Faye Throneberry
Lua error in Module:Infobox at line 235: malformed pattern (missing ']'). Maynard Faye Throneberry (June 22, 1931 – April 26, 1999) was an American professional baseball player. A native of Fisherville, Tennessee, he was a backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox (1952, 1955–57), Washington Senators (1957–60) and Los Angeles Angels (1961). Throneberry batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was the older brother of Marv Throneberry.
In an eight-season career, Throneberry posted a .236 batting average (307-for- 1302) with 29 home runs, 137 RBI, 152 runs, 48 doubles, 12 triples, and 23 stolen base in 521 games.
After retiring from baseball, Throneberry became a successful professional trainer of bird dogs. He handled Miller's Miss Knight, a pointer, to victory in the 1973 National Bird Dog Field Trial Championship.[citation needed] He died at age 67 in Memphis, Tennessee.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
- Baseball Library
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- 1931 births
- 1999 deaths
- Baseball players from Tennessee
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- Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers players
- Hawaii Islanders players
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- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Major League Baseball right fielders
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- Scranton Miners players
- Scranton Red Sox players
- Tacoma Giants players
- Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) players
- Washington Senators (1901–60) players
- American baseball outfielder, 1930s birth stubs