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
Teams (by GP): Giants/Cardinals/Dodgers/Reds 1952-1963

Final Game: July 11, 1963
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Standard Fielding

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	150	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	305	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	1020	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

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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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.
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP
1952	NYG	NL	23	3B
1952	NYG	NL	23	SS
1953	NYG	NL	24	SS	1	3	1	0	1	0
1953	NYG	NL	24	3B	-6	-23	-6	-0	-6	0
1953	NYG	NL	24	2B	-4	-20	-4	-2	-2	0
1956	NYG	NL	27	2B	2	4	2	-0	2	0
1956	NYG	NL	27	SS	-1	-2	-2	3	-4	1
1956	NYG	NL	27	3B	1	12	1	2	-1	0
1957	NYG	NL	28	SS	-5	-7	-6	-5	-1	1
1957	NYG	NL	28	2B	-1	-4	-1	0	-1	0
1957	NYG	NL	28	3B	-0	-11	-0	-0	0	0
1958	SFG	NL	29	SS	-1	-1	-1	2	-3	0
1958	SFG	NL	29	2B	0	5	2	-1	2	-1
1959	SFG	NL	30	2B	-2	-1	-2	-6	5	0
1959	SFG	NL	30	SS	1	135	1	1	0	0
1960	STL	NL	31	SS	-9	-10	-9	-8	-1	0
1960	STL	NL	31	2B	-1	-11	-1	1	-2	0
1961	STL	NL	32	SS	1	5	1	-2	3	0
1961	LAD	NL	32	3B	-1	-3	-1	2	-4	0
1961	LAD	NL	32	SS	0	0	0	0	-0	0
1962	LAD	NL	33	3B	-2	-5	-2	0	-2	0
1962	LAD	NL	33	SS	-0	-3	-0	-0	-0	0
1963	LAD	NL	34	3B	-0	-11	-0	-0	0	0
1963	CIN	NL	34	3B	5	14	5	3	2	0
	9 Seasons			SS	-13	-3	-15	-9	-7	2
	6 Seasons			2B	-5	-2	-4	-9	4	-1
	7 Seasons			3B	-3	-2	-3	7	-10	0
	10 Seasons			TOT	-22	-3	-23	-10	-13	1
Lg				Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	PH	PR
1952	NYG	NL	23	7	4	7	6	0	3	3	1	1
1953	NYG	NL	24	118	108	118	115	32	36	53	3	2
1956	NYG	NL	27	146	137	146	143	69	13	66	2	4
1957	NYG	NL	28	148	144	148	146	36	6	110	2	2
1958	SFG	NL	29	148	144	148	148	17	0	134	0	0
1959	SFG	NL	30	152	150	152	151	151	0	4	1	1
1960	STL	NL	31	148	143	148	146	16	0	138	4	0
1961	LAD	NL	32	60	57	60	59	0	57	3	1	0
1961	STL	NL	32	37	37	37	37	0	0	37	0	0
1962	LAD	NL	33	77	47	77	64	0	57	10	20	0
1963	CIN	NL	34	50	47	50	48	0	48	0	3	0
1963	LAD	NL	34	7	2	7	3	0	3	0	5	0
	10 Seasons			1098	1020	1098	1066	321	223	558	42	10

