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Edwin Donald "Duke" Snider (born September 19, 1926 in Los Angeles, California), nicknamed "The Silver Fox", is a former Major League Baseball center fielder and left-handed batter who played with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers (1947-62), New York Mets (1963) and San Francisco Giants (1964).
Snider broke in with Brooklyn and enjoyed marginal success during his first two seasons. In 1949 he came into his own, hitting 23 home runs accompanied with 92 runs batted in, also helping the Dodgers break into the World Series. Snider also saw his average rise from .244 to a respectable .292.
During the 1950s, Snider was a key part of a powerhouse Dodgers team which boasted the likes of Roy Campanella and Gil Hodges. Snider hit 40 or more home runs in five consecutive seasons (1953-57) and appeared in six post-seasons with the Dodgers (1949, 1952-53, 1955-56, 1959), facing the New York Yankees in the first five and the Chicago White Sox in the final. The Dodgers won the World Series in 1955 and 1959.
Snider also played with the Mets and Giants. He retired at the end of the 1964 season. In 18-year career, he batted.295 with 407 home runs and 1333 RBI in 2143 games.
Duke Snider was selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980.
Accomplishments
- 8-time All-Star (1950-56, 1963)
- 6-time Top 10 MVP
- 1950: 9th
- 1952: 8th
- 1953: 3rd
- 1954: 4th
- 1955: 2nd
- 1956: 10th
- 407 career home runs (36th all-time)
- 1333 career RBI (73rd all-time)
- Only player to hit four home runs (or more) in two different WS (1952, 1955)
- Hall of Fame (1980)
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