Marv Throneberry
Marvin Eugene Throneberry (Marvelous Marv)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 197 lb.

Born: September 2, 1933 in Collierville, TN
High School: Collierville (Collierville, TN)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1955
Final Game: May 5, 1963
Died: June 23, 1994 in Fisherville, TN
Relatives: Brother of Faye Throneberry
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1955 NYY AL 21 1B 1 0 6.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 40.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 6.00 4.00 1.000 9.60 8.20
1958 NYY AL 24 1B 40 35 315.0 339 315 21 3 42 .991 -2.0 -7.6 -2.0 -1.9 -0.2 0 9.60 8.40 .991 9.60 8.47
1958 NYY AL 24 OF 5 3 32.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 0.1 3.8 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.97 1.40 .988 2.28 1.94
1958 NYY AL 24 RF 5 3 32.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 0.1 3.8 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.97 1.40 .988 2.00 1.68
1959 NYY AL 25 1B 54 34 352.2 368 337 27 4 40 .989 1.5 5.1 1.5 0.0 1.5 0 9.29 6.74 .990 9.84 8.27
1959 NYY AL 25 OF 13 10 85.1 11 9 2 0 0 1.000 -1.7 -23.9 -2.7 0.1 -2.8 1 1.16 0.85 .982 2.21 1.96
1959 NYY AL 25 RF 12 10 85.0 11 9 2 0 0 1.000 -1.7 -24.0 -2.7 0.1 -2.8 1 1.16 0.92 .973 1.88 1.64
1959 NYY AL 25 LF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.70
1960 KCA AL 26 1B 71 55 504.2 553 508 40 5 56 .991 -0.6 -1.4 -0.6 -1.8 1.2 0 9.77 7.72 .991 9.58 8.04
1961 TOT AL 27 1B 41 31 295.2 340 302 35 3 37 .991 2.6 10.6 2.6 0.9 1.7 0 10.26 8.22 .990 9.45 8.29
1961 TOT AL 27 OF 25 23 179.2 29 28 0 1 0 .966 -3.2 -21.4 -2.2 -0.5 -1.7 -1 1.40 1.12 .976 2.25 1.98
1961 TOT AL 27 RF 25 23 179.2 29 28 0 1 0 .966 -3.2 -21.4 -2.2 -0.5 -1.7 -1 1.40 1.12 .976 2.06 1.75
1961 KCA AL 27 1B 30 26 235.0 267 241 25 1 31 .996 2.2 11.2 2.2 0.4 1.8 0 10.19 8.87 .990 9.45 8.29
1961 KCA AL 27 OF 10 10 78.2 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 7.6 0.5 0.4 0.1 0 1.83 1.60 .975 2.25 1.98
1961 KCA AL 27 RF 10 10 78.2 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 7.6 0.5 0.4 0.1 0 1.83 1.60 .975 2.06 1.75
1961 BAL AL 27 OF 15 13 101.0 13 12 0 1 0 .923 -3.7 -44.0 -2.7 -0.9 -1.8 -1 1.07 0.80 .977 2.25 1.98
1961 BAL AL 27 RF 15 13 101.0 13 12 0 1 0 .923 -3.7 -44.0 -2.7 -0.9 -1.8 -1 1.07 0.80 .977 2.06 1.75
1961 BAL AL 27 1B 11 5 60.2 73 61 10 2 6 .973 0.4 7.9 0.4 0.5 -0.1 0 10.53 6.45 .990 9.45 8.29
1962 BAL AL 28 OF 2 2 12.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 80.0 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 2.25 1.50 .967 2.17 1.90
1962 BAL AL 28 RF 2 2 12.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 80.0 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 3.00 2.00 .975 2.03 1.70
1962 NYM NL 28 1B 97 89 779.1 879 785 77 17 87 .981 -3.9 -6.0 -4.9 -3.3 -1.6 1 9.95 8.89 .990 9.79 8.04
1963 NYM NL 29 1B 3 1 11.0 9 9 0 0 1 1.000 -0.4 -43.6 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 7.36 3.00 .989 9.82 8.37
7 Seasons 1B 307 245 2264.1 2492 2259 201 32 263 .987 -2.6 -1.4 -3.6 -6.2 2.5 1 9.78 8.01 .990 9.68 8.17
4 Seasons OF 45 38 309.0 51 47 2 2 0 .961 -4.0 -15.5 -4.0 0.5 -4.5 0 1.43 1.09 .978 2.24 1.97
4 Seasons RF 44 38 308.2 52 48 2 2 0 .962 -4.0 -15.6 -4.0 0.5 -4.5 0 1.46 1.14 .977 2.00 1.71
1 Season LF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.70
7 Seasons TOT 352 283 2573.1 2543 2306 203 34 263 .987 -6.6 -3.1 -7.6 -5.7 -2.0 0 1 8.78 7.13 .977 8.79 7.38
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1955 NYY AL 21 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1958 NYY AL 24 60 38 60 60 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 16 1
1959 NYY AL 25 80 44 80 80 0 0 54 0 0 0 1 0 12 13 17 2
1960 KCA AL 26 104 55 104 104 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0
1961 BAL AL 27 56 18 56 56 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 32 0
1961 KCA AL 27 40 36 40 40 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 3 0
1962 NYM NL 28 116 89 116 116 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
1962 BAL AL 28 9 2 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 0
1963 NYM NL 29 14 1 14 14 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
7 Seasons 480 283 480 480 0 0 307 0 0 0 1 0 44 45 148 4
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1955 NYY AL 21 26 77% 62% 27% 1 100% 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 NYY AL 24 1337 67% 78% 28% 63 90% 2 314 25 286 4 17 19 11 2 1 4 3 0 3 0 2 42 0 0 0 38 0 4 2 2 4 75%
1959 NYY AL 25 1557 61% 76% 27% 81 91% 1 340 19 320 1 27 29 26 0 0 2 4 0 3 1 4 40 0 0 0 37 0 3 1 2 5 60%
1960 KCA AL 26 2266 66% 79% 26% 116 95% 0 496 35 455 7 40 39 32 3 0 2 5 2 2 1 2 56 1 0 0 50 1 6 4 2 9 78%
1961 KCA AL 27 1090 65% 79% 27% 54 87% 1 236 10 223 3 17 25 19 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 32 0 0 2 28 1 4 2 2 6 50%
1961 BAL AL 27 241 60% 78% 32% 20 90% 0 61 6 56 0 2 10 9 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0
1962 NYM NL 28 3673 61% 78% 28% 208 86% 3 789 52 727 11 60 73 59 11 0 0 17 4 10 3 9 87 3 1 3 83 7 4 0 4 13 62%
1963 NYM NL 29 57 51% 77% 23% 3 67% 0 9 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 10247 63% 78% 27% 546 89% 7 2248 149 2077 26 163 196 157 21 1 11 32 7 18 7 19 264 4 1 5 242 9 22 9 13 37 65%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1958 NYY AL 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 140 63% 84% 29% 16 44%
1959 NYY AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 20.0% 6 2 20.0% 0 380 65% 78% 25% 28 39%
1961 BAL AL 27 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 11.1% 8 0 0.0% 0 457 67% 73% 22% 36 33%
1961 KCA AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 344 67% 77% 28% 24 67%
1962 BAL AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 57% 70% 22% 5 80%
4 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 12 3 0 9 1 1 5 4 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 30 9 30.0% 19 2 6.7% 0 1375 66% 76% 25% 109 46%
MLB Averages 42.3% 3.1% 62% 78% 28% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1959 NYY AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 100% 0% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 100% 0% 0
MLB Averages 56.8% 2.3% 62% 78% 28% 48%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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