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Faye
Throneberry		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: June 22, 1931 in Usa, TN, FISHERVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1962   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 21 CIN NL     4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 4 5 5 4 5 5
1953 22 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 5 4 4 5 5
1954 23 CIN NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 4 5 5 5 5 5
1955 24 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 4 5 5 5 5 5
1956 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1957 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1958 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7
1959 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 5 6 6 6
1960 29 PIT NL $ 600,000   6 6 6 3 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 5 6 6 6
1961 30 PIT NL $ 600,000   6 6 6 2 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 6 6
1962 31 PIT NL $ 600,000   7 7 7 2 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 5
1963 32 PIT NL $ 600,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 6
1964 33 PIT NL $ 650,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 4 3 5 6 6
1965 34 PIT NL $ 650,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1966 35 PIT NL $ 650,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 5 5
1967 36 PIT NL $ 650,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 650,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 21 A   137 495 96 155 34 5 33 102 12 8 112 84 .313 .440 .602 1.042 123.7  
1953 22 CIN NL 16 38 6 10 2 1 2 15 2 1 7 5 .263 .378 .526 .904 7.8 1.4
    AA   71 294 51 103 19 3 13 46 6 5 35 43 .350 .419 .568 .987 62.6  
1954 23 AAA   83 364 52 102 15 1 9 46 12 7 38 64 .280 .348 .401 .749 51.0  
    AA   54 210 47 72 12 0 13 39 6 2 26 38 .343 .415 .586 1.001 46.9  
1955 24 TAM AL 119 272 30 64 14 3 2 39 1 0 28 47 .235 .307 .331 .638 27.1 2.9
1956 25 TAM AL 68 162 22 39 14 1 4 24 0 0 8 38 .241 .277 .414 .691 18.3 1.9
    AAA   2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1  
1957 26 TAM AL 40 90 15 20 4 1 0 8 0 0 13 14 .222 .314 .289 .603 8.7 0.5
  PIT NL 43 153 16 29 4 2 5 22 1 1 14 37 .190 .253 .340 .593 13.3 0.1
  TOT   83 243 31 49 8 3 5 30 1 1 27 51 .202 .276 .321 .597 21.9 0.7
1958 27 PIT NL 145 536 69 134 25 5 13 51 4 1 42 99 .250 .306 .388 .694 61.4 7.8
1959 28 PIT NL 51 177 22 42 12 2 5 25 3 3 14 45 .237 .293 .412 .706 19.4 3.0
1960 29 PIT NL 52 67 11 13 0 1 0 3 1 1 7 22 .194 .280 .224 .504 4.6 0.0
1961 30 PIT NL 22 15 4 3 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 6 .200 .200 .400 .600 1.5 0.0
1962 31 PIT NL 66 170 21 54 6 2 0 21 0 0 6 22 .318 .345 .376 .721 18.6 4.1
1963 32 PIT NL 112 301 37 85 9 4 6 30 4 3 17 63 .282 .323 .399 .722 39.4 8.5
1964 33 PIT NL 108 337 47 78 9 5 2 26 6 1 25 69 .231 .288 .306 .594 28.1 2.6
1965 34 PIT NL 130 332 26 87 8 8 0 27 3 2 12 73 .262 .291 .334 .625 25.7 2.8
1966 35 PIT NL 116 234 29 56 10 2 0 18 0 1 15 61 .239 .290 .299 .589 15.8 0.9
1967 36 AAA   137 529 53 112 20 0 0 35 8 3 41 114 .212 .268 .250 .518 34.8  
13 Years Sim 1088 2884 355 714 117 37 40 313 26 14 208 601 .248 .300 .355 .655 289.7 36.5
3 Years AAA 222 900 105 215 35 1 9 81 20 10 79 179 .239 .305 .310 .615 85.7  
2 Years AA 125 504 98 175 31 3 26 85 12 7 61 81 .347 .417 .575 .992 109.5  
1 Years A 137 495 96 155 34 5 33 102 12 8 112 84 .313 .445 .602 1.047 123.7  
6 Years Minors 484 1899 299 545 100 9 68 268 44 25 252 344 .287 .374 .457 .831 318.9  
162 Game Average 429 52 106 17 5 5 46 3 2 30 89 .248 .300 .355 .655 43.1  
Career Highs 145 536 69 134 25 8 13 51 6 3 42 99 .318 .378 .526 .904 61.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1890 257 506 93 19 33 232 19 10 142 339 .268 .320 .389 .710 230.4
vs LH   994 98 208 24 18 7 81 7 4 66 262 .209 .261 .291 .552 72.5
Home 524 1369 168 340 41 20 21 154 13 7 102 287 .248 .302 .354 .656 145.6
