Emil Verban

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: August 27, 1915 in Lincoln, IL us

Died: June 8, 1989 in Quincy, IL

Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, Lincoln, IL

Debut: April 18, 1944 (Age 28-235d, 9,643rd in major league history)
vs. PIT 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1950 (Age 35-035d)
vs. NYG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1944 season

Full Name: Emil Matthew Verban

Nicknames: Dutch or Antelope

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.6

2911

793

.272

301

RBI

241

OBP

.301

SLG

.325

OPS

.626

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	PHI		BSN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 21	PHI		BSN	W,4-3	CG	53	13.0	2	3	0	5	1
3	3	Apr 22	PHI		BSN	L,4-10	CG	51	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
4	4	Apr 23	PHI	@	BRO	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 24	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-11	GS	34	5.0	1	3	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 25	PHI	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
7	7	Apr 26	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	4	2	1	7	1
8	8	Apr 27	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 28	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-7	GS	30	6.0	3	1	0	4	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	12 (2)	May 1	PHI		BRO	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
11	13	May 2 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
12	14	May 2 (2)	PHI		BRO	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
13	15	May 5	PHI	@	CHC	W,13-9	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
14	16	May 7	PHI	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
15	17	May 8	PHI	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
16	18	May 9 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	W,14-2	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
17	19	May 9 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
18	20	May 11	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
19	21	May 12	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
20	22	May 13	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
21	23	May 15	PHI		NYG	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
22	24	May 17	PHI		NYG	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
23	25	May 18	PHI		CHC	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
24	26	May 19	PHI		CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
25	27	May 20	PHI		CHC	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
26	28	May 22	PHI		CIN	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	29	May 23 (1)	PHI		STL	L,3-18	GS	45	7.0	1	3	1	5	0
28	30	May 23 (2)	PHI		STL	L,1-4	GS	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
29	31	May 24	PHI		STL	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
30	32	May 25	PHI		PIT	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
31	33	May 27	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
32	34	May 28	PHI	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
33	35	May 29	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
34	36	May 30	PHI	@	NYG	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
35	37	May 31 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,6-3	GF	11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	39 (1)	Jun 2	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-2	GF	8	1.0	0	1	0	1	1
37	40	Jun 3	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-3	GF	6	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	52 (11)	Jun 15	PHI		STL	L,1-2	GF	0	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	57 (4)	Jun 20 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,5-7	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	59 (1)	Jun 22	PHI		CIN	L,4-6	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	62 (2)	Jun 26	PHI		CHC	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	64 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,7-4	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
43	65	Jun 29	PHI	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
44	66	Jun 30	PHI	@	BRO	W,13-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	67	Jul 1	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-2	GS	25	6.0	0	2	1	3	0
46	68	Jul 2	PHI		BSN	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	69	Jul 3	PHI		BSN	L,6-11	GS	16	3.0	2	1	0	3	1
48	70	Jul 4 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
49	71	Jul 4 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
50	72	Jul 5 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	5	3	0	8	0
51	73	Jul 5 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,1-10	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	74	Jul 6	PHI		BRO	L,0-5	GS	36	8.0	3	5	0	8	0
53	75	Jul 7	PHI		NYG	L,0-7	GS	30	7.0	2	3	0	5	0
54	77 (1)	Jul 10	PHI	@	BSN	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Philadelphia Phillies to Chicago Cubs
55	99	Aug 4	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	6	4	0	10	2
56	100	Aug 5	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
57	101	Aug 6	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
58	102	Aug 7	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
59	103	Aug 8	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
60	104	Aug 10	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
61	105	Aug 11	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
62	106	Aug 13	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
63	107	Aug 15 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
64	108	Aug 15 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
65	109	Aug 16	CHC		STL	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	3	8	1	12	2
66	110	Aug 17	CHC		STL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
67	111	Aug 18	CHC		PIT	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
68	112	Aug 19	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	5	4	1	10	1
69	113	Aug 20	CHC		CIN	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
70	114	Aug 21	CHC		CIN	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
71	115	Aug 22	CHC		CIN	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	5	6	0	11	3
72	116	Aug 24	CHC		NYG	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
73	117	Aug 25	CHC		NYG	L,4-9	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
74	118	Aug 26 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
75	119	Aug 26 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
76	120	Aug 27	CHC		BSN	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
77	121	Aug 28	CHC		BSN	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
78	122	Aug 29 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
79	123	Aug 29 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
80	124	Aug 31 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,3-0	CG	27	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
81	125	Aug 31 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	126	Sep 1	CHC		BRO	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
83	127	Sep 2	CHC		BRO	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
84	128	Sep 3	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
85	129	Sep 5 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
86	130	Sep 5 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,11-3	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	1
87	131	Sep 6 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
88	132	Sep 6 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	34	8.0	3	1	1	5	1
89	133	Sep 8	CHC	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
90	134	Sep 9	CHC	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	135	Sep 11	CHC		PIT	L,12-13	CG	51	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
92	136	Sep 12	CHC		PIT	L,3-7	CG	47	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
93	137	Sep 13	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	2
94	138	Sep 14	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-10	GS	25	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	139	Sep 15	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	3	1	5	1
96	140	Sep 17	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
97	141	Sep 19	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	2	3	2	7	0
98	142	Sep 20	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
99	143	Sep 21 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
100	145 (1)	Sep 22 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
101	146	Sep 22 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-7	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
102	147	Sep 24	CHC		STL	L,1-4	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
103	148	Sep 25	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
104	149	Sep 26	CHC		STL	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	150	Sep 28	CHC		CIN	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
106	151	Sep 29	CHC		CIN	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
107	152	Sep 30	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
108	153	Oct 1	CHC	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
109	154	Oct 2	CHC	@	STL	L,0-9	CG	0	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
110	155	Oct 3	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
							110gm		874.2	238	290	17	545	72