Daryl Spencer
[edit] Biography
Daryl Spencer (Daryl Dean Spencer) was born on July 13, 1928 in Wichita, Kansas. He made his Major League debut on September 17, 1952 for the New York Giants. In 1953, his rookie year, he hit .208 with 20 home runs and 56 RBI. Spencer played for the New York Giants, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 10 year career.
Most people believe that Daryl Spencer's best season was 1958, when he slugged 17 home runs and knocked in 74 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1952
| NY
| N
| 7
| 17
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 3
| .294
| .333
| .412
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1953
| NY
| N
| 118
| 408
| 55
| 85
| 20
| 56
| .208
| .287
| .424
| 18
| 5
| 42
| 74
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 11
|
| 1956
| NY
| N
| 146
| 489
| 46
| 108
| 14
| 42
| .221
| .275
| .342
| 13
| 2
| 35
| 65
| 3
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 10
|
| 1957
| NY
| N
| 148
| 534
| 65
| 133
| 11
| 50
| .249
| .313
| .376
| 31
| 2
| 50
| 50
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 15
|
| 1958
| SF
| N
| 148
| 539
| 71
| 138
| 17
| 74
| .256
| .343
| .406
| 20
| 5
| 73
| 60
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 4
| 17
|
| 1959
| SF
| N
| 152
| 555
| 59
| 147
| 12
| 62
| .265
| .332
| .369
| 20
| 1
| 58
| 67
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 4
| 14
|
| 1960
| STL
| N
| 148
| 507
| 70
| 131
| 16
| 58
| .258
| .365
| .404
| 20
| 3
| 81
| 74
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 7
| 15
|
| 1961
| STL
| N
| 37
| 130
| 19
| 33
| 4
| 21
| .254
| .366
| .377
| 4
| 0
| 23
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 8
|
| 1961
| LA
| N
| 60
| 189
| 27
| 46
| 8
| 27
| .243
| .327
| .407
| 7
| 0
| 20
| 35
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 5
|
| 1961
| TOT
| N
| 97
| 319
| 46
| 79
| 12
| 48
| .248
| .343
| .395
| 11
| 0
| 43
| 52
| 4
| 3
| 1
| 4
| 13
|
| 1962
| LA
| N
| 77
| 157
| 24
| 37
| 2
| 12
| .236
| .365
| .318
| 5
| 1
| 32
| 31
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 7
|
| 1963
| LA
| N
| 7
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .111
| .333
| .111
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1963
| CIN
| N
| 50
| 155
| 21
| 37
| 1
| 23
| .239
| .359
| .303
| 7
| 0
| 31
| 37
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| TOT
| N
| 57
| 164
| 21
| 38
| 1
| 23
| .232
| .358
| .293
| 7
| 0
| 34
| 39
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 1098
| 3689
| 457
| 901
| 105
| 428
| .244
| .327
| .380
| 145
| 20
| 449
| 516
| 20
| 21
| 13
| 25
| 103
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1952
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1952
| NY
| N
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1953
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 33
| 47
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .899
|
| 1953
| NY
| N
| 2B
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 66
| 85
| 6
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1953
| NY
| N
| SS
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 80
| 137
| 17
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| 1956
| NY
| N
| SS
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 113
| 169
| 6
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1956
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 33
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .940
|
| 1956
| NY
| N
| 2B
| 70
| 0
| 0
| 161
| 175
| 9
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1957
| NY
| N
| SS
| 110
| 104
| 957.2
| 213
| 342
| 29
| 95
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1957
| NY
| N
| 2B
| 36
| 34
| 301
| 80
| 112
| 5
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1957
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 6
| 6
| 45
| 8
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .880
|
| 1958
| SF
| N
| SS
| 134
| 131
| 1182
| 238
| 438
| 32
| 95
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1958
| SF
| N
| 2B
| 17
| 13
| 120.2
| 24
| 34
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1959
| SF
| N
| SS
| 4
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1959
| SF
| N
| 2B
| 151
| 150
| 1311
| 350
| 413
| 24
| 82
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1960
| STL
| N
| SS
| 138
| 127
| 1114
| 215
| 323
| 31
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1960
| STL
| N
| 2B
| 16
| 16
| 120
| 27
| 36
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1961
| STL
| N
| SS
| 37
| 37
| 316.2
| 66
| 109
| 8
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1961
| LA
| N
| 3B
| 57
| 55
| 451
| 42
| 92
| 5
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1961
| LA
| N
| SS
| 3
| 2
| 24
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| TOT
| N
| SS
| 40
| 39
| 340.2
| 72
| 116
| 8
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| 1962
| LA
| N
| 3B
| 57
| 46
| 392.2
| 35
| 88
| 10
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .925
|
| 1962
| LA
| N
| SS
| 10
| 1
| 37.1
| 3
| 13
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1963
| LA
| N
| 3B
| 3
| 2
| 21
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1963
| CIN
| N
| 3B
| 48
| 47
| 410.2
| 45
| 92
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1963
| TOT
| N
| 3B
| 51
| 49
| 431.2
| 47
| 95
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 558
| 402
| 3639.2
| 940
| 1551
| 123
| 349
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 322
| 213
| 1852.2
| 708
| 855
| 47
| 179
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 222
| 156
| 1320.1
| 180
| 374
| 33
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Pauls Valley (Sooner State) to New York Giants (1950).
- Traded by San Francisco Giants with Leon Wagner to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Don Blasingame (December 15, 1959).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Bob Lillis and Carl Warwick (May 30, 1961).
- Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (May 9, 1963).
- Signed by Cincinnati Reds (May 23, 1963).
- Released by Cincinnati Reds (July 19, 1963).
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