Al Jurisich
[edit] Biography
Born on August 25, 1921 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Al Jurisich (Alvin Joseph Jurisich) played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 4 year career. Jurisich broke into the bigs on April 26, 1944 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.39 ERA in 130 innings pitched in 1944, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Al Jurisich's best season was 1944, when he posted a 3.39 ERA and struck out 53 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1944
| STL
| N
| 30
| 14
| 7
| 9
| 3.39
| 53
| 53
| 49
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 130
| 102
| 7
| 65
| 0
| 2
| 5
|
| 1945
| STL
| N
| 27
| 6
| 3
| 3
| 5.15
| 42
| 45
| 41
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 71.2
| 61
| 7
| 41
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1946
| PHI
| N
| 13
| 10
| 4
| 3
| 3.69
| 34
| 30
| 28
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 68.1
| 71
| 9
| 31
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
| 1947
| PHI
| N
| 34
| 12
| 1
| 7
| 4.94
| 48
| 69
| 65
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 118.1
| 110
| 15
| 52
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 104
| 42
| 15
| 22
| 4.24
| 177
| 197
| 183
| 13
| 3
| 5
| 388.1
| 344
| 38
| 189
| 0
| 6
| 8
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1944
| STL
| N
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 18
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| 1945
| STL
| N
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1946
| PHI
| N
| P
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1947
| PHI
| N
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 104
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 47
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1944
| STL
| N
| 30
| 45
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 1
| .178
| .196
| .200
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1945
| STL
| N
| 27
| 23
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .087
| .087
| .087
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1946
| PHI
| N
| 13
| 23
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .130
| .200
| .174
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1947
| PHI
| N
| 34
| 31
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .032
| .063
| .032
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 104
| 122
| 7
| 14
| 0
| 4
| .115
| .143
| .131
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 39
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Philadelphia Phillies with Johnny Wyrostek (February 4, 1946).
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