Away 564 1515 187 374 76 17 19 159 13 7 106 314 .247 .298 .357 .655 157.4
RISP   650 0 175 29 14 10 256 0 0 47 128 .269 .313 .403 .716 81.2
Pinch Hitting   158 21 46 7 1 2 22 1 0 14 28 .291 .351 .386 .737 21.1
Close/Late   403 74 100 17 6 2 38 0 0 25 75 .248 .296 .335 .631 38.3
Mar/Apr 178 464 63 119 25 6 5 56 4 2 49 98 .256 .331 .369 .699 56.6
May 169 415 56 110 20 5 4 43 4 2 30 96 .265 .321 .366 .687 46.9
June 178 480 56 109 18 6 6 61 4 1 33 99 .227 .276 .327 .603 43.3
July 182 512 52 120 18 3 10 44 4 3 18 97 .234 .265 .340 .605 43.2
August 193 522 71 137 21 9 9 56 5 4 41 114 .262 .316 .389 .705 63.0
Sep/Oct 183 491 55 119 15 8 6 53 4 2 37 97 .242 .294 .342 .636 49.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1953 22 CIN NL RF 7 7 62.0 9 0 1 0 .900 1.31 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 3 3 24.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 2 14.0 7 0 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1955 24 TAM AL C 27 25 210.0 134 12 2 0 .986 6.26 8 4 .500 0 1.3
    RF 17 15 123.0 23 3 0 0 1.000 1.90 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    1B 14 14 120.0 140 13 1 16 .994 11.48 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 13 12 107.7 27 1 0 0 1.000 2.34 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 5 0 8.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 4 0 6.0 2 2 0 2 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1956 25 TAM AL C 24 21 189.3 122 3 0 0 1.000 5.94 7 0 .000 0 1.2
    1B 18 10 96.0 107 13 3 14 .976 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 13 3 58.3 7 25 0 5 1.000 4.94 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    2B 3 3 27.0 4 10 0 2 1.000 4.67 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 4 3 21.0 0 7 1 1 .875 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 3 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1957 26 TAM AL C 32 30 214.7 125 7 0 0 1.000 5.53 6 1 .167 0 0.4
    1B 2 0 5.6 6 0 0 0 1.000 9.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 2 0 4.2 0 2 0 1 1.000 4.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  PIT NL C 35 33 349.6 203 11 1 0 .995 5.51 9 1 .111 0 1.7
    1B 3 0 9.1 9 0 0 1 1.000 8.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 2 0 6.8 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.97 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.2 0 1 0 0 1.000 7.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 1.000 7.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 67 63 564.3 328 18 1 0 .997 5.52 15 2 .133 0 2.1
      1B 5 0 14.7 15 0 0 1 1.000 9.18   0.0
      SS 4 0 11.0 1 4 0 2 1.000 4.09   0.1
      RF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
      3B 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1958 27 PIT NL SS 77 69 608.3 93 272 13 47 .966 5.40 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    C 46 42 365.7 212 6 1 0 .995 5.37 12 1 .083 0 0.9
    CF 20 20 167.3 46 0 0 0 1.000 2.47 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1959 28 PIT NL C 48 47 405.0 252 16 0 0 1.000 5.96 14 2 .143 2 1.8
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1960 29 PIT NL SS 10 10 83.0 7 27 1 5 .971 3.69 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    LF 8 1 23.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.91 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    C 7 1 21.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 1 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 4 1 12.7 10 3 0 1 1.000 9.24 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 1 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 3 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 30 PIT NL C 12 3 37.7 33 1 0 0 1.000 8.13 1 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 4 0 7.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 5.14 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 31 PIT NL C 40 34 306.3 202 12 1 2 .995 6.29 7 3 .429 0 1.9
