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Effective as a rookie spot-starter and long reliever for the 1944 champion Cardinals, the Louisianan lost his job to returning veterans after WWII ended. Injuries curtailed Jurisich's time with the Phillies. (MC)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » February 5, 1946: The Phils purchase P Al Jurisich and OF Johnny Wyrostek from the Cardinals.