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Emil Verban
Emil Matthew Verban (Dutch or Antelope)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 165 lb.

Debut April 18, 1944
Final Game October 1, 1950
Born August 27, 1915 in Lincoln, IL
Died June 8, 1989 in Quincy, IL

Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1944 28 STL NL 146  498   51  128  14  2   0   43   0     19  14  .257  .287  .293   62  146  19           2   5
 1945 29 STL NL 155  597   59  166  22  8   0   72   4     19  15  .278  .304  .342   77  204  16           3   9 AS
 1946 30 TOT NL 139  474   44  130  17  5   0   34   5     21  18  .274  .305  .331   83  157  13           0   7 MVP-20,AS
         STL NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
         PHI NL 138  473   44  130  17  5   0   34   5     21  18  .275  .306  .332   83  157  13           0   7
 1947 31 PHI NL 155  540   50  154  14  8   0   42   5     23   8  .285  .316  .341   77  184   9           1  13 MVP-22,AS
 1948 32 TOT NL 111  417   51  112  20  2   1   27   4     15  12  .269  .297  .333   73  139  11           2   7
         PHI NL  55  169   14   39   5  1   0   11   0     11   5  .231  .282  .272   52   46  11           1   3
         CHC NL  56  248   37   73  15  1   1   16   4      4   7  .294  .308  .375   87   93   0           1   4
 1949 33 CHC NL  98  343   38   99  11  1   0   22   3      8   2  .289  .309  .327   73  112  10           2   5
 1950 34 TOT NL  49   42    8    4   1  0   0    1   0      3   5  .095  .156  .119  -26    5   3           0   0
         CHC NL  45   37    7    4   1  0   0    1   0      3   5  .108  .175  .135  -17    5   3           0   0
         BSN NL   4    5    1    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      853 2911  301  793  99 26   1  241  21  0 108  74  .272  .301  .325   73  947  81   0   0  10  46
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        553   57  151  19  5   0   46   4  0  21  14  .272  .301  .325   73  180  15   0   0   2   9
 Career High    155  597   59  166  22  8   1   72   5  0  23  18  .289  .316  .342   83  204  19   0   0   3  13

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1944 28 STL NL  538  394   42   2.9    96| .257  .270| .287  .338| .293  .380| .580  .718|  62  .331 -26.4  -2.8     
 1945 29 STL NL  635  456   61   3.6    99| .278  .277| .304  .347| .342  .382| .646  .729|  77  .419 -21.5  -2.2     
 1946 30 TOT NL  508  364   48   3.5    90| .274  .259| .305  .334| .331  .363| .636  .696|  83  .439 -12.4  -1.3     
         STL NL    1    1    0   0.0    96| .000  .267| .000  .343| .000  .374| .000  .717|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
         PHI NL  507  363   48   3.5    90| .275  .259| .306  .334| .332  .362| .638  .696|  83  .440 -12.1  -1.3     
 1947 31 PHI NL  573  408   58   3.8   102| .285  .269| .316  .344| .341  .399| .657  .743|  77  .407 -18.9  -1.9     
 1948 32 TOT NL  445  323   41   3.4    99| .269  .265| .297  .339| .333  .392| .630  .731|  73  .375 -16.5  -1.7     
         PHI NL  192  144   13   2.4   100| .231  .266| .282  .341| .272  .394| .554  .735|  52  .244 -11.5  -1.2     
         CHC NL  253  179   28   4.2    99| .294  .264| .308  .338| .375  .391| .683  .728|  87  .468  -5.0  -0.5     
 1949 33 CHC NL  363  259   34   3.5   101| .289  .267| .309  .340| .327  .399| .636  .739|  73  .381 -13.7  -1.4     
 1950 34 TOT NL   48   41    1   0.6   107| .095  .268| .156  .344| .119  .415| .275  .759| -26  .026  -7.8  -0.7     
         CHC NL   43   36    1   0.7   107| .108  .268| .175  .345| .135  .416| .310  .761| -17  .032  -6.4  -0.6     
         BSN NL    5    5    0   0.0   103| .000  .262| .000  .338| .000  .407| .000  .745|-100  .000  -1.4  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      3110 2245  285   3.4    98| .272  .268| .301  .341| .325  .386| .626  .726|  73  .387 -117.2 -12.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1944 28 STL NL  2B  146    319  380   23  105  .968  .963  4.79  5.04            
 1945 29 STL NL  2B  155    398  406   18   95  .978  .967  5.19  5.05             AS
 1946 30 PHI NL  2B  138    353  381   28   83  .963  .970  5.32  5.09             AS
 1947 31 PHI NL  2B  155    450  453   17  111  .982  .975  5.83  5.19             AS
 1948 32 TOT NL  2B  110    238  290   17   72  .969  .971  4.80  4.83            
         PHI NL  2B   54    104  126    6   25  .975  .971  4.26  4.83            
         CHC NL  2B   56    134  164   11   47  .964  .971  5.32  4.83            
 1949 33 CHC NL  2B   88    218  249   17   60  .965  .976  5.31  5.07            
 1950 34 TOT NL  2B   10     18   20    3    8  .927  .974  3.80  5.13            
         CHC NL  2B    8     11   17    1    6  .966  .976  3.50  5.12            
                 SS    3      2    1    0    0 1.000  .968  1.00  4.73            
                 3B    1      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  3.00            
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.10                0    1    0
         BSN NL  2B    2      7    3    2    2  .833  .971  5.00  5.15            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1944 28 STL NL  2B  146    319  380   23  105  .968  .963  4.79  5.04            
 1945 29 STL NL  2B  155    398  406   18   95  .978  .967  5.19  5.05            
 1946 30 PHI NL  2B  138    353  381   28   83  .963  .970  5.32  5.09            
 1947 31 PHI NL  2B  155    450  453   17  111  .982  .975  5.83  5.19            
 1948 32 TOT NL  2B  110    238  290   17   72  .969  .971  4.80  4.83            
         PHI NL  2B   54    104  126    6   25  .975  .971  4.26  4.83            
         CHC NL  2B   56    134  164   11   47  .964  .971  5.32  4.83            
 1949 33 CHC NL  2B   88    218  249   17   60  .965  .976  5.31  5.07            
 1950 34 TOT NL  2B   10     18   20    3    8  .927  .974  3.80  5.13            
         CHC NL  2B    8     11   17    1    6  .966  .976  3.50  5.12            
         BSN NL  2B    2      7    3    2    2  .833  .971  5.00  5.15            

