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Johnny
Wyrostek		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 180
 
Born: July 12, 1919 in Usa, IL, FAIRMONT CITY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1952    1953   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1942 22 SEM AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1943 23 SEM AL     7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 6 7 6 8 8 8
1944 24 SEM AL     7 7 6 2 3 3 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1945 25 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 3 3 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1946 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 9 9
1947 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 8 7 7 7 7 8 9 9
1948 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 8 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
1949 29 TAM AL $ 1,536,429   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9
1950 30 TAM AL $ 1,800,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9
1951 31 DET AL $ 1,807,143   9 9 8 2 2 2 7 8 8 7 7 7 8 9 9
1952 32 DET AL $ 1,350,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 8 7 7 7 7 8 9 9
1953 33 TAM AL $ 1,350,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 6 7 7 6 7 6 8 9 8
1954 34 TAM AL $ 1,350,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 5 6 5 5 6 6 8 8 8
1955 35 TAM AL $ 1,350,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 7
1956 36 BRK NL $ 705,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 5 5 7 7 7
1957 37 DET AL     6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,807,143   9 9 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1942 22 AAA   2 7 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .571 .625 .857 1.482 2.5  
    AA   135 504 60 134 30 3 13 79 18 11 101 55 .266 .388 .415 .803 86.0  
1943 23 AAA   135 508 79 157 29 1 16 78 12 8 61 45 .309 .383 .465 .848 87.1  
1944 24 AAA   137 523 83 155 16 5 9 75 14 8 91 46 .296 .401 .398 .798 87.8  
1945 25 SEM AL 18 34 6 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 7 7 .294 .429 .324 .752 5.7 1.1
    AAA   81 310 49 99 15 2 5 33 5 12 49 26 .319 .412 .429 .841 52.0  
1946 26 SEM AL 81 253 32 70 18 5 4 40 0 0 31 26 .277 .354 .435 .789 35.4 5.2
    AAA   54 205 39 60 15 1 4 39 9 0 29 13 .293 .380 .434 .814 35.2  
1947 27 SEM AL 157 567 82 153 22 2 7 51 1 2 82 46 .270 .363 .353 .716 69.3 8.0
1948 28 SEM AL 126 327 54 94 16 4 1 27 0 0 54 24 .287 .389 .370 .759 47.8 5.3
1949 29 TAM AL 143 480 68 136 28 1 7 76 0 2 71 25 .283 .372 .390 .762 72.5 10.3
1950 30 TAM AL 146 516 53 147 21 6 2 67 1 1 71 35 .285 .371 .360 .732 69.1 9.9
1951 31 TAM AL 21 63 8 14 3 1 1 7 0 0 13 3 .222 .351 .349 .700 8.8 0.7
  DET AL 125 504 105 168 39 4 6 86 4 3 72 40 .333 .413 .462 .875 89.8 19.5
  TOT   146 567 113 182 42 5 7 93 4 3 85 43 .321 .406 .450 .856 98.6 20.2
1952 32 DET AL 153 629 116 214 41 6 8 68 3 5 74 35 .340 .410 .463 .873 108.0 20.3
1953 33 DET AL 77 325 56 96 21 3 2 24 3 4 45 26 .295 .380 .397 .777 47.4 7.4
  TAM AL 60 159 21 40 7 1 2 22 2 2 24 12 .252 .350 .346 .696 19.6 2.9
  TOT   137 484 77 136 28 4 4 46 5 6 69 38 .281 .370 .380 .750 67.1 10.4
1954 34 TAM AL 114 225 30 74 13 6 1 37 0 0 22 21 .329 .386 .453 .840 36.0 7.2
1955 35 TAM AL 91 197 26 62 4 1 2 18 0 0 24 28 .315 .387 .376 .763 28.4 5.5
1956 36 BRK NL 77 124 15 32 4 0 0 8 0 0 9 16 .258 .308 .290 .599 11.2 1.1
1957 37 DET AL 48 158 11 44 6 2 0 19 1 1 10 32 .278 .318 .342 .659 17.1 2.0
    AAA   27 110 16 37 7 1 0 8 3 0 14 15 .336 .411 .418 .829 18.9  
13 Years Sim 1437 4561 683 1354 244 42 43 553 15 20 609 376 .297 .379 .397 .776 666.2 106.6
6 Years AAA 436 1663 266 512 84 10 34 235 43 28 245 145 .308 .396 .432 .828 283.4  
1 Years AA 135 504 60 134 30 3 13 79 18 11 101 55 .266 .393 .415 .807 86.0  
7 Years Minors 571 2167 326 646 114 13 47 314 61 39 346 200 .298 .395 .428 .823 369.4  
162 Game Average 514 76 152 27 4 4 62 1 2 68 42 .297 .379 .397 .776 75.1  
