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.
Triple Plays: 2 (Jul 1, Jul 15)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	STL		PIT	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
2	2	Apr 20	STL		PIT	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
3	3	Apr 21	STL	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
4	4	Apr 23 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
5	5	Apr 23 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
6	6	Apr 25	STL	@	CIN	L,3-10	CG	46	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	Apr 26	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	49	12.2	5	1	0	6	1
8	8	Apr 27	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 29	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	8	0	11	0
10	10	Apr 30 (1)	STL		CHC	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
11	11	Apr 30 (2)	STL		CHC	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 2	STL	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	6	5	0	11	2
13	13	May 3	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
14	14	May 4	STL	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
15	15	May 6	STL		CIN	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
16	16	May 7 (1)	STL		CIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
17	17	May 7 (2)	STL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
18	18	May 10	STL		BRO	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
19	19	May 11	STL		BRO	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
20	20	May 12	STL		BRO	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
21	21	May 13	STL		BRO	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	6	4	0	10	2
22	22	May 14 (1)	STL		PHI	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
23	23	May 14 (2)	STL		PHI	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
24	24	May 15	STL		PHI	W,11-6	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
25	25	May 16 susp	STL		PHI	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	26	May 17	STL		BSN	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
27	27	May 18	STL		BSN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
28	28	May 19	STL		BSN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
29	29	May 20	STL		NYG	W,10-0	CG	30	9.0	2	6	1	9	3
30	30	May 21 (1)	STL		NYG	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	31	May 21 (2)	STL		NYG	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
32	32	May 26	STL	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
33	33	May 27	STL	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
34	34	May 28 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
35	35	May 28 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-3	GS	25	6.0	1	3	0	4	0
36	36	May 29	STL	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS	20	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	7	0	9	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	41 (3)	Jun 2	STL	@	PHI	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
39	44 (2)	Jun 4 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	45	Jun 8	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	46	Jun 10	STL	@	CIN	W,18-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	47	Jun 11 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	4	0	8	3
43	48	Jun 11 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	4
44	49	Jun 13	STL		CHC	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
45	50	Jun 14	STL		CHC	W,10-9	GS	22	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
46	51	Jun 17	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
47	52	Jun 18 (1)	STL		PIT	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
48	53	Jun 18 (2)	STL		PIT	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	4	4	1	9	2
49	54	Jun 20	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
50	55	Jun 21 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
51	56	Jun 21 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
52	57	Jun 23	STL	@	PIT	T,5-5	CG	60	14.0	2	4	0	6	1
53	58	Jun 24	STL	@	PIT	W,16-0	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	2
54	59	Jun 25 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	60	Jun 25 (2)	STL	@	PIT	T,5-5	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
56	61	Jun 28	STL		PHI	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
57	62	Jun 29	STL		PHI	L,0-1	CG	42	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
58	63	Jun 30	STL		PHI	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	64	Jul 1	STL		BRO	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
60	65	Jul 2 (1)	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	52	14.0	4	6	0	10	1
61	66	Jul 2 (2)	STL		BRO	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
62	67	Jul 4 (1)	STL		NYG	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
63	68	Jul 4 (2)	STL		NYG	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
64	69	Jul 5	STL		NYG	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
65	70	Jul 6	STL		NYG	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
66	71	Jul 7	STL		BSN	L,5-10	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
67	72	Jul 8	STL		BSN	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
68	73	Jul 9 (1)	STL		BSN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
69	74	Jul 9 (2)	STL		BSN	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
70	75	Jul 13	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	4	4	0	8	0
71	76	Jul 14	STL		CIN	L,0-3	GS	28	7.0	3	0	1	4	0
72	77	Jul 15	STL		CIN	W,12-1	CG	30	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
73	78	Jul 16 (1)	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
74	79	Jul 16 (2)	STL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
75	80	Jul 18	STL	@	BRO	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