 1950 34 CHC NL  3B    1      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  3.00            

 1950 34 CHC NL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.10                0    1    0

 1950 34 CHC NL  SS    3      2    1    0    0 1.000  .968  1.00  4.73            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  2B  802   1994 2179  123  534  .971  .970  5.20  5.06            
                 SS    3      2    1    0    0 1.000  .968  1.00  4.73            
                 3B    1      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  3.00            
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.10                0    1    0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       807   1996 2180  124  534  .971  .970  5.17  5.05

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1944   WS    STL SLB     W   6  17   1   7  0  0  0   2   2   0  .412  .474  .412   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1945   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1946   PHI NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1947   PHI NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/3      1   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1945
1946 *
1947 (2B)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1946-NL-20-0.03
1947-NL-22-0.03
Car-1023-0.06 shares

Games
1945 NL-155-1
1947 NL-155-2

At Bats
1945 NL-597-7

Triples
1945 NL-8-8
1947 NL-8-6

Singles
1945 NL-136-7
1947 NL-132-5

Sac. Hits
1944 NL-19-2
1945 NL-16-7
1946 NL-13-8
1948 NL-11-3
1949 NL-10-8

At Bats per Strikeout
1944 NL-35.6-2
1945 NL-39.8-3
1946 NL-26.3-5
1947 NL-67.5-1
1948 NL-34.8-1
Car-39.3-6

Outs
1945 NL-456-4

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 5 (1714) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 14.0 (957) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

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 2, 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 the Seattle (PCL) to complete an earlier deal made on September 30, 1950. The Boston Braves sent players to be named later and cash to the Seattle (PCL) for Jim Wilson. The Boston Braves sent Mickey Haefner (October 3, 1950) and Emil Verban (December 2, 1950) to the Seattle (PCL) to complete the trade.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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All-Star 1945 1946 * 1947 (2B)	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1946-NL-20-0.03 1947-NL-22-0.03 Car-1023-0.06 shares	Games 1945 NL-155-1 1947 NL-155-2	At Bats 1945 NL-597-7	Triples 1945 NL-8-8 1947 NL-8-6	Singles 1945 NL-136-7 1947 NL-132-5
Sac. Hits 1944 NL-19-2 1945 NL-16-7 1946 NL-13-8 1948 NL-11-3 1949 NL-10-8	At Bats per Strikeout 1944 NL-35.6-2 1945 NL-39.8-3 1946 NL-26.3-5 1947 NL-67.5-1 1948 NL-34.8-1 Car-39.3-6	Outs 1945 NL-456-4