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.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	PHI		NYG	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 17	PHI		NYG	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
3	3	Apr 18	PHI	@	BSN	L,7-10	CG	42	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
4	4	Apr 19 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,3-9	CG	45	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
5	5	Apr 19 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
6	6	Apr 20	PHI	@	NYG	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
7	7	Apr 22	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 23	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	3	4	1	8	3
9	9	Apr 24	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	5	1	8	1
10	10	Apr 26	PHI		BSN	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
11	11	Apr 27 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
12	12	Apr 27 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	6	1	8	2
13	13	Apr 29	PHI		PIT	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
14	14	Apr 30	PHI		PIT	L,4-11	CG	47	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 4 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
16	16	May 4 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
17	17	May 6	PHI		CHC	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
18	18	May 8 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	19	May 8 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
20	20	May 9	PHI		BRO	W,6-5	CG	42	11.0	5	9	0	14	1
21	21	May 10	PHI		BRO	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
22	22	May 11 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
23	23	May 11 (2)	PHI		BRO	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
24	24	May 15	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
25	25	May 16	PHI	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
26	26	May 17	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	27	May 18 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
28	28	May 18 (2)	PHI	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	43	12.0	2	1	0	3	1
29	29	May 19	PHI	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	2
30	30	May 20	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	45	10.1	4	3	0	7	1
31	31	May 21	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
32	32	May 23	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
33	33	May 24	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	8	1	0	9	1
34	34	May 25	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
35	35	May 27	PHI	@	BSN	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	5	3	0	8	2
36	36	May 28	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	38	May 30 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-5	GS	26	6.0	2	4	0	6	0
39	39	May 31	PHI		CHC	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
41	41	Jun 3	PHI		CIN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
42	42	Jun 4	PHI		CIN	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
43	43	Jun 5 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
44	44	Jun 5 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	3	3	1	7	2
45	45	Jun 6	PHI		PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	7	0	10	3
46	46	Jun 8 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
47	47	Jun 8 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
48	48	Jun 9 (1)	PHI		STL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
49	49	Jun 9 (2)	PHI		STL	W,2-1	CG	62	15.0	6	7	0	13	1
50	50	Jun 10	PHI		STL	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
51	51	Jun 11	PHI		STL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
52	52	Jun 13	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
53	53	Jun 14	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
54	54	Jun 15	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
55	55	Jun 16	PHI	@	STL	L,3-4	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	56	Jun 17	PHI	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	0	8.1	1	5	0	6	2
57	57	Jun 18	PHI	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
58	58	Jun 20	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
59	59	Jun 21	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
60	60	Jun 22	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	54	13.0	6	5	0	11	3
61	61	Jun 24	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
62	62	Jun 25	PHI	@	CIN	L,8-9	CG	45	8.2	3	1	0	4	0
63	63	Jun 27	PHI	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
64	64	Jun 28	PHI	@	NYG	L,6-14	GS	35	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
65	65	Jun 29 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,7-8	CG	49	9.2	3	4	0	7	2
66	66	Jun 29 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
67	67	Jun 30	PHI		BRO	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	3	6	1	10	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	68	Jul 1	PHI		BRO	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
69	69	Jul 2	PHI		BSN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
70	70	Jul 3	PHI		BSN	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
71	71	Jul 4 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
72	72	Jul 4 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
73	73	Jul 5	PHI		NYG	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
74	74	Jul 6	PHI		NYG	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
75	75	Jul 10 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
76	76	Jul 10 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	5	1	9	2
77	77	Jul 11	PHI		PIT	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
78	78	Jul 12	PHI		PIT	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
79	79	Jul 13 (1)	PHI		STL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	80	Jul 13 (2)	PHI		STL	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	81	Jul 14	PHI		STL	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
82	82	Jul 15	PHI		CIN	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
83	83	Jul 16	PHI		CIN	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
84	84	Jul 18	PHI		CHC	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	4
85	85	Jul 20 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,2-4	GS	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
86	86	Jul 20 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	87	Jul 21	PHI	@	PIT	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
88	88	Jul 23	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	3
89	89	Jul 24 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
90	90	Jul 24 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	3	5	1	9	0
91	91	Jul 25	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
92	92	Jul 26	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
93	93	Jul 27 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
94	94	Jul 27 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
95	95	Jul 29	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
96	96	Jul 30	PHI	@	CHC	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	4	6	0	10	3
97	97	Jul 31	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	98	Aug 1	PHI	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	4	6	0	10	1
99	99	Aug 2	PHI	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	42	8.2	1	3	0	4	2
100	100	Aug 3	PHI	@	STL	L,8-10	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	2
101	101	Aug 5	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	4	2	1	7	1
102	102	Aug 6	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
103	103	Aug 7	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
104	104	Aug 8	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	41	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
105	105	Aug 9	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
106	106	Aug 10	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
107	107	Aug 11	PHI		NYG	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
108	108	Aug 12	PHI		NYG	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
109	109	Aug 13	PHI		NYG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
110	110	Aug 14	PHI		NYG	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
111	111	Aug 15	PHI		BRO	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
112	112	Aug 16	PHI		BRO	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
113	113	Aug 17 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
114	114	Aug 17 susp	PHI		BRO	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
115	115	Aug 19 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
116	116	Aug 19 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
117	117	Aug 20	PHI		CHC	T,1-1	CG	22	6.0	1	3	0	4	0
118	118	Aug 21 (1)	PHI		STL	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	4	8	0	12	2
119	119	Aug 21 (2)	PHI		STL	L,3-13	GS	34	6.0	1	2	0	3	1
120	120	Aug 22	PHI		STL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
121	121	Aug 23	PHI		STL	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
122	122	Aug 24 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,3-12	CG	53	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
123	123	Aug 24 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,8-6	CG	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
124	124	Aug 25	PHI		CIN	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
125	125	Aug 27	PHI		PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
126	126	Aug 28	PHI		PIT	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
127	127	Aug 29	PHI		BSN	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
128	128	Aug 30	PHI		BSN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
129	129	Aug 31 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
130	130	Aug 31 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	131	Sep 1 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
132	132	Sep 1 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
133	133	Sep 4	PHI	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
134	134	Sep 5	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
135	135	Sep 6	PHI	@	BSN	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
136	136	Sep 7	PHI	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
137	137	Sep 9	PHI	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
138	138	Sep 10	PHI	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
139	139	Sep 12 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	1	5	0	6	1
140	140	Sep 12 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
141	141	Sep 13 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
142	142	Sep 13 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
143	143	Sep 14 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
144	144	Sep 14 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
145	145	Sep 15	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-12	GS	33	6.0	2	2	0	4	1
146	146	Sep 16	PHI	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
147	147	Sep 17	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-12	GS	26	5.0	1	3	0	4	1
148	148	Sep 18	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
149	149	Sep 20	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	30	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
150	150	Sep 21 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	38	11.0	1	5	0	6	0
151	151	Sep 21 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	3	3	1	7	0
152	152	Sep 25	PHI		BRO	L,2-5	CG	38	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
153	153	Sep 27	PHI		NYG	W,10-7	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
154	154	Sep 28 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	3	6	1	10	3
155	155	Sep 28 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,3-1	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
							155gm		1324.0	450	453	17	920	111