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The basics
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American baseball player
A.K.A.
Daryl Dean Spencer
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
13 July 1928(Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, U.S.A.)
Death:
2 January 2017
The details
Biography
Daryl Dean Spencer (July 13, 1928 – January 2, 2017) was a professional baseball player. He was a utility infielder, playing shortstop, second base, and third base in the major leagues from 1952 to 1963. He played for the New York Giants, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, and Los Angeles Dodgers. On April 15, 1958, he hit the first home run in San Francisco Giants history in an 8-0 victory over the Dodgers.
He later played for the Hankyu Braves in the Pacific League in Japan between 1964 and 1972. He was inducted into the Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971.
Spencer died on January 2, 2017, at the age of 88.