Faye Throneberry

Maynard Faye Throneberry

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.
• High School Collierville High School
• Debut April 15, 1952
• Final Game July 19, 1961
• Born June 22, 1931 in Fisherville, TN USA
• Died April 26, 1999 in Memphis, TN USA

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Biographical Information

The brother of Marv Throneberry, Faye Throneberry played all three outfield positions, mostly as a backup. Like his brother Marv, he ended his career in the early 1960s with an expansion team.

Faye, who was a couple of years older than Marv, signed with the Boston Red Sox in 1950 and was up in the majors two years later, in 1952 for 310 at-bats. While his batting average of .258 at age 21 was a bit better than the team's average, he wouldn't come back to the majors until three years later when he hit almost the same but with more power with the Red Sox in 1955. Like a number of other major leaguers of the period, his career was interrupted by time he served in the Korean War in the Army.

He was traded near the start of the 1957 season to the Washington Senators, where he spent most of the rest of his major league career. He had his most at-bats in 1959 (327), hitting .251. He ended his major league career with the expansion 1961 Los Angeles Angels, appearing for the last time in July of that year.

Further Reading

• Russell Wolinsky: "Faye Throneberry", in Mark Armour and Bill Nowlin, eds.: Red Sox Baseball in the Days of Ike and Elvis: The Red Sox of the 1950s, SABR, Phoenix, AZ, 2012, pp. 290-296. ISBN 978-1933599243

Related Sites

• Faye Throneberry at the SABR Bio Project