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Emil Verban
Emil Matthew Verban (Dutch and Antelope)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: August 27, 1915 in Lincoln, IL
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1944
Final Game: October 1, 1950
Died: June 8, 1989 in Quincy, IL
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1944 28 STL NL 146 538 498 51 128 14 2 0 43 0 19 14 .257 .287 .293 .580 62 146 5 2 19 *4
1945 29 STL NL 155 635 597 59 166 22 8 0 72 4 19 15 .278 .304 .342 .645 77 204 9 3 16 *4
1946 30 TOT NL 139 508 474 44 130 17 5 0 34 5 21 18 .274 .305 .331 .636 83 157 7 0 13 *4 AS,MVP-20
1946 30 STL NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1946 30 PHI NL 138 507 473 44 130 17 5 0 34 5 21 18 .275 .306 .332 .638 83 157 7 0 13 *4
1947 31 PHI NL 155 573 540 50 154 14 8 0 42 5 23 8 .285 .316 .341 .656 77 184 13 1 9 *4 AS,MVP-22
1948 32 TOT NL 111 445 417 51 112 20 2 1 27 4 15 12 .269 .297 .333 .631 73 139 7 2 11 *4
1948 32 PHI NL 55 192 169 14 39 5 1 0 11 0 11 5 .231 .282 .272 .554 52 46 3 1 11 4
1948 32 CHC NL 56 253 248 37 73 15 1 1 16 4 4 7 .294 .308 .375 .683 87 93 4 1 0 4
1949 33 CHC NL 98 363 343 38 99 11 1 0 22 3 8 2 .289 .309 .327 .635 73 112 5 2 10 4
1950 34 TOT NL 49 48 42 8 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 5 .095 .156 .119 .275 -26 5 0 0 3 4/65O
1950 34 CHC NL 45 43 37 7 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 5 .108 .175 .135 .310 -17 5 0 0 3 /465O
1950 34 BSN NL 4 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /4
7 Seasons 853 3110 2911 301 793 99 26 1 241 21 108 74 .272 .301 .325 .626 73 947 46 10 81
162 Game Avg. 162 591 553 57 151 19 5 0 46 4 21 14 .272 .301 .325 .626 73 180 9 2 15
PHI (3 yrs) 348 1272 1182 108 323 36 14 0 87 10 55 31 .273 .307 .327 .634 76 387 23 2 33
STL (3 yrs) 302 1174 1096 110 294 36 10 0 115 4 38 29 .268 .296 .319 .615 70 350 14 5 35
CHC (3 yrs) 199 659 628 82 176 27 2 1 39 7 15 14 .280 .300 .334 .635 73 210 9 3 13
BSN (1 yr) 4 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1944 28 STL NL WS SLB W 6 19 17 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .412 .474 .412 .885 7 0 0 0 0 1
1 WS 6 19 17 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .412 .474 .412 .885 7 0 0 0 0 1

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1944 STL NL 28 2B 146 722 319 380 23 105 .968 4.79 .963 5.04
1945 STL NL 29 2B 155 822 398 406 18 95 .978 5.19 .967 5.05
1946 PHI NL 30 2B 138 762 353 381 28 83 .963 5.32 .970 5.09 AS,MVP-20
1947 PHI NL 31 2B 155 920 450 453 17 111 .982 5.83 .975 5.19 AS,MVP-22
1948 TOT NL 32 2B 110 545 238 290 17 72 .969 4.80 .971 4.83
1948 PHI NL 32 2B 54 236 104 126 6 25 .975 4.26 .971 4.83
1948 CHC NL 32 2B 56 309 134 164 11 47 .964 5.32 .971 4.83
1949 CHC NL 33 2B 88 484 218 249 17 60 .965 5.31 .976 5.07
1950 TOT NL 34 2B 10 41 18 20 3 8 .927 3.80 .976 5.13
1950 CHC NL 34 2B 8 29 11 17 1 6 .966 3.50 .976 5.12
1950 CHC NL 34 SS 3 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .967 4.73
1950 CHC NL 34 3B 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 3.00
1950 CHC NL 34 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0-1-0
1950 BSN NL 34 2B 2 12 7 3 2 2 .833 5.00 .975 5.15
7 Seasons 2B 802 4296 1994 2179 123 534 .971 5.20 .970 5.06
1 Season SS 3 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .967 4.73
1 Season 3B 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 3.00
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0-1-0
7 Seasons TOT 807 4300 1996 2180 124 534 .971 5.17 .941 5.05 0-1-0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1945
1946 *
1947 (2B)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1946-NL-20-3%
1947-NL-22-3%
0.06 Career Shares (1033rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1945 NL--155--1st
1947 NL--155--2nd

At Bats s c a p y
1945 NL--597--7th

Triples s c a p y
1945 NL--8--8th
1947 NL--8--6th

Singles s c a p y
1945 NL--136--7th
1947 NL--132--5th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1944 NL--19--2nd
1945 NL--16--7th
1946 NL--13--8th
1948 NL--11--3rd
1949 NL--10--8th

AB per SO s c a p y
1944 NL--35.571--2nd
1945 NL--39.800--3rd
1946 NL--26.333--5th
1947 NL--67.500--1st
1948 NL--34.750--1st
Career--39.340--6th

Outs Made s c a p y
1945 NL--456--4th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 5 (1625), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (968), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3952), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  5. John Peters (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

Before 1936 Season: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.

Before 1938 Season: Sent from the Cincinnati Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals in an unknown transaction.

May 1, 1946: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Clyde Kluttz.

August 3, 1948: Selected off waivers by the Chicago Cubs from the Philadelphia Phillies.

September 13, 1950: Selected off waivers by the Boston Braves from the Chicago Cubs.

December 2, 1950: Sent by the Boston Braves to Seattle (PCL) to complete an earlier deal made on September 30, 1950. The Boston Braves sent players to be named later and cash to Seattle (PCL) for Jim Wilson.

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Name and misspellings: Emil Dutch,Antelope Emil emile Matthew Verban

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