Career Highs 157 629 116 214 42 6 8 93 5 6 85 46 .340 .429 .463 .873 108.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3233 517 987 172 21 34 408 12 13 453 242 .305 .389 .403 .792 511.0
vs LH   1328 166 367 72 21 9 145 3 7 156 134 .276 .352 .383 .735 178.2
Home 709 2210 332 653 124 19 22 279 3 6 284 190 .295 .374 .399 .773 330.4
Away 728 2351 351 701 120 23 21 274 12 14 325 186 .298 .383 .396 .779 358.8
RISP   1194 0 339 56 10 14 472 0 0 180 96 .284 .371 .383 .754 179.5
Pinch Hitting   243 35 71 7 0 2 34 0 0 34 26 .292 .376 .346 .722 34.0
Close/Late   553 72 174 32 7 9 81 0 0 69 55 .315 .389 .447 .836 93.4
Mar/Apr 224 705 104 206 34 5 5 79 1 5 86 56 .292 .367 .376 .743 97.8
May 223 654 97 197 29 7 7 87 3 5 100 52 .301 .393 .399 .792 104.3
June 227 718 121 219 42 5 3 90 3 3 103 40 .305 .391 .390 .781 111.0
July 262 808 119 239 38 7 5 87 5 1 103 72 .296 .373 .379 .752 117.3
August 267 871 117 260 51 8 16 114 2 1 108 80 .299 .376 .431 .807 138.7
Sep/Oct 234 805 125 233 50 10 7 96 1 5 109 76 .289 .375 .402 .777 120.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1945 25 SEM AL RF 4 4 32.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.56   0.1
    1B 2 2 18.0 26 1 1 3 .964 13.50   0.0
    CF 2 2 16.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.94    
    LF 1 1 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
1946 26 SEM AL 1B 57 55 486.7 626 53 3 75 .996 12.56   1.0
    CF 5 4 35.0 9 0 1 0 .900 2.31   0.2
    RF 2 2 18.0 5 1 1 1 .857 3.00    
    LF 2 2 15.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1947 27 SEM AL CF 89 87 774.0 236 5 4 1 .984 2.80   2.5
    1B 64 61 537.0 681 51 7 68 .991 12.27   0.8
1948 28 SEM AL LF 52 46 409.7 99 1 2 0 .980 2.20   1.1
    CF 12 12 103.0 36 0 0 0 1.000 3.15    
    SS 8 5 57.0 6 23 2 3 .935 4.58   0.2
    2B 5 5 42.0 10 15 1 3 .962 5.36   0.1
    RF 4 4 35.0 6 1 0 1 1.000 1.80    
    1B 6 1 13.0 17 2 0 1 1.000 13.15   0.0
1949 29 TAM AL CF 114 107 951.0 314 1 7 0 .978 2.98   3.3
    1B 15 12 103.7 132 6 2 8 .986 11.98   0.4
    RF 9 6 59.7 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.11    
    LF 5 5 39.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1950 30 TAM AL CF 143 143 1250.0 359 3 9 2 .976 2.61   2.5
    LF 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1951 31 TAM AL LF 14 13 95.6 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.79   0.2
    1B 7 7 48.0 59 5 0 5 1.000 12.00   0.1
    CF 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  DET AL LF 80 80 719.7 141 1 4 0 .973 1.78   2.0
    1B 44 39 361.3 440 36 2 37 .996 11.86   1.0
    CF 3 1 14.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.84   0.0
    RF 1 0 0.9 0 1 0 1 1.000 10.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 94 93 815.3 160 1 4 0 .976 1.78   2.2
      1B 51 46 409.3 499 41 2 42 .996 11.87   1.2
      CF 3 1 16.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.62   0.0
      RF 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1952 32 DET AL 1B 92 86 788.7 889 71 13 67 .987 10.96   1.8
    LF 64 61 545.0 132 2 3 0 .978 2.21   2.1
1953 33 DET AL 1B 46 43 468.5 575 43 9 55 .986 11.87   0.2
    LF 16 15 150.7 21 0 2 0 .913 1.25   1.0
    CF 12 6 78.6 27 0 0 0 1.000 3.09   0.0
    RF 2 2 20.5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.76   0.0
  TAM AL 1B 35 34 231.1 284 21 4 27 .987 11.88   0.9
    LF 12 11 74.3 11 0 1 0 .917 1.33   0.2
    CF 9 5 38.8 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.02   0.0
    RF 1 1 10.1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.78   0.0
  TOT   1B 81 77 699.6 859 64 13 82 .986 11.87   1.1
      LF 28 26 225.0 32 0 3 0 .914 1.28   1.2
      CF 21 11 117.4 40 0 0 0 1.000 3.07   0.0
      RF 3 3 30.6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.76   0.0
1954 34 TAM AL CF 30 26 234.7 52 0 1 0 .981 1.99   0.5
    1B 9 7 65.0 94 3 1 7 .990 13.43   0.2
    RF 5 5 43.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.03    
    3B 4 4 37.0 1 3 1 0 .800 0.97   0.0
    LF 7 3 33.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
