32 TOT NL 128  427   57  113  17  6   2   47   2  9  62  33  .265  .359  .347   97  148   6           1  12
         CIN NL  30  106   12   25   1  3   1   10   1  2  18   7  .236  .347  .330   89   35   1           0   6
         PHI NL  98  321   45   88  16  3   1   37   1  7  44  26  .274  .363  .352  100  113   5           1   6
 1953 33 PHI NL 125  409   42  111  14  2   6   47   0  3  38  43  .271  .339  .359   83  147   1           4   9
 1954 34 PHI NL  92  259   28   62  12  4   3   28   0  0  29  39  .239  .314  .351   75   91   3   4       1   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1221 4240  525 1149 209 45  58  481  33 13 482 437  .271  .349  .383   98 1622  33   4   0  25  80
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        563   70  152  28  6   8   64   4  2  64  58  .271  .349  .383   98  215   4   1   0   3  11
 Career High    145  545   74  167  34  9  17   76   7  9  70  63  .311  .376  .455  117  233  10   4   0   5  14
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1942 22 PIT NL   38   31    1   0.9    89| .114  .259| .184  .332| .171  .360| .355  .692|   3  .063  -4.6  -0.5     
 1943 23 PIT NL   83   69    3   1.2    92| .152  .268| .183  .337| .190  .364| .373  .701|   6  .097  -9.8  -1.1     
 1946 26 PHI NL  628  408   76   5.0    90| .281  .259| .366  .334| .383  .362| .749  .696| 115  .595  13.2   1.4     
 1947 27 PHI NL  523  343   64   5.0   102| .273  .269| .364  .344| .390  .399| .754  .743| 104  .531   4.4   0.4     
 1948 28 CIN NL  567  377   79   5.6    99| .273  .265| .344  .339| .455  .393| .799  .732| 117  .600  11.0   1.1     
 1949 29 CIN NL  534  363   57   4.2   105| .249  .272| .333  .345| .365  .406| .698  .752|  86  .460  -8.8  -0.9     
 1950 30 CIN NL  569  381   75   5.3   108| .285  .270| .357  .346| .418  .418| .775  .764| 103  .548   3.4   0.3     
 1951 31 CIN NL  598  386   79   5.5   105| .311  .270| .376  .344| .391  .409| .767  .753| 105  .589   5.9   0.6  66%
 1952 32 TOT NL  496  341   51   4.0    97| .265  .261| .359  .333| .347  .388| .706  .721|  97  .483   0.5   0.1  18%
         CIN NL  125   90   12   3.6    97| .236  .262| .347  .334| .330  .389| .677  .724|  89  .432  -1.4  -0.1  33%
         PHI NL  371  251   39   4.2    96| .274  .260| .363  .333| .352  .387| .715  .720| 100  .501   1.9   0.2  12%
 1953 33 PHI NL  452  311   48   4.1   109| .271  .273| .339  .344| .359  .425| .698  .769|  83  .423  -9.5  -0.9   0%
 1954 34 PHI NL  296  211   29   3.7   108| .239  .273| .314  .344| .351  .422| .665  .766|  75  .382  -9.5  -0.9   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     4784 3221  562   4.7   102| .271  .267| .349  .341| .383  .400| .732  .741|  98  .517  -3.8  -0.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1942 22 PIT NL OF 8 18 1 0 1 1.000 .979 2.38 2.15 8 0 0 1943 23 PIT NL OF 20 34 0 3 0 .919 .977 1.70 2.27 5 6 9 3B 2 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 0.50 2.95 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.00 2B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 5.40 1946 26 PHI NL OF 142 388 18 8 4 .981 .977 2.86 2.16 6 138 0 1947 27 PHI NL OF 126 261 11 8 2 .971 .977 2.16 2.19 0 27 100 1948 28 CIN NL OF 130 331 8 8 1 .977 .978 2.61 2.20 0 130 0 1949 29 CIN NL OF 129 293 10 9 1 .971 .977 2.35 2.25 2 60 67 1950 30 CIN NL OF 129 238 8 5 0 .980 .978 1.91 2.14 11 9 115 AS 1B 4 20 2 0 4 1.000 .991 5.50 9.03 AS 1951 31 CIN NL OF 139 255 8 8 2 .970 .981 1.89 2.23 1 0 139 AS 1952 32 TOT NL OF 117 272 16 6 1 .980 .981 2.46 2.10 2 26 93 CIN NL OF 29 70 6 0 0 1.000 .981 2.62 2.10 0 25 6 1B 1 8 0 0 1 1.000 .988 8.00 9.20 PHI NL OF 88 202 10 6 1 .972 .981 2.41 2.10 2 1 87 1953 33 PHI NL OF 110 192 11 8 2 .962 .980 1.85 2.11 8 0 102 1954 34 PHI NL OF 55 90 5 1 1 .990 .975 1.73 2.18 6 0 49 1B 22 187 9 3 20 .985 .991 8.91 9.26
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1943 23 PIT NL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.00 1950 30 CIN NL 1B 4 20 2 0 4 1.000 .991 5.50 9.03 1952 32 CIN NL 1B 1 8 0 0 1 1.000 .988 8.00 9.20 1954 34 PHI NL 1B 22 187 9 3 20 .985 .991 8.91 9.26 1943 23 PIT NL 2B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 5.40 1943 23 PIT NL 3B 2 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 0.50 2.95 1942 22 PIT NL OF 8 18 1 0 1 1.000 .979 2.38 2.15 8 0 0 1943 23 PIT NL OF 20 34 0 3 0 .919 .977 1.70 2.27 5 6 9 1946 26 PHI NL OF 142 388 18 8 4 .981 .977 2.86 2.16 6 138 0 1947 27 PHI NL OF 126 261 11 8 2 .971 .977 2.16 2.19 0 27 100 1948 28 CIN NL OF 130 331 8 8 1 .977 .978 2.61 2.20 0 130 0 1949 29 CIN NL OF 129 293 10 9 1 .971 .977 2.35 2.25 2 60 67 1950 30 CIN NL OF 129 238 8 5 0 .980 .978 1.91 2.14 11 9 115 1951 31 CIN NL OF 139 255 8 8 2 .970 .981 1.89 2.23 1 0 139 1952 32 TOT NL OF 117 272 16 6 1 .980 .981 2.46 2.10 2 26 93 CIN NL OF 29 70 6 0 0 1.000 .981 2.62 2.10 0 25 6 PHI NL OF 88 202 10 6 1 .972 .981 2.41 2.10 2 1 87 1953 33 PHI NL OF 110 192 11 8 2 .962 .980 1.85 2.11 8 0 102 1954 34 PHI NL OF 55 90 5 1 1 .990 .975 1.73 2.18 6 0 49
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1105 2372 96 64 15 .975 .978 2.23 2.18 49 396 674 1B 28 215 11 3 25 .987 .991 8.07 9.25 3B 2 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 0.50 2.95 2B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 5.40 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1136 2587 108 69 40 .975 .979 2.37 2.36
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1950   CIN NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1951   CIN NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1950 *
1951 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1948-NL-20-0.03
1951-NL-19-0.02
Car-1073-0.05 shares

Batting Average
1951 NL-.311-6

Games
1946 NL-145-9

At Bats
1946 NL-545-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1946 NL-628-9

Hits
1946 NL-153-9
1951 NL-167-10

Total Bases
1946 NL-209-10

Doubles
1946 NL-30-5
1950 NL-34-6
1951 NL-31-7

Triples
1948 NL-9-6

Bases on Balls
1946 NL-70-9

Strikeouts
1948 NL-63-7
1949 NL-63-10

Stolen Bases
1947 NL-7-10

Singles
1946 NL-113-9
1951 NL-131-5

Runs Created
1946 NL-76-10

Times on Base
1946 NL-226-10

Hit By Pitch
1946 NL-3-10
1947 NL-4-8
1950 NL-5-7

Caught Stealing
1952 NL-9-4

Power/Speed Number
1948 NL-9.9-8
1949 NL-7.9-10

Outs
1946 NL-408-8

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 23 (906) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.9 (1564) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 8.5 (1187) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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