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Daryl Spencer

Daryl Dean Spencer (Dee or Big Dee)

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 13, 1928 in Wichita, KS
High School: East HS (Wichita, KS)
School: Wichita State University (Wichita, KS) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1952 (Age 24.066, 8,558th in MLB history)   vs. CHC 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1953 season [*]
Teams (by GP): Giants/Cardinals/Dodgers/Reds 1952-1963

Last Game: July 11, 1963 (Age 34.363)   vs. CHC 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Died: January 2, 2017
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1952 23 NYG NL 7 18 17 0 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 4 .294 .333 .412 .745 105 7 0 0 0 /56
1953 24 NYG NL 118 455 408 55 85 18 5 20 56 0 1 42 74 .208 .287 .424 .711 80 173 11 3 2 654
1954 Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1955 Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1956 27 NYG NL 146 534 489 46 108 13 2 14 42 1 3 35 65 .221 .275 .342 .617 66 167 10 3 4 3 2 465
1957 28 NYG NL 148 591 534 65 133 31 2 11 50 3 1 50 50 .249 .313 .376 .689 85 201 15 1 2 3 0 *64/5
1958 29 SFG NL 148 626 539 71 138 20 5 17 74 1 0 73 60 .256 .343 .406 .750 100 219 17 3 3 8 4 *64
1959 30 SFG NL 152 622 555 59 147 20 1 12 62 5 0 58 67 .265 .332 .369 .701 89 205 14 0 3 5 4 *4/6
1960 31 STL NL 148 596 507 70 131 20 3 16 58 1 1 81 74 .258 .365 .404 .769 104 205 15 5 1 2 7 *64
1961 32 TOT NL 97 370 319 46 79 11 0 12 48 1 1 43 52 .248 .343 .395 .738 90 126 13 4 3 1 4 56
1961 32 STL NL 37 153 130 19 33 4 0 4 21 1 0 23 17 .254 .366 .377 .743 91 49 8 0 0 0 3 6
1961 32 LAD NL 60 217 189 27 46 7 0 8 27 0 1 20 35 .243 .327 .407 .735 89 77 5 4 3 1 1 5/6
1962 33 LAD NL 77 191 157 24 37 5 1 2 12 0 0 32 31 .236 .365 .318 .684 91 50 7 0 2 0 4 56
1963 34 TOT NL 57 205 164 21 38 7 0 1 23 1 0 34 39 .232 .358 .293 .651 88 48 1 1 1 5 0 5
1963 34 LAD NL 7 13 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .111 .333 .111 .444 39 1 1 0 1 0 0 /5
1963 34 CIN NL 50 192 155 21 37 7 0 1 23 1 0 31 37 .239 .359 .303 .663 91 47 0 1 0 5 0 5
10 Yrs 1098 4208 3689 457 901 145 20 105 428 13 7 449 516 .244 .327 .380 .707 89 1401 103 20 21 27 25
162 Game Avg. 162 621 544 67 133 21 3 15 63 2 1 66 76 .244 .327 .380 .707 89 207 15 3 3
SFG (6 yrs) 719 2846 2542 296 616 102 16 74 287 10 5 259 320 .242 .313 .382 .695 85 972 67 10 14 19 10
LAD (3 yrs) 144 421 355 51 84 12 1 10 39 0 1 55 68 .237 .345 .361 .705 89 128 13 4 6 1 5
STL (2 yrs) 185 749 637 89 164 24 3 20 79 2 1 104 91 .257 .365 .399 .764 102 254 23 5 1 2 10
CIN (1 yr) 50 192 155 21 37 7 0 1 23 1 0 31 37 .239 .359 .303 .663 91 47 0 1 0 5 0
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Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1952 23 NYG NL 7 18 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .505 .500 0.1 0.0 1 /56
1953 24 NYG NL 118 455 -16 -1 -1 -9 5 -22 -2.3 17 -5 -0.6 .481 .486 0.4 -0.5 4 654
1956 27 NYG NL 146 534 -18 -0 0 2 7 -9 -1.3 20 11 0.8 .493 .494 0.9 0.7 9 465
1957 28 NYG NL 148 591 -8 0 -1 -7 8 -8 -1.0 22 14 1.2 .494 .495 2.1 0.0 21 *64/5
1958 29 SFG NL 148 626 0 2 -1 -0 9 10 1.0 24 34 3.3 .507 .506 3.5 0.9 34 *64
1959 30 SFG NL 152 622 -5 1 -1 -1 5 -1 -0.1 23 22 2.3 .499 .499 2.4 0.5 23 *4/6
1960 31 STL NL 148 596 7 -0 -2 -10 9 3 0.3 22 26 2.6 .502 .502 3.8 -0.2 36 *64
1961 32 STL NL 37 153 -1 -1 -1 1 2 1 0.1 6 7 0.6 .502 .501 0.5 0.3 5 6
1961 32 LAD NL 60 217 -1 0 0 -1 1 -1 -0.1 8 8 0.7 .499 .500 0.9 -0.0 9 5/6
1962 33 LAD NL 77 191 2 -0 -1 -2 2 1 0.1 7 8 0.8 .501 .500 0.9 0.1 9 $27,000 56
1963 34 LAD NL 7 13 0 -0 -0 -0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $23,000 /5
1963 34 CIN NL 50 192 -1 1 1 5 1 7 0.9 7 14 1.6 .517 .505 1.0 0.7 10 5
10 Seasons 1098 4208 -41 2 -6 -22 48 -18 -2.5 159 141 13.5 .498 .498 16.6 2.5 163 $50,000
SFG (6 yrs) 719 2846 -47 2 -3 -14 33 -29 -3.7 107 78 7.1 .496 .497 9.4 1.6 92
LAD (3 yrs) 144 421 1 -0 -1 -3 3 -0 -0.0 16 16 1.6 .500 .500 1.9 0.0 19 $50,000
STL (2 yrs) 185 749 6 -1 -2 -9 11 4 0.3 28 33 3.2 .502 .502 4.3 0.1 42
CIN (1 yr) 50 192 -1 1 1 5 1 7 0.9 7 14 1.6 .517 .505 1.0 0.7 10

