Kryhoski was born and raised in
Leonia, New Jersey. He attended
Upsala College in
East Orange, New Jersey. Kryhoski had a promising baseball career before injuries, deep slumps, and frequent trades forced his premature retirement. He served in the military during World War II, in the Pacific theater. Signed by the
New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1946, Kryhoski hit .396 with 19
home runs and 85
runs batted in with the Wellsville Yankees of the
Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League (PONY League) that season. As a member of the 1948
Kansas City Blues of the
American Association, he hit .294 (160-for-545) with 30
doubles, seven
triples, 13 home runs and 87 runs batted in. In 1949 he hit .328 with five home runs and 50 runs batted in with the
Pacific Coast League Oakland Oaks, joining the New York Yankees late in the season. The Yankees won the
1949 World Series when Kryhoski was a rookie with them. During the off-season, he was traded by New York to the
Detroit Tigers in exchange for
Dick Wakefield. Kryhoski played with Detroit from 1950 to 1951, before joining the
St. Louis Browns / Baltimore Orioles (1952–1954) and
Kansas City Athletics (1955). One of his most productive seasons came in 1951 with the Tigers, when he hit .287 with 12 home runs and 57 runs batted in, batting third in the
batting order. In 1953, he shared with
Roy Sievers the first base job for the Browns in the last year of the team's existence. On July 16 of that year, the Browns tied, by then, a majors record with three successive home runs belted by
Clint Courtney, Kryhoski and
Jim Dyck, in the first inning of an 8–6 victory over the Yankees. In a seven-season major league career, Kryhoski was a .265 hitter (475-for-1794), 45 home runs and 231 runs batted in over 569 games, with 203
runs, 85 doubles, 14 triples, five
stolen bases, and a .314
on-base percentage. As a first baseman, he collected 3768
outs, 312
assists, 394
double plays, and 40
errors in 4120
total chances for a .990
fielding percentage. Kryhoski died at his home in
Beverly Hills, Michigan, just 17 days after his 82nd birthday. ==References==