Emil Verban
1944–1950 · bats R / throws R · Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, NLS, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals
854G
.272AVG
.301OBP
.325SLG
More career statistics
793H
1HR
241RBI
21SB
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 74 | 72 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,110 | 3,108 |
| Batting · Runs | 301 | 300 |
| Batting · RBI | 241 | 243 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 21 | 23 |
| Batting · Walks | 108 | 106 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 854 | 3,110 | 2,911 | 301 | 793 | 99 | 26 | 1 | 241 | 108 | 74 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 947 | .272 | .301 | .325 | .626 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1949-05-06 to 1949-05-17
12longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1948-04-23 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1944-09-24 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1946-07-14 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 430 | 1529 | 396 | 0 | 129 | 51 | 28 | .276 | .292 | .328 |
| Away | 424 | 1579 | 397 | 1 | 114 | 55 | 44 | .269 | .286 | .323 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 55 | 213 | 53 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 2 | .268 | .272 | .313 |
| May | 159 | 639 | 161 | 0 | 46 | 32 | 16 | .273 | .302 | .329 |
| June | 154 | 543 | 140 | 0 | 44 | 14 | 14 | .273 | .284 | .320 |
| July | 170 | 572 | 155 | 0 | 54 | 15 | 17 | .288 | .297 | .335 |
| August | 153 | 571 | 152 | 0 | 43 | 20 | 6 | .285 | .301 | .343 |
| September | 156 | 550 | 128 | 1 | 39 | 20 | 17 | .247 | .269 | .305 |
| October | 7 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .300 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 129 | 448 | 118 | 1 | 35 | 16 | 9 | .280 | .299 | .348 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 127 | 487 | 126 | 0 | 36 | 24 | 10 | .280 | .308 | .333 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 121 | 454 | 125 | 0 | 38 | 17 | 15 | .298 | .313 | .371 |
| boston-braves | 118 | 417 | 102 | 0 | 37 | 8 | 7 | .257 | .264 | .302 |
| new-york-giants | 118 | 431 | 110 | 0 | 39 | 19 | 12 | .275 | .299 | .310 |
| chicago-cubs | 97 | 361 | 89 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 9 | .266 | .283 | .304 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 81 | 268 | 63 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 6 | .240 | .246 | .294 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 63 | 242 | 60 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 4 | .267 | .273 | .316 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 146 | 498 | 128 | – | 43 | – | .257 | – | – |
| 1945 | St. Louis Cardinals | 155 | 597 | 166 | – | 73 | 5 | .278 | – | – |
| 1946 | Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals | 139 | 474 | 130 | – | 35 | 5 | .274 | – | – |
| 1947 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 155 | 540 | 154 | – | 42 | 5 | .285 | – | – |
| 1948 | Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies | 111 | 417 | 112 | 1 | 27 | 4 | .269 | – | – |
| 1949 |  Chicago Cubs | 98 | 343 | 99 | – | 22 | 4 | .289 | – | – |
| 1950 | Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs | 50 | 42 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .095 | – | – |