# Daryl Sconiers

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American baseball player (born 1958)

Baseball player

Daryl Sconiers First baseman Born: (1958-10-03) October 3, 1958 (age 67) San Bernardino, California, U.S. Batted: Left Threw: Left MLB debut September 13, 1981, for the California Angels Last MLB appearance October 6, 1985, for the California Angels MLB statistics Batting average .265 Home runs 15 Runs batted in 84 Stats at Baseball Reference Teams California Angels (1981–1985)

**Daryl Anthony Sconiers** (born October 3, 1958) is an American former professional [baseball](/source/Baseball) [first baseman](/source/First_baseman).

Sconiers attended [Fontana High School](/source/Fontana_High_School) in [Fontana, California](/source/Fontana%2C_California) though he told the *[Los Angeles Times](/source/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](/source/Batting_average_(baseball)) of .515. He was undrafted out of high school and played [college baseball](/source/College_baseball) at [Orange Coast College](/source/Orange_Coast_College).[1]

He played all or part of five seasons with the [California Angels](/source/Los_Angeles_Angels) of [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) (MLB), between [1981](/source/1981_in_baseball) and [1985](/source/1985_in_baseball).[2]

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.[3] After the same occurred during [spring training](/source/Spring_training) in 1985, Sconiers admitted to having a [substance abuse](/source/Substance_abuse) problem.[4] 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 [Hall of Famer](/source/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame) [Rod Carew](/source/Rod_Carew)'s starting [first base](/source/First_baseman) job.[5] He continued to play in the minor leagues until [1991](/source/1991_in_baseball).

In 1986 and 1987, Sconiers played [unaffiliated ball](/source/Independent_baseball) with the [San Jose Bees](/source/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](/source/Crack_cocaine) binge.[5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-carr_1-0)** Carr, Al (March 10, 1977). ["A .500-Hitter Works on Fielding"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110635303/a-500-hitter-works-on-fielding/). *[The Los Angeles Times](/source/The_Los_Angeles_Times)*. p. 13. Retrieved October 3, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Daryl Sconiers Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com"](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sconida01.shtml). *Baseball-Reference.com*. Retrieved March 2, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Patton, Gregg (May 7, 1982). ["Sconiers AWOL from Angels farm club"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110635966/sconiers-awol-from-angels-farm-club/). *[The San Bernardino County Sun](/source/The_San_Bernardino_County_Sun)*. p. C-1. Retrieved October 3, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Spring Training / Angels : Sconiers Has 'Substance Problem'"](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-03-18-sp-22498-story.html). *[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)*. March 18, 1985. Retrieved October 3, 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-badnose_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-badnose_5-1) Verducci, Tom (September 12, 2016). ["The Bad News bees"](https://www.si.com/vault/2016/09/06/bad-news-bees). *[Sports Illustrated](/source/Sports_Illustrated)*. Retrieved December 7, 2017.

## Sources

- Career statistics from [Baseball Reference](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sconida01.shtml) · [Baseball Reference (Minors)](https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=sconie001dar) · [Retrosheet](https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pscond001.htm) · [Baseball Almanac](https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=sconida01)

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