Daryl Spencer

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 185 lb

BornJuly 13, 1928 · Wichita, KS, USA

MLB debutSeptember 17, 1952

Final gameJuly 11, 1963

Seasons10 (1952–1963)

New York Giants 1952–1953; New York Giants 1956–1957; San Francisco Giants 1958–1959; St. Louis Cardinals 1960; Los Angeles Dodgers 1961; St. Louis Cardinals 1961; Los Angeles Dodgers 1962; Cincinnati Reds 1963; Los Angeles Dodgers 1963

Percentile snapshot

1960 season — qualified batters

148

69.1

596

54.3

507

44.4

131

33.3

32.1

28.4

59.3

RBI

35.8

90.1

30.9

7.4

74.1

.258

27.2

OBP

.365

71.6

SLG

.404

44.4

OPS

.769

49.4

wRC+

108.7

46.9

OPS+

104.2

wOBA

.351

54.3

sWAR

3.4

72.8

of 82 qualified 1960 batters (min 480 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

90.7

24.1

OPS+

89.2

21.8

sWAR

13.1

89.7

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1952	7	18	17	0	5	0	1	0	3	1	4	0	0	.294	.333	.412	.745	103.4	105.4	.339	0.1
1953	118	455	408	55	85	18	5	20	56	42	74	0	1	.208	.287	.424	.711	78.5	82.0	.313	0.6
1956	146	534	489	46	108	13	2	14	42	35	65	1	3	.221	.275	.342	.617	63.8	65.7	.278	-0.1
1957	148	590	534	65	133	31	2	11	50	50	50	3	1	.249	.313	.376	.689	86.5	84.8	.312	1.6
1958	148	626	539	71	138	20	5	17	74	73	60	1	0	.256	.343	.406	.750	101.1	99.3	.338	2.9
1959	152	621	555	59	147	20	1	12	62	58	67	5	0	.265	.332	.369	.701	93.1	91.9	.319	1.8
1960	148	596	507	70	131	20	3	16	58	81	74	1	1	.258	.365	.404	.769	108.7	104.2	.351	3.4
1961	97	370	319	46	79	11	0	12	48	43	52	1	1	.248	.343	.395	.738	94.8	92.6	.334	1.3
1962	77	191	157	24	37	5	1	2	12	32	31	0	0	.236	.365	.318	.684	94.2	89.7	.323	0.6
1963	57	205	164	21	38	7	0	1	23	34	39	1	0	.232	.358	.293	.651	100.0	89.2	.317	0.8

Career totals

1,098

4,206

3,689

457

901

145

105

RBI

428

449

516

.2442

OBP

.3274

SLG

.3798

OPS

.7072

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1958-05-13	SF @ LAD Gameday	6	4	4	1	1	2	6	0	13
1956-05-02	SF @ CHC Gameday	7	2	4	0	1	1	3	1	9
1959-07-04	SF @ STL Gameday	5	2	3	0	0	2	5	0	9
1957-07-16	CIN @ SF Gameday	4	3	3	0	0	2	4	0	9
1961-04-20	STL @ LAD Gameday	4	2	3	0	0	2	3	1	9

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1952-05-01	SF @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952-05-03	SF @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952-05-08	SF @ STL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952-05-16	CHC @ SF Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952-06-01	SF @ STL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.