Emil Matthew Verban was born in Lincoln, Illinois on August 27, 1915 and became a second baseman who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1944–1946), Philadelphia Phillies (1946–1948), Chicago Cubs (1948–1950) and Boston Braves (1950). Verban batted and threw right-handed. Verban was a second baseman noted primarily for his fielding with four National League…
A bit of a deviation from players but this manager from Springfield has some really cool things in his background. Legacy Barrow was the first executive to put numbers on player uniforms. He also announced the retirement of Lou Gehrig’s uniform number, the first number to be retired. Barrow was also the first executive to…
Continuing on with the Illinois born major league players takes me to a Logan County small town of Elkhart. I found an interesting tidbit that I didn’t know in the story of Jake Stahl. Here are two players born in Elkhart. Here is a link to previous Illinois Born players. …
TABLE OF CONTENTS for Previous Articles Al Papai born May 7, 1917 in Divernon, Illinois. He made his first appearance in the major leagues on April 24, 1948 with the St. Louis Cardinals as a pitcher. In that game he came in to pitch the 9th inning with the Cardinals trailing…
Continuing our series on Illinois Born “Boys of Summer”. Earl Homer Sheely was born on February 12, 1893 in Bushnell, Illinois. He went into baseball as a first basman and made his debut for the Chicago White Sox on April 14, 1921. He was a major leaguer for 10…
Continuing with my series on Illinois Born major league players we find four from Olney, Illinois which is the home of the White Squirrel. Be sure to check that information out at the bottom of the article. Illinois Born- OLNEY Glenn Brummer Glenn Edward Brummer (born November 23, 1954, in Olney,…
Illinois Born “Boys of Summer”
Hope you enjoy Illinois Born “Boys of Summer” Series George Whiteman Started Over Babe Ruth George (Lucky) Whiteman was born in Peoria, Illinois on December 23, 1882 the child of a German immigrant mother and father formerly from New York . Early in his life as a teenager he felt the urge to move…
Continuing the series. George Moriarty George Joseph Moriarty was bon on July 7, 1884 in Chicago near the Union Stock Yards. He went on to become a major legue third baseman along with an umpire and manager in the major leagues. He made his debut on September 7, 1903 at the age…
Continuing my series on Illinois born major league players. Roy Hawes Roy Lee Hawes was born July 5, 1926 in Shiloh, Illinois. He was a first baseman in Major League Baseball, who played in three games for the Washington Senators in 1951….