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.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	PHI		NYG	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
2	2	Apr 15	PHI		NYG	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
3	3	Apr 16	PHI	@	PIT	L,12-14	GF	22	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 20	PHI	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
5	5	Apr 21	PHI		BRO	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
6	6	Apr 22	PHI		BRO	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
7	8 (1)	Apr 24	PHI		PIT	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
8	9	Apr 25	PHI		PIT	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	2	3	0	RF
9	10	Apr 26 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
10	11	Apr 26 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
11	13 (1)	Apr 29	PHI		STL	L,0-1	CG	38	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	15 (1)	May 1	PHI		MLN	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
13	16	May 3 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
14	17	May 3 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
15	18	May 4	PHI		CHC	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	RF
16	19	May 9 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,6-7	GF	11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
17	20	May 9 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
18	21	May 10	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
19	22	May 12	PHI	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	23	May 15	PHI	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
21	25 (1)	May 18	PHI	@	MLN	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
22	27 (1)	May 20	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-14	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
23	28	May 21	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	30 (1)	May 24	PHI		BRO	L,2-16	GS	21	5.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
25	31	May 25	PHI		BRO	L,9-11	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
26	32	May 27 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,14-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	33	May 27 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,6-8	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	35 (1)	May 29	PHI	@	NYG	W,12-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	38 (2)	Jun 3 (2)	PHI		STL	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
30	39	Jun 4	PHI		STL	W,6-5	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	41 (1)	Jun 6	PHI		MLN	W,6-2	GS	15	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
32	45 (3)	Jun 9	PHI		CHC	W,10-9	GF	28	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
33	52 (6)	Jun 16 (2)	PHI	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	57 (4)	Jun 21 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
35	58	Jun 23	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
36	61 (2)	Jun 26	PHI	@	STL	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
37	62	Jun 27 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	66 (3)	Jul 1	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	GS	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
39	70 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,10-4	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
40	71	Jul 5 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	72	Jul 5 susp	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-7	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	73	Jul 6	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-6	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
43	74	Jul 7 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
44	76 (1)	Jul 8	PHI		BRO	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	78 (1)	Jul 10	PHI		PIT	W,13-3	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	79	Jul 11	PHI		PIT	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	RF
47	80	Jul 12 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,6-4	CG	33	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	RF
48	82 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
49	87 (4)	Jul 19 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
50	88	Jul 21 (1)	PHI		MLN	W,10-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
51	93 (4)	Jul 26	PHI		STL	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
52	97 (3)	Jul 31 (1)	PHI	@	MLN	W,5-1	GF	24	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
53	98	Jul 31 (2)	PHI	@	MLN	T,0-0	CG	36	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	99	Aug 1	PHI	@	MLN	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
55	100	Aug 2 (1)	PHI	@	MLN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	101	Aug 2 (2)	PHI	@	MLN	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
57	102	Aug 3	PHI	@	STL	L,3-8	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
58	103	Aug 4	PHI	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	104	Aug 5	PHI	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
60	105	Aug 6	PHI	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
61	106	Aug 7	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
62	107	Aug 8	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
63	108	Aug 9 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	109	Aug 9 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
65	110	Aug 11	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	111	Aug 12	PHI	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	112	Aug 13	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
68	113	Aug 15 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
69	114	Aug 15 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
70	115	Aug 16 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
71	116	Aug 16 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
72	117	Aug 17 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
73	118	Aug 17 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
74	119	Aug 18	PHI		PIT	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
75	120	Aug 19	PHI		PIT	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
76	121	Aug 20	PHI		PIT	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
77	122	Aug 21	PHI		NYG	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
78	123	Aug 22 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
79	124	Aug 22 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
80	125	Aug 23	PHI		NYG	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
81	126	Aug 25 (1)	PHI		MLN	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
82	127	Aug 25 (2)	PHI		MLN	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
83	128	Aug 26	PHI		MLN	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
84	129	Aug 28	PHI		CHC	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
85	130	Aug 29	PHI		CHC	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
86	131	Aug 30 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
87	132	Aug 30 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
88	133	Aug 31 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,6-12	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
89	134	Aug 31 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	135	Sep 2	PHI		STL	L,7-10	GS	37	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
91	136	Sep 3	PHI		STL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	137	Sep 6	PHI	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	138	Sep 7 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
94	139	Sep 7 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
95	140	Sep 8	PHI	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	40	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
96	141	Sep 9	PHI	@	MLN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
97	143 (1)	Sep 12	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
98	144	Sep 13	PHI	@	STL	L,3-17	CG	51	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	145	Sep 14	PHI	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
100	146	Sep 15	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	147	Sep 16	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
102	148	Sep 17	PHI	@	CHC	W,16-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
103	149	Sep 19	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
104	150	Sep 20 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
105	151	Sep 20 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
106	152	Sep 22	PHI		NYG	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	153	Sep 23	PHI		NYG	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	154	Sep 25	PHI		BRO	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
109	155	Sep 26	PHI		BRO	W,2-1		17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
110	156	Sep 27	PHI		BRO	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
							110gm		907.0	189	12	8	209	3