Maynard Bert Thiel is an American retired professional baseball pitcher, manager and scout. He appeared in only four Major League games as a relief pitcher for the 1952 Boston Braves, but fashioned a 14-year playing career in the minor leagues. Born in Marion, Wisconsin, he threw and batted right-handed, and stood 5 ft 10 in tall and weighed 185 lb. Thiel's brief MLB trial occurred at the outset of the 1952 season. He split two decisions and compiled an earned run average of 7.71 over seven innings pitched. As a minor league hurler, however, Thiel won 145 games, and compiled a .563 winning percentage and an ERA of 3.76. He had one 20-win season, and also enjoyed 18, 16, 15 and 14 game-winning seasons during a career spent in the farm systems of the Braves, New York/San Francisco Giants and Boston Red Sox. Thiel managed in the Kansas City Athletics and Chicago White Sox organizations, and scouted for the Washington Senators, Braves and ChiSox after his active career. [More at Wikipedia]

May 4th, 1926 in Marion  /  Died:   Jul 31st, 2020