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.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	PHI		NYG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 17	PHI		NYG	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 18	PHI	@	BSN	L,7-10	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 19 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,3-9	CG	45	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
5	5	Apr 19 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 20	PHI	@	NYG	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 22	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 23	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 24	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	10	Apr 26	PHI		BSN	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	11	Apr 27 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
12	12	Apr 27 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	13	Apr 29	PHI		PIT	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	14	Apr 30	PHI		PIT	L,4-11	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 4 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
16	16	May 4 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	17	May 6	PHI		CHC	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	18	May 8 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	19	May 8 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	20	May 9	PHI		BRO	W,6-5	CG	42	11.0	2	1	0	3	0
21	21	May 10	PHI		BRO	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
22	23 (1)	May 11 (2)	PHI		BRO	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	24	May 15	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	25	May 16	PHI	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	26	May 17	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	27	May 18 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
27	29 (1)	May 19	PHI	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	30	May 20	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	45	10.1	4	1	1	6	0
29	31	May 21	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	32	May 23	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	33	May 24	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	35 (1)	May 27	PHI	@	BSN	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	36	May 28	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-2	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	38 (1)	May 30 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-5	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	40 (1)	Jun 1	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	41	Jun 3	PHI		CIN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	42	Jun 4	PHI		CIN	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	43	Jun 5 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	44	Jun 5 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	45	Jun 6	PHI		PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
41	46	Jun 8 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	47	Jun 8 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	48	Jun 9 (1)	PHI		STL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
44	49	Jun 9 (2)	PHI		STL	W,2-1	CG	62	15.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	50	Jun 10	PHI		STL	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	51	Jun 11	PHI		STL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	52	Jun 13	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	53	Jun 14	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	54	Jun 15	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	55	Jun 16	PHI	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
51	56	Jun 17	PHI	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	0	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
52	57	Jun 18	PHI	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	67 (9)	Jun 30	PHI		BRO	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	68	Jul 1	PHI		BRO	W,5-3	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	69	Jul 2	PHI		BSN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
56	71 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
57	72	Jul 4 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	73	Jul 5	PHI		NYG	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	74	Jul 6	PHI		NYG	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	75	Jul 10 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	76	Jul 10 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
62	77	Jul 11	PHI		PIT	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	78	Jul 12	PHI		PIT	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	79	Jul 13 (1)	PHI		STL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	80	Jul 13 (2)	PHI		STL	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	81	Jul 14	PHI		STL	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	82	Jul 15	PHI		CIN	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	85 (2)	Jul 20 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	86	Jul 20 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
70	87	Jul 21	PHI	@	PIT	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	88	Jul 23	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	89	Jul 24 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	90	Jul 24 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	91	Jul 25	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
75	92	Jul 26	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	94 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	95	Jul 29	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	96	Jul 30	PHI	@	CHC	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
79	97	Jul 31	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	98	Aug 1	PHI	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	99	Aug 2	PHI	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	42	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
82	100	Aug 3	PHI	@	STL	L,8-10	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	102 (1)	Aug 6	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	103	Aug 7	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	104	Aug 8	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	105	Aug 9	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-3	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	108 (2)	Aug 12	PHI		NYG	W,5-0	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	109	Aug 13	PHI		NYG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	110	Aug 14	PHI		NYG	W,6-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	111	Aug 15	PHI		BRO	L,1-8	GF	30	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	112	Aug 16	PHI		BRO	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	113	Aug 17 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	114	Aug 17 susp	PHI		BRO	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	115	Aug 19 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
95	116	Aug 19 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	117	Aug 20	PHI		CHC	T,1-1	CG	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	118	Aug 21 (1)	PHI		STL	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	119	Aug 21 (2)	PHI		STL	L,3-13	GS	41	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	121 (1)	Aug 23	PHI		STL	L,3-5	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	122	Aug 24 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,3-12	CG	53	10.0	5	0	1	6	0
101	124 (1)	Aug 25	PHI		CIN	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
102	125	Aug 27	PHI		PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
103	126	Aug 28	PHI		PIT	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	127	Aug 29	PHI		BSN	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
105	128	Aug 30	PHI		BSN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	129	Aug 31 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	130	Aug 31 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
108	132 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
109	133	Sep 4	PHI	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	135 (1)	Sep 6	PHI	@	BSN	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	136	Sep 7	PHI	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
112	137	Sep 9	PHI	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
113	139 (1)	Sep 12 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
114	142 (2)	Sep 13 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
115	143	Sep 14 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	144	Sep 14 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,9-7	GS	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
117	146 (1)	Sep 16	PHI	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
118	147	Sep 17	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-12	GS	22	4.0	4	0	0	4	0
119	148	Sep 18	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	149	Sep 20	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
121	150	Sep 21 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	38	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
122	151	Sep 21 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
123	152	Sep 25	PHI		BRO	L,2-5	CG	38	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
124	153	Sep 27	PHI		NYG	W,10-7	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
125	154	Sep 28 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
126	155	Sep 28 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							127gm			240	10	8	258	2