Duke Snider

The Yankees had Mickey Mantle, the Giants had Willie Mays and the Brooklyn Dodgers had “The Duke of Flatbush.” At the time when there were three New York baseball teams, the team that had your allegiance was as important in the five boroughs as life itself, and in the 1950’s nobody represented Brooklyn baseball more than Duke Snider. Those team rivalries of yesterday live on a half century later with members of that generation. Willie Mays recalled “Duke was a fine man, a terrific hitter and a great friend, even though he was a Dodger.”

Career: 407 HR (55th), .295 BA, 1333 RBI (96th), CF, HOF in 1980, 8xAllStar, Dodgers/Mets/... 1947-1964, b:L/t:R, 3x R Leader, born in CA 1926, died 2011

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10/6/52: Dodgers center fielder Duke Snider hits two solo home runs against the Yankees in Game 6

Snider was a center fielder renowned for his home run drives and defensive play in the Dodgers’ glory years.

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The World Series always ended well before Halloween in the 1950s. So the dates of galling World Series losses to the Yankees weren't the basis for the Brooklyn Dodgers' uncommon dislike for the day of ghosts, ghouls and goblins. The Dodgers' aversion to All Hallows Eve was born in the colors associated with the day -- black and orange. Those were the colors of the despised New York Giants. When the colors were black and orange, the Dodgers saw red. The disclosure that the interborough animosity had risen to such a petty level was made years ago by a player who once had worn Dodger Blue and, later, the colors of Mays, Mize and Mueller -- one Edwin Donald Snider, better known as “Duke.“ Snider -- who passed away Sunday morning at the age of 84 at the Valle Vista Convalescent Hospital in Escondido, Calif. -- not only was a member of the great, if somewhat under-accomplished Dodgers teams of the '50s, but he also was a prominent figure in baseball's Hatfields v. McCoys. The hatred was a two-way street. One side was Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, the other West 155th in Manhattan. No true fan of either New York entry in the National League could walk down the middle.

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A strong, accurate throwing arm, grace, and athleticism made Duke Snider one of the great center fielders of the 1950s. He played sixteen of his eighteen seasons for Brooklyn and Los Angeles, where his .300 batting average, 389 home runs, and 1,271 RBIs rank him as perhaps the greatest Dodger hitter ever. Blessed with remarkable ability, competitiveness, and a drive to succeed, Snider was also cursed with the tag of unlimited potential.

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. Usually assigned to center field, he spent most of his Major League Baseball (MLB) career playing for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers (1947–62), later playing one season each for the New York Mets (1963) and San Francisco Giants (1964).