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1952 NYG NL 23 3B 3 2 1 15.0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.60 2.00 .953 3.12 3.13
1952 NYG NL 23 SS 3 2 2 24.0 15 6 9 0 1 1.000 5.62 5.00 .960 5.03 5.00
1953 NYG NL 24 SS 53 47 45 421.0 234 80 137 17 26 .927 1 3 4.64 4.09 .958 5.04 4.94
1953 NYG NL 24 3B 36 34 33 297.0 89 33 47 9 3 .899 -6 -23 2.42 2.22 .951 3.04 2.98
1953 NYG NL 24 2B 32 27 23 252.0 157 66 85 6 23 .962 -4 -20 5.39 4.72 .972 5.44 5.33
1956 NYG NL 27 2B 70 65 62 589.0 345 161 175 9 36 .974 2 4 5.13 4.80 .980 5.34 5.28
1956 NYG NL 27 SS 66 61 57 545.1 288 113 169 6 33 .979 -1 -2 4.65 4.27 .962 4.94 4.89
1956 NYG NL 27 3B 12 11 8 99.1 50 14 33 3 5 .940 1 12 4.26 3.92 .956 3.05 3.02
1957 NYG NL 28 SS 110 104 99 957.2 584 213 342 29 95 .950 -5 -7 5.22 5.05 .958 4.82 4.85
1957 NYG NL 28 2B 36 34 30 301.0 197 80 112 5 23 .975 -1 -4 5.74 5.33 .977 5.37 5.41
1957 NYG NL 28 3B 6 6 4 45.0 25 8 14 3 0 .880 -0 -11 4.40 3.67 .952 2.96 2.98
1958 SFG NL 29 SS 134 131 127 1182.0 708 238 438 32 95 .955 -1 -1 5.15 5.04 .964 5.11 5.08
1958 SFG NL 29 2B 17 13 13 120.2 60 24 34 2 7 .967 0 5 4.33 3.41 .975 5.33 5.30
1959 SFG NL 30 2B 151 149 141 1311.0 787 350 413 24 82 .970 -2 -1 5.24 5.05 .976 5.27 5.22
1959 SFG NL 30 SS 4 0 0 8.0 4 0 4 0 2 1.000 1 135 4.50 1.00 .965 5.06 5.05
1960 STL NL 31 SS 138 127 108 1114.0 569 215 323 31 66 .946 -9 -10 4.35 3.90 .960 4.81 4.80
1960 STL NL 31 2B 16 16 8 120.0 64 27 36 1 8 .984 -1 -11 4.72 3.94 .974 5.20 5.19
1961 TOT NL 32 SS 40 39 35 340.2 196 72 116 8 28 .959 1 5 4.97 4.70 .959 4.92 4.87
1961 STL NL 32 SS 37 37 33 316.2 183 66 109 8 26 .956 1 5 4.97 4.73 .959 4.92 4.87
1961 LAD NL 32 3B 57 55 38 451.0 139 42 92 5 14 .964 -1 -3 2.67 2.35 .948 2.92 2.89
1961 LAD NL 32 SS 3 2 2 24.0 13 6 7 0 2 1.000 0 0 4.88 4.33 .959 4.91 4.87
1962 LAD NL 33 3B 57 46 26 392.2 133 35 88 10 4 .925 -2 -5 2.82 2.16 .949 2.95 2.92
1962 LAD NL 33 SS 10 1 0 37.1 16 3 13 0 3 1.000 -0 -3 3.86 1.60 .963 5.04 5.01
1963 TOT NL 34 3B 51 49 45 431.2 145 47 95 3 9 .979 5 13 2.96 2.78 .941 2.93 2.92
1963 LAD NL 34 3B 3 2 2 21.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 -0 -11 2.14 1.67 .940 2.91 2.93
1963 CIN NL 34 3B 48 47 43 410.2 140 45 92 3 9 .979 5 14 3.00 2.85 .941 2.93 2.92
9 Seasons SS 558 512 473 4630.0 2614 940 1551 123 349 .953 -13 -3 4.84 4.46 .961 4.94 4.91
6 Seasons 2B 322 304 277 2693.2 1610 708 855 47 179 .971 -5 -2 5.22 4.85 .976 5.31 5.27
7 Seasons 3B 222 203 155 1731.2 587 180 374 33 35 .944 -3 -2 2.88 2.50 .948 2.96 2.93
10 Seasons TOT 1102 1019 905 9055.1 4811 1828 2780 203 563 .958 -22 -3 4.58 4.18 .964 4.67 4.62
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Complete player games played data.
Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1930 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1930 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1930 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1913 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1930 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1913) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1930 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

