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Outfielder, Johnny Wyrostek had a fine eleven year major league career and made two National League All-Star teams.
He reached the majors with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1942 and remained with them through 1943 playing sporadically
until he entered military service. After two years of serving Uncle Sam through the end of World War Two he was traded to the
Phillies and he became an everyday outfielder in 1946 for the Phils. In fact, he quickly became both an offensive and defensive star
and led all National League Putouts in '46 Outfielders in Putouts, while hitting .281. Johnny was traded to Cincinnati before
the start of the 1948 season where he had some more success. He would make the 1950 and 1951 National League all-star teams
as a Red, hitting a career high of .311 in '51.
Wyrostek was traded back to the Phillies in 1952 where he remained through the end of his career. He was a slap hitter like
Richie Ashburn and typically batted second behind Ashburn, but there were some occasions where Phillies manager Steve O'Neill batted
Wyrostek as his leadoff man and pushed Ashburn down to the second spot in the batting order. 1954 turned out to be his final big leagues season
as the Phillies cut him at the very end of the Spring Training of 1955.
He went home to Palatine, Illinois where he eventually became the town's sheriff. Johnny hit .271 in 1,221 MLB games.