76	81	Jul 20 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
77	82	Jul 20 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,6-2	GS	36	10.0	1	2	0	3	1
78	83	Jul 21	STL	@	NYG	W,5-0	GS	26	7.0	1	3	0	4	1
79	84	Jul 22	STL	@	BSN	L,5-6	GS	34	7.0	2	1	1	4	1
80	85	Jul 23 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	2	2	0	4	1
81	86	Jul 23 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	2	4	1
82	87	Jul 24	STL	@	BSN	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
83	88	Jul 25	STL	@	PHI	W,9-0	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
84	89	Jul 26	STL	@	PHI	W,8-6	GS	33	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
85	90	Jul 27 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
86	91	Jul 27 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
87	92	Jul 29 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,14-2	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
88	93	Jul 29 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,12-7	GS	17	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
89	94	Jul 30 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,4-10	CG	38	8.0	4	1	1	6	1
90	95	Jul 30 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,9-7	GS	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
91	96	Jul 31	STL	@	BRO	L,1-6	GS	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	97	Aug 1	STL	@	BRO	W,14-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
93	98	Aug 2	STL	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
94	99	Aug 3	STL	@	PIT	W,15-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
95	100	Aug 4	STL	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS	26	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
96	101	Aug 6	STL	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS	44	10.0	6	3	0	9	1
97	105 (3)	Aug 12	STL		PHI	L,0-3	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
98	107 (1)	Aug 13 (2)	STL		BRO	W,7-3	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
99	108	Aug 14	STL		BRO	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
100	109	Aug 15	STL		BRO	W,6-3	GS	21	5.0	1	1	0	2	1
101	110	Aug 16	STL		NYG	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
102	111	Aug 17	STL		NYG	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	6	7	0	13	3
103	112	Aug 18	STL		NYG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	2
104	113	Aug 19	STL		NYG	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
105	114	Aug 20 (1)	STL		BSN	W,15-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
106	115	Aug 20 (2)	STL		BSN	L,3-5	GS	0		2	3	0	5	0
107	116	Aug 22 (1)	STL		BSN	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
108	117	Aug 22 (2)	STL		BSN	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
109	118	Aug 23	STL		CHC	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	3
110	119	Aug 24	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	121 (1)	Aug 27 (1)	STL		PIT	L,6-14	GF	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	122	Aug 27 (2)	STL		PIT	T,1-1	CG	38	10.0	3	3	0	6	1
113	123	Aug 28	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
114	124	Aug 29	STL		CIN	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	125	Sep 1	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
116	126	Sep 2	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	1	4	0	5	1
117	127	Sep 3 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
118	128	Sep 3 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-8	GS	0	6.0	2	2	0	4	0
119	129	Sep 4	STL	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
120	130	Sep 5 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
121	131	Sep 5 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,0-4	GS	30	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
122	132	Sep 7	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
123	133	Sep 9	STL		CHC	L,1-6	GS	0		2	3	0	5	1
124	134	Sep 10 (1)	STL		CHC	L,0-9	GS	33	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
125	135	Sep 10 (2)	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
126	136	Sep 12 (1)	STL		PIT	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
127	137	Sep 12 (2)	STL		PIT	L,5-6	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
128	138	Sep 13 (1)	STL		PIT	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
129	139	Sep 13 (2)	STL		PIT	L,5-10	GS	0		2	3	0	5	0
130	140	Sep 15 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	2	0	5	3
131	141	Sep 15 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS	17	5.0	2	2	0	4	1
132	142	Sep 16	STL	@	CHC	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
133	143	Sep 17 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
134	144	Sep 17 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
135	145	Sep 21 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-4	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
136	146	Sep 21 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,6-5	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
137	148 (1)	Sep 23	STL	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
138	149	Sep 24 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	68	16.0	6	4	0	10	0
139	150	Sep 24 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
140	151	Sep 25	STL	@	BRO	W,3-1	GS	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
141	152	Sep 26	STL	@	BRO	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
142	153	Sep 27	STL	@	BRO	L,2-3	GS	25	6.0	0	2	1	3	0
143	154	Sep 28	STL	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
144	155	Sep 29	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	9.1	3	4	0	7	1
145	156	Oct 1 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	GS	27	6.0	0	3	0	3	0
146	157	Oct 1 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,10-6	CG	0	6.0	2	4	0	6	0
							146gm		1193.0	319	380	23	722	105