On-Base% s c a p y
1960 NL  .365 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1959 NL  152 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1957 NL  31 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 NL  73 (7th)
1960 NL  81 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1960 NL  5 (5th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1958 NL  8 (2nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1957 NL  15 (7th)
1958 NL  17 (8th)
1960 NL  15 (7th)

Assists† †s c a p y
1957 NL  468 (2nd)
1958 NL  472 (3rd)

Errors Committed† †s c a p y
1953 NL  32 (3rd)
1957 NL  37 (1st)
1958 NL  34 (1st)
1959 NL  24 (4th)
1960 NL  32 (2nd)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1959 NL  151 (2nd)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1959 NL  350 (4th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1959 NL  413 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1959 NL  24 (2nd)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1960 NL  138 (3rd)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1960 NL  215 (5th)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1958 NL  438 (4th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1957 NL  29 (1st)
1958 NL  32 (1st)
1960 NL  31 (2nd)

Double Plays Turned as SS s c a p y
1957 NL  95 (2nd)
1958 NL  95 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† †s c a p y
1959 NL  5.24 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1959 NL  5.05 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1963 NL  5 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† †s c a p y
1957 NL  5.22 (2nd)
1958 NL  5.15 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1957 NL  5.05 (2nd)
1958 NL  5.04 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 7 (1687), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (925), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Shortstop (155th), 13.6 career WAR/13.3 7yr-peak WAR/13.4 JAWS
Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 66.7 career WAR/42.8 7yr-peak WAR/54.8 JAWS

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Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary ServTm(OpnDay) Sources Notes/Other Sources
1962 33 Los Angeles Dodgers $27,000 ? 2/23/63 TSN
1963 34 Los Angeles Dodgers $23,000 ? 2/23/63 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$50,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesy of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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Name and misspellings: Dee Big Daryl darrel darryl Daryl Dean Dee Spencer

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