Duke Snider Baseball Cards

About Duke Snider, Hall of Famer

Duke Snider was a center fielder who spent most of his 16-year career with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1947 to 1962, also playing for the New York Mets and San Francisco Giants. Known as "the Duke of Flatbush," Snider was a powerhouse hitter who appeared in eight All-Star Games and finished second in MVP voting in 1955. He helped lead the Dodgers to six World Series appearances, with victories in 1955 and 1959. His career featured five consecutive seasons hitting 40 or more home runs, and he finished with a .295 average, 407 home runs, and 1,333 RBIs. Snider was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980.

Did you know? Snider was the last living Brooklyn Dodger who was on the field for the final out of the 1955 World Series when he passed away in 2011.

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