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1952	NYG	NL	23	105	58%	80%	34%	14	100%	0	6	4	2	0	11	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1953	NYG	NL	24	1737	59%	79%	26%	189	86%	0	79	44	33	2	134	100	29	0	4	17	0	13	4	12	28	12	3	8	2	1	26	15	11	1	1	0
1956	NYG	NL	27	1961	65%	78%	25%	175	90%	0	96	39	46	11	139	112	20	0	4	5	0	4	1	3	30	8	3	9	3	4	28	11	16	1	1	0
1957	NYG	NL	28	3719	65%	81%	30%	397	88%	4	196	87	89	20	310	237	61	2	5	23	1	19	3	21	86	26	4	28	9	4	76	32	43	6	2	4
1958	SFG	NL	29	5107	65%	80%	27%	537	92%	1	232	97	109	26	450	327	108	1	9	31	2	14	15	25	102	45	5	31	10	1	98	52	42	2	0	1
1959	SFG	NL	30	30	67%	73%	33%	4	100%	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	STL	NL	31	4688	62%	78%	28%	436	86%	2	212	79	109	24	327	255	64	2	4	31	0	26	5	25	69	18	6	22	7	3	63	24	33	2	1	1
1961	STL	NL	32	1361	61%	77%	30%	141	89%	0	67	23	35	9	113	86	22	0	2	8	0	7	1	7	26	11	1	6	3	0	23	13	10	1	0	1
1961	LAD	NL	32	106	81%	70%	25%	8	100%	0	6	2	4	0	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0
1962	LAD	NL	33	180	66%	73%	31%	13	100%	0	3	0	3	0	14	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0
	9 Seasons			18994	63%	79%	28%	1914	89%	7	897	375	430	92	1510	1147	311	5	28	115	3	83	29	93	348	121	24	107	35	13	321	150	159	13	5	7
	MLB Averages				63%	80%	27%		90%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	543	463	43	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1953	NYG	NL	24	1006	62%	83%	26%	88	86%	0	53	16	26	11	69	49	20	0	1	5	1	4	0	4	21	8	2	11	0	21	11	10	0	0	0
1956	NYG	NL	27	2259	66%	79%	28%	194	96%	0	147	58	52	37	155	132	16	0	1	7	0	7	0	6	34	12	7	7	1	30	8	20	2	2	0
1957	NYG	NL	28	1049	58%	85%	29%	98	91%	0	64	15	36	13	86	77	9	0	1	4	0	3	1	4	19	7	5	3	2	18	5	13	1	0	1
1958	SFG	NL	29	454	63%	80%	26%	39	97%	0	20	8	8	4	33	27	6	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	5	1	1	2	0	5	2	3	0	0	0
1959	SFG	NL	30	5556	61%	78%	27%	502	95%	2	342	122	163	59	421	351	58	2	3	24	5	13	6	12	89	35	18	23	6	82	29	53	6	2	3
1960	STL	NL	31	524	58%	78%	26%	42	98%	0	27	11	11	5	36	28	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	8	0	3	4	0	8	4	4	0	0	0
	6 Seasons			10848	62%	80%	27%	963	94%	2	653	230	296	129	800	664	116	2	6	43	6	28	9	28	176	63	36	50	9	164	59	103	9	4	4
	MLB Averages				63%	80%	27%		93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1952	NYG	NL	23	42	62%	83%	36%	3	100%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	NYG	NL	24	1295	59%	80%	24%	92	79%	0	31	26	3	2	48	38	8	0	1	8	0	4	4	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	100%
1956	NYG	NL	27	419	62%	84%	30%	47	85%	0	13	10	1	2	31	22	8	0	2	3	0	3	0	3	5	3	0	4	1	0	1	5	60%
1957	NYG	NL	28	206	67%	83%	29%	26	81%	0	8	7	0	1	14	14	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%
1961	LAD	NL	32	1899	67%	74%	27%	144	88%	2	44	34	4	7	94	66	23	2	4	5	0	3	2	5	15	9	0	11	3	0	1	9	78%
1962	LAD	NL	33	1701	64%	75%	31%	142	82%	0	36	31	2	3	86	73	12	0	2	10	0	7	3	8	4	3	0	3	1	1	0	7	43%
1963	CIN	NL	34	1678	62%	79%	27%	129	95%	2	45	33	4	8	91	74	10	3	2	3	0	3	0	2	9	3	2	7	1	1	0	8	75%
1963	LAD	NL	34	81	60%	79%	31%	4	100%	0	2	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	7 Seasons			7321	63%	77%	28%	587	86%	4	179	143	14	23	370	292	61	5	11	32	0	21	11	27	34	19	2	26	6	2	2	32	66%
	MLB Averages				63%	80%	27%		89%																								62%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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)	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)

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