Marv Throneberry

Full Name: Marvin Eugene Throneberry	Primary Position: 1B,OF,RF
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/190	First Game: September 25, 1955
Birthdate: September 2, 1933	Final Game: May 5, 1963
Birthplace: Collierville, Tennessee	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: June 23, 1994
Deathplace: Fisherville, Tennessee
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Marv Throneberry (Marvin Eugene Throneberry) was born on September 2, 1933 in Collierville, Tennessee. He made his Major League debut on September 25, 1955 for the New York Yankees. In 1958, his rookie year, he hit .227 with 7 home runs and 19 RBI. Throneberry played for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, Baltimore Orioles and New York Mets over the course of his 7 year career.

Most people believe that Marv Throneberry's best season was 1962, when he slugged 16 home runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1955	NY	A	1	2	1	2	0	3	1.000	.667	1.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1958	NY	A	60	150	30	34	7	19	.227	.316	.427	5	2	19	40	1	1	1	0	2
1959	NY	A	80	192	27	46	8	22	.240	.302	.391	5	0	18	51	0	2	0	1	2
1960	KC	A	104	236	29	59	11	41	.250	.315	.445	9	2	23	60	0	0	0	1	7
1961	KC	A	40	130	17	31	6	24	.238	.336	.408	2	1	19	30	0	1	0	1	4
1961	BAL	A	56	96	9	20	5	11	.208	.296	.396	3	0	12	20	0	0	0	0	2
1961	TOT	A	96	226	26	51	11	35	.226	.319	.403	5	1	31	50	0	1	0	1	6
1962	NY	N	116	357	29	87	16	49	.244	.306	.426	11	3	34	83	0	1	1	4	7
1962	BAL	A	9	9	1	0	0	0	.000	.308	.000	0	0	4	6	0	0	0	0	0
1962	Total		125	366	30	87	16	49	.238	.306	.415	11	3	38	89	0	1	1	4	7
1963	NY	N	14	14	0	2	0	1	.143	.200	.214	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		130	371	29	89	16	50	.240	.302	.418	12	3	35	88	0	1	1	4	7
Total	AL		350	815	114	192	37	120	.236	.314	.415	25	5	95	207	1	4	2	3	17
Total			480	1186	143	281	53	170	.237	.311	.416	37	8	130	295	1	5	3	7	24

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1955	NY	A	1B	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1.000
1958	NY	A	RF	5	3	32	7	0	1	0	.875
1958	NY	A	OF	5	3	32	7	0	1	0	.875
1958	NY	A	1B	40	35	315	315	21	3	42	.991
1959	NY	A	OF	13	10	85.1	9	2	0	0	1.000
1959	NY	A	RF	12	10	85	9	2	0	0	1.000
1959	NY	A	1B	54	34	352.2	337	27	4	40	.989
1959	NY	A	LF	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	.000
1960	KC	A	1B	71	55	504.2	508	40	5	56	.991
1961	KC	A	OF	10	10	78.2	16	0	0	0	1.000
1961	KC	A	1B	30	26	235	241	25	1	31	.996
1961	KC	A	RF	10	10	78.2	16	0	0	0	1.000
1961	BAL	A	1B	11	5	60.2	61	10	2	6	.973
1961	BAL	A	OF	15	13	101	12	0	1	0	.923
1961	BAL	A	RF	15	13	101	12	0	1	0	.923
1961	TOT	A	RF	25	23	179.2	28	0	1	0	.966
1961	TOT	A	1B	41	31	295.2	302	35	3	37	.991
1961	TOT	A	OF	25	23	179.2	28	0	1	0	.966
1962	NY	N	1B	97	89	779.1	785	77	17	87	.981
1962	BAL	A	RF	2	2	12	4	0	0	0	1.000
1962	BAL	A	OF	2	2	12	3	0	0	0	1.000
1963	NY	N	1B	3	1	11	9	0	0	1	1.000
Total			1B	307	245	2258.1	2259	201	32	263	.987
Total			RF	44	38	308.2	48	2	2	0	.962
Total			LF	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			OF	45	38	309	47	2	2	0	.961

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Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1952).
Traded by New York Yankees with Don Larsen, Hank Bauer and Norm Siebern to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Roger Maris, Joe DeMaestri and Kent Hadley (December 11, 1959).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Gene Stephens (June 8, 1961).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles to New York Mets in exchange for cash and a player to be named later (May 9, 1962); Baltimore Orioles received Hobie Landrith (June 7, 1962).

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