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{{Short description|American baseball player (1919–1986)}}

'''John Barney Wyrostek''' ([[July 12]] [[1919]] - [[December 12]] [[1986]]) was a [[center fielder]] and [[right fielder]] mostly, who played in the [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] from [[1942 in sports|1942]] through [[1954 in sports|1954]]. He was born in [[Fairmont City, Illinois]] and was signed by the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] out of [[high school]]. He batted left-handed, and threw righty.

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Johnny Wyrostek

|image=Johnny Wyrostek.jpg

|position=[[Outfielder]]

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1919|7|12}}

|birth_place=[[Fairmont City, Illinois]], U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1986|12|12|1919|7|12}}

|death_place=[[St. Louis, Missouri]], U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 10

|debutyear=1942

|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 26

|finalyear=1954

|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]

|stat1value=.271

|stat2label=[[Home run]]s

|stat2value=58

|stat3label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]

|stat3value=481

|teams=

*[[Pittsburgh Pirates]] ({{Baseball year|1942}}–{{Baseball year|1943}})

*[[Philadelphia Phillies]] ({{Baseball year|1946}}–{{Baseball year|1947}})

*[[Cincinnati Reds]] ({{Baseball year|1948}}–{{Baseball year|1952}})

*[[Philadelphia Phillies]] ({{Baseball year|1952}}–{{Baseball year|1954}})

|highlights=

*2× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1950 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1950]], [[1951 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1951]])

}}

'''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 fielder|right]] or [[center fielder|center field]]. He batted left-handed, threw right-handed, and was listed as {{convert|6|ft|2|in}} tall and {{convert|180|lb}}.

Wyrostek was signed by the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] out of his [[East St. Louis, Illinois|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 [[United States Army|Army]], his contract was sold to the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] in 1946, at which point he became an everyday player.

After a brief stint in the [[U.S. Army|Army]], Wyrostek became an every-day player with the [[1946 in sports|1946]] Phillies.

Wyrostek averaged 8eight homers a year in his career, and had only one season in which he hit over 10ten. In [[1948 in sports|1948]], he had a total of 17 home runs with another career- high, 76 RBIs, which he would tie later. His 7seven [[stolen base]]s on the year was also tied a career-high tie.

In [[1950 in sports|1950]], he had a very solid season,Wyrostek hittinghit .285 with 8 homers and 76 RBIs with the Reds. On [[September 4]] of thethat year, Wyrostek drove in 8eight of the Reds' 13 runs in a [[Doubleheader (baseball)|doubleheader]] sweep of the visiting Cardinals. The Reds won 5-4, and then 8-4.

By [[1951 in sports|1951]], JohnnyWyrostek was an accomplisheda good-hitting [[outfielder]] who averaged about a .266 batting average. But that year, his batting average syrocketedskyrocketed to .311. While his power numbers went down (2 HR, 61 RBIs), his batting average was good for 6thsixth in the league and his 167 [[hit (baseball)|hits]] was 10th. He made his second and final [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star team]].

In an 11-season career played with the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], [[Philadelphia Phillies]], and [[Cincinnati Reds]], Wyrostek [[batting average (baseball)|batted]] .271 with 58 [[home run]]s and 481 [[Runs batted in|RBIs]] in 1221 games. He had 525 [[runs scored]] with 33 stolen bases and a solid .349 [[on-base percentage]]. He had 11491,149 hits with 209 [[double (baseball)|doubles]] and 45 [[triple (baseball)|triples]] in his 42404,240 [[at bat]]s.

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