{{short description|American baseball player (born 1958)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Daryl Sconiers |position=[[First baseman]] |image=Daryl Sconiers Angels.jpg |bats=Left |throws=Left |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1958|10|3}} |birth_place=[[San Bernardino, California]], U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 13 |debutyear=1981 |debutteam=California Angels |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=October 6 |finalyear=1985 |finalteam=California Angels |statleague = MLB |stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]] |stat1value=.265 |stat2label=[[Home run]]s |stat2value=15 |stat3label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]] |stat3value=84 |teams= *[[Los Angeles Angels|California Angels]] ({{mlby|1981}}–{{mlby|1985}}) }} '''Daryl Anthony Sconiers''' (born October 3, 1958) is an American former professional [[baseball]] [[first baseman]].
Sconiers attended [[Fontana High School]] in [[Fontana, California]] though he told the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' his friends were not interested in school and he attended only often enough to maintain eligibility for the school's baseball team. As a senior at Fontana, he had a [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] of .515. He was undrafted out of high school and played [[college baseball]] at [[Orange Coast College]].<ref name="carr">{{cite news |last1=Carr |first1=Al |title=A .500-Hitter Works on Fielding |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110635303/a-500-hitter-works-on-fielding/ |access-date=3 October 2022 |work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |date=10 March 1977 |page=13}}</ref>
He played all or part of five seasons with the [[Los Angeles Angels|California Angels]] of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB), between {{Baseball year|1981}} and {{Baseball year|1985}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sconida01.shtml|title=Daryl Sconiers Statistics and History {{!}} Baseball-Reference.com|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2016-03-02}}</ref>
For a period in May 1982, Sconiers was absent from the team without permission or explanation and the Angels organization was unable to locate or contact him.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Patton |first1=Gregg |title=Sconiers AWOL from Angels farm club |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110635966/sconiers-awol-from-angels-farm-club/ |access-date=3 October 2022 |work=[[The San Bernardino County Sun]] |date=7 May 1982 |page=C-1}}</ref> After the same occurred during [[spring training]] in 1985, Sconiers admitted to having a [[substance abuse]] problem.<ref>{{cite news |title=Spring Training / Angels : Sconiers Has 'Substance Problem' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-03-18-sp-22498-story.html |access-date=3 October 2022 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=18 March 1985}}</ref> He was let go after the season and never played in the major leagues again. Before his release, he was considered the heir apparent to future [[National Baseball Hall of Fame|Hall of Famer]] [[Rod Carew]]'s starting [[first baseman|first base]] job.<ref name="badnose" /> He continued to play in the minor leagues until {{Baseball year|1991}}.
In 1986 and 1987, Sconiers played [[independent baseball|unaffiliated ball]] with the [[San Jose Bees]] along with several other former Major League players who had been afflicted by substance abuse problems. Sconiers once went missing from the team for three days on a [[crack cocaine]] binge.<ref name="badnose">{{cite magazine|last1=Verducci|first1=Tom|title=The Bad News bees|url=https://www.si.com/vault/2016/09/06/bad-news-bees|access-date=7 December 2017|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|date=September 12, 2016}}</ref>
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