    2B 2 1 14.7 1 7 0 2 1.000 4.91   0.1
    SS 2 2 13.0 2 5 0 2 1.000 4.85   0.1
1955 35 TAM AL LF 46 25 256.0 43 1 2 1 .957 1.55   0.5
    SS 12 12 103.0 13 27 2 7 .952 3.50   0.3
    1B 3 0 15.0 23 1 0 5 1.000 14.40   0.0
    RF 5 0 14.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.46    
1956 36 BRK NL RF 20 13 122.3 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.91   0.3
    LF 9 4 42.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    CF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1957 37 DET AL CF 25 21 183.0 58 0 1 0 .983 2.85   0.5
    LF 16 16 139.3 29 1 1 0 .968 1.94    
    1B 1 1 9.0 12 1 1 0 .929 13.00   0.0
    RF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  CF 446 414 3683.8 1116 9 23 3 .980 2.75   9.4
  1B 383 348 3147.9 3862 294 43 358 .990 11.88   6.5
  LF 325 282 2535.3 530 7 15 1 .973 1.91   7.0
  RF 56 37 360.9 68 3 1 3 .986 1.77   0.4
  SS 22 19 173.0 21 55 4 12 .950 3.95   0.6
  2B 7 6 56.7 11 22 1 5 .971 5.24   0.2
  3B 4 4 37.0 1 3 1 0 .800 0.97   0.0
Career Totals   1243 1110 9994.5 5609 393 88 382 .986 5.40   24.1
Career Highs   156 148 1333.7 1021 73 16 82 1.000 11.34    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1949 29 TAM AL 7 17 3 5 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 3 .294 .294 .471 .765
1951 31 DET AL 11 42 11 15 4 1 0 3 0 0 8 5 .357 .460 .500 .960
1952 32 DET AL 12 50 11 18 2 1 1 5 0 0 5 0 .360 .411 .500 .911
1953 33 TAM AL 5 15 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
Career Post-Season Batting 35 124 26 43 7 3 1 14 0 0 13 9 .347 .406 .476 .882
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1951-7-.321
1952-3-.340
 On-Base Pct
1951-6-.406
1952-3-.410
 Games
1947-2-157
 At-Bats
1952-1-629
 Runs
1951-8-113
1952-6-116
 Hits
1951-9-182
1952-1-214
Total Bases
1952-9-291
 Singles
1947-8-122
1951-4-128
1952-1-159
 Doubles
1951-6-42
1952-2-41
 Triples
1950-7-6
1952-8-6
1954-3-6
 Caught Stealing
1952-7-5
1953-7-6
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 31st overall pick, by Seattle in 1942
Had first career hit on 8/4/1945, off Lee Stine (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 8/4/1946, off Harry Eisenstat (OAK)
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,536,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from Seattle to Tampa Bay on 2/3/1949 (Going to TAM: RF Johnny Wyrostek. Going to SEM: P Lee Pfund)
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/16/1950 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,807,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (N) on 5/1/1951 (Going to NYG: CF Johnny Wyrostek, C Clyde Mccullough, P Ed Hanyzewski. Going to TAM: P Bill Voiselle, P Elmer Singleton, SS Phil Rizzuto)
Traded from New York (N) to Detroit on 5/1/1951 (Going to NYG: P Hugh Mulcahy, 3B Floyd Baker, P Dick Marlowe, 1B Mike Schemer. Going to DET: P Red Embree, CF Johnny Wyrostek)
6/1/1951: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,350,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cincinnati on 9/10/1951
Won World Series with Detroit in 1951
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Traded from Detroit to St. Louis on 2/1/1953 (Going to STL: C Joe Garagiola, P Walt Masterson, C Butch Nieman, LF Irv Noren, LF Johnny Wyrostek. Going to DET: P Warren Spahn)
Traded from St. Louis to Detroit on 3/3/1953 (Going to STL: P Howie Pollet. Going to DET: C Joe Garagiola, P Walt Masterson, C Butch Nieman, LF Irv Noren, LF Johnny Wyrostek)
Traded from Detroit to Tampa Bay on 7/1/1953 (Going to DET: C Andy Seminick, P Bob Porterfield, CF Bill Howerton. Going to TAM: C Butch Nieman, 2B Billy Johnson, 1B Johnny Wyrostek)
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/4/1956 to a 1-year deal worth $705,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 6/1/1957 to a minor league deal
7/1/1957: Signed a minor league contract extension with Detroit
Released by Detroit on 9/1/1957
 
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