    SS 12 6 74.0 11 22 2 3 .943 4.01 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 4 1 12.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 3 1 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 1 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 8.0 8 2 0 1 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 32 PIT NL C 85 75 687.0 364 31 3 0 .992 5.17 59 18 .305 0 2.5
    SS 7 2 23.0 6 5 0 3 1.000 4.30 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 5 1 14.0 16 1 1 1 .944 10.93 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1964 33 PIT NL C 86 75 668.7 354 21 3 0 .992 5.05 54 9 .167 0 2.1
    SS 11 6 59.7 10 33 2 6 .956 6.49 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 3 2 18.0 29 2 0 4 1.000 15.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 3 1 12.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1965 34 PIT NL C 62 60 510.0 293 19 3 1 .990 5.51 44 11 .250 0 2.0
    SS 50 14 210.7 40 87 3 19 .977 5.43 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    1B 7 3 35.0 36 3 1 5 .975 10.03 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 3 2 19.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1966 35 PIT NL C 38 36 306.3 234 13 5 0 .980 7.26 24 6 .250 0 0.8
    SS 49 11 169.0 31 67 0 11 1.000 5.22 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    1B 9 9 74.3 90 6 1 3 .990 11.62 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 543 482 4273.9 2543 152 19 3 .993 5.68 246 56 .228 2 16.9
  SS 241 121 1310.0 209 547 21 104 .973 5.19 0 0 .000 0 6.7
  1B 68 42 406.7 458 43 7 47 .986 11.09 0 0 .000 0 0.9
  CF 42 37 324.0 88 1 0 0 1.000 2.47 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  RF 41 25 233.0 46 3 1 0 .980 1.89 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  LF 26 6 80.7 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.90 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  3B 8 3 27.0 1 8 1 1 .900 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  2B 3 3 27.0 4 10 0 2 1.000 4.67 0 0 .000 0 0.2
Career Totals   972 719 6682.3 3366 764 49 157 .988 5.56 246 56 .228 2 26.4
Career Highs   144 131 1142.3 401 278 14 47 1.000 7.49 59 18 .500 2  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1962 31 PIT NL 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1963 32 PIT NL 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 5 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Triples
1958-9-5
1964-5-5
1965-1-8
 Stolen Bases
1958-9-4
 Caught Stealing
1959-9-3
 Strikeouts
1958-9-99
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 39th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1952
Injured on 8/27/1952 with a Tight Knee, out for one week
Injured on 5/23/1953 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 8-9 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 9/5/1953, off Ed Head (NYA)
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 9/5/1953
Hit first career homerun on 9/12/1953, off Johnny Antonelli (NYG)
Traded from Cincinnati to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1955 (Going to TAM: RF Gus Bell, 2B Dick Groat, CF Faye Throneberry, LF Bob Skinner, C Harry Chiti. Going to CIN: 2B Pee wee Reese)
3/3/1956: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
3/3/1957: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Traded from Tampa Bay to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1957 (Going to PIT: C Faye Throneberry, C Andy Seminick, P Scott Cary. Going to TAM: C Stan Lopata, 3B Joe Garagiola)
4/2/1958: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Injured on 4/26/1959 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/11/1959 with a Strained Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 8/7/1959 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
9/22/1959: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $600,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1962
10/31/1963: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $650,000 per year, for 4 years
 
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