Faye Throneberry
1952–1961 · bats L / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels (1961-64), Washington Senators (1901-60)
521G
.236AVG
.307OBP
.358SLG
More career statistics
307H
29HR
137RBI
23SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 14 | 16 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 284 | 285 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 521 | 1,453 | 1,302 | 152 | 307 | 48 | 12 | 29 | 137 | 127 | 284 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 466 | .236 | .307 | .358 | .665 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1959-06-14 to 1959-06-23
9longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1952-07-05 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1955-05-01 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1960-07-20 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 256 | 679 | 150 | 11 | 63 | 61 | 124 | .248 | .311 | .358 |
| Away | 265 | 774 | 157 | 18 | 74 | 66 | 161 | .225 | .288 | .358 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 49 | 150 | 35 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 26 | .269 | .353 | .485 |
| May | 111 | 339 | 58 | 3 | 26 | 32 | 74 | .193 | .265 | .263 |
| June | 67 | 215 | 55 | 8 | 25 | 20 | 32 | .293 | .349 | .463 |
| July | 105 | 328 | 79 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 61 | .260 | .299 | .382 |
| August | 109 | 240 | 46 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 46 | .213 | .279 | .333 |
| September | 78 | 179 | 34 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 45 | .210 | .285 | .302 |
| October | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 91 | 227 | 39 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 63 | .198 | .278 | .320 |
| chicago-white-sox | 80 | 237 | 53 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 44 | .252 | .329 | .395 |
| cleveland-guardians | 79 | 212 | 36 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 44 | .189 | .250 | .258 |
| detroit-tigers | 72 | 200 | 40 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 46 | .217 | .265 | .293 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 52 | 164 | 42 | 6 | 21 | 9 | 19 | .275 | .311 | .471 |
| baltimore-orioles | 48 | 130 | 29 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 27 | .252 | .315 | .374 |
| boston-red-sox | 39 | 97 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 14 | .230 | .289 | .333 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 27 | 70 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | .246 | .343 | .426 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 |  Boston Red Sox | 98 | 310 | 80 | 5 | 23 | 16 | .258 | – | – |
| 1955 | Boston Red Sox | 60 | 144 | 37 | 6 | 27 | – | .257 | – | – |
| 1956 | Boston Red Sox | 24 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 3 | – | .220 | – | – |
| 1957 | Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 69 | 196 | 36 | 2 | 12 | – | .184 | – | – |
| 1958 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 44 | 87 | 16 | 4 | 7 | – | .184 | – | – |
| 1959 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 117 | 327 | 82 | 10 | 42 | 6 | .251 | – | – |
| 1960 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 85 | 157 | 39 | 1 | 23 | 1 | .248 | – | – |
| 1961 |  Los Angeles Angels (1961-64) | 24 | 31 | 6 | – | – | – | .194 | – | – |