Marv Throneberry
1955–1963 · bats L / throws L · Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, New York Mets
480G
.237AVG
.311OBP
.416SLG
More career statistics
281H
53HR
170RBI
3SB
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 | 4 | 5 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 295 | 294 |
| Batting · RBI | 170 | 171 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 480 | 1,331 | 1,186 | 143 | 281 | 37 | 8 | 53 | 170 | 130 | 295 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 493 | .237 | .311 | .416 | .727 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1960-07-29 to 1960-08-08
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1960-05-09 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1961-04-29 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1960-05-24 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 244 | 645 | 141 | 31 | 97 | 68 | 128 | .248 | .324 | .464 |
| Away | 236 | 686 | 140 | 22 | 74 | 62 | 166 | .227 | .294 | .371 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 48 | 98 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 24 | .210 | .347 | .358 |
| May | 82 | 236 | 44 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 63 | .213 | .297 | .357 |
| June | 92 | 258 | 56 | 13 | 38 | 22 | 48 | .240 | .302 | .446 |
| July | 89 | 253 | 54 | 9 | 25 | 22 | 55 | .237 | .300 | .404 |
| August | 94 | 301 | 61 | 14 | 38 | 26 | 75 | .224 | .289 | .419 |
| September | 74 | 184 | 48 | 7 | 30 | 17 | 29 | .293 | .353 | .482 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 53 | 129 | 34 | 7 | 23 | 12 | 25 | .296 | .357 | .574 |
| cleveland-guardians | 45 | 125 | 26 | 8 | 18 | 13 | 34 | .232 | .312 | .464 |
| detroit-tigers | 44 | 111 | 26 | 7 | 25 | 10 | 21 | .263 | .324 | .495 |
| chicago-white-sox | 41 | 104 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 27 | .204 | .288 | .301 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 36 | 108 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 28 | .206 | .259 | .309 |
| baltimore-orioles | 36 | 99 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 26 | .170 | .253 | .330 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 31 | 89 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 12 | .267 | .371 | .440 |
| new-york-yankees | 29 | 66 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | .228 | .333 | .351 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 |  New York Yankees | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | 3 | 1 | 1.000 | – | – |
| 1958 | New York Yankees | 60 | 150 | 34 | 7 | 19 | 1 | .227 | – | – |
| 1959 | New York Yankees | 80 | 192 | 46 | 8 | 22 | – | .240 | – | – |
| 1960 |  Kansas City Athletics | 104 | 236 | 59 | 11 | 41 | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1961 | Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Athletics | 96 | 226 | 51 | 11 | 36 | – | .226 | – | – |
| 1962 | Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets | 125 | 366 | 87 | 16 | 49 | 1 | .238 | – | – |
| 1963 |  New York Mets | 14 | 14 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .143 | – | – |