Johnny Wyrostek

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: July 12, 1919 in Fairmont City, IL us

Died: December 12, 1986 in St. Louis, MO

Buried: Lake View Memorial Gardens, Fairview Heights, IL

High School: Central HS (East St. Louis, IL)

Debut: September 10, 1942 (Age 23-060d, 9,284th in major league history)
vs. PHI 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1954 (Age 35-076d)
vs. NYG 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: John Barney Wyrostek

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.1

4240

1149

.271

525

RBI

481

OBP

.349

SLG

.383

OPS

.731

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
2	4 (2)	Apr 18 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
3	6 (1)	Apr 19	PHI		BRO	L,7-9	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
4	8 (1)	Apr 21	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
5	9	Apr 24	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
6	10	Apr 25 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
7	13 (2)	Apr 30	PHI	@	MLN	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	15 (1)	May 2	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
9	16	May 4	PHI	@	STL	W,14-10	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
10	17	May 5	PHI	@	STL	W,10-3	GS	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
11	18	May 7	PHI		BRO	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
12	20 (1)	May 9	PHI		BRO	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
13	21	May 11	PHI		CHC	W,8-7	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
14	22	May 12	PHI		CHC	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
15	23	May 13	PHI		CIN	W,8-1	CG	28	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
16	24	May 14	PHI		CIN	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
17	27 (2)	May 16 susp	PHI		STL	W,8-4	GS	28	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
18	28	May 17	PHI		STL	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
19	31 (2)	May 21	PHI		NYG	W,8-1	GF	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
20	32	May 22	PHI		NYG	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
21	33	May 23	PHI		NYG	L,4-6	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
22	34	May 24	PHI		NYG	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
23	36 (1)	May 27	PHI	@	BRO	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
24	37	May 28	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
25	38	May 29	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	40 (1)	May 30 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,10-7	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
27	41	May 31	PHI		BRO	L,4-5	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	42	Jun 2	PHI	@	CIN	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
29	44 (1)	Jun 5	PHI	@	STL	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
30	45	Jun 6	PHI	@	STL	W,11-8	GS	30	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
31	47 (1)	Jun 9 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	50 (2)	Jun 11	PHI	@	MLN	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	RF
33	51	Jun 12	PHI	@	MLN	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
34	53 (1)	Jun 15	PHI		STL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
35	54	Jun 17	PHI		STL	W,3-2	CG	54	15.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
36	55	Jun 18	PHI		CIN	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
37	56	Jun 19	PHI		CIN	L,6-7	GS	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
38	59 (2)	Jun 22	PHI		CHC	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
39	62 (2)	Jun 25	PHI		MLN	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
40	64 (1)	Jun 27 (1)	PHI		MLN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	72 (7)	Jul 5 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
42	73	Jul 6	PHI		PIT	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
43	85 (11)	Jul 19	PHI	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	1
44	87 (1)	Jul 21	PHI	@	MLN	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
45	93 (5)	Jul 25 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS	27	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	118 (24)	Aug 20	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-6	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
47	119	Aug 22 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,6-2	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
48	120	Aug 22 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,6-0	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
49	122 (1)	Aug 25	PHI	@	MLN	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
50	123	Aug 26	PHI	@	MLN	L,2-3	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
51	124	Aug 27	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
52	125	Aug 28	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	126	Aug 29 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
54	129 (2)	Aug 31	PHI	@	CIN	W,9-3	GS	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	130	Sep 1	PHI	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
56	132 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	134 (1)	Sep 5	PHI	@	PIT	W,12-5	GS	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
58	135	Sep 6 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,4-8	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
59	136	Sep 6 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,5-4	GF	18	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
60	137	Sep 7	PHI		NYG	L,1-3	CG	42	11.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
61	138	Sep 8	PHI		CIN	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
62	139	Sep 11 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
63	140	Sep 11 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
64	141	Sep 12 (1)	PHI		MLN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
65	142	Sep 12 (2)	PHI		MLN	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
66	143	Sep 13	PHI		MLN	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
67	144	Sep 14	PHI		STL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
68	145	Sep 15	PHI		STL	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
69	146	Sep 17	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-3	GS	26	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
70	147	Sep 18	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
71	148	Sep 22 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,12-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
72	149	Sep 22 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
73	150	Sep 23	PHI		PIT	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	11	3	0	14	2	1B
74	151	Sep 24 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
75	152	Sep 24 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
76	153	Sep 25	PHI		NYG	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
77	154	Sep 26	PHI		NYG	L,2-3	CG	49	11.0	10	1	1	12	0	1B
							77gm		612.0	278	14	4	296	21