Marv Throneberry

Positions: First Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: September 2, 1933 in Collierville, TN us

Died: June 23, 1994 in Fisherville, TN

Buried: First Baptist Church Cemetery, Fisherville, TN

High School: Southside HS (Memphis, TN)

Debut: September 25, 1955 (Age 22-023d, 11,315th in major league history)
vs. BOS 2 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: May 5, 1963 (Age 29-245d)
vs. SFG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: Marvin Eugene Throneberry

Nicknames: Marvelous Marv

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Relatives: Brother of Faye Throneberry

1958 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.3

1186

281

.237

143

RBI

170

OBP

.311

SLG

.416

OPS

.726

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	KCA	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
2	2	Apr 15	KCA	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
3	3	Apr 17	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
4	4	Apr 21	KCA		CLE	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
5	5	Apr 22	KCA		CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	1B
6	6	Apr 23	KCA		CLE	L,8-10	CG	48	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
7	7	Apr 24	KCA		MIN	L,6-10	CG	55	10.0	4	0	1	5	0	1B
8	8	Apr 25	KCA		MIN	W,20-2	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
9	9	Apr 27	KCA		CHW	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
10	10	Apr 28	KCA		CHW	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
11	11	Apr 29	KCA		CHW	W,13-9	CG	46	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
12	12	Apr 30 (1)	KCA	@	LAA	L,4-6	GS	26	6.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
13	13	Apr 30 (2)	KCA	@	LAA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 2	KCA		BOS	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
15	15	May 3	KCA		BOS	W,9-8	GS	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
16	16	May 6	KCA		BAL	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
17	17	May 7	KCA		BAL	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
18	18	May 9	KCA		NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
19	19	May 10	KCA		NYY	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
20	20	May 12	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
21	22 (1)	May 14 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	13	2	0	15	0	1B
22	24 (1)	May 15	KCA		LAA	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
23	25	May 16	KCA		LAA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
24	26	May 18	KCA	@	MIN	W,4-3	GS	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	RF 1B
25	27	May 19	KCA	@	MIN	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
26	28	May 20	KCA	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
27	29	May 21	KCA		DET	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
28	30	May 22	KCA		DET	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
29	31	May 23	KCA		WSA	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
30	32	May 24	KCA		WSA	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
31	33	May 25	KCA		WSA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
32	34	May 27	KCA	@	CLE	W,7-5	GS	39	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
33	35	May 28 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
34	36	May 28 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
35	38 (1)	May 30 (2)	KCA	@	DET	W,9-3	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	43 (4)	Jun 4	KCA	@	WSA	W,8-5	GS	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	RF 1B
37	44	Jun 5 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,2-6	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
38	46 (1)	Jun 6	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
				Player went from Kansas City Athletics to Baltimore Orioles
39	55	Jun 10	BAL		MIN	W,4-3	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
40	58 (2)	Jun 12	BAL		CHW	L,8-9		28	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
41	60 (1)	Jun 14	BAL		WSA	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
42	61	Jun 15	BAL		WSA	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
43	63 (1)	Jun 17	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-1	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
44	64	Jun 18 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
45	65	Jun 18 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,8-5	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
46	67 (1)	Jun 21	BAL	@	MIN	W,11-5	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
47	69 (1)	Jun 23	BAL	@	LAA	W,8-6		13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
48	71 (1)	Jun 25	BAL	@	LAA	W,9-8	GS	21	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
49	72	Jun 27 (1)	BAL	@	KCA	W,5-3	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
50	73	Jun 27 (2)	BAL	@	KCA	W,7-2	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
51	75 (1)	Jun 29	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-2	GS	25	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
52	76	Jun 30	BAL		DET	L,5-6	GS	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	80 (3)	Jul 4	BAL		CLE	W,5-1	GF	27	7.2	10	1	0	11	3	1B
54	81	Jul 5	BAL	@	WSA	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
55	82	Jul 6	BAL	@	WSA	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
56	83	Jul 7 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	6	3	1	10	0	1B
57	86 (2)	Jul 9	BAL		KCA	W,8-0	GF	9	2.0	2	1	1	4	0	1B
58	87	Jul 13	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
59	88	Jul 14	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS	24	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
60	96 (7)	Jul 22 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-11	GF	13	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	149 (52)	Sep 13	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
62	160 (10)	Sep 26	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
63	161	Sep 27	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	GF	19	5.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
64	163 (1)	Sep 30	BAL		CHW	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
							66gm		475.1	330	35	4	369	37