Johnny Wyrostek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 12-Jul-1919
Place of Birth: Fairmont City, United States
Date of Death: 12-Dec-1986
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Johnny Wyrostek
- John Barney Wyrostek (July 12, 1919 – December 12, 1986) was an American professional baseball player.
- He played all or part of eleven seasons in the Major League Baseball between 1942 and 1954 primarily as an outfielder, most often in right or center field.
- He batted left-handed, threw right-handed, and was listed as 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and 180 pounds (82 kg). Wyrostek was signed by the St.
- Louis Cardinals out of his East St.
- Louis high school.
- His contract was purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates late in the 1941 season, and he played parts of the next two seasons with the Pirates as a reserve outfielder.
- On September 30, 1943, Wyrostek was traded back to the Cardinals.
- After a stint in the Army, his contract was sold to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1946, at which point he became an everyday player. Wyrostek averaged eight homers a year in his career, and had only one season in which he hit over ten.
- In 1948, he had a total of 17 home runs with another career high, 76 RBIs, which he would tie later.
- His seven stolen bases on the year also tied a career-high. In 1950, Wyrostek hit .285 with 8 homers and 76 RBIs with the Reds.
- On September 4 of that year, Wyrostek drove in eight of the Reds' 13 runs in a doubleheader sweep of the visiting Cardinals. By 1951, Wyrostek was a good-hitting outfielder who averaged about a .266 batting average.
- But that year, his batting average skyrocketed to .311.
- While his power numbers went down (2 HR, 61 RBIs), his batting average was good for sixth in the league and his 167 hits was 10th.
- He made his second and final All-Star team. In an 11-season career played with the Pirates, Phillies and Reds, Wyrostek batted .271 with 58 home runs and 481 RBIs in 1221 games.
- He had 525 runs scored with 33 stolen bases and a solid .349 on-base percentage.
- He had 1,149 hits with 209 doubles and 45 triples in his 4,240 at bats.
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