Maynard Faye Throneberry (June 22, 1931 – April 26, 1999) was an American professional

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player. A native of

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, he was a backup

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who played for the

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(1952, 1955–57), Washington Senators (1957–60) and

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(1961). Throneberry batted left-handed, threw right-handed, and was listed as tall and . He was the older brother of

Marv Throneberry Marvin Eugene Throneberry (September 2, 1933 – June 23, 1994) was an American Major League Baseball player. Affectionately known as "Marvelous Marv", he was the starting first baseman for the 1962 New York Mets, a team which set the modern re ...

. Faye Throneberry's best season probably came in 1959 with the Senators, when he hit a career-high 10 home runs and had 82 hits. He was claimed on December 14, 1960, by the Angels in the Major League Baseball expansion draft. He played in the franchise's 1961 inaugural season and finished his MLB career with the team. In an eight-season career, Throneberry posted a .236

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(307-for-1,302) with 29

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s, 137 RBI, 152 runs, 48 doubles, 12

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, and 23

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. 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. He died at age 67 in

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