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Emil Verban

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Full Name: Emil Matthew Verban Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/165 First Game: April 18, 1944
Birthdate: August 27, 1915 Final Game: October 1, 1950
Birthplace: Lincoln, Illinois MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: June 8, 1989
Deathplace: Quincy, Illinois
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Emil Verban (Emil Matthew Verban) was born on August 27, 1915 in Lincoln, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on April 18, 1944 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1944, his rookie year, he hit .257 with 0 home runs and 43 RBI. Verban played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and Boston Braves over the course of his 7 year career.

Most people believe that Emil Verban's best season was 1945, when he hit for a .278 average and knocked in 72 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1944 STL N 146 498 51 128 0 43 .257 .287 .293 14 2 19 14 2 19 0 0 5
1945 STL N 155 597 59 166 0 72 .278 .304 .342 22 8 19 15 3 16 4 0 9
1946 STL N 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 PHI N 138 473 44 130 0 34 .275 .306 .332 17 5 21 18 0 13 5 0 7
1946 TOT N 139 474 44 130 0 34 .274 .305 .331 17 5 21 18 0 13 5 0 7
1947 PHI N 155 540 50 154 0 42 .285 .316 .341 14 8 23 8 1 9 5 0 13
1948 PHI N 55 169 14 39 0 11 .231 .282 .272 5 1 11 5 1 11 0 0 3
1948 CHI N 56 248 37 73 1 16 .294 .308 .375 15 1 4 7 1 0 4 0 4
1948 TOT N 111 417 51 112 1 27 .269 .297 .333 20 2 15 12 2 11 4 0 7
1949 CHI N 98 343 38 99 0 22 .289 .309 .327 11 1 8 2 2 10 3 0 5
1950 CHI N 45 37 7 4 0 1 .108 .175 .135 1 0 3 5 0 3 0 0 0
1950 BOS N 4 5 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 TOT N 49 42 8 4 0 1 .095 .156 .119 1 0 3 5 0 3 0 0 0
Total 853 2911 301 793 1 241 .272 .301 .325 99 26 108 74 10 81 21 0 46

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1944 STL N 2B 146 0 0 319 380 23 105 0 0 0 0 0 .968
1945 STL N 2B 155 0 0 398 406 18 95 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1946 PHI N 2B 138 0 0 353 381 28 83 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1947 PHI N 2B 155 0 0 450 453 17 111 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1948 PHI N 2B 54 0 0 104 126 6 25 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1948 CHI N 2B 56 0 0 134 164 11 47 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1948 TOT N 2B 110 0 0 238 290 17 72 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1949 CHI N 2B 88 0 0 218 249 17 60 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1950 CHI N OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1950 CHI N 2B 8 0 0 11 17 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1950 CHI N 3B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1950 CHI N SS 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1950 BOS N 2B 2 0 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .833
1950 TOT N 2B 10 0 0 18 20 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 .927
Total OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 2B 802 0 0 1994 2179 123 534 0 0 0 0 0 .971
Total SS 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Cincinnati Reds (1936).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Clyde Kluttz (May 2, 1946).
  • Claimed on waivers by Chicago Cubs from Philadelphia Phillies (August 3, 1948).
  • Claimed on waivers by Boston Braves from Chicago Cubs (September 13, 1950).
  • Traded by Boston Braves to Seattle (PCL) (December 2, 1950) completing trade in which Boston Braves traded cash and 2 players to be named later to Seattle (PCL) in exchange for Jim Wilson (September 30, 1950); Seattle (PCL) received Mickey Haefner (October 3, 1950).

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