Duke Snider

Duke Snider
Snider with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1953
Center fielder
Born: (1926-09-19)September 19, 1926 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died: February 27, 2011(2011-02-27) (aged 84) Escondido, California, U.S.
Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 17, 1947, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
October 3, 1964, for the San Francisco Giants
MLB statistics
Batting average	.295
Hits	2,116
Home runs	407
Runs batted in	1,333
Teams
Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers (1947–1962) New York Mets (1963) San Francisco Giants (1964)
Career highlights and awards
8× All-Star (1950–1956, 1963) 2× World Series champion (1955, 1959) NL home run leader (1956) NL RBI leader (1955) Los Angeles Dodgers No. 4 retired
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	1980
Vote	86.5% (11th ballot)

Edwin Donald "Duke" Snider (September 19, 1926 – February 27, 2011), nicknamed "the Silver Fox" and "the Duke of Flatbush", was an American professional baseball player. Primarily a center fielder, he spent most of his Major League Baseball (MLB) career playing for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers (1947–1962), later playing one season each for the New York Mets (1963) and San Francisco Giants (1964).

Snider was named to the National League (NL) All-Star roster eight times and was the NL Most Valuable Player (MVP) runner-up in 1955. In his 16 seasons with the Dodgers, he helped lead the team to six World Series, with victories in 1955 and 1959. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980.